First of all, thanks and a BIG howl for
CW for getting another impressive mailbag done in such difficult times. This man must be bursting with energy ...
I would also like to thank him for awarding me with that "Mailbagger Award" I didn't even knew it existed because of missing out on the last bag.
To the knowledge of
pants: I only turned in ONE additional question (the one about doping in professional basketbal) and it was not in the intention to pilfer the title from you. But the way my schedule at work looks like, you might easily win it back the with next mailbag because I don't know if I will be able to actively defend it. But wait ... "cold dead hands" ... sounds like an invitation to me. I'll consider it!
Nontheless, I can easily live with any insults
pants would like to throw at me, because envy is always the highest form of respect and if it comes from such a strong competitor like him, I'll be proud of it. Besides, Germans have never won anything in the long run with brute force ... and it's not because they didn't tried. So one finally had to resort to the means of stealth and sneakiness if he wanted to bring home some sort of price.
But my thanks to everyone for having my back. I think I can live with being called a whatsoever "Kraut" without taking any offence. In the kind atmosphere of this board, it's hard to really feel insulted

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