I had an epiphany about butter the other day Back when I was stationed in Germany we had an opportunity to train with some German tankers Now I'd heard all the jokes about why we were  at the time  patrolling the German borders instead of the German army ("the only nation that doesn't respect Germany's borders is Germany " or "German tanks don't come with breaks " or "The problem is  once the German Army gets to the border  it tends to keep on going