German Coastguard We are Sinking/ What are you Thinking About

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  • @moosepasshippie
    @moosepasshippie 20 днів тому +1802

    My wife, German, and I have been saying “what are you thinking about “ in this context for 20 years.

    • @Feuergraf
      @Feuergraf 20 днів тому +60

      How many occasions do you have where anyone of you is actually sinking? 🤯

    • @olemai
      @olemai 20 днів тому +2

      Quality insider

    • @argent861
      @argent861 20 днів тому +22

      ​"In this context" Are you sure? I really hope it is out of context.

    • @danjquiroz
      @danjquiroz 19 днів тому

      Aw cute. I love inside jokes. Sometimes I like to yell "Gimme all you got!" like Al Pacino in the movie Heat haha

    • @hotelmario510
      @hotelmario510 19 днів тому +4

      You own a German? That's cruel!

  • @hrzn202
    @hrzn202 Рік тому +2547

    They are obviously Deep in Thought🧐

    • @strelok52
      @strelok52 Рік тому

      It's easy. Sut

    • @oenrn
      @oenrn 20 днів тому +36

      Their thoughts were quite fluid.

    • @redpilledman00000
      @redpilledman00000 20 днів тому +22

      Big thinkers usually have a large capsize.

    • @amalgamationprime3168
      @amalgamationprime3168 20 днів тому +3

      ​@@redpilledman00000 I misread it as baptize.

    • @cattysplat
      @cattysplat 19 днів тому +15

      Flooded with emotion.

  • @cereal_killer2.0
    @cereal_killer2.0 19 днів тому +564

    the fact that we willingly watched an entire ad is unbelievable

    • @DesignFIaw
      @DesignFIaw 18 днів тому +23

      Some ads are good like that /shrug

    • @Matthew-li7we
      @Matthew-li7we 17 днів тому +10

      Lots of ads used to be entertaining. Now days they just kind of suck.

    • @RayleeRaven567
      @RayleeRaven567 17 днів тому +3

      i mean to be fair it's not like im watching an ad for an online shop that parodies "la cucaracha" for.. every ad they make
      how do you stay sane on this country

    • @JZsBFF
      @JZsBFF 17 днів тому +4

      Some ads are art, most are... not art.

    • @sirpixel7945
      @sirpixel7945 7 днів тому +2

      That means it's a pretty good ad

  • @bethmason1461
    @bethmason1461 Рік тому +1733

    This ad never gets old

    • @excancerpoik
      @excancerpoik 22 дні тому +27

      still doesn't beat the toyota ad with a crashed toyota on the side of the street and they drove by because "have you ever seen a broken toyota it must be a scam" and then it's a robber on the roadside lol

    • @JenomKolemjdouci
      @JenomKolemjdouci 20 днів тому +4

      Much like the children on that boat...

    • @Dekoan01
      @Dekoan01 18 днів тому +5

      Neither did those on the ship.

  • @ADaBaker95
    @ADaBaker95 21 день тому +654

    This is a 10/10 majestic ad!

  • @snubbedpeer
    @snubbedpeer 19 днів тому +99

    Sank you, sank you said the German u-boat captain.

    • @X-Prime123
      @X-Prime123 5 днів тому +1

      Get outtttttt, lol!

    • @randolphstead2988
      @randolphstead2988 4 дні тому +2

      A civilian looks at a submarine and asks an Italian officer, "Is that a U-boat?" Italian officer points to another officer and says. "No, thats a his a boat."

    • @sudonymh
      @sudonymh 3 дні тому

      @@X-Prime123 Hahaha.

    • @lucianbrad4291
      @lucianbrad4291 День тому

      😂😂😂

  • @echeaz
    @echeaz 5 місяців тому +540

    A lovely friend from Germany sent me this a few days ago. I laughed so hard I had tears in my eyes. Thanks you Berlitz for making this! Definitely will consider you when I need to learn a language!

  • @Uaarkson
    @Uaarkson 21 день тому +316

    As an American from Michigan. I can assure you that this ad would have had high relevance early on in my state’s history.

    • @yuanruichen2564
      @yuanruichen2564 20 днів тому +8

      not as german as wisconsin

    • @reginabillotti
      @reginabillotti 20 днів тому +4

      Early in the state's history, there were a lot more French speakers than German. (Unless you're talking about when we officially became a state)

    • @rickwilliams967
      @rickwilliams967 20 днів тому +4

      There's a lot of both. It's still quite French until you end up in Frankenmuth. Michigan accepts everyone generally. Don't forget about the Dutch too. They've had the best staying power it seems.

    • @reginabillotti
      @reginabillotti 20 днів тому +3

      @@rickwilliams967
      The first Europeans in the area were the French.
      "It's still quite French until you end up in Frankenmuth. "
      Frankenmuth is basically a theme park. It's an anomaly. Plus, you can feel a lot of the French influence farther north, too, such as memorials to Father Marquette.

    • @heinhtetnaing3389
      @heinhtetnaing3389 19 днів тому +1

      ...

  • @johnnychamp6371
    @johnnychamp6371 8 місяців тому +255

    Oh my god! I love this. Been watching this ad forever. It just doesn't get old. Brilliant marketing.

    • @JZsBFF
      @JZsBFF 17 днів тому +1

      The kind of ad one never forgets.
      Same tier as that VW ad in which that kid, dressed up as Darth Vader, tries to move the car.

  • @Maik_Budweg
    @Maik_Budweg Рік тому +355

    Lol 😂 Its so old but still funny.

  • @scoutintime
    @scoutintime 25 днів тому +83

    i remember my school showing us this in our language class to motivate us to learn language

  • @hasibrawman4656
    @hasibrawman4656 18 днів тому +11

    Love the Symphony 9 at the ending, a proud german moment altogether.

  • @claraguzman6842
    @claraguzman6842 19 днів тому +11

    I've seen this a hundred times over the past few years and I still laugh my butt off every time!

  • @bitbouqet3302
    @bitbouqet3302 19 днів тому +12

    Don't need to use anything but English to demonstrate this kind of issue.
    An Alabama State Trooper pulled over a car for speeding and asked the driver, "Got any ID?" The driver answered, "'Bout what?"

  • @sudonymh
    @sudonymh Місяць тому +40

    Another one from a German-speaking friend of mine.
    Question: Was ist los?
    Answer: Vhatever ist not tightened down. 🙂

  • @justarandomguy2424
    @justarandomguy2424 20 днів тому +27

    The big eyed man really had a field day with this one

  • @oriontherealironman
    @oriontherealironman 18 днів тому +3

    This lives rent free in my head and now I can force it onto my friends.
    Excellent.

  • @petelowson5481
    @petelowson5481 6 місяців тому +101

    The greatest advert ever 😂😂😂

    • @JZsBFF
      @JZsBFF 17 днів тому

      But we still don't know what they were thinking.

  • @melonmode4128
    @melonmode4128 27 днів тому +21

    Good 'ol Keralis

  • @tubelator
    @tubelator 3 місяці тому +36

    This must have won an oscar, right?

    • @IIAOPSW
      @IIAOPSW 19 днів тому +8

      It won a Sierra Oscar Sierra

  • @TheTonymonk
    @TheTonymonk 19 днів тому +5

    I saw this ad about 15 years ago at least and there was "singing about".

  • @camb3315
    @camb3315 20 днів тому +9

    Its a hilarious ad, but I was just thinking, how would someone who wants to learn English understand this ad. I guess they are hoping they know some.

  • @Pablo668
    @Pablo668 18 днів тому +2

    My German father used to say this often. He thought this was hilarious. I had to agree.

  • @RedFail1-1
    @RedFail1-1 18 днів тому +2

    That's actually a really good advertisement. Well done.

  • @kresimirnovosel9645
    @kresimirnovosel9645 20 днів тому +7

    I always hear him what are you Singing about

  • @griekgek
    @griekgek 17 днів тому +2

    Unfortunately my husband still thinks this is humour 🤣 funny to finally see after hearing it for the thousandth time

  • @therasco400
    @therasco400 Рік тому +143

    On a side note its why in WW2 the pass codes had some form of TH in th'm. (flash, Thunder etc). Germans accent came on thick when speaking with th.

    • @couchcamperTM
      @couchcamperTM 5 місяців тому +18

      we Germans just used every other letter to find out who's American or Bri'ish ;-)

    • @MonsterVerse_scientist-CnlDscr
      @MonsterVerse_scientist-CnlDscr 3 місяці тому +4

      ​@@couchcamperTM My mother and her parents are German while my father and his are italian, i was born in Italy and learned Italian but i would love to be a guy who knows Deutsch

    • @lIlIlllIlllIlIlI
      @lIlIlllIlllIlIlI 2 місяці тому

      ​@@MonsterVerse_scientist-CnlDscr you can 😉🇰🇷

    • @peterschiller5287
      @peterschiller5287 2 місяці тому +16

      @MonsterVerse_scientist I'm a native German speaker, and let me tell you: This language is not all it's cracked up to be. It does however a pretty decent job of leaving you with a slightly evil flair at parties.😉

    • @Grivian
      @Grivian 22 дні тому +6

      @@couchcamperTM Or having them order 3 drinks

  • @rocksparadox
    @rocksparadox 10 місяців тому +40

    Some may see it as an innocent mistake, others see it as vengeance for the Bismarck.

  • @doggonemess1
    @doggonemess1 2 місяці тому +13

    Thank you for uploading a decent quality version of this! There's also the one with "My car is on Fritz!", that one is funny, too.

  • @Watermelon_78
    @Watermelon_78 Рік тому +24

    Cracs me up every time 😂😂😂

  • @foundHope
    @foundHope 3 дні тому

    Fact that this is constantly watched by many people is crazy

  • @the_retag
    @the_retag 2 роки тому +57

    Im glad sinking ships in german waters are being taken care of by the very competent dgzrs

  • @ThatOneWolf_Therian
    @ThatOneWolf_Therian 18 днів тому +1

    I saw this when I was in the third grade, still love this video!

  • @FrankJmClarke
    @FrankJmClarke 17 днів тому +1

    Muppets: "Doctor Bob! Doctor Bob! The patient is sinking!". "I vunder vaught he ist sinking about?"

  • @sunriseshell
    @sunriseshell 18 днів тому

    One of my most favorite commercials of all time.

  • @Zulonix
    @Zulonix Рік тому +15

    From an article in the Sueddeutsche Zeitung (Munich newspaper) Feb. 14, 2023... about the shipyard in Belfast that built the Titanic and is getting new business:
    "The story of the tragic sinking has been told countless times since then. It's that time again in Belfast."
    original:
    "Die Geschichte des tragischen Untergangs ist seitdem unzählige Male erzählt worden. In Belfast ist es nun wieder soweit."

  • @JFKruuse
    @JFKruuse 11 днів тому

    This is my alltime favorites. I is just perfect in every way

  • @geegaw14
    @geegaw14 16 днів тому

    LOL. Never gets old. A true classic.

  • @DugrozReports
    @DugrozReports 19 днів тому +2

    😂 I laughed way more than I should have…

  • @Shadowkey392
    @Shadowkey392 17 днів тому

    I remember this. GREAT ad.

  • @TupacAShakurAfeni
    @TupacAShakurAfeni 2 роки тому +45

    DAS IST GUT!

  • @rovermoon
    @rovermoon Рік тому +34

    ...:"enemies at 2 o'clock"
    xx:"It's 1:30...wait till then"

  • @CoYoTeK94
    @CoYoTeK94 19 днів тому

    Thank you Recommendations! That was this I really ever wanted see!

  • @scottbrown7073
    @scottbrown7073 7 місяців тому +7

    This is the HMS hood we are sinking we are sinking
    Bismarck- what are you thinking about

    • @wj40014
      @wj40014 21 день тому +1

      they literally just blew up tho

  • @CJMVector321190
    @CJMVector321190 18 днів тому +6

    The oldies are always a classic.

  • @UncommonSense1776
    @UncommonSense1776 10 днів тому

    This and the FedEx MBA commercials are two of the best ever made

  • @geisaune793
    @geisaune793 17 днів тому +2

    This commercial is from like 15 years ago at least

  • @tempestmkiv
    @tempestmkiv 13 днів тому

    An oldie but a goodie!

  • @kumagoro
    @kumagoro 17 днів тому +2

    in Germany, this advertisement is famous for being one of the most funny ones😂. by the way, do you know why we have no humor at all? Didn‘t you think that we killed just the funny people?

  • @koolaid33
    @koolaid33 16 днів тому +1

    I like this ad.

  • @JohnSmith-ze7sv
    @JohnSmith-ze7sv 6 місяців тому +8

    It's actually genius.

  • @HalNordmann
    @HalNordmann 20 днів тому +4

    Keralis, is that you?

  • @AlexG-kp1ss
    @AlexG-kp1ss 21 день тому +2

    This is basically what happened with the Titanic and Frankfort

  • @dimitru6024
    @dimitru6024 17 днів тому

    I used to teach English at school. I remember telling some of the students about this:)

  • @georgehenry8422
    @georgehenry8422 9 місяців тому +5

    Comedy Gold.

  • @mitchjohnson4714
    @mitchjohnson4714 18 днів тому +1

    There’s a famous case where a hispanophone was dropped off at the hospital. They told the doctors he was “intoxicado.” The translator thought this meant “intoxicated.” It did not. It meant “poisoned.”
    I think the guy died and they sued the hospital.

    • @ashleyhoward8926
      @ashleyhoward8926 15 днів тому

      To be fair, they're right. Alcoholic poisoning - it's a toxin after all.

  • @CRACLE2710
    @CRACLE2710 Рік тому +20

    Lol this is so funny

  • @tiffanysoule
    @tiffanysoule 2 місяці тому +1

    This is the greatest commercial ever made, imho

  • @Rayver112
    @Rayver112 29 днів тому +23

    These days it would be "What device are you syncing with?"

  • @cosmoshfa88savant66
    @cosmoshfa88savant66 6 місяців тому +1

    Brilliant,,,,,

  • @theYoutubeHandle
    @theYoutubeHandle 20 днів тому +1

    contemplating thinking about sinking.

  • @dv9360
    @dv9360 Місяць тому

    Such a great commercial

  • @TheRunereaper
    @TheRunereaper 18 днів тому

    The funny ones are the best. John West salmon, Heineken, Tuborg lager, Fosters, Cinzano to name just a few.

  • @notfreeman1776
    @notfreeman1776 21 день тому +1

    POV: You are the SS Frankfurt and the RMS Titanic is being unclear about whether or not they're steaming south to meet you

  • @baligraceful
    @baligraceful 3 місяці тому +2

    it never gets old😂

    • @demibob9087
      @demibob9087 Місяць тому

      like a child with cancer?

  • @trevorwhitham6742
    @trevorwhitham6742 17 днів тому

    The ode to Joy at the end😭

  • @gospelfilms7942
    @gospelfilms7942 20 днів тому +1

    'Bout time the British begin contemplatin'!

  • @ricardscelms8374
    @ricardscelms8374 21 день тому +1

    Misunderstanding: " 0:19 for this 0:30 " the night shift change - wild 😂💀💀

  • @sabercruiser.7053
    @sabercruiser.7053 18 днів тому

    Brilliant.

  • @foofoo3344
    @foofoo3344 20 днів тому

    Intelligent is being able to learn another language. Wisdom is understanding said language.

  • @um8078
    @um8078 20 днів тому

    yeah youtube just beginning to recommend this again

  • @feynthefallen
    @feynthefallen 20 днів тому

    had me rolling in the aisles...

  • @robertmayfield8746
    @robertmayfield8746 20 днів тому +1

    I'm still waiting for part two of this drama. Still don't know what they were sinking about?

  • @2709417
    @2709417 18 днів тому

    I bet he understood them perfectly!

  • @michaelbarcroft1485
    @michaelbarcroft1485 21 день тому

    wish we had more ads like these

  • @user-ce8os7kd9i
    @user-ce8os7kd9i 9 днів тому

    I sink,
    therefore I am.

  • @vinck.
    @vinck. 20 днів тому +2

    Realitätsnah

  • @lavatr8322
    @lavatr8322 20 днів тому +1

    EXCEPTIONAL 🤣😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

  • @iamkickbox
    @iamkickbox Рік тому +57

    Кто из канала Авто.путешествия?)

    • @user-id1jw1ze4n
      @user-id1jw1ze4n Рік тому +7

      Сейчас выведем это видео в тренды))

    • @user-vg9vu3rh9q
      @user-vg9vu3rh9q Рік тому +6

      @@user-id1jw1ze4n сейчас оно офигеют от всплеска просмотров

    • @angrystirlitz8257
      @angrystirlitz8257 Рік тому +3

      Осталось только понять шутку...
      \{°^°\}

    • @user-qt2ih9ew9r
      @user-qt2ih9ew9r Рік тому +5

      @@angrystirlitz8257 не надо понимать, просто впусти её в себя)

    • @iamkickbox
      @iamkickbox Рік тому +8

      @@angrystirlitz8257 сигнал о помощи о том что тонут, а другом конце провода ответ: что вы думаете об этом?) Слова sinking (тонуть) и thinking (думать) похожи ))

  • @AminalCreacher
    @AminalCreacher 20 днів тому +2

    eh.. keralis’s delivery is better

  • @flokidannrbuur4664
    @flokidannrbuur4664 Рік тому +1

    Is it safe ?

  • @JZsBFF
    @JZsBFF 17 днів тому

    I'm dead! 🤣🤣🤣

  • @ctradio4416
    @ctradio4416 19 днів тому

    0:30 sounds like the sinking voice from battle stations pacific

  • @coucoul38
    @coucoul38 19 днів тому

    "Language for life"

  • @p1xlb522
    @p1xlb522 15 днів тому

    The English auto generated subtitles from UA-cam is probably a German as well 😂

  • @Mrpallekuling
    @Mrpallekuling 19 днів тому

    I think they are sinking but they might be thinking about how it feels to be shrinking or stinking but that might be wishful thinking

  • @gene9790
    @gene9790 9 місяців тому +5

    Did the guy say "...a German Coast Guard or the German Coast Guard"? I heard "a" but the subs say "the".

    • @HungryHunter
      @HungryHunter 8 місяців тому +1

      he clearly said "the" but the butcherd "zeh" we germans love to do.

    • @jeffreywanner6704
      @jeffreywanner6704 6 місяців тому +1

      Germans tend to pronounce th as ze. so the would phonetically be pronounced as (z-uh) which sounds like how Americans pronounce a (uh)

    • @PineappleOnPizza69
      @PineappleOnPizza69 19 днів тому

      "Zeh german cust gart"

  • @celebrityrog
    @celebrityrog 17 днів тому

    What are you sinking about hahaha

  • @Denes2005
    @Denes2005 20 днів тому

    “We are sinking we are sinking”
    Okay, what are we supposed to do with that?

  • @user-xi7rz2oo7f
    @user-xi7rz2oo7f 10 місяців тому +2

    g'm thinking about sinking

  • @stvsurya0914
    @stvsurya0914 6 місяців тому

    Oooh hahahah now i find the real one 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @christophermccutcheon2143
    @christophermccutcheon2143 19 днів тому

    Thought that was Mark Webb. Thought this was a Mitchell and Webb clip

  • @mareksw
    @mareksw 21 день тому +1

    This doesn't work as well with subtitles

  • @TheAllcreatorLiveArchives
    @TheAllcreatorLiveArchives 19 днів тому

    I mean... cause they're not about to learn German anytime soon 😂

  • @Sziszka83
    @Sziszka83 Місяць тому

    we are syncing is almost good :D

  • @kb-zealot
    @kb-zealot 20 днів тому

    as it happens we're thinking quite a lot about death, the afterlife, our families back home, and personally: my cat Arnold who will need someone to take care of him

  • @raggeragnar
    @raggeragnar 5 місяців тому +2

    Believing this is a funny video , I showed it for a female collegue today. I thought she was going to laugh up a lung.

  • @slifer0081
    @slifer0081 18 днів тому

    If only there was a three letter acronym in which everybody is trained in recognising used around the world...

  • @farrider3339
    @farrider3339 14 днів тому

    😂 classic 😂

  • @Killerqueen69420
    @Killerqueen69420 17 днів тому +1

    Jerman Coastguard