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Brickbats

Brickbat: Such Teeth, Dear

Charles Oliver | 10.20.2017 4:00 AM

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A man dressed as a shark to promote the new McShark electronics store in Vienna was fined under Austria's new anti-burqa law. The man received a $176 fine when he refused to remove his shark head for having his face covered in public.

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  1. Telcontar the Wanderer   8 years ago

    More like Al-Shark, am I right?

  2. DajjaI   8 years ago

    Canada, too.

  3. Episteme   8 years ago

    Left Shark has really hit rock bottom since his Fifteen Minutes of Fame, hasn't he?

    1. Telcontar the Wanderer   8 years ago

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  4. Fist of Etiquette   8 years ago

    Austrian PR agency Warda Network has admitted it told one of its employees to dress as a shark to challenge the country's new anti-burqa laws.

    You're gonna need a bigger setup.

    1. Eidde   8 years ago

      Nice.

  5. some guy   8 years ago

    How do they celebrate Halloween in Australia?

    1. Charles Easterly   8 years ago

      How do they celebrate Halloween in Australia?

      Everyone dresses up as something deadly and then walks about?

      1. Longtobefree   8 years ago

        Lots of politician costumes, then?

    2. Hank Stamper   8 years ago

      Lloyd: Lovely accent you have there?New Jersey?
      Lady: Austria.
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  6. Longtobefree   8 years ago

    Don't want to get busted as a Muslim terrorist wanna-be? Don't sell electronics.

    In other news, expect a LOT of arrests in Europe this winter -- -- --

  7. Citizen X - #6   8 years ago

    You know who else was an Austria political phenomenon?

    1. Citizen X - #6   8 years ago

      AustriaN. Jesus.

      1. Brandybuck   8 years ago

        Sorry, but Jesus was not Austrian.

    2. Eidde   8 years ago

      Haydn? (because of the Emperor Concerto)

    3. Diane Reynolds (Paul.)   8 years ago

      Paul Hogan?

  8. Eidde   8 years ago

    "Good evening, sir, I would like to discuss selling you some electronics."

    "Are you sure you aren't a land shark?"

    "Fraulein, I said I was selling electronics."

    "OK then...AAAAAAGH!"

    "I didn't say I *wasn't* a land shark, just that I sell electronics...I also do a sideline in eating people."

    1. Eidde   8 years ago

      Wow, I switched the characters' genders in the middle of my bit.

      1. BestUsedCarSales   8 years ago

        My god... they can evade bathroom laws AND burqa bans?

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    This is the kind of common-sense legislation we need to run the health care system in this country!

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