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NETHERLANDS — An invasion of termites that completely devoured the inventory of the Clicken Cläcken Wooden Shoe Factory in Amsterdam is being investigated as a criminal act, according to a spokesperson for AIG, the company that insured the Dutch firm.
Sjon Van Dijk, owner of the nine-hundred-year-old family business, which hasn’t turned a profit since the seventeenth century, denied the allegations, saying “never have I thought to be claiming da monies from da peoples of insurance that rightfully was not to be ours.”
But Inspector Hans Hagen alleged the infestation was suspicious in origin and questioned Van Dijk’s motives. “Dis company we are having here which never has been making da money for years equalling of da hundreds,” he said. “Suddenly all of dem wooden shoes made now as they have been from dem trees have been eaten by da little bugs? Believable is not this to be ever.”
“Always we have been a wooden shoe factory!” declared Van Dijk. “Always we have been turning dem trees into shoes fer people’s feets. What sense now does make it for us to be having da little bugs to be eating our wooden shoes?”
Hagen said it made perfect sense. “Nobody is to be wearing dem wooden shoes,” he explained. “Even in dis country that is our own, nobody is to be anymore wearing dem on der feets.”
Van Dijk’s son agreed. “Never happening this would be if we are to be making the athletic shoes from da cow skin, like telling you I have been fer all da years,” said Maikel Van Dijk, the operations manager. “Da little bugs will not be eating through da shoes made of da cow skin and not dem trees.”
The elder Van Dijk shook his head and sighed. “No more we are to be turning dem trees into shoes fer da people’s feets,” he said, a tear rolling down his cheek. “What from those trees now will we be making?”
Maikel hugged his father, reassuringly, and suggested a new business model for their company. “We can be using da money that is sure to be coming from da peoples of insurance,” he said, “to be turning dis time our factory into a restaurant.”
“Yah,” said the elder Van Dijk, excitedly. “We can be making fer da little bugs a restaurant, and serving on da manu will be dem wooden shoes — in America!”
“Yah, yah” replied Maikel. “We will be using the money to be given us from da peoples of insurance to be opening fer us der wooden shoe restaurant fer da bugs in America!”
Hagen wasn’t buying any of it. “Off which of da moving trucks of tomatoes have now dem been thinking I have started on my way to be falling?”
After a thorough investigation, however, the insurer could find no occurence of fraud and issued a check to the Van Dijks for $75 million.
gruppi replied with this 11 years ago, 1 minute later, 24 minutes after the original post[^][v]#606,044
Syntax replied with this 11 years ago, 1 minute later, 26 minutes after the original post[^][v]#606,046
@previous (gruppi) > owner of the nine-hundred-year-old family business, which hasn’t turned a profit since the seventeenth century
er did you really really think I wood not look at the url + read this tid bit. > owner of the nine-hundred-year-old family business, which hasn’t turned a profit since the seventeenth century
And dank ya for the laffs
gruppi replied with this 11 years ago, 1 minute later, 28 minutes after the original post[^][v]#606,048
gruppi replied with this 11 years ago, 32 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#606,052
@previous (Syntax)
Are you stupid? That doesn't say there are termites in the Netherlands. And I somwhat doubt you actually knew the first article was satire.
Syntax replied with this 11 years ago, 21 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#606,054
@previous (gruppi)
"Termites are among the most successful groups of insects on Earth, colonizing landmasses except for Antarctica."
Nor did I verify or not that the lab work was being done on termites in Netherlands. Netherlands appears to only have 10 species of Termites as compared to 1000 in Africa.
Could have posted this Termite Structural Damage in Wooden Shoe Village
"Termites are responsible for billions of dollars in property damage in Wooden Shoe Village" http://localtermiteinspectors.com
Site is not a satire site like the one I chose (easy choice because it was the 1st one listed on Google for what I thought was a fun reply.
And again > owner of the nine-hundred-year-old family business, which hasn’t turned a profit since the seventeenth century
Just how many business's wood be in business in the wood business if such were true?
gruppi replied with this 11 years ago, 19 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#606,063
@previous (Syntax) > Termite Structural Damage in Wooden Shoe Village, MI
MI, Michigan, as in the american state.
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#606,064
@606,054 (Syntax)
The Netherlands has 0 species of termites, you useless eater.
Syntax replied with this 11 years ago, 10 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#606,075
Getting ready to depart soon for fun events and will look for your sources 2morrow
gruppi replied with this 11 years ago, 2 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#606,077
@previous (Syntax)
You are the one claiming they live in the Netherlands. They don't. They only live in warm climates.
Syntax replied with this 11 years ago, 4 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#606,080
@previous (gruppi)
Time to depart for fun afternoon and evening - I have proof from a couple of sources they are in fact in Netherlands. Found a map of distribution which includes Eu in well known snow areas.
Anyway again thanks for the info and my first satire links was a bit of fun - much like that silly catch up of Autphag.