Lyndsey and Cassie go German

All off in Germany

Here a bit of news which only goes to reaffirm our faith in doing things the English way.

A holiday brochure for a cruise company has been printed in two different versions – one for the German punters and one for the Brits.

They look the same, but on closer inspection, one tiny detail is different. In an illustration of passengers enjoying a co-ed sauna together, there are some extra items in the Brit brochure.

For prudish types in Blighty, there are bikini tops and trunks superimposed onto the models. But in the German version, the fake tourists are all posing in the buff. Mein gott!

Saucy Germans were thought to have a more liberal attitude to getting their lederhosen off in public. But we Brits would rather keep our cardies buttoned up to our necks if there’s anyone else in a five mile radius.

Quite right too. We don't want to see their bits and pieces flying free when we're tucking into our egg and bacon.

A representative from Ocean Village, the cruise company involved, said: "The Brits are a bit more modest about these things."

And where would we be if we weren't? Wandering down the high street in nothing but a pair of flip-flops, that's where.

The world's gone mad.