I’ve known for a long time that stunning boredom is the secret weapon of European integration. Europe succeeds precisely by being so entirely and utterly boring that the world’s most fractious and warlike peoples are, like… huh? What were you saying? Cucumbers? We freakin’ firebombed Dresden and you’re talking about cucumbers now?

That’s right, Hans, Francois, Giuseppe. You did firebomb Dresden and, that’s why you’ve been sentenced to sixty solid years (and counting) of cucumber regulations.
And it works, too.