Maybe Germans, but someone 17ed up their Germans

[UpTheMiddlex3Punt]

Everyone knows that expression originated at SPS.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-b...ar-editors-display-animal-170906213--mlb.html

 

[ckDOG]

Is this the only place where it's common to reply "Germans" after old info?

If so, who was it that 17ed up the context in the first place?