ZombiepirateWhat's your favorite joke that doesn't translate to English very well?
LumidaubI thought I might make a joke about the Deutsche Bahn but I don’t think it would go over well.
Tap for spoilerEdit: I should add explanations. “To go over well” in German is “(gut) ankommen”. “Ankommen” also means “to arrive” - which Deutsche Bahn trains are notoriously bad at doing in a timely manner.
corsicanguppyDidn’t the German trains have such incredible reliability that they issued apology notes for workers when they arrived late, because bosses wouldn’t believe that’s why someone was tardy?
They used to be fairly reliable. Then privatization happened…
And in true German fashion, they privatized it only half-way, combining the disadvantages of a privately run enterprise with the drawbacks of a state-owned company.