I was gonna get a BMW and rang my dad who knows a bit about cars. He said, 'You can't get a German car after what your granddad went through in the war.' Now I didn't know about this but apparently, during the Second World War, my granddad had a succession of very unreliable German cars.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker's father forbids buying a German car due to a misinterpretation of the grandfather's wartime experiences.
- In plain terms
- Family war stories can lead to funny misunderstandings about modern choices.
- What can you take from it?
- Ask for context before accepting family warnings as historical fact.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Have you ever misunderstood a family story?
- How do war memories affect daily choices?
Another view
The humor relies on the listener knowing the grandfather's actual experience was mundane.
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