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Chuckle-funny news from Germany. A rough translation:

Loud, shrill, dirty and occasionally below the belt--in his appearances the TV comedian Oliver Pocher doesn't arouse only laughter. Critics often contend that his humor is simply too crass. Now the 27-year old has been dealt a damper. A civil court in Hannover has ordered him to pay 6000 Euro in compensation. During the program "Wetten, dass...?" Pocher recommended that a 29-year old woman have cosmetic surgery done.

Judge Dorothea Wevell von Krüger saw in Pocher's joke ("You look really old for your age") a "considerably disparaging statement." The case turned on the fact that he set the 29-year old in profile in front of an audience of millions. The woman, from Rinteln in Niedersachsen, rejected a later apology from Pocher as 'half-hearted.' She had demanded as much as 35,000 Euro in compensation.
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So, it's still safe to call people ugly in Germany. Just don't do it on popular TV shows. Gut zu wissen. Gut zu wissen.

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