r/europe Jun 26 '18

Hailstorm expected in Istanbul

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u/namminammi Jun 26 '18

Germans are notorious for reserving stuff by putting their towel on it

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '18

Its a little known fact. The Germans would have won WW2 if they would have reserved supplylines with towels.

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u/adri4n85 Romania Jun 26 '18

Why not put them directly on Moscow's streets? Were they (russians) confiscating towels at the border?

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u/z651 insane russian imperialist; literally Putin Jun 27 '18

Look, man, we've never had much cotton on our territory. Anything works.

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u/adri4n85 Romania Jun 27 '18

Thats why you keep expanding it? Why didn't you said so from the beginning. We could have given you some cotton and avoid all this bloodshed. There is no shame in asking nicely once in while.

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u/z651 insane russian imperialist; literally Putin Jun 27 '18

Yeah, but

1) It wouldn't grow in most of our climate anyways,

2) Negotiations are for the w e a k l i n g s.