Friday, August 19, 2005

The Relaxed Dutch



This picture was sent to me from a friend who was in the U2 concert in Amsterdam.
I cut the picture to keep privacy.

Want to congratulate the girl..

First of all, you need the courage to wear that shirt, people will not remember your face,

Second, you need the boobs.

Thursday, August 18, 2005

One observation from a German coffee house...



Am back from a one week trip from Germany.

While I was there, could not help but compare the life with Finland.

Among the thousand differences you see, let me show you the most obvious one, which, in my opinion, is a detail giving a huge insight into the generalization.

I think, the best way to show this is with real life pictures.

Apple-raisin-rum cake with whipped cream:



This was 1.90 euros, and have to admit, was a special treatment to a high tip given previously. The original size though, still is not much smaller.


Tiramisu:



This one I ate in a coffee house on the “Esplanadi” of a town called Konstanz, a place for the prominent Germans to go with their yachts, on the Bodensee. Price was 1.70, in a place owned by Italians – who are also known for their outrageous prices.

Cheesecakes, my favorites, have similar pricing…


What bothers me in these incidents is the fact that, in Finland, even in the common places, you get a cheesecake never for under 3 euros, and the size of these are embarrassing. Sadly I cannot pose a picture of those, since criticizing Finnish firms, even though the opinion may be right, does not have a good reception… This is understandable, what is not, is that, without criticism and competition, the citizens will receive the good old shitty service… Anyway, in the end, go to a cafeteria and get a cake for 3.50, and check the size… And don’t tell me, “When you pay more, you appreciate what you eat”…

In Finland, with the mini-cheesecake sold for over 3 euros, 4 euros in Helsinki, the owner profits, the workers get their pay plus the said 10% service fee, the landowner gets his rent, the baker gets paid, the government gets taxes…

In Germany, with the normal cheesecake sold for less than two euros, like in Finland, the owner profits, the workers get their pay plus the 10% service plus extra tips, the landowner gets his rent, the baker gets paid, the government gets taxes – also one of the highest in Europe…

And all these earnings are more in Germany than in Finland, where the price is double, size is half…

Half size, double price,

Somebody’s fucking somebody….

P.S.: To the silver lady: with these facts, how can you stop comparing? As you will yourself see in two days…

Interesting Art



This was taken on the Bodensee, in a town named Radolf-Zell...

I like the idea...

And this is German "Imagination"




A sign which originally said,

"Do not throw stones down the cliff...."

As it seems, somebody thought otherwise....

Germany/Trier