I say: if Chelsea had been owned by Goering, WWII would not have started until 1967

If I get excited about something in the newspaper, for example what another columnist has written, I call Peter Middendorp, my colleague and first namesake, and yell at him for an hour without stopping. He listens calmly, chuckles a little, I perceive vaguely. When we’ve laid down, I’m reminded of Hitler. Wasn’t that how it went too? Yes, it would, if a friendly head of state was visiting. The free hair dryer.

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