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Two 28-year-old men have been arrested overnight after driving their vehicle at high speed along Roskildevej in Copenhagen and torpedoing a vehicle that was waiting at lights.

Witnesses to the accident said the vehicle had been traveling at between 150 km/h and 200 km/h in their Volkswagen Polo and had shot at least one red light before ramming a car waiting for a green light. [Via]

What this article fails to mention is, that while witnesses were trying to save a little girl who was thrown out of the car, one of the passengers in the speeding car stood next to them and took a piss.  Unfortunately, the punishment is likely to be mild compared to the act.

Today, Saturday, was a normal work day for those who work on Saturdays, so stores are open and people have been going about their usual business. I was at the grocery store earlier, picking up a few things I had run out of, and it hit me, how people were getting ready for the second round of the Easter holidays. Lots of beer and other booze were in the shopping carts, as well as the ingredients for the the traditional Easter lunch.

Lots of broken glass or the sound of glass breaking, as well as the entry to the grocery store almost smelled like a brewery. For some reason people could hardly get out of the store before they began dropping their bottles.

This may sound like Denmark is nothing but a nation of boozers, but that is far from the truth. However tradition tells us, well some people anyway, that Easter lunch has to be consumed together with alcohol in various forms. Personally I haven't had more than a single glass of red wine in the last 4 or 5 years. I did my share of drinking during high school (I was an adult in high school) and while I was at university.  I still like getting a drink every now and then, but I can just as easily go without.

There's no stories to tell from last night. The weather turned gray and rainy, so only the most hardcore drunks were out and about, and they do not provide material for anything interesting. Not unless you consider bad drunk singing, to be interesting. I personally don't, so I will spare you all for the experience.

I am living on one of the major streets in my town, and as such there's almost always a lot of people going back and forth at most times of the day. Major street and lots of people, unfortunately also means bars and clubs within a short distance.

That said, the Easter holidays are upon us, which in Denmark means that the next two days are days off for most people. This is almost a guarantee, that a lot of people are going to be out and about tonight drunk, loud, annoying, noisy and in general making themselves look like arses. Well let me take that back, they're going to make themselves sound like arses. I usually try to stay out of the way, and get my amusement from what I can hear through the windows.

For now, it's just the usual street noise, but in a couple of hours it will change. I'm sure there will be stories to tell, if I can capture some of them.