Sorry if this offends...
In the late 50’s, British & German industry in the interests of detente, instigated exchange programmes to share good engineering practice, knowledge and friendship. So Jurgen found himself at a steelworks in Sheffield being shown round by his British foreman counterpart, Bill.
Bill proudly took him to the furnaces. “Jurgen” said Bill! “Our new electric arc furnace can produce 200 tonnes of molten steel in 2 hours” “Akk! This is nothing!” Said Jurgen. “In my county we have furnaces that produce 400 tonnes in 1 hour... nothing!
They move onto the casting hall. “Here Jurgen” Bill proclaims “we can cast 6, 20 tonne billets from a single vessel.!” Jurgen is unimpressed “Akk! Nothing! We have vessels that can hold twice as much, and pour far quicker than this!”
Onto the rolling mill... and Bill was getting pissed off with Jurgen. “Here Jurgen, we can roll a single billet of steel down into plates or beams within a single shift” “Akkhh! In my country” Jurgen scoffs, “we have multiple mills that can produce different products at the same time! This is nothing!”
In the canteen after the tour, Bill got them both a cup of tea and they sat down to compare experiences. “Well Jurgen, you talk about superior German engineering... but I visited Germany a few years ago, and I used a piece of kit that could shift 1500 tonnes of steelwork in 30 seconds!”
“Mein Gott” exclaimed Jurgen, “what fantastic equipment were you using?”
Bill got up to leave... “I was in a fυcking Lancaster!!!”