War has broken out between the German and the British tabloids. And nobody can tell when it will be over.
The British Sun, famous for its Page 3 beauties, published a photo of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s bum—that she had incautiously bared while changing into a bathing suit. According to Roger Boyes in the London Times, in the accompanying article
headlined “I’m big in the Bumdestag” and containing eight puns about bottoms, The Sun gave a backhanded compliment to Frau Merkel’s positive effect on the economy and its “much-improved bottom line”.
Well! The Germans were not about to take that sitting down.
“Very bad form,” said Eduard Lintner, of the Christian Democrats. “There should be no place for such pictures.”
The Germans may be the most advanced country in Europe but they certainly aren’t doing much to counter the stereotype that they don’t have a sense of humor.
This may just be the beginning of the conflict. Coming up soon is the soccer European Cup and the prospect of headlines like “‘Achtung! Surrender’ and ‘Blitz the Fritz‘”
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