This has absolutely nothing to do with Perl, whatsoever. Turn away
now if you're the on-topic (or Greek) police.
A long time ago in a thread not far away, Rob Thompson wrote:
> Discuss: [Greece banning video games to prevent gambling]
I was in Corfu recently and found that they were still selling
plenty of video games in shops, airports, etc. Even gambling
games like handheld blackjack, etc.
I guess this law is a little like their law stating that it is illegal
to sound your vehicle horn unless failure to do so would result in an
accident.
The Greeks quite rightly interpret this as:
* there could be someone around the next corner who I might have
an accident with so I'll give a little bib anyway.
* there are some people walking in the street ahead who I might
crash into (if I were to suddenly veer off the road towards them),
so I'll give a little bib anyway.
* hey, there's my friend George, he would be mortified if I didn't
acknowledge his presence in some way, but to wave at him would
require me to take my other hand away from my moped handlebars
(the first hand is smoking a cigarette), seriously increasing
the likelihood of having an accident, so I'll give a little bib
anyway.
I think it's safe to say that the Greeks have a healthy disrespect for
trivial laws and treat them with the contempt they deserve.
Bib, bib.
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