"...at least five Dutch cabinet members expressed dissatisfaction with the Audi A6 sedans they received as their government-issued vehicles. So naturally the poor sods went to their respective physicians to ask for a written medical statement declaring their backs and joints too delicate for the A6 model, a luxury car that goes for roughly 50,000 euros (66,000 dollars). The doctors complied, and all five of the tender-bodied politicians were then promptly provided with an Audi A8, at a cost to taxpayers of about 90,000 euros (119,000 dollars) per vehicle."
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LOL. It would seem that these same cabinet members would have probably had to remove their dentures -- due to the bumpy ride that they would have gotten with the lowly A6. I asked a friend of mine who speaks Afrikaans. She said that the sign warns of dangerous terrain, bumpy enough that dentures could pose a hazard.
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