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Royal petty crime in the Netherlands...
12.10.03 (3:34 pm)
For those of you who are not Dutch and reading this... In the Netherlands we have a royal family (since we are a kingdom, duh) and the latest addition to that family, the second in line to inherit the throne, was born last Sunday. As soon as the little princess' names were announced, people started naming streets, parks and tourist boats after her.

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The village of Velp (which is where I went to high school) decided to name a park the 'Prinses Catharina-Amalia Plantsoen'. This in itself is not so noteworthy, had it not been for the fact that the sign was stolen within 24 hours of its placement... This is what you call royal petty crime...
 

posted by: newbie
post date: 12.11.03 (12:41 am)

Wauw.... This is a top story. Especially for everybody here in Singapore. They will never believe me....


posted by: newbie
post date: 12.12.03 (4:17 am)

there is a tv program in the netherlands (man bijt hond, men bites dog) that went to velp to see the the plate. they called on the door of a studentshouse to ask if they knew where the plate was, nobody did know. but one guy had al lot of street name plates in his room (suspicius, verdacht). the tv program crew asked on tv if the person who took the plate please to bring it back. the next day a men with a mask and in black clothes brings back the plate!!! (let niet op mijn engels he toch)


posted by: anouk
post date: 12.12.03 (12:33 pm)

The 5 o'clock news yesterday announced that the sign was found and that they have arrested a 25 year old student who claimed it was just a student prank. They also said that they would re-attach it firmer than the first time...


 
 
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