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The roar in my little town when the final whistle was blown was unreal. Something else that is spooky is that during the game, every time I went outside I saw and heard absolutely no traffic. I would guess that close to 90% of Germans watched the game.
I read an article recently about how in Brazil, you could walk down a street and tell how the game was going simply by listening, either to the TVs/radios on or the reaction of people in their houses. Probably a similar phenomenon to what you experienced in Germany.
Im Westen nichts Neues, few honks only. Panem and Circenses. Let's wait until 16 December!
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