Why food? I don't want to hear people chewing away chicken wings and other crap next to me. Just give me beer!

Defy+ is a nice phone, just got one! Drowned it in a beer, put it in the dishes, shot movies at a pool, and dropped it a few times, not a scratch.

Why would you check your bags in a train?

Ausweis bitte

If the above service is provided, it has a huge advantage over pirate content to most people
- No need to download using "torrents" from a shady site with shady advertising
- Avoids viruses/trojan from the less reliable file sharing sites ( not a big problem now, but that could be "arranged" by the power-that-be)

I think the price can easily be
$1 a song
$3 a TV episodes (how much does a single viewer bring in in advertising fees? Might add a selection $1,00 with advertising, $3,00 without)
$5 - $6 (50% of a movie ticket seems reasonable, smaller screen, worse sound system). Multiple views allowed.

$1 - $2 for a one-off streaming solution to your whatever-player connected to the TV (Same pricing as renting a redbox DVD).

And a netflix-like streaming service for older movies.

Do not try to limit personal sharing by DRM, but distribute huge, high-quality sites over a really fat internet pipe that can be streamed, so the price you pay is partly for the convenience of not having to copy the file, walk to your friend, copy it to his computer and watch it.

20% VAT versus 0% sales tax explains a big part of it, still 10% more expensive than in the US depending on the exchange rate (1 Euro is about 1.3 USD).

They generally ship me a pre-activated SIM card. Just put it in your phone (or move it between phones) and be ready to go.

Why just not get an electric mower?

Wasn't it true that when a Wankel overheats, the aluminium housing expands more than the rotor so it won't ever jam?

And in most restaurants they tend to take the tip and put it in a big jar, to be divided at the end of the month/year

Why do you need a shower after biking 2-1/2 miles? Just don't go to fast (around 15km/h) and you won't sweat (even in summer).

I've flown within Europe in economy class twice this year and I've spent 10 minutes (in total) in the line for security, and another 10 to get trough passport control. Priority lanes should even be faster.

Also, you only get the body scan when flying to the US (and maybe the UK). However, when I flew from a regional airport back to Europe (transfer in Houston) I just had a metal detector.

Only works if you can take the gun with you to where you're going (aka, only US flights)

After living in the US I'm not sure that's sarcasm anymore ... People really believe that shit

Around here, almost every major site uses .nl (our country TLD). Why American companies that only trade in America use .com I don't understand.