Stupid boy!

Last week turned out to be an accident prone one for a lot of blogfriends. Some had their children in (near-)accidents, fortunately without physical damage. Another blogfriend wrote a post in which she asked for positive thought towards hér blogfriend who had been in a terrible accident with her husband and their driver. An awful week for all concerned. According to an article in 'our' newspaper (Dagblad van het Noorden, d.d. 16th March 2009) the Belgian Prince Laurent (born in 1963) has the solution to minimize the large number of road accidents. Laurent loves fast cars and subsequently speedy driving. He is often criticized for this behaviour and in an interview with a couple of students from a Belgian school for journalism, he allegedly said: "I find the time that you spend on the road a waste of time. The less time I spend on the road, the less time gets lost. That's why I love fast cars. And (and this is the 'genius' part of his solution I think) if you spend less time on the road, you have a smaller chance of being in an accident." In other words: faster driving means fewer accidents! Fortunately the chance Laurent gets to spend time on the Belgian throne is a very small one. In the 1990's Belgium changed the law so now his sister and her children are in front of him in the line to the throne. Until then he was third in line. The Belgians made a wise move in changing the law, assuming that his sister and her children are not as challenged in the common sense department as he is. He is not only known for his love of fast cars, but also for his sense of humour. Maybe it was a joke. Let's hope so. Stupid boy!