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Dutch humour is a general term applied to certain comedic motifs and styles that are often prevalent in comedic acts, jokes and television programmes in the Netherlands. Dutch humour is not well known internationally, though some Dutch comedy's like the Flodder trilogy and comedians like Hans Liberg have found some international appeal.

Dark sarcasm
Often considered one of the most typical atributes of Dutch humour is a particulary harsh form of sarcasm, in which death or illnes often play a significant role.

Germans
Germans feature prominently in Dutch jokes. Typically the German will be portrayed as either being arrogant, ignorant or as a helpless victim of Dutch agression. Many of this jokes are violent and/or have (serious) sarcastic undertones not uncommonly pertaining to the World War II. It has been noted that the Dutch generally do not appreciated it when Germans in turn make fun of the Dutch. Leading some to conclude that some of the jokes aren't all 'in good fun', but also convey an often subtle expression of aversion or hate. "While on tour in Europe, the pope visits the Dutch coast to get a few days of rest. He drives his popemobile along the shore and tries to catch some sleep when suddely he hears German screams coming from the waters edge, where a German is desperately trying to escape the menacing jaws of an 20 ft shark.

At the same time a speed boat with two Dutchmen in it races towards the German and harpoons the shark. The shark begins to bleed and starts to float to the surface. The two Dutchmen haul the German, who at this point is unconsious and covered in blood, into their boat. They then violently begin to hit the shark with their paddles until it is dead, and then haul it into the boat as well.

The two Dutchmen then hear shouting coming from the beach, where a man is signaling them to come ashore. It turns out to be the pope. When the men reach the pope he says:"I bless you for this brave and audacious rescue. I had understood that there were many problems between the Dutch and the Germans, and that they hated eachother to say the least, but after witnessing this I know these are all lies and that the way your nations work together is an example to the world." The pope blesses all of them and the two Dutchmen watch in silence as he drives of in his popemobile.

The Dutchman holding the harpoon then asks his mate: "Who was that guy?". The mate explains: "That's His Holiness the pope, he's in direct contact with God and has access to his infinite wisdom." "Well ..." says the Dutchman with the harpoon, "He sure doesn't know shit about sharkfishing. Now, can we still use the bait or do we have to catch a new German?""

"A German man is sitting in a Dutch pub drinking a beer. He says to the barkeeper: "My, my it's awfully quit around here isn't it?Is that normal?" The barkeeper replies:"No, that's because it's the 4th of May today. That's the day when we remember all those hundreds of thousands of Dutch people who died during the Second World War." The Germans laughs,"Hundreds of thousands?! In Germany we lost millions during the war!." The barkeeper smiles and says, "Yeah, I know were celabrating that tomorrow [ Liberation Day, red.]."