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A Texas oil man heard that there were cars in East Germany so popular that buyers had to wait years to take delivery of one. He immediately sent a check to the
by mjklin 5y ago
A Texas oil man heard that there were cars in East Germany so popular that buyers had to wait years to take delivery of one. He immediately sent a check to the Trabi factory.
The directors, sensing a propaganda coup in the making, arranged to send him the very next car off the line.
Two weeks later the oil man was in a bar, speaking with some friends.
“Ah ordered me one o’ them Trabis them folks over there in East Germany wait 12 years to get,” he drawled.
“And you know what? Them East Germans are so efficient. Wah, just last week they sent me over a little plastic model so I can know what to expect!”
(Taken from http://www.nickselby.com/2013/08/25/and-now-a-little-trabant-joke/ http://www.nickselby.com/2013/08/25/and-now-a-little-trabant...)
- ohlookabird 5y agoThat's a somewhat common joke in East Germany as well (at least it was in the 80s and 90s). Typically it is a buyer from West Germany though.
- PicassoCTs 5y agoToilet paper in the eastern block always was 2 layer, cause one copy of every shit goes to moscow.
- mjklin 5y agoResults for international tonsil-removal competition: USA 2 minutes, France 1 minute, East Germany 10 hours. (You see in East Germany you can’t open your mouth so they had to go in the other way)
- immist 5y agoToilet paper in the eastern block always was rough, to make even the last ass get red.
- memling 5y agoAs a student of German I was introduced to the Trabi through jokes, e.g., "How do you double the value of your Trabi? Fill it with gasoline! Why does a Trabi have a rear defroster? To keep your hands warm while pushing it!" etc. I'm sure that these are retreads from any car model you please, but they were novel to me as a high schooler.
- chimen 5y ago"Longest car in the world at 20m. 2m car, 18m smoke"