We’ve run into lots of crazy laws here in Europe. For example, did you know it’s a crime to transport livestock in a Volkswagen Passat?
This is one law I agree with, however:
The locals here in Brugge tell me it means “Please don’t wear a derby hat and shovel coal onto my lawn.” Who can argue with that?
far be it from me to up the anty (or increase the needed immaturity quotient), but,
that’s not a a shovel.
it’s symbolic.
don’t screw with large coal producers. they’re well organized with huge lobbyists. huge.
Used to be you could produce a caper film involving tunneling into a bank vault anywhere in Belgium, but what with the EU and all, let’s just say you’d be lucky to find four places where you could produce a caper film involving tunnneling into a bank vault in all of Flanders!
Also, RK: I used to think you knew everything. Now I know, you know everything.
-Cecil
You ignorant American. What this sign really means is “It is illegal on this spot to produce a caper film involving tunneling into a bank vault.” More and more parts of Europe are enacting such laws, and it’s a good thing, really.
Yes, of course I knew it’s a crime to transport livestock in a Volkswagen Passat.