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Hertha: Pride goes before a fall. I'm telIing you. Be friendly on your way up. Because on your way down, you're gonna meet them aIl again. And they all come down sometime. Or something like that.
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Herbert Nürnberg: Nicknames here are like titIes. We have first- and second-cIass ones.
Mann Im Anzug: And what's a first-class nickname?
Herbert Nürnberg: Double names. SS Norbert, Tampon Günther, Bulgarian Harry. Rum-and-Coke Waltraut, Schnapps Uschi. Ernie the Nose, Ginny Max.
Mann Im Anzug: How do you get a name like that?
Herbert Nürnberg: He drinks gin morning, noon and night.
Mann Im Anzug: And his name's Max?
Herbert Nürnberg: No. Peter. Max since he brags to the max when he's drunk. That's Arne. We call him "Anus" and everybody Iaughs.
Jörg Wischnauski
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