You can always reason with a German. You can always reason with a barn…

P. J. O'Rourke
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You can always reason with a German. You can always reason with a barnyard animal, too, for all the good it does. ✨ P.J. O'Rourke (2012). Holidays in Hell, p.165, Atlantic Books Ltd
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You can always reason with a German. You can always reason with a barnyard animal, too, for all the good it does. ✨ P.J. O'Rourke (2012). Holidays in Hell, p.165, Atlantic Books Ltd

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