While Luxembourg might seem like a quiet country that offers few surprises, this year has been full of freak occurrences and mysterious happenings. Below are the 11 craziest things that happened this year. Landlord goes mad In January, a Gasperich man moved out of his rental apartment where he’d lived for three years. During the […]
Luxembourg to drop 165 million tons of snow over country for Christmas
Explaining that the budget surplus must be spent by the end of the year, Luxembourg officials have announced a plan to airdrop 165 million tons of snow over the country beginning on December 24. “We’ve got money spilling out of our suit pockets and we’d run out of ideas what to do with it,” […]
Five traditional jobs that are disappearing from Luxembourg
While it might take several decades for taxi drivers and restaurant servers to be replaced by robots, here are five traditional jobs in Luxembourg that will soon disappear forever. Potato whisperer Back when potatoes were believed to be sentient, every village in Luxembourg had a potato whisperer. These folks, usually a bit smelly under the […]
Oops: malfunctioning indexation mechanism gives Luxembourg workers raise of 23,456 percent
LUXEMBOURG-VILLE — Saying “whoa, hey, somebody stop that thing,” Luxembourg government officials stood by helplessly as the mechanism that was developed to automate salary indexation malfunctioned, giving everyone a pay increase of 23,456 percent. The red-faced officials admitted that although the increase was enormous and would likely bankrupt every employer, there was nothing they could […]
Luxembourg pavilion to remain unfinished to better reflect country
DUBAI — Planners behind the Luxembourg pavilion at the Dubai 2020 World Expo have decided to leave the site “under perpetual construction” to give visitors a more accurate vision of life in the Grand Duchy. “We originally planned to complete a beautiful, modern three-story edifice in the shape of a Möbius strip, with a light […]
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