2y ago

My in-laws have a kitchen towel with this famous old EU cartoon

But did you know the original version of the cartoon was actually about NATO? It was drawn in 1988 by Hughes-Wilson, thank you @catarina@kbin.social for the info: https://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/hughes-wilson_jn.htm

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Not sure how one can put alt-text on an image on Lemmy, so I'll leave here a description of the cartoon:
The perfect European should be (there are comical draws for each nationality):
Cooking.. like a Brit. Available.. as a Belgian. Talkative.. as a Finn. Humorous... as a German. Driving.. like the French. Technical.. as a Portuguese. Flexible... as a Swede. Famous... as a Luxembourger. Patient.. as an Austrian. Controlled.. as an Italian. Sober.. as the Irish. Humble... as a Spaniard. Generous... as a Dutchman. Organised.. as a Greek. Discreet.. as a Dane.
PS: Note that some stereotypes are 'recycled' from the original NATO version where they were attributed to other nationalities.
- I though it was being absolutely brutal with “Hung… as a German”
  
  I was wondering if it was "Humble ... as a German" tbh. But hey, that's Spain.
  
  But that would be true though. 🙃
- That's for embedded pictures in comments only, unfortunately. OP would have to put the description in the text field when submitting a picture. It's a bit clunky.
I was confused until I got to Englishman. I had to survive on fish and chips when I went to the UK, couldn't stand anything else.
Discreet like a Dane. What’s that supposed to mean? 😂
- I'm guessing it's because Denmark was the first country to legalize pornography, I think the person in the image is trying to sell pornographic magazines.
  At least that was the only way I could get it to make sense.
As a Portuguese, I'm flattered. Damn. Thanks whoever designed that, you're very kind :)
Edit: wait wait wait... I think OP is Portuguese as well... That explains it 🙃
- The credits are on the post. Don't be too sensitive about it.. it's a joke.

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