LUXEMBOURG-VILLE — Saying that she was applying the full force of justice, on Tuesday a Luxembourg judge sentenced a local troublemaker to spend an entire Saturday at Auchan in Kirchberg during the last days before Christmas. “This sentence may seem cruel, but it only matches the wickedness of your misdeeds,” said the presiding judge. The […]
Anglophone unable to pronounce ‘vin chaud’
LUXEMBOURG-VILLE — An expat’s valiant effort to order seasonal mulled wine ended in catastrophic failure on Sunday after vendors at Luxembourg’s Christmas market couldn’t understand what he was saying. During several tense minutes, the 39-year-old anglophone tried to express that he wanted “vin chaud,” trying variations that included van chowed, vine show, and even voucher. […]
Clumsy fool stops at two kisses
LUXEMBOURG-VILLE — A veritable walking mess of poor manners has struck again, this time delivering only two kisses when, as everyone in Luxembourg knows, he should have given three. The incident occurred on Friday as the oaf was shopping for predictably oafish shoes on the city center’s Grand Rue. He looked up to see a […]
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