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DANISH
HUMOUR
The Danes have
developed their own unique humour.
Some of them may find it funny or amusing to talk down on other people,
but most of them - with or without a Muslim background - respect other
people.
The smile stiffen,
however, if you pull the hat trick and question the secret activities of
the Prince Henri and his behaviours. It's taboo. The free press is no
longer free. Free speech is no longer free. Humour is no longer humour.
This is known as a
``double moral". And between this double moral you find the true
genuine Danish people.
They used to
ridicule the neighbour country Sweden, and that was mainly due to the fact
that the Swedes proved to have the best soccer team.
After the opening of the giant bridge between Copenhagen and Malmø (Sweden) in July 2000, the tone has been
softened greatly. You see, now the Danes can live cheaper and better in Sweden, which makes Sweden okay.
The train takes you from here to there in less than an hour .... taking
away the Saturday-night alcoholic Swedes fast home, instead of having
them sleeping on the park benches waiting for a boat ride.
:-)
The Danes rarely
mean something bad about other people, as they make the jokes and create
their unique humour.
A few years ago the jokes were mainly concentrating on different meanings
and perception between the Danes from ``the main land" and those ``from
the devil-island".
These jokes were very humorous at times. The Copenhagen people considered Jylland people for
being too Hillbilly, and, vice versa.
Usually it all ended up with good friendships, and a good Carlsberg or
Tuborg beer.
The humour merge
people. People get together, have fun, and enjoy life in the midst of a
busy day.
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HUMOUR WIN WARS
The Danish people
always put a certain humorous distance to their ruling leaders, such as
the monarch or the politicians. Either in drawing pictures, or in words,
on the performing stages, in magazines, in newspapers, on television, on
radio, etc.
Some of the jokes simply circulate among the public, i.e. ``never turn
your back to the Prince when you pick up something from the floor",
or, ``be careful when you buy the stamps with the Prince, and lick on the
back". Its satirical and humorous, because most people knows about
his liking of boys ever since he came to the country.
And the Danes love this type of freedom of the press ... except for the
things to be censured in the green book for journalists and authors.
On the performing
stage you have been able to see a satirical reception, where the Danish
queen steal things. Observers had noticed that the Queen of Denmark
actually had a tendency to do shoplifting - and all of a sudden you see
this portayed in a theater play (vaudeville).
The Danes really laugh at such humour, yet knowing it's their own morally
leaders.
Return later in year
2006 to read about more about the Danish humour.
WANT TO KNOW, HOW TO
BECOME A KING?
Actually, it's quite
easy. Just create a throne/chair, and say you are a king.
The advantage of becoming a king is, that the public has to pay for your
parties. Normally the public pays about 2 Euro a year per person, and this
amount ``provides" you with a lot of parties.
No election is required, like if you had wished to become a
president. It's easy to become a King or Prince. Dine and wine as
you please for the money. You can even dress up as a nazi.
If you wish, it can
be of a great advantage to announce yourself as a king for a certain
territory with lots of people.
Andorra has a population of 70.000 people, thus
an income for a king & family = 140.000 Euro per year.
Brazil has a population of 180 million people,
thus an income for a king & family = 360 million Euro per year.
Germany has a population of 80 million people,
thus an income for a king & family = 160 million Euro per year.
China has a population of 1.3 billion people,
thus an income for a king & family = 2.6 billion Euro per year.
Greece has a population of 10.8 million people,
thus an income for a king & family = 21.6 million Euro per year.
Italy has a population of 58 million people,
thus an income for a king & family = 116 million Euro pro anno.
Illinois has a population of 65 million people, thus an
income for a king & family = 130 million Euro.
FYRO Macedonia has a population of 2 million people, thus an
income for a king & family = 4 million Euro a year.
Australia has a population of 20 million people,
thus an income for a king & family = 40 million Euro.
Russia is a rather good district to settle down
as a non-elected king. 290 million Euro a year.
Or, what about becoming a king for Russia, China, Europe combined = 4 billion Euro a year. (Hmm, I think that's just about the sum
of money my family makes a year :-)
It's a lot of money
to party for, and invite friends. However, do bear in mind that no matter
how rich you are, you can normally still just eat maximum one steak a day
... or elsewise you risk to vomit all over your Palais floor, while
worrying about when some snipeshooter is going to get you, when you walk
the distric which you represent. :-)
According to the
Encarta Encyclopedia the title ``king" relates to a ruler with
authority over a tribe or a nation. Ages ago kings were usually elected,
but this practise ended a long time ago. Thus, you can become a king of a
tribe simply by claiming so; the Smith-tribe, the Ferrer-tribe, the
Schmidt-tribe, the Kovacs-tribe, the Miller-tribe, the Baker-tribe, the
Hansen-tribe, and so on.
It's darn easy to become a king.
Thank you to Mr.
Bill Gates for making this information accessible to us via Microsoft
Encarta.
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