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>>>>Well, let's not forget that large parts of Netherlands are also below sea level... :)
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>>>>(see map showing these areas: http://www.minbuza.nl/default.asp?CMS_ITEM=MBZ302750 )
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>>>Yes, and as you can see, that's also true for Haarlem, the city where I live. But we don't have hurricanes. Occasionally a storm of power 12 on the scale of Beaufort. All dikes must be able to easilly endure such a storm. And if we find only a tiny piece of some dike somewhere that appears to be fragile, it is a national scandal and debate.
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>>I think it's a "national scandal" sending those little boys to stick their fingers in the holes in the dykes.
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>You did not add a smiley, so I feel urged to officially state that this is a story only and that it never really happened.
>If you ever come to Haarlem, I take you to Spaarndam (2 miles from where I live) and show you the statue of that little boy. :)

Aye, well if you recall the thread from last week, about people who can't discern a joke ...

So you have a statue of a little boy who didn't exist.
Have you also statues to non-existant war heroes?
Well, I guess Copenhagen has the Little Mermaid, and London has Eros ... :-)