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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanns_Johst Hanns Johst] @ Wikipedia - Hanns Johst (8 July 1890 – 23 November 1978) was a German poet and playwright, directly aligned with Nazi philosophy, as a member of the officially approved writers’ organizations in the Third Reich. The statement “When I hear the word culture, I reach for my gun”, variously misattributed to [[Heinrich Himmler (nonfiction)|Heinrich Himmler]], [[Joseph Goebbels (nonfiction)|Joseph Goebbels]] and [[Hermann Göring (nonfiction)|Hermann Göring]], was in fact a corrupted version of a line in his play ''Schlageter''. | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanns_Johst Hanns Johst] @ Wikipedia - Hanns Johst (8 July 1890 – 23 November 1978) was a German poet and playwright, directly aligned with Nazi philosophy, as a member of the officially approved writers’ organizations in the Third Reich. The statement “When I hear the word culture, I reach for my gun”, variously misattributed to [[Heinrich Himmler (nonfiction)|Heinrich Himmler]], [[Joseph Goebbels (nonfiction)|Joseph Goebbels]] and [[Hermann Göring (nonfiction)|Hermann Göring]], was in fact a corrupted version of a line in his play ''Schlageter''. | ||
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Latest revision as of 10:35, 15 February 2025
I Reach For My Gum is a dramatic mystery radio play program sponsored by the Gnomon Chronicles Board of Self-Control.
Episodes
2: Kanye West
Context: "Funny how black lives stop mattering when it’s Kanye saying what he thinks in a free speech country"
When I hear a sentence which begins "Funny how" I reach for my gum.
And start chewing vigorously, to keep from insulting strangers more often than I already do.
(Too late.)
- https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1585648118015852544 Post] @ Twitter (27 October 2022)
1:
When I heard the words "That is a fact" I reach for my gum.
And start chewing vigorously, to keep from insulting strangers more often than I already do.
In the News
The inverted Charles Lindbergh stamp misprint is a famous example of a stamp misprint apparently caused by the printers' emotional response to Charles Lindbergh's intimate association with Nazi Germany.
Indiana Jones and the Wrath of God is a revisionist docudrama film about Indiana Jones' supposed participation in Operation Wrath of God, the Israeli government's secret retaliation against the Palestine Liberation Organization after the Munich massacre at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Third Reich From the Sun is an American sitcom television series about four extraterrestrials who are on an expedition to Earth, the third planet from the Sun. The extraterrestrials pose as Nazi military and political figures to observe the behavior of human beings.
The Chewing is a 1980 horror comedy film about a child prodigy (Danny Torrance) who is haunted by unnaturally cheerful twins (the Doublemint Twins).
Fiction cross-reference
- Gnomon algorithm
- The Chewing
- Gnomon Chronicles
- Indiana Jones and the Wrath of God
- Inverted Charles Lindbergh stamp misprint
- The rudest thing
- Third Reich From the Sun
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links
- Post @ Twitter (25 October 2022)
- Hanns Johst @ Wikipedia - Hanns Johst (8 July 1890 – 23 November 1978) was a German poet and playwright, directly aligned with Nazi philosophy, as a member of the officially approved writers’ organizations in the Third Reich. The statement “When I hear the word culture, I reach for my gun”, variously misattributed to Heinrich Himmler, Joseph Goebbels and Hermann Göring, was in fact a corrupted version of a line in his play Schlageter.
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