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Re: Pssst

John Cleese (who may have invented the line in an episode of Fawlty Towers, he certainly used it) tells a story of being recognised in a German airport, and some large German repeated the line back to him whilst laughing his head off. Apparently it's one of Cleese's fondest outcomes from the whole Fawlty Towers thing.

I think we underestimate their capacity for appreciation of Properly Funny Stuff!

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