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She who pays the piper calls the tune
by goatinaboat 7y ago
She who pays the piper calls the tune
- leadingthenet 7y agoThat “she” is very forced.
- asdff 7y agoYe?
- gumby 7y agoNo need to be so formal!
- gumby 7y agoI assume it’s a Merkel reference.
- goatinaboat 7y agoNot at all, “she” is Angela Merkel. EU policy on anything, no matter what was previously written down, is whatever she wants it to be because Germany pays all the EU’s bills. I see at least 4 people didn’t get it either, Americans are so insular.
- leadingthenet 7y agoI'm not American, it's just a common expression that starts with "he", not "she". I guess I should've paid more attention to the context...