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Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP30 Jun 2025 4:34 p.m. PST

…' Toughest Knight

"FEW OUTSIDE OF Germany have probably ever heard of Götz von Berlichingen, the colourful 16th Century knight, mercenary and outlaw. But at some point in your life, you've probably uttered the famous phrase he coined: Mich am arsche lecken or "Bleeped text."

According to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe who penned highly acclaimed play about the hard-fighting Teutonic warrior, von Berlichingen supposedly uttered the now-ubiquitous rejoinder in response to a surrender ultimatum during a siege at Jagsthausen Castle…"


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