A good remedy for low spirits in difficult times is to pull out an old Asterix volume.
Helps always.
One of the funniest is titled "Asterix in Spain".
There's little Pepe, son of the proud, indomitable village chief Costa y Bravo.
Whenever something doesn't happen immediately according to his will, Pepe defiantly holds his breath.
Until the adults give in.
Walter Will
“Technology and Engine” editorial team
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Our little Pepes of today stick their hands on the streets.
They defiantly try not to stop tanks, but automobiles, not to enforce peace, but at least to enforce their will.
can be tolerated
But does that always have to be with us in Frankfurt?
Can't the sticky ones of the last generation be annoying somewhere else?
Offenbach, Beijing, Moscow?
Many German drivers are already annoyed.
80 percent of them have been flashed, according to a survey published this week.
More than half of those surveyed consider the flash to be a rip-off.
However, despite the high radar density in many areas, there can be no question of a blitzkrieg.
Just as little as in the case of what the post-Soviet gunman pulled out of the fence.
At least the oil and gas flowing country, Germany, has come through the war well so far.
Although a bit exhausted after weeks of compassion, slightly annoyed by Melnyk, internationally a little despised because of selfish hesitancy, our inner cities are still brightly lit even at half past eleven at night, there is still no Sunday driving ban, no general speed limit and also no lack of superglue.
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Driving bans on weekends, however, would be worth considering.
Then we would be spared the sight of pro-Russian motorcades in the cities.
And how about a counter-car parade?
Hundreds of thousands of Europeans, Portuguese, Greeks, Italians, French, Austrians, Brits, Belgians, Baltics, Scandinavians and Germans are driving together towards Ukraine.
What would happen?
Maybe even Steinmeier could come along if he held his breath long enough.