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gcxcminer t1_j9tr8c4 wrote

Damn. I’m swiss and I’ve never heard this joke before.

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Nanoro615 t1_j9txhdk wrote

Well, that just sounds like a big plus.

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Agrezz t1_j9vxoww wrote

No, that's Switzerland

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Leather-You4318 t1_j9ts4o6 wrote

There is a village in Austria called Hell. And I think that it's frozen over right now.

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WarmLizard t1_j9u0ohd wrote

There is a town in Poland called Hel, and you take the bus 666 to get there

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wj9eh t1_j9volsq wrote

There's also a Hell in Norway. I hope they're all twinned. Tripletted.

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Resmarax t1_j9xptsc wrote

And it's also frozen over right now.

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K-a-d-e-l t1_j9y7szx wrote

and you can see a road sign there "Gods terminal" (goods terminal)

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HBNTrader OP t1_j9ttxkw wrote

There's also a village called Fucking in Austria.

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TotallyInOverMyHead t1_j9tx59k wrote

Actually, there used to be. Its called "Fugging" since 2021.

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Right_Two_5737 t1_j9vd3mn wrote

They got tired of people stealing their Fucking signs.

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itzjackybro t1_j9vnol9 wrote

some people also fucked under the Fucking sign if the tabloids are right

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PqqMo t1_j9vcnvt wrote

Really? I live only a few kilometers away but didn't know this

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Leather-You4318 t1_j9u7664 wrote

I've heard that their signposts keep going missing.

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R3D3-1 t1_j9ubgy0 wrote

That's literally the reason why they changed it 🤣

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lockslob t1_j9waltd wrote

And "Wank". Unless that's been renamed too.

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Leather-You4318 t1_j9y6hn7 wrote

There is a Wankdorf near Bern in Switzerland. I don't see it being renamed anytime soon.

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Aggressive_Lab6016 t1_j9xhrss wrote

And a German brewery has named a light beer after it. A light beer is called “hell” in German.

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nukeemtilltheyglow t1_j9uyfyx wrote

There's a Hell in Michigan, also.

Along with the town of Climax, just off I-69.

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gruesome_warden t1_j9v3bg2 wrote

Plus, exit 69 on I75 in Michigan is called Big Beaver Rd

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nukeemtilltheyglow t1_j9viwcw wrote

That's what I'm talking about !! There's a town named French Lick in Indiana

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Saikoro4 t1_j9u2cym wrote

No it's not, it hasn't snowed in 4 weeds here. Tomorrow we're expecting some though

I know that it's a joke, don't r/woooosh me

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Additional-Carrot853 t1_j9u6m6k wrote

There’s a village in Norway called Hell, and it is in fact frozen over right now.

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Leather-You4318 t1_j9u6vvc wrote

OMG!! There are so many things I promised to do when Hell is frozen over.

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HGR09 t1_j9unkvn wrote

And in German “Hell” means light/bright

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Me_is_irish t1_j9wf97n wrote

There's a nature park in British Columbia Canada called Little Hell's Gate lol. Haven't visited it yet bit I just may when it warms up

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Crazy_Willow8585 t1_j9wsfg2 wrote

There's also a town in Austria called Fucking. Unfortunately they changed it to Fugging in 2021

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Wanderer351 t1_j9wuqj7 wrote

There is a state park south of Cincinnati Ohio called “Big Bone Lick State Park”… they have a herd of Buffaloes that live there…

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Ok-Travel-9104 t1_j9y9zgv wrote

I am Austrian and an acquaintance once lived at an address translated „in hell“.

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swampthing117 t1_j9tzyl9 wrote

Town here in Michigan called Hell. Beautiful spot.

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Leather-You4318 t1_j9u9ps4 wrote

A guy died and went up to meet St. Peter at the pearly gates. St. Peter says: "We will give you a choice. You can go down to hell and take a look there, and you can take a look here. Then you make your choice, but once it is made, your choice applies for all eternity."

So the guy looks inside Heaven, and all he sees are people sitting on clouds and playing harps. He goes down to Hell, and he sees people playing golf, drinking at the bar, chatting up young ladies at the pool and so on. The Devil says to him: "we'd love to have you on board."

So he goes back to St. Peter and says: I've made my choice. I am going down below. "

"OK," says St. Peter, "off you go."

So the next day he finds himself in hell, where the landscape is all just ash, lit by the glow of volcanoes, and the people screaming as they try to find a place that doesn't burn their feet. So our guy seeks out the devil again.

"What happened to the place that was here yesterday." he says.

"Well," says the devil, "yesterday we were recruiting. Today, you'r hired"

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R3D3-1 t1_j9ubos1 wrote

I know that only with "vor der Wahl/ nach der Wahl" (before the election/ after the election), but I like your version too.

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rehlanbelder t1_j9u6gve wrote

There’s a flag with a minus, a flag with a plus, a flag worth a multiplication symbol, but no division… I suppose such a flag wouldn’t be very unifying.

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bazooka_toot t1_j9vzqwv wrote

Took me a minute to think of a flag with a multiplication symbol.

I'm Scottish.

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icdogg t1_j9uivm5 wrote

Well if you allow that a forward slash is acceptable as a division symbol, there are a few candidates, like Tanzania

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J3ditb t1_j9yo43o wrote

well austria could also be a fraction bar so we have a division symbol. And the only important one

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Wadsworth_McStumpy t1_j9ubjyi wrote

The two worst things about Austria are that you're always getting confused with a different country, and all the kangaroos jumping around.

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borazine t1_j9uy2y6 wrote

I grew up in a fairly rainy city but folks warned me that in Austria the weather there is always Wetter

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gustavmahler23 t1_j9xksh7 wrote

Sometimes you get Unwetter tho

  • Unwetter means storm/bad weather in german
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borazine t1_j9yxbgm wrote

I heard that no matter how well you raise your kids, German children will always be Kinder. Is it true?

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Independent-Ear-7172 t1_j9u62mf wrote

I don’t know, we should ask the kids in the basement.

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R3D3-1 t1_j9ubwcv wrote

Best part was that shortly after a similar case came up in France, but by that time Austria had all the attention.

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chimpdoctor t1_j9w7gw7 wrote

Didn't realise what sub i was in and my mind immediately landed on josef fritzl as the answer.

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Zaur0x t1_j9tt4xq wrote

What's the best thing about Switzerland?

Idk, but the flag is a big plus

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SoftenedJoggle150 t1_j9ts29t wrote

Who the fuck are these people commenting on this..

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TotallyInOverMyHead t1_j9twwfl wrote

The kangaroos are dangerous.

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Vaporized_Soul t1_j9u1hn9 wrote

Wrong nation

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Incubuzzer t1_j9u6nbk wrote

Comedy 8/10 - solid twist
Logic NA/10 -
Punch line 7.5/10 - good twist on a classic
Hook 6/10 - avg hook

Overall 7.25/10 - good joke

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jaggoffsmirnoff t1_j9vkl5t wrote

As far as I'm concerned, their complete lack of kangaroos and boomerangs.

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28_0931 t1_j9xiyoc wrote

Damn, I thought it was Hitler.

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edgyguuuuuurl t1_j9xwngx wrote

I'm Austrian and whenever the punchline to an Austria Joke isn't Hitler, I cry tears of joy. Fr tho, the punchline to every Austria joke should be Burgenland. Fuck Burgenland, worst state ever

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TheAres1999 t1_j9tz2vu wrote

I wonder what else it could be equal to

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mmarks1138 t1_j9wh9rp wrote

Well, that’s not the Wurst thing.

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japamais t1_j9uyycp wrote

Them refusing to serve me Schnitzel with sauce.

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tortured_pencil t1_j9vppl5 wrote

Schnitzel with sauce is an insult bad enough. But if you really, really want to piss off any austrian living or dead, say "Schnitzel with Tunke".

(Tunke is the german word for sauce - german as in Tourist from Germany.)

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Competitive-Cry-1154 t1_j9v0kpf wrote

There are quite a lot of people with extreme right wing views there.

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Dolfan1963 t1_j9vgf6x wrote

Meanwhile, Switzerland is a positive nation…

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Daflehrer1 t1_j9vgtjm wrote

They started both world wars.

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Think_Rub_7667 t1_j9vklnh wrote

I read it as Australia and I was like…do I not know what the Australian flag looks like?

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isham66 t1_j9vlwif wrote

Austrians

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Ogfrebu83 t1_j9w4t44 wrote

Are there flags with street signs instead of math symbols? (Maths aren't popular)

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Carteeg_Struve t1_j9w50nk wrote

The kangaroos.

I mean, they should be in Australia! What are they doing in Europe?

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BrapzXD t1_j9w8egw wrote

"Austria? Well good day mate. Let's put another shrimp on the barbie."

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Atlas_7000 t1_j9wzrwk wrote

The fucking village and austrian artists who failed art school

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BelloBoss t1_j9x5ova wrote

There is a village called Intercourse in Pennsylvania

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ManWithRedCape t1_j9x6gnl wrote

It's name, as a kid i got confused a lot between austria & Australia and my marks were subtracted in the test cos' of this confusion.

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kstew15401 t1_j9xt5md wrote

In Pennsylvania there's Intercourse , Mars and Beaver Falls.

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ccc888 t1_j9xty01 wrote

I hear the painters are pretty terrible.

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Cyberfury t1_j9yx3m5 wrote

If it was a plus there would have been at least one good thing about Austria

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OnyB1l t1_ja0qg8l wrote

Expected a hitler joke

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D2988 t1_j9vomb5 wrote

I mean probably Hitler?

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