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The punchline of the old joke was that hell was full of German policemen, and heaven, English ones

July 23, 2016 By Kathy Shaidle

After watching the Munich cops’ Twitter feed with my husband yesterday — “Ve know nuthink! NU-THINK!!” — and now reading this…

As I’ve said before, when timeworn cliches are no longer viable shorthand, you know you’re living through an epochal change.

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