Juno Jove on Nostr: Peak German humour was 1996 when they launched the electronic tax filing portal, ...
Peak German humour was 1996 when they launched the electronic tax filing portal, ELSTER, for "[El]ektronische [St]euer[er]klärung".
But it's a pun - Elster is also the name of a bird, the thieving Magpie.
Rumor has it that nobody in Germany has laughed since.
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2026-02-17 09:27:14 UTCEvent JSON
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