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Germany Not Just The Land Of Chocolate
"Here in the homeland of schadenfreude, the zeal for unmasking academic frauds also reflects certain Teutonic traits, including a rigid adherence to principle and a know-it-all streak. 'I just think that many Germans have a police gene in their genetic makeup,' Dr. Rieble said."
By which I assume you mean, Germany is also apparently the land of not fully thinking through the implications of one's gene-based metaphors.
To: Stephen J. Cannell
cc: Quinn Martin
Dear sir,
If this tagline doesn't hook you, nothing will: Eugene Copman is…[dun-dun-duhhhhh]…POLICE GENE!
Please send my fee in the usual dumptruck.
Yours in His Name,
M. Number Address
And it hasn't been uncovered yet because it's a secret police gene.