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The Netherlands on September 18, 2008 at 1:34 pm
First let's analyze the picture. It's hard to make out, but I swear the yellow sign reads, "Cripple Rapes Blind Woman."
Take a moment to yourselves…
There's some interesting stuff I could have taken pics of but nothing comes even close to that sign. What are they promoting, besides absurdity. I hope it's a PSA because cripple rapists are rampant in The Netherlands.
The title is xxx because that's like the symbol of the town. It's on everything. Police boats etc.
Got ticket to Hamburg. Current plan is Hamburg, Berlin, Munich. Oktoberfest starts in a day or two in Munich.
Might not be able to get a place to sleep because of that, but not making reservations has worked out so far. Worst case scenario I get a night train to Rome, wouldn't that be terrible.
But you know what is terrible? AT&T. I no longer have Internet access cause I went over my plans limit. So I'm paying a ton for wifi at this hotel. My plan allows 50mb of data transfer a day and I went over by 100mb they were going to charge me $650 in overage. Changed my plan and my limit is 200mb a day. You can get a server with virtually unlimited data transfer for less than $40 a month. That's how much a scam AT&T is 100mb is minute. And if I ever meet whoever created the plans and charges of their company I will show them the picture of cripples raping blind woman and explain how that picture makes more sense than their bullshit.
After train station I walked the red light district which is parallel to the street my hotel is on. Didn't see anything that made me think, "thank god my room has a bible and the teachings of Buddha."
On my way out this guy gave me a suggestive nod and eyebrow thing, twice. Just ignored that, but I was the only one in all of Amsterdam to be wearing shorts, the shortest shorts I own.
Madame Tussuad's is across the square from hotel but I think it was closed. It might have been open and I just couldn't figure out how to get in though.
Wandered into a beer store and inquired about absinthe…
Me: Do you sell absinthe?
Bro: This is just a beer store next door in basement they'll have it, but if you want the stuff that makes you want to cut your hair out go to Spain or Czech. Everything you'll find here is fake.
Me: Oh, right…
When's the last time you got a straight faced suggestion on where to find a substance that will make you want to pull out your own hair. It was like he was giving me directions to the supermarket in how matter of fact he told me this.
My clothes aren't back yet been 12 hours now and 30 minutes longer than advertised. But if they lose my clothes I make a ton of money. They'll pay me 5x what I'm paying to wash the lost item and I'm paying an awful lot.
In summation, AT&T should get raped by a cripple so me and the blind women can go cut our hair out.