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underpants

(182,632 posts)
Sat Nov 9, 2019, 07:51 PM Nov 2019

Berlin Wall. Funny story I heard from an Army guy who stayed in Germany.

This was from a guy in the Army who met a German woman and stayed. He got a job in public works. At the time he was on some sort of disability so he had to order food by 8 PM in order to stay in the bar (Country Western place). The Germans are exact about that sort of thing.

So the story goes that works were being done on the streets shadowed by the wall. Tools are left there because... Germany. The bars spill out and someone picks up a axe or something and someone says "F it" and starts hammering. Others join in. The police aren't sure what to do and time makes it hard to do anything. The hammering continues.

One person is an crime, 10 people are an incident, 20 people are a mob.

It continued on through the night. World leaders decided overnight.. let it go.

Anyway that's the way I heard it.

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Berlin Wall. Funny story I heard from an Army guy who stayed in Germany. (Original Post) underpants Nov 2019 OP
well, it certainly is a good story. Seems like it went that way from the riversedge Nov 2019 #1
We need to do something like that here. Look at Greta Thunberg and others. Eliot Rosewater Nov 2019 #2
On the backside, there was no one in command on duty or maybe willing to 3Hotdogs Nov 2019 #3

riversedge

(70,093 posts)
1. well, it certainly is a good story. Seems like it went that way from the
Sat Nov 9, 2019, 07:58 PM
Nov 2019

stories I have read --especially that it was spontaneous. Just saying

Eliot Rosewater

(31,106 posts)
2. We need to do something like that here. Look at Greta Thunberg and others.
Sat Nov 9, 2019, 08:13 PM
Nov 2019

Putin and rump and mcconnell are NOT leaving power when they lose just like Bevin isnt.

We need to UNDERSTAND that and figure out a way to save ourselves.

3Hotdogs

(12,332 posts)
3. On the backside, there was no one in command on duty or maybe willing to
Sat Nov 9, 2019, 08:15 PM
Nov 2019

Give the command to stop the breakage.

Also didn’t the breakage start on th E German side?

How did your friend get a job in E German public works or meet an E German woman?

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