Oh sweet. Ngc3314, if you can come up with the necessary permissions to translate, I'd love to read it.

I knew I should have taken Russian rather than German in college. I could have used even rudimentary Russian hundreds of times in the last ten years. And how many times have I used German since then? Maybe twice. Well three if you count the old "spitzensparken" server room spoof.

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And you, to whom adversity has dealt the final blow
With smiling [faces] lyin' to ye' everywhere ye' go
Turn to, and put out all your strength of arm and heart and brain
And like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again.