Saying “well, someone has to do it,” Luxembourg officials have announced they have finally decided on a source of funding for the plan to make all public transport in the country free by 2020: local unlucky bastard Pit Dommlinger. “At first we thought about raising taxes and using the revenue to pay for the […]
This Luxembourg cyclist attached a smoking exhaust pipe to his bike, now drivers smile and call him ‘friend’
Fed up with the hostility he received from car drivers while riding on the streets of Luxembourg City and its environs, a cyclist from Strassen has found an effective but simple way to gain their favor. Architect Carlos Maldonado, 44, jerry-rigged an automobile muffler so that it expels smoke whenever he rides. Now, he says, […]
Supercomputer ‘totally confused’ by plan to house it in Luxembourg
A European supercomputer scheduled to be installed in Luxembourg in 2020 has issued a sharp rebuke to the plan, saying you don’t need to be capable of performing quadrillions of calculations per second to figure out that it’s too expensive here. “I’m totally confused, because these people tell me I’m going to Luxembourg to help […]
Road engineer wins bet he can squeeze another lane into Route d’Arlon
Demonstrating the spirit of Luxembourg’s motto “Let’s make it happen,” a VDL road engineer has won a challenge to fit another traffic lane into the already cramped Route d’Arlon. According to witnesses, Lorenzo Donini, 53, was enjoying a beer with fellow civil engineers last week when they began discussing the often congested artery that connects […]
Luxembourg man considering removing scarf for summer
LUXEMBOURG-VILLE — An employee of an advertising firm who hasn’t been seen without a scarf since last autumn has announced that due to rising temperatures and current mugginess, he is “seriously thinking” about removing the item. The 32-year-old graphic designer says that he put on the red scarf in mid-September as soon as temperatures dipped […]
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