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Long live Jon Stewart.

22:12

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Boozing it up in the Netherlands

Speaking of something else they probably don't have in Canada, in the weekend of 8 and 9 October the Netherlands will host a Pot Still Festival.
This basically equates to everybody paying about 25 euros, and then loading up on rather expensive whisk(e)ys, cognacs, brandies, eaux de vie and other assorted spirits.
Anybody interested in joining me (someone already did sign up): leave your contact details in the comments, or if you're one of those persons who still believes in privacy, drop me a line at iamingoodspirits (at) zachtei.nl.
Those of you who speak Dutch can click here to see what this is all about, and non-perfect people can go there too. They'll just have to click on the Union Jack for a very brief explanation in Engrish.

17:28

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Admit it, mate, you're homesick

< waving Dutch tricolor>
Pieter Dorsman discovers there's something to be said for the 'hedonistic' hellhole that is the Netherlands... I figured as much when he emailed me a while back on Sensation White, saying something to the effect that Canada doesn't throw parties like that. Oh, and our MDMA is purer too.
< / waving Dutch tricolor>

17:04

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Bang bang

If I go into the streets, whacking people against the asphalt, I take the risk of accidentally killing someone. Like in many other countries in the world, the ground in the Netherlands is not made of rubber. Which I guess is a good thing, as it would get all sticky, what with the climate heating up due to solar variation man-made global warming and all that.

My cat understands this. He's a smart cat, and besides, otherwise, I won't feed him more kitty snacks.

However, a Dutch judge doesn't, and has ruled that a guy be jailed for four years, for hitting people at random and killing one in the process. A life verdict being the only exception, all sentences in the Netherlands are regularly commuted to two-thirds of their original length. That is, if you can refrain from raping a guard for the time of your stay (i.e. show 'good behavior').

Here's the hilarious part: 'The judge said he hoped the verdict would serve as a warning to would-be offenders.'

What kind of warning would that be? If you want to kill someone, pretend you're a raving lunatic and make it look like a wanton act of violence? Or 'Killing someone isn't so bad, as long as you pick your targets at random'?

Thanks judge, I'll remember that.

15:25

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