Who is this man...
... in the basement of our Hamburg home today? No, this is not a Halloween costume contest or joke.
Indeed, twice each year the chimney sweep, resplendent in traditional garb, shows up at each house where, by law, he inspects and cleans the furnace flue. And after a few minutes, he is off with a friendly wave and, with any luck, the words, "Alles in Ordnung" -- music to the ears of any German, meaning, of course, "all is in order."
I might shake his hand ("good luck will rub off, if he shakes hands with you" la, la, la...) if it were a bit cleaner!
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