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by em-bee 2495 days ago
it's not clear that the joke started on usenet or offline and was just reported there.

reality is that at one point all highway exits to bielefeld were closed (that's what i was told), and that triggered the joke. that this joke is still alive is astonishing.

source: i have been to a conference in a city that claimed to be bielefeld. now i am not so sure anymore...