A senior manager in the Dutch division of the company I used to work for, often asked the German senior manager if he could have his bike back please! After being baited for 15 years, the German guy came by train to one international meeting and presented his Dutch colleague a brand new bike...
My German colleagues once let slip that they call us the Island Monkies. Presumably because our parliament are always noisy and stupid, and also because we don't know (oh wait, choose not to ... in order to fleece the public for extra profit) how to build solid houses and apartments.
Calling...