There's a quote from a book that I can't quite recall, but related to German professors droning on with ever-more deeply nested sentences, and finally finishing

There's a quote from a book that I can't quite recall, but related to German professors droning on with ever-more deeply nested sentences, and finally finishing with all the verbs at the end, leaving the poor students utterly lost as to which verb went with which sub-clause. Anyway, great story, I'm sure, but it seem apropos.