I was stationed there and saw all the quirks and strange (to Americans) laws and regulations that Germany has and it struck me that the entire country is run like an HOA:

Was recently reading an article that listed some of them which I had for gotten all about:

-Make noise on Sunday, get fined
-Talk to a cop the wrong way (Du instead of Sie), get fined
-Warm up your car in the morning, get fined
-The government has to approve your baby's name
-Run out of gas on the Autobahn, get fined

Any others I missed?

Invade Poland, murder 6 million Jews...

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Originally posted by parabellum:
Invade Poland, murder 6 million Jews...

/endthread. LOL

let the HOA invite a million or so unemployed guests to live in any vacant houses, otherwise camp out around the neighborhood, rape and rob the locals, then make the association pay to feed them, for their medical, and so on

Germany is run differently than the U.S., and I would not care to live in that sort of system.

But they are obviously successful. They are getting something right.

Drive in winter conditions without winter tires and get in an accident, it is your fault and you get a ticket

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Originally posted by jhe888:
Germany is run differently than the U.S., and I would not care to live in that sort of system.

But they are obviously successful. They are getting something right.

"at least it's an ethos"

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Originally posted by parabellum:
Invade Poland, murder 6 million Jews...

The traffic cops carry submachine guns and collect fines on the spot.

flashguy

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Originally posted by parabellum:
Invade Poland, murder 6 million Jews...

Invade the Soviet Union but don't invade Great Britian, loose TWO World Wars...

To be fair, Poland's hedges were too tall.

Military and Civil Service workers swear allegiance to Hitler.

Made him Dictator with absolute power.

The one thing that was tough with driving is that there is no speed limit until there is. When there is you get a ticket from a camera at the very spot the speed limit starts. No warning that the speed limit is coming up. No warning there's a camera. If you didn't know, too bad.

effing communists

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Originally posted by airsoft guy:
To be fair, Poland's hedges were too tall.

Poland left its garage door open over night and had to be dealt with.

All justified.

Denmark failed to edge their sidewalk.

Norway replaced their mailbox with an unapproved design.

The Netherlands stored ther garbage can in a location visible from the street.

Belgium installed a satellite dish.

Luxembourg built a shed that was 8 inches over the allowable height.

And France allowed a visiting guest to park their car at the curb for over 24 hours.

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All justified.

Denmark failed to edge their sidewalk.

Norway replaced their mailbox with an unapproved design.

The Netherlands stored ther garbage can in a location visible from the street.

Belgium installed a satellite dish.

Luxembourg built a shed that was 8 inches over the allowable height.

And France allowed a visiting guest to park their car at the curb for over 24 hours.

now, that's funny right there.

The OP is right on the money. I think the krauts are trying to impose control from above to spare people the risk of infringing upon one another. The government impose such strict rules, it drives the people to seek outlets for all of their repressed incivility....which is why the krauts are such perverts.

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Originally posted by RogueJSK:
All justified.

Denmark failed to edge their sidewalk.

Norway replaced their mailbox with an unapproved design.

The Netherlands stored ther garbage can in a location visible from the street.

Belgium installed a satellite dish.

Luxembourg built a shed that was 8 inches over the allowable height.

And France allowed a visiting guest to park their car at the curb for over 24 hours.

What? So ze Germans did't like the eye sores and thought they could act like a bunch of Nazis? You just wait for the next HOA meeting!

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Originally posted by SevenPlusOne:

"at least it's an ethos"

Nicely done!