23 Monday Jul 2018
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Thanks Fritz, but he probably has a point…
“Man muß ein Engländer, bezecht und spleenig sein, um Gefallen daran zu finden”
— Friedrich II, Brief an Prinzessin Wilhelmine von Oranien, 25 Oktober 1774 (über das englische Theater).
17 Sunday Dec 2017
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This little announcement in the Teltower Kreisblatt from 13th December 1856, tucked away amidst all the Christmas adverts, made me laugh:
In essence: “I hereby warn everyone not to lend my wife money, or anything else, as I won’t pay for it”, there’s a heart-warming Christmas story behind that somewhere.
