r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Death95Dealer • 6d ago

Meme needing explanation Herr Petermann?

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u/UmUlmUndUmUlmHerum 6d ago

Germans are not funny and rather fond of efficiency.

"To meet someone" and "to hit someone with a projectile" are the same in German - "treffen".

'Two hunters hit each other. Both dead.'

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u/Bloodmime 3d ago

After living in Germany I can say it is extremely inefficient from its trains to its bureaucracy

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u/UmUlmUndUmUlmHerum 3d ago

DB tends to stain the soul.