On this day in south west Hertfordshire
Two Germans met in Paris. Carl said to Fritz: “Have you a good job here?”
“Yes,” replied Fritz. “I have a very good job. I sit on the Eiffel Tower and watch for the English to wave the white flag.”
“Is it good pay?” asked Carl.
“Not much,” Fritz answered, “but it’s for life.”
[From the Watford Observer of June 20, 1941]
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