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# BYCU
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/31979/
- Published: 2014-03-14T06:34:14.000Z
- Updated: 2014-03-14T06:34:14.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: Miscellaneous, #wpChunk

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ea/fd/eafdb338-c9b6-4f87-8363-78ab94cc3a18/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Beer-225x300.jpg "Beer")

BYCU

A TDE reader sent me [this story](http://www.thelocal.de/20140305/euro-eurosceptic-afd-csu-germany-meet-for-ash-wednesday-summits-in-bavaria?ref=thedailyeudemon.com) last week:

"On Ash Wednesday every year, German politicians are given a chance to drink a lot of beer in tents and then take to a podium to speak their minds on any subject, or even crack a few jokes about their opponents."

Odd tradition, that.

And yes, it's in Bavaria, the Catholic south, not Berlin. I don't know much about German culture, but you would've hoped the homeland of a recent Pope would show a bit more reverence.

But then again, we are talking about politicians.