Way off topic, but too funny not to post.
Is it a case of life imitating art, or were all those old WWII movies right on target?
Two convicted felons showed up to begin serving their sentences at a prison in Germany - only to be turned away by fussy bureaucrats who quibbled about their identification papers.
Shame-faced authorities Thursday said the two men, ages 36 and 51, were forced to ask police to summon a federal prosecutor who vouched for their identities.
Satisfied the men were properly convicted criminals, prison officials agreed to show them to their cells to begin serving four-year terms for cigarette smuggling.
"Well, we can't just let everybody in here," an official was quoted as saying.
You know, ve haf vays of making you talk...
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