Years ago, a music critic for the Times told me that one as
a "German" joke. The "German," emblematic of someone
single-mindedly following orders, beats his mother to death
with the chair. It's part of a set of similar jokes.
During the French Revolution, two Frenchmen and a German are
sent to the guillotine. The first man sent to the platform
is a Frenchman. When the rope is pulled, the blade falls,
only to stop with a thud inches above his neck.
"It is a miracle!" exclaims the Frenchman in the guillotine.
"Indeed it is a miracle!" exclaims the crowd. "Free him."
"Oh," says the German, "I see what the problem is!"
From Pennsylvania Dutch Country, Eric
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