A really stupid German joke (WAS: Pynchon's weaknesses)

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This remembers me on a "joke" in Germany shortly after the war which my 
mother told me.

One day a man comes to the mayor of a little town and wants to change his 
name.
"Well, what's your name?" the mayor asks.
"Adolf Cowshit."
"Oh well", answers the mayor, "this is really a bad name... I can feel with 
you... well, let's see what I can do for you... what kind of new name do you 
wanna get?"
"Michael Cowshit."
German Post-Holocaust humor.. late forties, early fifties...
kwp