Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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Truth Stranger Than Fiction

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  • 7 comments
judifilksign

judifilksign

July 13 2010, 22:46:47 UTC 10 years ago

That *is* pretty amusing. Told as a plot pitch for a TV series, I'm sure producers would have pretty much the same reaction.
ysabetwordsmith

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ysabetwordsmith

July 13 2010, 22:55:17 UTC 10 years ago

When you make a deal with the devil, you have to read the fine print or you may wind up looking so stupid that you just want to kill yourself.
fayanora

fayanora

July 14 2010, 03:13:50 UTC 10 years ago

LOL! I love it!

Yes, and don't forget that Hitler wasn't exactly an aryan himself, seeing as his father was a Jew.
christinathena

christinathena

July 14 2010, 15:56:57 UTC 10 years ago

Grandfather, actually. And, IIRC, it was a rumor of uncertain veracity.
fayanora

fayanora

July 14 2010, 23:47:23 UTC 10 years ago

At the very least, he did not fit the Aryan body type at all.
christinathena

christinathena

July 15 2010, 07:20:30 UTC 10 years ago

Yeah. He certainly didn't look Indian or Iranian to me.

On a more serious note, the German version of Aryan was supposed to be divided into three "sub-races", with the blond-haired blue-eyed type being the highest of the three
raindrops

raindrops

July 14 2010, 08:47:23 UTC 10 years ago

I read that out loud to my gf in my best storyteller voice. She's still laughing.