The blood donor

I overheard a very interesting conversation in the changing room of the local swimming pool. A father was explaining to his young son the process of donating blood. As a good father (the kind who takes his kid swimming etc.) he was keen to impress how useful it could be, and how it could help seriously ill people. Then came the following line from the eight-year old:

"wouldn't it be funny if you were in hospital and got your own blood back!"

Of course he said this in German, but those were the sentiments. But why the hell am I writing about this, you ask? And why was I hanging around changing rooms listening to what pre-pubescent boys say? Well the point is that this little boy had just re-invented the climax of what many people in England consider to be the greatest half-hour of TV comedy ever made, without even trying. People, professional comedians, sit around for hours trying to come up with funny ideas and in Germany they usually fail miserably.

So the next time someone tells you that Germans don't have a sense of humour, the correct reply is that they have it removed at the age of 12 or so.