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Wednesday, 11 June 2014

Banned

I was amused this morning to receive an email from PS informing me that access to Oxford Sociology has apparently been banned in Germany, or at least by his hotel's service provider. Here's the evidence (click on the image to make it larger).
I wonder what I've done to deserve this? I've been murdering the German language for years so perhaps it's payback time...
Posted by Colin at 05:07

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