# Sit! Roll over! Sieg Heil!! Good boy!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 15, 2003, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sit-roll-over-sieg-heil-good-boy/207637 "2003-10-15T20:13:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sit-roll-over-sieg-heil-good-boy/207637/1 "2003-10-15T20:13:41Z")
[Ummm…](http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/story.jsp?floc=FF-RTO-reodd&idq=/ff/story/0002%2F20031015%2F122566900.htm&sc=reodd&photoid=20031015BER05D) > [@](#): > > Thein demonstrated Adolf’s “Hitler salute” trick to a Reuters photographer in his back yard in southwestern Berlin after summoning the dog from a kennel with “Adolf” painted over the entrance. > > “Adolf, give me the salute!” Thein barked as the dog raised his right paw. I’d like to send this guy back in time like racist Vic Morrow from that _Twilight Zone: The Movie_ segment. I don’t think he’d think he was so funny after that. ---
**Author:** ![county](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@county](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/county)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sit-roll-over-sieg-heil-good-boy/207637/2 "2003-10-15T20:25:42Z")
Well, don’t blame the dog. I think the larger question raised is; who is making and selling “Hitler” T-shirts? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sit-roll-over-sieg-heil-good-boy/207637/3 "2003-10-15T20:47:56Z")
My guess is he made it himself, possibly at one of those mall kiosks. ---
**Author:** ![Debaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3da27b/32.png) [@Debaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Debaser)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sit-roll-over-sieg-heil-good-boy/207637/4 "2003-10-15T20:49:09Z")
Why? You looking for one! This line is my fav: > [@](#): > > Germany has strict laws banning the use of Nazi symbols, but the man, Roland Thein, sporting a Hitler-style mustache and military tunic, said he didn’t understand what the fuss was about. Very Onion-like. ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sit-roll-over-sieg-heil-good-boy/207637/5 "2003-10-15T20:49:37Z")
At least the dog is demonstrating greater intellectual capacity than its owner. ---
**Author:** ![Beagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Beagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beagle)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sit-roll-over-sieg-heil-good-boy/207637/6 "2003-10-15T20:53:04Z")
Oh. My. God. If I hold my hand out and say “Hitler Salute” my dog will fire off several snappy low Nazi salutes – just like Hitler sometimes did! – in succession. She too is a black German shepherd. Never again. By the way, what the fuck? Note to self: stop using hand signals for tricks. See, it doesn’t really matter what I _say._ But, again, she is German. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sit-roll-over-sieg-heil-good-boy/207637/7 "2003-10-15T20:55:05Z")
And another loony gets the attention he wants. On some level, though, isn’t this disrespectful to Der Fuehrer? Shouldn’t Thein be giving orders to a lesser party functionary, like maybe Putzi Hanfstaengel? Putzi would be a nice name for a dog. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sit-roll-over-sieg-heil-good-boy/207637/8 "2003-10-15T20:56:44Z")
I saw that earlier this morning. Bizarre. ---
**Author:** ![county](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@county](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/county)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sit-roll-over-sieg-heil-good-boy/207637/9 "2003-10-15T20:58:55Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by Debaser \* \*\*Why? You looking for one! Nah, already got 2, one for everyday wear and one for formal occasions, like dog shows. I shop at adolfrus but I didn’t know they were selling overseas. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sit-roll-over-sieg-heil-good-boy/207637/10 "2003-10-15T21:05:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by county \* > \*\*I think the larger question raised is; who is making and selling “Hitler” T-shirts? \*\* Larger still, who wears a Hitler mustache? ---
**Author:** ![Ayesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Ayesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ayesha)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sit-roll-over-sieg-heil-good-boy/207637/11 "2003-10-16T08:19:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by county \* > \*\*Well, don’t blame the dog. > > I think the larger question raised is; who is making and selling “Hitler” T-shirts? \*\* My question is who is buying the things ? ---
**Author:** ![Brutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sit-roll-over-sieg-heil-good-boy/207637/12 "2003-10-16T08:53:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ayesha \* > \*\*My question is who is buying the things ? \*\* I am going to take a wild stab at this one, and answer, “Those who like Hitler.” Maybe? ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sit-roll-over-sieg-heil-good-boy/207637/13 "2003-10-16T09:09:29Z")
Well, really, what other kind of salute is this dog going to be able to do??? If he taught him to do a regular salute, _that’d_ be something. BTW, t-shirts with swaztika’s(sp?) and Nazi slogans are not at all hard to come by, especially over the internet. Wherever there is a market for something… ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sit-roll-over-sieg-heil-good-boy/207637/14 "2003-10-16T09:31:30Z")
For some reason, the description of the dog as a “black mongrel” makes me uneasy. I know it’s literally true, but in a story of this nature… ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sit-roll-over-sieg-heil-good-boy/207637/15 "2003-10-16T09:38:22Z")
I find it relieving that Nazism is such an obvious self-parody at this juncture. Not that real neo-Nazis don’t do lots of despicable things, but the terror has gone out of the party to some degree when guys with Hitler mustaches and t-shirts are trying to teaching their dogs ‘sieg heil.’ ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sit-roll-over-sieg-heil-good-boy/207637/16 "2003-10-16T09:46:46Z")
If I hold my cat in a certain way, she does an involuntary Hitler salute. I then march her up and down saying “Die Katzen wollen Lebensraum! Tod zu den Mäusen!” I think it’s funny. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sit-roll-over-sieg-heil-good-boy/207637/17 "2003-10-16T09:54:26Z")
Well, if it’s a _cat_ doing it, then it’s hysterical. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sit-roll-over-sieg-heil-good-boy/207637/18 "2003-10-16T09:56:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by county \* > \*\*Well, don’t blame the dog. > > I think the larger question raised is; who is making and selling “Hitler” T-shirts? \*\* I think the larger question is: why is this news and why is it illegal? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sit-roll-over-sieg-heil-good-boy/207637/19 "2003-10-16T10:04:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by adam yax \* > \*\*Larger still, who wears a Hitler mustache? \*\* Mugabe? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sit-roll-over-sieg-heil-good-boy/207637/20 "2003-10-16T10:05:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bryan Ekers \* > \*\*Well, if it’s a _cat_ doing it, then it’s hysterical. \*\* It could be worse - she could look like [this](http://www.cat4love.com/friends/hitler/hitler_s.jpg). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sit-roll-over-sieg-heil-good-boy/207637.md?page=2)