I'm a little surprisedthat this film was allowed into the cinemas in Germany. I was under the impression that, even to this day, WW2 was a massively sensitive and taboo subject.
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Kerrisis There's someone in my head, but it's not me.,
Fri 23 Jan 2009, 17:45,
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It is a sensitive subject but not taboo
Dixipoos Bye Bye Blackbird,
Fri 23 Jan 2009, 17:46,
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"Don't mention the war" and all that, eh?
Barbarossa is not my real name,
Fri 23 Jan 2009, 17:48,
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You should come on holiday to Germany and do these types of jokesI swear noone has ever seen a Brit do them, so you'd be an original :)
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Fri 23 Jan 2009, 17:51,
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Strangely enough, the picture painted by John Cleese 30 years ago isn't entirely accurate or relevant today Dixipoos Bye Bye Blackbird,
Fri 23 Jan 2009, 17:50,
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It was a joke!God, have you been in Germany so long you've lost your sense of humour?
Disclaimer: Some of my best friends are German and they are bloody hilarious
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Fri 23 Jan 2009, 17:53,
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Disclaimer: Some of my best friends are German and they are bloody hilarious
I have a very dry sense of humour, so no, not really ;)"Goosestep, funnywalk funnywalk, dont mention the war, 2 fingers on top lip" jokes for me just get old, boring and unoriginal after hearing them for the trillionth* time
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Dixipoos Bye Bye Blackbird,
Fri 23 Jan 2009, 17:56,
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I heard there was a massive gap in time around that period wherenothing really important happened.
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monkdagola but how do you TURN a phrase?,
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