What do you think of dutch people?

Dutch people are supposed to be quite calm, openminded, happy to live in a flat and rainy country. Football is good, Art is also good. But other than that I don’t know if there’s much to see, apart from the coffeeshops and the red district in amsterdam.

But every time I’ve been in Amsterdam and the surroundings I felt very comfortable, people are nice, they speak perfect english and they are always willing to help.

So you can imagine my surprise when this morning I read the following story.

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — A sparrow knocked over 23,000 dominoes in the Netherlands, nearly ruining a world record attempt before it was shot to death Monday, the state news agency reported.

The unfortunate bird flew through an open window at an exposition center in the northern city of Leeuwarden where employees of television company Endemol NV have worked for weeks setting up more than 4 million dominoes in an attempt to break the official Guinness World Record for falling dominoes on Friday night.

Only a system of 750 built-in gaps in the chain prevented the bird from knocking most or all of the dominoes over ahead of schedule, “Domino Day” organizers were quoted as saying by the NOS news agency.

The bird was shot by an exterminator with an air rifle while cowering in a corner.

I can imagine that a domino record requires the patience of an elephant, but anyway… what the fuck?!