The lack of respect for traditional, "bourgeois," "repressive" forms of authority and ritual, countered by irony and humour, was typified by Fritz Teufel's reply when told to stand for the judge at a trial: "If it helps the search for the truth" (Wenn's der Wahrheitsfindung dient).
A falta de respecto polas tradicións, a burguesía, as formas represivas de autoridade e o ritual, contrarrestadas pola ironía e o humor foron tipificadas por unha resposta de Fritz Teufel a un xuíz durante un xuízo: "Se isto axuda á busca da verdade" (Wenn es der Wahrheitsfindung dient).