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What Germans are worst at

They can’t play cricket. And some of them aren't very good in bed

19 July 2014

9:00 AM

19 July 2014

9:00 AM

What Germans do worst

Some things Germans aren’t very good at:
— Making reliable car engines. According to a survey by Warranty Direct last year, Audi came bottom, BMW seventh from bottom and Volkswagen ninth from bottom out of 36 manufacturers for engine failures.
— Making love. According to a spurious website survey of 15,000 women in 2009, German men were the world’s worst lovers, the main complaint being that they were ‘smelly’. (Englishmen

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