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MustLoveBeagles

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11. He was quite a guy

Reply to Nevilledog (Reply #10)

Sat May 30, 2026, 02:31 PM

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He was punished for calling Hitler stupid and saying he hated him. I heard from my dad that grandpa defaced Hitler posters by making him look like Groucho Marx and Charlie Chaplin. I don't know for sure if it's true but I hope is because that's hilarious 😂. Grandpa was a staunch liberal until the day he died. When my grandparents got their citizenship they voted for JFK.

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