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The 5 types of parking lot villains

Most drivers in Luxembourg do their best to fit their cars neatly into parking lot spaces, even when their vehicle is some kind of obscene luxury Jeep that no one actually has an excuse to drive, and the parking space was designed for a Twingo. However, there exists a subset of drivers whose lack of […]

Beast mode: expat TOTALLY KILLS IT by speaking 3 words of Luxembourgish to recycling center staff

A man who moved to Luxembourg 15 years ago and since then has made little effort to learn any of the official languages has nevertheless totally proved himself to be a linguistic rock star by speaking three words of Luxembourgish to recycling center staff.  The display of impromptu kick-assery happened on Friday morning when the […]

Sad: this elderly German couple walked around Luxembourg City for 6 days looking for someone to tell them in German where to find public toilets 

Two elderly German tourists spent nearly a week going around Luxembourg City by foot as they desperately tried to find someone who could give them directions in German to a public toilet.  Witnesses in the city center, many of whom repeatedly saw the couple over the course of six days last week, say it was […]

What popular Valentine’s Day gifts really say

When it comes to Valentine’s Day gifts, men usually end up giving one of six things, the royal sextet, we might say. While men often fool themselves into believing these presents are thoughtful, even romantic, here is what they really say. Red roses What you think they say: Baby, I’m a true romantic at heart.  […]

Oh, no: a Wikipedia editor changed ‘Liechtenstein’ to ‘Lickyourstein’ and now the country has to follow suit

Wikipedia is the world’s top reference for everything, and it is known as the supreme source of veracity on all matters of geography, history, and celebrity sex scandals.  So when one of its mischievous, fun-loving editors changed the name of “Liechtenstein” to “Lickyourstein,” the new name quickly became considered as an unalterable fact.  While no […]