Some national stereotypes are apparently more accurate than we think:
Now an international poll appears to reinforce the humourless national stereotype after concluding that Germany is the least funny country in the world.
More than 30,000 people in 15 countries were asked to rank the nations with the worst sense of humour and Germany came out on top.
But before Britons become too smug, the survey did not rank the UK a great deal higher, placing us fourth behind Russia and Turkey.
Countries including Canada, Holland and Belgium all performed better than the UK when it came to demonstrating wit.
The UK boffins are scrambling to find an answer, as Lester Haines points out:
As the Telegraph notes, humour doesn’t translate too well, so it’s a bit difficult for the average Johnny Foreigner to understand just how complex and advanced we are in this most challenging of fields.
Having said that, the pollees were spot on about the Germans.
