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{{a|myth|}}[[Die Schweizer Heulsuse]] (the “[[The Swiss Milquetoast|Swiss Milquetoast]]”) is the legendary, possibly apocryphal, unfinished last | {{a|myth|}}[[Die Schweizer Heulsuse]] (the “[[The Swiss Milquetoast|Swiss Milquetoast]]”) is the legendary, possibly apocryphal, unfinished last play of [[Otto Büchstein]], composed on his deathbed in an opium den in [[Mandalay]], delirious with malaria.<ref>Other reports have it as [[dengue fever]].</ref> Critics have been unable to agree whether {{buchstein}} intended it as comedy, history or tragedy, but are more or less unanimous that he failed to manage any of the three. “A drudgedy” was [[Winthrop Grumman]]’s terse assessment. | ||
===Devil quote=== | ===Devil quote=== | ||
Mainly famous for a misquote in Gräfin Schümli Pflümli’s final aria, ''Der Teufel mag im Detail stecken, aber Gott steckt in den Lücken''<ref>''The Devil may be in the detail, but God is in the gaps''.</ref> often misquoted as “[[the devil is not in the detail. The devil is the detail]]”. | Mainly famous for a misquote in Gräfin Schümli Pflümli’s final aria, ''Der Teufel mag im Detail stecken, aber Gott steckt in den Lücken''<ref>''The Devil may be in the detail, but God is in the gaps''.</ref> often misquoted as “[[the devil is not in the detail. The devil is the detail]]”. | ||
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{{Dsh razor quote}} | {{Dsh razor quote}} | ||
===[[Conference call]]s=== | ===[[Conference call]]s=== | ||
{{quote| | {{quote| | ||
{{Dsh conference calls}}<ref>{{buchstein}}, {{dsh}} III, i.</ref>}} | {{Dsh conference calls}}<ref>{{buchstein}}, {{dsh}} III, i.</ref>}} | ||
===[[Special pleading]]=== | |||
At last, bumbling Triago’s circumlocutions are too much, and the queen can bear it no longer. | |||
{{Dsh special pleading quote}} | |||
{{sa}} | {{sa}} | ||
*[[Otto’s razor]] | *[[Otto’s razor]] | ||