Towel torching /
am 29.05.2007 von http://transblawg.eu
According to The Register, a British coach driver set fire to Germans' towels on the Italian Riviera in order to make sun loungers available to British holidaymakers:
Glyn Bowden, 55, was driver for 55 South Wales tourists at at Viana Marina near San Remo. He yesterday recounted how the Germans “put their towels on the best sunbeds on the private beach and by a nearby pool”, much to the chagrin of the British party, The Daily Mail reports.
The situation escalated and Bowden set fire to the towels. He was arrested and about to be charged for criminal damage, but he was released after two hours at the request of the hotel, which owned the towels.
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