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[Cyberus]

Is this meant to be a comic?
The first line is easy for an English speaker, I only had to look up herkennen in my Dutch dictionary.

Hoe kan je een Hollands schip herkennen op de oceaan?


Er vliegen geen meeuwen achter.

As far as I understand it:
How can you recognise/notice(herkennen?) a Dutch ship on the ocean?

There(er) flies(vliegen) no(geen) gulls(meeuwen) behind(achter)


The second line I needed a dictionary for.

So,

How can you recognise a Dutch ship on the ocean?
There are no gulls flying behind it.

What??
Is this dutch humour? I don't get it, do Dutch sailors eat seagulls or something?

:-?

[odin]

Well, the jokes are really quite bad that have been featured there so far, way beyond groaner level. Anyhoo, with this particular one I think the 'joke' is that Dutch people are so 'economical' (? I can't really find a good translation for 'zuinig') that they even won't dump fishwaste overboard, or something :-?. Therefore not attracting seagulls?

In jokes Dutch people have this characteristic in common with Scots, i.e. not willing to spend money and stuff. As I said, this particular one isn't remotely funny.

Oh and 'herkennen' is indeed 'to recognise'.

-edit-
Hang on: © 2004 Moppen.be. It's Belgian humour, no wonder it's not funny :-P.

[PMC]

[quote]
odin wrote:
that Dutch people are so 'economical' quote]

Ah! That's why Dutch people use both sides of the lavatory paper!

<Meant in the best of good humour. I have a lot of affection for our Dutch cousins across the North Sea).

I didn't add any of the ones that are there. They came with the package, though I have deleted a few of the dirty comic strips that were included. Have no idea what the hell that comic says, but if someone lets me know they have a problem with it, I'll remove it.

Wayne

[odin]

Nah, they're not dirty *at all*. Just very dusty, mouldy and have a beard from here til Tokyo :-).

[Cyberus]

odin wrote:
Well, the jokes are really quite bad that have been featured there so far, way beyond groaner level. Anyhoo, with this particular one I think the 'joke' is that Dutch people are so 'economical' (? I can't really find a good translation for 'zuinig')

I think in English it would be 'stingy' or 'tight-fisted'.

[Speelgoedmannetje]

odin wrote:
Nah, they're not dirty *at all*. Just very dusty, mouldy and have a beard from here til Tokyo :-).

aw men, these "jokes" are just so bad, these're camp pur sang