Hitler Dead Again

And getting deader: Hitler’s Restaurant in Mumbai has apparently thrown in the swastika; look here. But the Café Mao chain continues to do business in Dublin and Glasgow. That picture in the website? It is apparently not a fat old dictator in a Mao suit, but just a fat little kid in a fat-old-dictator costume. Apparently there used to be a picture of the old swimming champ himself; if you believe what you read here (scroll down) the pictures went down after a publicity kerfuffle back in 2005. But it looks like somebody forgot to read the mission statement; look here for a more up to date report.

Maybe only fair; after all Mao still maintains a clear lead in the democide sweepstakes with an estimated 77 million kills, while Hitler trails at a poor third with 21 million, well behind Joseph Stalin (43 million) and not far ahead of Kublai Khan (19 million). Google doesn’t turn up a Café Stalin, but if you are in Newcastle, you can pop over to the Kublai Khan “specialty restaurant” for the all-you-can-eat buffet. And there was something about a Stately Pleasure Dome.

Although he has taken down the sign, Hitler’s proprietor says “This is one name that will stay in people’s minds.” Our bet is that the old mass murderer is lying low in Argentina.

Update: comment thread here is far less snarky and more instructive than this post.