The Joke That Changed My Life

Derek Sivers grew up in America and didn't know much about other cultures. He heard a street performer tell this joke: The EU will be a success if the British are police, French are chefs,. Italians are the lovers, and the whole thing is organized by the Germans. That night he bothered his Danish host for hours, asking him many questions like do the French have bad police? Why are the Germans supposed to be so organized?