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Jun 26, 2020, 5 tweets

Your weekend dose of Dutchness:

Window washer with ladder almost cycles into King Willem-Alexander, nobody got killed and both have a good story to tell!

#Egalitarianism
Source @NOS: nos.nl/artikel/233859…

~What are you doing, idiot
~I saw people standing and thought it was a wedding. Didn't know the King was there
~I thought, I have to pass through
[HE DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS A GUARD STOPPING HIM]
~He scared me, what if he grabs me and I fall?
~I said 'What are you doing' as reflex

~Wasn't impressed by security, I could just bike through
~But hey, here in Borger that's possible!
~In Amsterdam, I wouldn't have gotten that far, they would have cuffed me
~If I knew I would have stopped, honestly
~I would have said: 'Hey King, I'm gonna clean windows'

~He probably came home saying 'Maxima, what happened to me today...'
~Curious if he said that
~'That bold idiot in Borger just bike straight through...'

To the question if Dutch cycling culture is transferable, this Belgian copycat in Hasselt and his mayor are not very positive...
#ladderzat

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