4 And probably proves something or other,
5 Unless it doesn't.
CHAPTER 151 Later on, there was still another great Kraut composer named aBeethoven,
2 Who was also great,
3 Though deaf,
4 Which may explain why nobody in history has ever written music any louder than Beethoven's,
5 bExcept Wagner, of course,
6 But doesn't begin to explain why he thought that symphonies with ceven numbers don't quite count.
CHAPTER 161 In fact, there were lots and lots of great Kraut composers,
2 Including dSchubert,
3 Who was so great that he didn't even have to finish his symphonies,
4 And a whole bunch of Strausses,
5 Who thought the Danube was blue,
6 And other things.
7 There was also eWagner,
8 Which just goes to show you,
9 fPigs may not write symphonies, but they're the only ones who can sing certain kinds of goperas.
CHAPTER 171 The Krauts were also pretty excellent at architecture,
2 hAnd built a lot of tremendous cathedrals and castles and cities and so forth,
3 iNot to mention all the great steel-and-concrete buildings they put up when the jindustrial revolution came along,
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4 kWhich were all so big and well made that you'd have thought they were expecting someone to drop a lot of bombs on them or something,
5 Which they weren't, of course,
6 lBecause it's just not true that the Krauts were obsessed with war and destruction and things like that,
7 mWith the possible exception of a few maladjusted individuals,
8 Who weren't at all like the rest of the Krauts,
9 And never had been,
10 Because while the rest of the Krauts were producing all that great culture,
11 Over hundreds of years,
12 A few were otherwise engaged.
CHAPTER 181 For example, some of the few maladjusted individuals were the nPrussians,
2 Who had a ruling class called the Junkers,
3 Meaning scar-faced, bald-headed psychopaths who think that everything everybody else does is junk,
4 oAnd should be destroyed with a lot of blood and iron.
5 While the rest of the Krauts were messing around with culture and other junk like that,
6 The Prussians started practicing up on all the things they'd need to rule the world someday,
7 Like pwar,
8 qAnd clicking their heels together a lot,
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