National Character

By Carl Laning, TMN contributor There is a joke that goes as follows…In Heaven: the cooks are French, policeman English, mechanics are German, lovers Italian and the bankers are Swiss.

In Hell: the cooks are English, policeman German, mechanics French, lovers Swiss and the bankers are Italian.

I’m inclined to believe that national character, or at least the perception of it, is a real thing. The she…