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   Joe Fineman to All   
   Re: Movie review - Good Bye, Lenin!   
   26 Aug 05 19:59:36   
   
   From: joe_f@verizon.net   
      
   Charming story I read after reunification:  There was an immediate   
   surplus, all over east Germany, of statues of Lenin & Stalin.  Mostly   
   they were scrapped.  But in one city -- I think it was Leipzig -- the   
   municipal council had an idea: they would keep their statue of Lenin   
   as a memorial, but find ways to make it ridiculous.  The suggestions   
   of schoolchildren were particularly solicited.  Alas, even Google   
   seems not to know how that came out.   
   --   
   ---  Joe Fineman    joe_f@verizon.net   
      
   ||:  Q.  How many guacas are there in a guacamole?  :||   
   ||:  A.  Avocadro's number.                         :||   
      
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