The pants aren't running and so you have to cheer them on and encourage them.
Are you German?
Technically yes but I've never been to Germany nor do I speak the language. My family is German though.
Edit: I have literally no guesses why this is being downvoted. My family is from Germany. Did I miss a joke?
Hm, obviously I don't know why people downvoted, but one guess: "german" is historically someone who speaks the German language (as their mother to gue), and contemporarily someone who holds the German citizenship.
So if neither of those applies to you, but call yourself German, one might assume that you subscribe to the view that there is a German "race" which you consider yourself a part of, which is not a popular view.
Are you going to post the joke?
The punchline is "run pant"
The pants aren't running and so you have to cheer them on and encourage them.