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I was on a bus with my wife a couple of days ago to buy a new coffee machine. We ere a stop or two before our destination, in a heavily Muslim populated area of Berlin. I saw from the bus a new Barber Shop with balloons outside and it looked large and empty so I told my wife let's get off I am getting a haircut. This was a large Muslim population area called Neukölln, which means there are still plenty of Germans there. So we are approaching the Barber Shop and there are lots of red, white and blue balloons outside. Because we are in Berlin and Muslim area Neukölln, I told my wife: Look red, white and blue American balloons. We laughed. We step inside and see two Muslim barbers, one busy cutting another Muslim looking man's beard, standing in a Barbershop that is decorated in total Americana style including Hollywood movie posters and pictures from the old days, hanging cattle skull, Jack Daniels Whisky bottles filled with hair ointments, old style barber-chairs, etc. It really was red, white and blue America balloons, in Neukölln! My last haircut before that was by a German homosexual who opened a new shop in our neighborhood and fingered my ears in a sexual way which only stopped when I coughed. I told the Muslim I am only coming back to his shop now. Was only 10 euros and I tipped 5. German homosexual was 35 euros and I left fast with no tip.