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Lifestyle => Train of Thought => Topic started by: Don Rizzle on August 08, 2005, 03:28:12 PM
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German sun lounger issue settled
Germans are not legally able to reserve sun loungers using beach towels, a German lawyer has revealed.
Ralf Hoecker said extensive research had revealed there was nothing in either German or Spanish law that stopped other tourists removing towels.
His research is included in a book entitled the New Dictionary of Popular Legal Errors, published last week.
Mr Hoecker said most Germans were blissfully unaware of the English stereotype of them hogging loungers.
"Nobody knows this in Germany, that it is a stereotype. It is the same with the football rivalry," Mr Hoecker said.
Mr Hoecker has only researched German and Spanish law, the two places where British holidaymakers are most likely to encounter their Teutonic counterparts.
And tourists are warned not to become too militant.
Germans may have hired the sun loungers, and whatever the situation it is illegal to damage their towels.
But in normal circumstances, British tourists can simply remove the towels and sit down, the lawyer from Cologne asserted.
Mr Hoecker's last dictionary proved extremely popular, remaining on the German bestseller list for a number of weeks.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/world/europe/4132878.stm
In my family we've always just moved their towels anyways....
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people do that in America too, it pisses me off. :)
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remove my towel and see what happens.
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remove my towel and see what happens.
you'll be forced to surrender your sun lounger?
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people do that in America too, it pisses me off. :)
Damn Germans Americans.
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remove my towel and see what happens.
I'll treat you like the Million Dollar Baby.
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remove my towel and see what happens.
(http://rds.yahoo.com/S=96062852/K=woman+towel+head/v=2/SID=w/l=IVS/SIG=1276lar52/EXP=1123641829/*-http%3A//cache.corbis.com/agent/11/60/81/11608197.jpg)
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lol i have to prop you on the sig... you're the first person that could put another man's pic on his sig and the man can't say shit
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haha for real, is this what sissies these days in Europe beef about?
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bloody germans always send one guy round at like 5am to reserve all the sun loungers with their towels, they expect us to just stand around when there loads of empty seats fuck that....
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remove my towel and see what happens.
Mmmbop
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Yea bitches, tell that to Renegade after he slapped your ass with a wet towel. Bounce, biaatchez. LOL@thinking I was threatening anyone, I won't hurt anyone. Americans and Brits always thinking about war-related stuff when it gets down. Never knew how the to handle stuff with words and other non-violent stuff, huh? Fuck off. 8)
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well to be honest when most people think about germany the first thing that springs to mind is ww2
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well to be honest when most people think about germany the first thing that springs to mind is ww2
I think about people that don't take showers.
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I think about them helmets that have a spike on them.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8f/Ah_angeklagte.jpg)
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lol that picture of hitler reminded me of the asspen episode of southpark where cartmen gives butters a hitler its so fucking funny.
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well to be honest when most people think about germany the first thing that springs to mind is ww2
I think about people that don't take showers.
It's a European thing.
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Funny thing is, people always act like I bash the US for one thing or another, when in reality Germany gets called out a lot more often for random/joke-reasons on this board.
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Funny thing is, people always act like I bash the US for one thing or another, when in reality Germany gets called out a lot more often for random/joke-reasons on this board.
That is because Germany has a lot of weird people and they like to do a lot of weird things.
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Funny thing is, people always act like I bash the US for one thing or another, when in reality Germany gets called out a lot more often for random/joke-reasons on this board.
That is because Germany has a lot of weird people and they like to do a lot of weird things.
If you didnt realize that, for instance, Mauzip's G-Spot-Threads aren't about people who indeed are German and it is just a flat, overdone joke by a dutch hater, I feel sorry for you. And for your parents too.
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Funny thing is, people always act like I bash the US for one thing or another, when in reality Germany gets called out a lot more often for random/joke-reasons on this board.
That is because Germany has a lot of weird people and they like to do a lot of weird things.
If you didnt realize that, for instance, Mauzip's G-Spot-Threads aren't about people who indeed are German and it is just a flat, overdone joke by a dutch hater, I feel sorry for you. And for your parents too.
Mauzip has nothing to do with this. You live in a country where people video tape each other taking a dump on someone and call it porn. It's like common practice.