As a German I needed a moment to realize that SS meant secret service.
Context
The Schutzstaffel was a major paramilitary organisation under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany, and later throughout German-occupied Europe during World War II.
As an American, I have to admit that I thought the same thing.
Nobody calls it the SS for that reason
Clearly somebody does
Yes.
The following is a (mostly) true story:
In 1981, when this happened, I was walking to school (yes, I’m older than you) when a woman ran out of her house, down the driveway, stopped, and screamed at me “The President can’t open the car door!”
I was not impressed, had no idea how I could help the President open the car door, even if I wanted to, which I did not. So, I kept walking. Years later, upon reflection, I decided that was the correct response.
Ron Burgundy and a generic Boston cop who’s too old for this shit rescue the president from getting pulled dick-first through a mobile gloryhole while Winston Zeddemore, Bubbles, and Kevin Malone approach to assist.
Don’t shorten Secret Service to SS.
Yeah there’s a reason they go by the USSS
“Well, this isn’t a car! Where’s the running board and window cranks?”
