My personal favorite take on this was from Best of the Web, which suggested that the reference to "Austrian" was a subtle reference to the US's role in WWII, because, after all, if the US hadn't gotten involved, the Austrians today would almost certainly be speaking German. goofy

PJ

"You told me you weren't like other men," she said, shaking her head at him when the storm of laughter had passed.
He grinned at her - a goofy, Clark Kent kind of a grin. "I have a gift for understatement."
"You can say that again," she told him.
"I have a...."
"Oh, shut up."

--Stardust, Caroline K