# Nazi supermarket shopper - What is the uniform he is wearing? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 2, 2013, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nazi-supermarket-shopper-what-is-the-uniform-he-is-wearing/672940 "2013-11-02T19:51:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Alex](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atomic_alex/32/175_2.png) [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2013, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nazi-supermarket-shopper-what-is-the-uniform-he-is-wearing/672940/21 "2013-11-03T23:05:27Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > It’s important to defend their rights to be jerks so that we can know they’re jerks. > [@panache45](#): > > This. I don’t want the government forcing jerks to act like they’re not jerks. I want them to show their true colors publicly so I can ignore or boycott them. I agree, but UK society\* seems to be heading in the opposite direction. \*I originally typed soviety, freudian or what. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nazi-supermarket-shopper-what-is-the-uniform-he-is-wearing/672940/22 "2013-11-04T00:13:05Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > [Yup](http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/News/SLIDESHOW-Inside-the-home-of-Paul-Dutton-the-man-who-wore-a-Nazi-SS-uniform-to-go-shopping-at-Asda-in-Cambridge-20131101154707.htm) > > Sounds like a charming fellow. I wonder who did that painting for him. I’d like to get one of myself waltzing with Mussolini. If you pull up the slideshow and double click on the receiving medal picture it goes high res and [that painting is amazing](http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/News/Some-people-turn-to-God-I-turned-to-Adolf-Hitler-says-Paul-Dutton-the-Cambridge-man-who-wore-Nazi-SS-uniform-to-go-shopping-at-Asda-20131102053542.htm). How in the hell would you commission something like that? ---
**Author:** ![wedgehed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8edcca/32.png) [@wedgehed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wedgehed)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nazi-supermarket-shopper-what-is-the-uniform-he-is-wearing/672940/23 "2013-11-04T00:24:47Z")
Let me guess - his shopping cart was filled with Danish, Brussels sprouts, French fries, & Polish sausage. And, on top of that, he bounced a Czech. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nazi-supermarket-shopper-what-is-the-uniform-he-is-wearing/672940/24 "2013-11-04T13:08:32Z")
I’m not sure how his having mental health problems (as yet undiagnosed, according to the article; it’s the Mail, so what they is probably on the caveat side of truth) means it’s OK for him to go around in a Nazi uniform. If he really wants people to distance themselves from him, but without causing other people to be upset - and a Nazi uniform genuinely could cause people to be upset either because of personal memories, memories from immediate family or knowing what it symbolises - then there are other outfits available. Just put on some really stinky clothes and people will avoid you like the plague. Get home, have a 30-second strip-wash, change clothes, and all’s fine. ---
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nazi-supermarket-shopper-what-is-the-uniform-he-is-wearing/672940/25 "2013-11-04T14:13:17Z")
For some reason he reminds me of [Anders Behring Breivik](http://www.google.com/imgres?as_st=y&hl=en&tbm=isch&tbnid=8zEFCLu4hUrJyM:&imgrefurl=http://www.cbsnews.com/2300-504083_162-10008738-8.html&docid=N5DNmYKuPflEXM&imgurl=http://i.i.cbsi.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2011/07/25/Anders_Behring_Breivik_8_540x405.jpg&w=540&h=405&ei=o6p3UrvsBMTftAbhwYGICQ&zoom=1&ved=1t:3588,r:18,s:0,i:144&iact=rc&page=2&tbnh=171&tbnw=228&start=8&ndsp=16&tx=94&ty=84). ---
**Author:** ![GreasyJack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@GreasyJack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreasyJack)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nazi-supermarket-shopper-what-is-the-uniform-he-is-wearing/672940/26 "2013-11-04T14:44:10Z")
> [@astro](#): > > If you pull up the slideshow and double click on the receiving medal picture it goes high res and [that painting is amazing](http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/News/Some-people-turn-to-God-I-turned-to-Adolf-Hitler-says-Paul-Dutton-the-Cambridge-man-who-wore-Nazi-SS-uniform-to-go-shopping-at-Asda-20131102053542.htm). How in the hell would you commission something like that? I’m surprised he went with the old Viva Las Vegas Hitler instead of the young Hillbilly Cat Hitler. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nazi-supermarket-shopper-what-is-the-uniform-he-is-wearing/672940/27 "2013-11-04T16:05:24Z")
> [@wedgehed](#): > > Let me guess - his shopping cart was filled with Danish, Brussels sprouts, French fries, & Polish sausage. And, on top of that, he bounced a Czech. You’re a funny guy wedgehed. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nazi-supermarket-shopper-what-is-the-uniform-he-is-wearing/672940/28 "2013-11-04T16:21:19Z")
> [@astro](#): > > If you pull up the slideshow and double click on the receiving medal picture it goes high res and [that painting is amazing](http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/News/Some-people-turn-to-God-I-turned-to-Adolf-Hitler-says-Paul-Dutton-the-Cambridge-man-who-wore-Nazi-SS-uniform-to-go-shopping-at-Asda-20131102053542.htm). Himmler (in black) and Heydrich (in grey) are to his left; I don’t recognize the grunt holding the pillow. I suspect he’s just an SS drone. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nazi-supermarket-shopper-what-is-the-uniform-he-is-wearing/672940/29 "2013-11-04T22:01:51Z")
Maybe he hasn’t realized that they were the baddies ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nazi-supermarket-shopper-what-is-the-uniform-he-is-wearing/672940/30 "2013-11-05T00:56:19Z")
Wait… what was the SS policy on gaudy visible tattoos? > [@Guinastasia](#): > > Sounds like a charming fellow. I wonder who did that painting for him. I’d like to get one of myself waltzing with Mussolini. Hey, that could be a seriously profitable business if the artist is open to ideological diversity… > [@panache45](#): > > I’d really like to know how a vasectomy can cause this kind of mental damage, and why it can’t be treated. I think I would avoid that surgeon. Just in case. (And isn’t removing yourself from the breeding pool kind of contary to SS ideology, now that I think of it?) ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nazi-supermarket-shopper-what-is-the-uniform-he-is-wearing/672940/31 "2013-11-05T15:52:14Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > (And isn’t removing yourself from the breeding pool kind of contary to SS ideology, now that I think of it?) Only for Aryans, and more specifically, members of the SS. Something tells me that they (the SS) would be pleased if non-Aryans removed themselves from the breeding pool. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nazi-supermarket-shopper-what-is-the-uniform-he-is-wearing/672940.md?page=1)