Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Post Titled: eurotopics
good stuff:

"After many lean years the Dutch football team is finally offering us the prospect of winning an international tournament. It's only natural that this has led to an epidemic of Oranje fever in our country. ... Unfortunately, precisely this kind of situation prompts our petty civil servants to creep out from behind their desks and start waving regulations and handing out punishments. The environmental authorities in Dordrecht have set up a task force to go round pubs and hand out fines to fans who cheer too loudly. And in central Amsterdam even hanging up an orange balloon on the Nieuwendijk is prohibited. Spoilsports!" others HERE

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Blogger Helen DeWitt said...

Awwww, no fair. Who knows when they'll get another chance?

1:17 pm  

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