Tag: the netherlands

Legal blow struck for online gamers, everyone else doesn’t care

In the world of online gaming, virtual items are just as, if not even more, important as your real-life possessions. People who struggle to get food on their table sometimes struggle even more to get that stupid little panda helper in World of Warcraft (or maybe it’s a dragon? a unicorn?). So when hackers strike, it’s rough times. It’s even rougher when your virtual items are taken from you in real life.

Well fret needlessly no longer, genius of the internet! The Dutch Supreme Court has ruled that forcing a 13-year-old boy to relinquish a virtual mask and amulet in RuneScape, an online game amounted to real-world theft.

The Netherlands’ highest court confirmed Tuesday that a boy who threatened the 13-year-old with a knife to make him drop the objects in the online fantasy game RuneScape was guilty of theft and ordered him to perform 144 hours of community service.

Somehow, I feel like theft should be the least of it, considering that whole “being threatened with a knife” part. But hey, now you nerds have a legal precedent! Also, since the parties involved went to a court, a hygienic precedent wouldn’t be bad either.

Aussie Aussie Aussie Ugh!

Not to get too political, but we here at SG love our troops. We think the world of them; however they’re only fighting a war on one front. They should probably be happy about that, as they might be the only country to do so. Australia, though, they’re fighting a war on two fronts: the Taliban and the Dutch.

Oh yes, those brave Australian soldiers have been silently putting up with both the Taliban and the most vile villain of all: Dutch cuisine.

Australia recently rushed a crack skilled team of cooks to Afghanistan in order to create authentic “Aussie” food for the soldiers. Why? Because their mess hall had been previously run by a bunch of Dutch cooks. Honestly though, it can be understood. I mean, hete bliksem (boiled potatoes and green apples)? Boerenkoolstamppot (kale mixed with potatoes, gravy, mustard and rookworst)? I’m not saying that I’m an astounding cook, but I can barely pronounce the names of these dishes, much less create any desire to eat them.

Don’t worry though, Australia. Soon you shall be reunited with such delectable foods of your native land, such as fairy bread, chiko rolls and roasted kangaroo.

And beside the azaleas, you’ll find a wonderful bouquet of weed

It was business as usual in the Netherlands. Wash the plates. Feed the hookers. Patrol the streets. It’s ususally like that for all, from the young to the old. Why, for one senior citizen, his morning routine is the same as it is everyday-get out the watering pot, make some coffee, go water the plants in the front yard. ALL the plants. The rhododendrons, the azalea bushes, the tulips, the begonias and the marijuana plants. WAIT, WHAT? WEED?!!!?

Yes, a local citizen found himself victim to not just to a newly created crack force set up by the Dutch government to crack down on marijuana cultivation in the country, but as he pleaded his case, also the local youth hooligans, the apparent true perpetrators of the crime. Because, when in doubt, it’s always the fault of teenagers. The gentleman promised to destroy the plants.

In other and totally unrelated news, the same old man suddenly had his glaucoma cleared up.