When I was commuting between London and Munich on LH for 18 months, there was a particular statement that elicited applause.
Whilst taxing to the stand, some (not all) of the captains would say (but only in German)
"Welkom by Freistaat Bayern." Welcome to the Free State of Bavaria. This alwaye drew applause from the cabin.
During my time in Bavaria, the locals would say, "You don't want to go to the North of the country [Hamburg/Berlin] because it's all full of Germans."
