Please explain joke from ZDF heute show having to do with word "Sicherung"
Footage is shown of Angela Merkel waiting for Teresa May to get out of the car at an official state visit. May is taking a long time. Welke (the host of heute show) comments: "Das kann man erklären. Das ist ein Mercedes, hat eine Engländersicherung...nur zur Sicherheit." So is the joke that the locks are "Engländersicher" (like "Kindersicher")? But I still don't get the joke, I guess. England never invaded Germany. Is it just that Germany would want to keep English away in light of Brexit? But why would the joke be about getting _out_ of the car? It would make more sense that if a car were "Engländersicher" then the English person wouldn't be able to get in to begin with. Anyway, to anyone who can explain "die Pointe" here, I will be most grateful.
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Hahah that’s a good joke. You have to think in the mindset of Europeans or remainer to get the joke. It has nothing to do with WWII, invasions or immigration. The news is talking about how disastrous Bexit is no matter if it’s soft or hard Brexit.
The joke is about the Mercedes has a England safety for keeping Theresa May in the EU. Get it?
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Maybe because May would rather stay in the EU and the process takes already more than 2 years and recently there was the news that a second vote would be legal which would again prolong the procedures. That's why the joke is May getting out of the car only very slowly.
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