This reminds me of a joke.
An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman are sitting in a bar. Suddenly, a fly dives into each of their beers. The Englishman says, “Barman, a fly just dived into my beer. Bring me another one.” The Englishman got another beer. The Irishman says, “Ah, to hell with it,” and empties his pint, fly and all. The Scotsman pulls the fly out of his beer, shakes it up and down, and screams, “Spit it oot, damn you! Spit it oot!”
Funny thing is when this joke, which I had vaguely remembered and had to look up (thank you ,Wikipedia), was told to me the Scotsman had been replaced with a Schwabian. Schwabia is the area of Germany bordering on the Italian Alps. They are known as much for their thriftiness as the Scots are. Ah, how a good joke travels!