German humour?

Being a fan of good football by choice/ aesthetic snobbery, and a fan of the England national team by birth, I find it hard to feel disappointed about England's failure to qualify for Euro 2008. It might, eg, signal new direction in the terminally unimaginative English FA, including perhaps the removal of the uncannily Dickensian Brian Barwick. Who scares me. It is certainly somehow sad that Wayne Rooney will be 26 by the time the next major tournament comes around. Still I suppose it means he can concentrate on the more obviously glorious Champions League.

At the bottom of this article Joachim Low, the German national team manager, says its sad that "the Fatherland" of football has not qualified for a major tournament. Is this a brilliantly tongue in cheek response by a Dads Army watching German? Has sometihng been gained/ lost in translation? Or am I reading too much into it?!

1)incoherency २)understanding

Just saw superbe James Thieree show, clowning with some of the very French humour of his grandad.

Here's the Sadler's Wells snip which gives a sense of it. The bit with the rocking chair is... MAGIC (if magic is the unwilling suspension of disbelief?):



There was something really liberating in the incoherency of Au Revoir Parapluie. Having the frame of mostkulture broken. Minus narrative, superficially interiorized characters, punchlines etc, normal understanding goes out the window.