Sunday, July 19, 2020

A nice German pun

To lighten things up, here's a nice pun I read in Stern magazine about 10 days ago. I still think it's cute.

Wo fahren deutsche Sextherapeuten am liebsten in Urlaub?
Gen-Italien.

To appreciate that, you'll have to learn German.
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