First thoughts when you hear germany?

[Voodoomancer]

First thing to come to my mind? Guy in lederhosen drinking beer. Not sure why

Second thing is the autobahn, and I know that's from watching Top Gear.

 

[therandombear]

Sauerkraut...for some reason, that's the first thing I think when I hear Germany.

 

[wooty]

That amazing piss up we had in Munich back in 2008 during the European cup. Beer halls, steins, football and merriment. Absolutely brilliant.

 

[SckizoBoy]

Here is a list of things that come to mind when someone mentions 'Germany' or 'Germans':

A very attractive girl at work with a Danish name (she's a Holsteiner, let's just be clear)
Gerhard Johan David von Scharnhorst
My ex-girlfriend
The Golden Age of Physics
Erich von Manstein
Immanuel Kant
the youngest nation in western Europe
Oktoberfest and being drunk at nine in the morning
Bayerisch is a weird language
Funky titles (of nobility)
Awesome looking castles
Invaliedenhof
der Siegesaule
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
Huegenots
Hohenzollern
the Ghost Division
Krupp
Dreyse
My belief that German is a sexy language (much to the bewilderment of those around me)
Hall of Mirrors
Potsdam
Sanssouci

I leave the 'thinking of Nazis' to others...

 

[Arina Love]

Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM), Nurburgring Nordschleife, NEAT UND TIDY.

 

[Samus Aran but a man]

stability


and the language; I like the language

 

[Patrick Buck]

First thing I think of is WWII, Which then makes me feel guilty, because the Germans aren't STILL like that, so i feel like a dick. Then I think of the german food, like shnizles. (God knows how i'm supposed to spell that.)

 

[SckizoBoy]

[small]Don't mention the war![/small]

QI G for Germany:

Who wrote Brideshead Revisited?

Evelyn Waugh.

*klaxons & sirens*

...

Oh, I'm sorry, I mispronounced it, it was Evelyn Woff!

OT:

And another thing:

 

[timb69]

I happened to be watching Die Hard whilst coming across this thread. My thoughts were all about how badass Alan Rickman was in that film.

Otherwise Hitler.

 

[StonerTirza]

Becks, Rammstein, Rock am Ring. Audi
Yup

 

[Ashendarei]

Rediculously good beer mostly ...

 

[6urk17s]

Ill be honest, First thing that comes to mind when I hear Germany is:

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This the First thing that comes to mind when I also hear Porsche

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Ill say one thing, the Nazi leaders has some fucked up ideology, but the German Army did have some kick-ass tanks, guns and they where the best dressed army the world has ever seen.

And then comes Rammstein:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIBeYoP9Wi0

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

I get a mental image of the country on a map, and Oktoberfest.

And the accent, thanks to TF2's Medic.

 

[ReinWeisserRitter]

"Germany sure is noisy today, seeing as it's on the other side of the world."

 

[Amaror]

[small]Don't mention the war![/small]

^^ made my day.
I won't say what i think of germany, because i am german, so i leave it to you guys.
Btw. I am kind of happy now, because i would have guessed the first 20 post would contain only one word with four letters.

 

[MetalMagpie]

First thought: Those sausages with cheese in the middle that they sell at the German market around Christmas. They are one of the tastiest things on the planet.

 

[milna64]

Everyone who didn't immediately say Hitler when they read the topic title is lying. I'm finding it very difficult to think of what I would think because the title is saying "Do you think of Hitler when I say Germany?" If you ask me that question... I am going to think of Hitler.

When someone mentions Germany in conversation, I think that I think of efficiency before I think of Hitler. But I couldn't really say. Also, the context of the conversation would matter greatly.

 

[quantumsoul]

Usually beer and lederhosen are the first things that pop into my head. More recently now it makes me think of my girlfriend who speaks German.

 

[CrazyGirl17]

...Is it wrong that I think of the Axis Powers Hetalia character when I think of Germany?

 

[NotSoLoneWanderer]

Otto Von Bizmarck, Bi-planes, Pizza, and unnecessarily long and complicated language, MP40's, Call of duty, Hitlet, WWII, Panzers. In that order.