Hitler outraged at pepper spray cop going viral

By Kevin Roderick | November 23, 2011 11:29 PM

It took me 60 years to become an Internet meme, Hitler complains. "I'd like to be in a scene with Yoda! Or Princess Leia for god's sake!!! All I ever do is repeat this same damn scene over and over again...It's pathetic. Being a meme used to mean something."


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