No catnip, but to lighten up here's a joke going around Vienna in 1944, with Backe giving the same punchline Jerome Powell is fated to face:
"Hitler calls a meeting with Göring, Goebbels, and Food Minister Herbert Backe.
Hitler says to Göring: “How long will our planes and fuel last?”
“Five years, my Führer,” Göring answers.
Hitler turns to Goebbels: “How long can your propaganda keep the people in line?”
“Ten years, my Führer,” Goebbels answers.
Hitler then turns to Backe: “And how long can you kept us fed?”
“Twenty years, my Führer,” Backe says.
Hitler is delighted. “Then we can keep waging war for a long time yet,” he says, whereupon Backe timidly raises his hand: “Um, I only meant the four of us.”
("Dead Funny: Telling Jokes in Hitler's Germany" - Rudolph Herzog)
No catnip, but to lighten up here's a joke going around Vienna in 1944, with Backe giving the same punchline Jerome Powell is fated to face:
"Hitler calls a meeting with Göring, Goebbels, and Food Minister Herbert Backe.
Hitler says to Göring: “How long will our planes and fuel last?”
“Five years, my Führer,” Göring answers.
Hitler turns to Goebbels: “How long can your propaganda keep the people in line?”
“Ten years, my Führer,” Goebbels answers.
Hitler then turns to Backe: “And how long can you kept us fed?”
“Twenty years, my Führer,” Backe says.
Hitler is delighted. “Then we can keep waging war for a long time yet,” he says, whereupon Backe timidly raises his hand: “Um, I only meant the four of us.”
("Dead Funny: Telling Jokes in Hitler's Germany" - Rudolph Herzog)
Thank you for the levity.