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S1 E15

QI · Season 1, Episode 15

Stephen Fry and Sean Lock in “Unfinished Business”

There's a village in Nuremburg whose name means "eavesdropper" in German. Now, what did this village provide the whole world with for almost 100 consecutive Christmases?

War criminals.

Oh, dear.

[starts revolving his arm as though roasting on a spit] You know, the old tradition of roasting a war criminal.... With a glass of sherry... "Cheers, Mr Pumblechook!"

God in Heaven! Oh, Lord.

Compliments of the season!

Did they...

[German accent] "I was obeying orders!" [continues roasting on the spit while drinking deeply from a glass of sherry]

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