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The dangers of apparently peaceful countries, like Sweden and Holland

Old Nov 16th, 2005, 05:37 AM
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The dangers of apparently peaceful countries, like Sweden and Holland

Never mess with a Dutchman's dominoes:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/animalrigh...643542,00.html

Avoid boozy moose:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/internatio...639965,00.html
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Old Nov 16th, 2005, 06:06 AM
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We also have a (drunken) moose problem in Norway ;-)
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"...more than 100 people had worked for more than a month setting up the dominoes..."

Keith Olbermann reported last night that the bird flew in <i>through an open window</i>. If this is true, the real birdbrains were the domino-setters.
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Okay, that does it! I'm calling KLM and cancelling my flight to Amsterdam for Christmas! Nasty Dutch people!
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Is this the &quot;bird flew&quot; story that has been in all the news lately?
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Actually, that one's almost 100 years old. During the 1918 epidemic, children chanted the following ditty:

I had a little bird
His name was &quot;Enza&quot;
I opened up the window
And in flew Enza.
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