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30 Of The Biggest No-Nos When Visiting These Countries, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Don't talk so damn much. Don't sit next to us. Keep at least one meter of personal space. Don't tip. Don't haggle. Shut up. Drink more.

Finland, in case you were wondering.

Anomuumitar , violablom Report

Final score:

189points

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DennyS (denzoren) 2 years ago

I have found my country and my people. Standby while I figure out how to migrate to Finland.

126points

30 Of The Biggest No-Nos When Visiting These Countries, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Don't just walk up to a kangaroo and pat it in the wild. Those f**kers will kick the s**t out of you. I'm looking at you Japanese

Tronspecial15 , Ted Report

Final score:

160points

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Kookamunga 2 years ago

My favorite Kangaroo punching pic kanga-knoc...6d41b5.jpg

80points

30 Of The Biggest No-Nos When Visiting These Countries, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group South Africa

Wearing khakis And hiking boots screams tourist. It makes you a target for criminals and that sweet camera you bought for your trip is going to find a new home. And besides, if your trip is going to involve hiking of any kind S&R would prefer you wore bright clothes so it makes your a*s easier to find if you get lost.

If you are going on a game drive (no one here calls it a safari) keep your doors locked and windows rolled up. Otherwise, enjoy being Simbas lunch. Respect the wildlife, they are wild animals and have no qualms about making you unalive.

[deleted] , Brian Burger Report

Final score:

157points

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T'Mar of Vulcan 2 years ago

There have been instances of tourists getting out to go pat the lions and being eaten. DO NOT.

58points

30 Of The Biggest No-Nos When Visiting These Countries, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Britain - Do not antagonise the Queen's Guard. They are well within their rights to lay hands on you if you provoke them.

Snuggleproof , Alex Guibord Report

Final score:

152points

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Kookamunga 2 years ago

I liked when Prince Phillip dressed like one to prank the Queen prince-phi...a2294d.jpg

55points

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30 Of The Biggest No-Nos When Visiting These Countries, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group In America, don't get out of your car and approach the cop when being stopped by a cop unless told to.

Final score:

149points

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DennyS (denzoren) 2 years ago

Stop. Put it in park. Hands on the wheel.

97points

30 Of The Biggest No-Nos When Visiting These Countries, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Iceland: Just because you watched Top Gear, don't think you can drive all over nature. Actually, this probably applies to most countries Top Gear has visited.

vadlaheidi , Tony Harrison Report

Final score:

144points

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OwenHasADHD 2 years ago

My godmother and her wife have been to Iceland. Apparently, it's very pretty and scenic.

23points

30 Of The Biggest No-Nos When Visiting These Countries, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Australia: Don't go to our beaches without first applying sunscreen. Wear clothes and POLARISED sunglasses. We have the highest rate of skin cancer in the world due to extreme UV during summer. Also don't go swimming in your clothes at a beach, you'll drown.

halfcastaussie , osseous Report

Final score:

132points

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Foxxy (The Original) 2 years ago

Swim between the flags and take note of any warnings ie jelly fish, crocs, sharks etc.

56points

30 Of The Biggest No-Nos When Visiting These Countries, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Quebec here, well Canada. Don't buy maple syrup from the first stall you see, it will be way overpriced. Just go to a grocery store you'll do great economy

OneManYordleGang , Ed and Eddie Report

Final score:

125points

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BadCat 2 years ago

Yup. No local really buys maple anything from the souvenir store.

41points

BlueBackedRobin , WorldIslandInfo.com Report

#10

30 Of The Biggest No-Nos When Visiting These Countries, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group America: Plan too much. If you wanna see the Statue of Liberty, the Smithsonian, the Alamo, and the Grand Canyon, you're going to spend all of your time driving. Pick a specific area, and do everything you can in there.

Final score:

124points

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Rose the Cook 2 years ago

Distances are a real problem in a big country like the U.S.A. Same in Australia, where most visitors miss the best places by sticking to the East Coast.

49points

Lick_my_balloon-knot , Gary Bembridge Report

#11

30 Of The Biggest No-Nos When Visiting These Countries, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Go on a hike unarmed when visiting the Svalbard archipelago here in Norway. You are required to aways have a firearm with you to protect against polar bears when traveling outside the populated areas.

Final score:

116points

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Kusotare 2 years ago

Just go with somebody you can outrun.

110points

Tim 2 years ago

You're assuming that one person is enough for a polar bear.

9points

Jyri Hakola 2 years ago

There could be more than one bear around you..

6points

Some Cool Guy 2 years ago

got a belly laugh from me 😄

3points

David Muench 2 years ago

I like the way you think.

2points

Janet Graham 2 years ago

Hahahah, sorry grandma!

1point

Injun Joe 2 years ago

Or trip

0points

Karen Tape 2 years ago

Please just stay away and leave the bears in peace. They have nowhere else to go

13points

DaisyGirl 2 years ago

😳😳 where I won't be going

7points

saturnslipper 2 years ago

😬Good to know. Just checked that part of Norway off my list of vacation destinations.☺️

5points

Rachel Kaufman Parra 2 years ago

Ugh, don't hurt polar bears

3points

Spinstapink 2 years ago

Some would say the same about hiking in the U.S. You have no idea what kind of nut you could run into out in the middle of nowhere.

1point

Janet Graham 2 years ago

Oh, that is good to know!

1point

Memere 2 years ago

How about don't go on any hike in any country where there might be any kind of bear?

1point

Frisinator 2 years ago

I wonder what caliber would even hurt a polar bear?

1point

J. F. 2 years ago

Every calibre that gets through the fur and skin - the better question would be which calibre stops a polar bear and not just makes it more aggressive

5points

Remi 2 years ago

Wasn't there a rule that if you want to live at Svalbard permanently, you need to learn how to shoot and own a gun just for this reason

1point

Norah 2 years ago

Yes - I did fieldwork there for 6 weeks and we had mandatory shooting training. Always carried firearms, and indeed had to scare off a bear with a flare gun when he was curious what we were measuring.

1point

Adam Bailey 2 years ago

do they provide the firearm?

0points

Sally Barry 2 years ago

How about not going out with a gun to shoot polar bears by not 'visiting the Svalbard archipelago in Norway'?....god, every Texan is slavering now to get over there and shoot something ...leave the place to the wild, to the bears!

0points

Siss Larsen 2 years ago

You will always have a trained guide on tour, who will carry a rifle, but they will not harm the bear if not needed, but scare away. I have been there

1point

Ian Leyland 2 years ago

Americans will love this advice!

0points

Shelli Aderman 2 years ago

😳

0points

Ivana Bašić 2 years ago

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Ray McArdle 2 years ago

I don't think you're allowed to kill the bears.

7points

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David Saenz 2 years ago (edited)

Rifles? Those are so last century, we carry machine guns and rocket launchers and/or a small tank now, or an alligator.

2points

#12

30 Of The Biggest No-Nos When Visiting These Countries, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Denmark:

Don't f**king walk out of the bus without looking both ways. There is an actual bike path between the pavement and the road at almost all bus stops. This means that if you just walk out of the bus once you reach your stop, you will get hit by a person on a steel contraption, moving at a very dangerous speed. It can get bloody, expensive and very embarrassing. This same thing applies when you need to get onto a bus. Don't just walk up to it and hop it: Look both ways before you cross the bike path

[deleted] , Alper Çuğun Report

Final score:

108points

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Josephine 2 years ago

Come to the Netherlands instead, where you can safely exit busses! (Just kidding, I love Denmark)

45points

#13

30 Of The Biggest No-Nos When Visiting These Countries, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group UK: Don't ever - ever - criticise the BBC or the NHS.

It's ours; we can complain all we like because we pay for it. And we like to complain too. It's our unofficial national sport.

You are merely a guest - if you ever need to use the BBC or NHS, you do not get to complain about it!

StuHardy , Gordon Joly Report

Final score:

107points

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TheDag 2 years ago

So Scots person here you are 100% allowed to criticise the BBC ( many of the reasons gotmyself4pandas states ), its awful, we all do it and tbh non of us would take offence of it. NHS is another story though, most of those guys worked their asses off for very poor pay during the pandemic and did they get a pay rise after nah our goverment decided that claps were far more useful. So we don't make fun of the NHS purely out of respect and not knowing if it could be us that needs their help next

75points

#14

30 Of The Biggest No-Nos When Visiting These Countries, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group USA: Tell anyone your political opinions they will never treat you the same whether they agree or disagree

CarrieDune , Michael Vadon Report

Final score:

106points

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OwenHasADHD 2 years ago

With the USA in the political condition it's in right now, this is solid advice.

93points

#15

30 Of The Biggest No-Nos When Visiting These Countries, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group the Netherlands.

Please don't say we are like Germans in any way. We do not sound like them, we do not look like them, in fact, just don't mention anything German.

Also; Don't walk in the bicycle lane, don't feed the doves and don't be a cool with the weed. Yeah it's fine to smoke in public but don't do it in crowded places or when kids are around.

Maklo_Never_Forget , anokarina Report

Final score:

101points

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Rucha Vanarase 2 years ago

Not to rub Dutch people the wrong way, but the languages are similar. Dutch is easier to learn.

27points

#16

30 Of The Biggest No-Nos When Visiting These Countries, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group UK: Don't sit at a table in the pub and wait for someone to come and take your order.

Reason why? They won't.

Brickie78 , WordRidden Report

Final score:

94points

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Got Myself 4 Pandas 2 years ago

Would depend on the establishment really, and usually whether the pub sells food. Not going to lie, when pub reopened after lockdown I quite enjoyed the fact everywhere was required to provide table service - much better than playing the how many drinks can I carry at one without spilling anything game

27points

[deleted] , Gabriel Garcia Marengo Report

#17

30 Of The Biggest No-Nos When Visiting These Countries, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Japan: stop with the stereotypes, don't mention the war, don't try to hug people/hand shaking, keep tidy.

Final score:

94points

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Mustavo Gaia 2 years ago

Funny: who starts a conversation with "hey, what about that war 70 years ago."?

7points

#18

30 Of The Biggest No-Nos When Visiting These Countries, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group INDIA-

Do not kiss in public.

In India it is okay to pee in public but not okay to kiss in public.

Kamalnathan , Adam Jones Report

Final score:

90points

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Kookamunga 2 years ago

I'm going to poop at the side of the road and then throw a corpse into the Ganges. This is more acceptable than kissing.

99points

#19

30 Of The Biggest No-Nos When Visiting These Countries, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group In S. Korea tipping is acceptable is some places, but is mostly considered rude and belittling

Shinters , amanderson2 Report

Final score:

88points

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DennyS (denzoren) 2 years ago

I feel like tipping is big only in the US. We have it here in the Caribbean now in some places but it isn't very popular.

46points

apophis-pegasus , Randy Robertson Report

#20

30 Of The Biggest No-Nos When Visiting These Countries, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Barbados.

Dont wear camo/military style clothing.

When the lifeguard tells you "dont swim near the rocks", DONT. F**KING. SWIM. NEAR. THE . ROCKS. You will either pass away, or break every bone in your body.

Final score:

87points

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DennyS (denzoren) 2 years ago

Camo is also illegal in Trinidad & Tobago, only the military or special forces are allow to wear it.

64points

#21

30 Of The Biggest No-Nos When Visiting These Countries, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Brazil. Don't go to the favelas (slums), it's usually not save for people that don't live there. Even worst don't go without someone that knows or lives there. I honestly don't get why so many tourists want to go to the worst part of the country.

theChaos77 , Pēteris Report

Final score:

86points

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Huddo's sister 2 years ago

Why would you want to go there? To gawk at people who live there?

62points

#22

30 Of The Biggest No-Nos When Visiting These Countries, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Hawaii:

Decide you don't need sunscreen because you're from California and it's pretty much the same. Yes, I know your hotel is only ten miles from the airport and you paid extra for a convertible. You're toast. Literal toast.

Figure it's a tropical theme park, not a place where people live and work. Yes, folks, that's a road. For cars. Don't walk right down the middle. And no, I am not a cast member.

fusepark , Pedro Szekely Report

Final score:

83points

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Brenda 2 years ago

Water reflects sun. Enough said

7points

#23

30 Of The Biggest No-Nos When Visiting These Countries, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group In France : don't ever sign a young deaf girl's petition (she's actually not deaf at all) she's just doing this to make money. And no, don't buy this amazing gold ring this old lady found on the floor right behind you..

atchoum013 , Dan Moyle Report

Final score:

78points

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Scotira 2 years ago (edited)

Don't do that in Switzerland either!

31points

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#24

30 Of The Biggest No-Nos When Visiting These Countries, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Poland:

Maybe not never, but be cautious while getting a cab at the airport/train stations. Most of the guys will try to rip foreigners off.

Also, never leave our country without trying traditional polish cuisine, because it's awesome. I recommend some pierogi, bigos, żurek and zapiekanka.

Wu-TangLAN , Pawel Kabanski Report

Final score:

73points

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zak 2 years ago

Pierogis are the BEST. So good. 🤤

32points

#25

30 Of The Biggest No-Nos When Visiting These Countries, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group USA here. Whistling at a waiter.

orose24 , Kate Ter Haar Report

Final score:

69points

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Scotira 2 years ago

This is rude anywhere in any situation!

104points

#26

30 Of The Biggest No-Nos When Visiting These Countries, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Dublin, Ireland(didn't realise there was so many dublin's): don't go to Temple bar, tourists always stop to ask directions, i try and tell them there are nicer, much less expensive places, but because all the guide books tell them it's the place to be they don't want to listen.

Gwendilater , Heather R Report

Final score:

69points

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T. 2 years ago

Go there, drink a pint and go to another pub outside the temple area. Once there be surprised about the price and be embarrassed you didn't listen to the locals in the first place.

54points

#27

30 Of The Biggest No-Nos When Visiting These Countries, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Venezuela : Show $ in cash on the sreets or any kind of smartphone.

DropItToTheFloor , Amanda Report

Final score:

66points

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DennyS (denzoren) 2 years ago

I'll say the same about neighboring Trinidad & Tobago. The smartphone...maybe not as bad...but definitely the cash. Don't make yourself a target.

24points

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#28

30 Of The Biggest No-Nos When Visiting These Countries, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Singapore: Act like we cannot speak English, insult the elderly, or criticise the working class (meaning stuff like the public transport and things working class people use), or do crimes and expect the law to be lenient to you because you're a foreigner.

We may not react to you irl but the passive aggressiveness will turn into a s**tstorm online as swarms of wrathful keyboard warriors descend upon your sins.

letdown-inlife , missbossy Report

Final score:

64points

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Seb Benson 2 years ago

Go to another country and disrespect them (as per posted list), you'll rightly get what you deserve!

39points

S**tlord_EddardStark , Sami Keinänen Report

#29

30 Of The Biggest No-Nos When Visiting These Countries, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Have [your] windows rolled down. In Tijuana especially. You'll be guilted into buying so many f**king churros.

Final score:

57points

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Lee Macro 2 years ago

But what if you really really like churros?? Asking for a friend.....

85points

#30

30 Of The Biggest No-Nos When Visiting These Countries, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Don't get a traditional tattoo and then go get it covered up when you leave... I'm not Maori so I don't have much of an understanding of the beliefs of it all, but I'm pretty darn sure that's not something you should do. They aren't going to welcome you back and look at you in the same light very easily. Looking at you Rihanna

Country: New Zealand

SureShaw , Micael Faccio Report

Final score:

45points

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Lauren Caswell 2 years ago

whaaaaa, she did that?! I'm kiwi and would not dream of getting a moko or traditional tatt because I'm totally pakeha (white, dad is from uk), and it would feel like cultural appropriation. I found a big chunk of pounamu (greenstone) when gardening last year, clearly a river rock and quite stunning. Emailed the local iwi immediately to ask how to return it to then (they met and decided it should stay with me 😊 an honour)

84points

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#31

30 Of The Biggest No-Nos When Visiting These Countries, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Canada: Put ketchup on your poutine.

BluBabe1981 , waferboard Report

Final score:

26points

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Andreanne Daoust Fontaine 2 years ago

Who puts ketchup on poutine?!? What kind of barbarian degenerate twat would think of doing that?!?!

22points

[deleted] , Marco Verch Professional Photographer Report

#32

30 Of The Biggest No-Nos When Visiting These Countries, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Singapore : Don't ever go to Sim Lim Square OR Lucky Plaza to buy electronics, no matter how good the prices seem! You will get screwed!

oonikly , Matt Kieffer Report

Final score:

24points

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#33

30 Of The Biggest No-Nos When Visiting These Countries, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Jamaica: Take a public taxi. Unless you wanna know what NFS Most Wanted feels like irl

Final score:

23points

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OokiiStaR 2 years ago

Oddly enough, I kind of do...

8points

#34

Nicaragua: Do not drink tap water. Beware of hitchhikers. Beware of street vendors in the city, even if they're children. Do not drive. But if you do, watch out for random animals and people. Do not cross busy intersections in the capital and don't stand too close to the road. Beware of cops. DO NOT let Mosquitos bite you.

catp0calypse Report

Final score:

23points

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saturnslipper 2 years ago

Or. really... just don't go to Nicaragua! 😝

33points

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30 Of The Biggest No-Nos When Visiting These Countries, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Hungary: Never ever talk about the peace treaties closing the first world war. They are called Trianon treaties here, if you do not want to get into a heated argument with locals simply agree that it was an unjust treaty. Never ask why anyone has a map of Hungary showing a completely different country, it is Great-Hungary, as it was before 1541. Explanation: We hungarians somehow have the psychosys that we have every right to expand our country to the borders of the long dissolved Kingdom of Hungary at an arbitrarily chosen time point four hundred years ago. This is insane, but eve our politicians nurture this delusion.

An anecdote: On of my relatives has a small hotel, and have befriended one of the guests, a frenchman. They were drinking late into the night, when somehow the topic of Trianon arose, and the frenchman made the mistake of telling him that it was a pretty fine peace treaty. My relative simply took the guy, threw his baggage out and promptly told him to look for another hotel well past midnight.

[deleted] , J Dimas Report

Final score:

21points

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Fall F. 2 years ago

Yeah, after 102 years Trianon is still an issue. Just don't mention it, or if it comes up, just agree.

6points

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#36

30 Of The Biggest No-Nos When Visiting These Countries, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Philippines here. It's rude to refuse food here. As a Filipino, I never understood that. I refuse food all the time (cos it ruins my diet) when I visit friends, and they always give me bad looks whenever I do.

[deleted] , Rob Nguyen Report

Final score:

18points

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Rucha Vanarase 2 years ago

But what if I am offered food I do not/cannot eat?

31points

#37

30 Of The Biggest No-Nos When Visiting These Countries, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Sweden, sit next to a local on the bus.

WhiteCarbonara , Gill King Report

Final score:

17points

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Aahzmandus Pervect 2 years ago (edited)

If it's the only available seat, I'm sitting next to you. I don't care if you're a local or from Mars.

36points

#38

If you're ever visiting Denmark and specifically Copenhagen, you might have been told to go see the little mermaid. Don't. That tiny sculpture is the biggest disappointment ever and Copenhagen has so much else to offer!

BigSwooney Report

Final score:

17points

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Remi 2 years ago

I liked it. I was something like 9 or 10 at the time though so maybe it didn't seem that tiny because I was hobbit sized

14points

#39

30 Of The Biggest No-Nos When Visiting These Countries, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group In Germany anything goes, really. As long it's in Ordnung. Pay your train tickets, drive according to the Straßenverkehrsordnung and keep away from the Ordnungsamt.

Shrubberer , Quinn Dombrowski Report

Final score:

9points

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Ace 2 years ago

Same here in Switzerland. Some things are illegal. If it's not illegal it can still be verboten. If it's neither illegal nor verboten then it's compulsory. Oh, and the Swiss are very much like the Germans, except for the Germans' reckless disregard for authority. And if you can't work out the joke here then you may be suffering from a German sense of humour.

15points