A Dutch company is selling nazi helmets to Dutch football fans to wear during the World Cup Finals in Germany.Wow. Clever.
Free Time Products, from Schijndel, has already sold 15,000 plastic orange helmets in just two weeks reports Het Laatste Nieuws.
I'm expecting a high body count among the Dutch "fans". Somewhere above 15,000.
The plastic helmets are adorned with slogans such as "Attack", "There he goes" and "Go Holland go".
How about "I'm a moron!"
Designer Weno Geerts said they were meant as a joke: "We just want to support our team and tease the Germans. Nothing else. That's why we called it 'Helmpje' (Small helmet)."
Well okaaay, then. At first I thought it might be offensive.
Geerts said the company had received only a few complaints and expected to sell another 100,000 helmets before the finals this summer.
Heh. Yep, a much higher body count.
"They are meant for the supporters who watch the game on the television, in the pub but also those who are travelling to Germany," he said.
Okay, maybe those traveling to Germany will show more sense than old Geerts. Moderate that body count accordingly.
However, the Dutch Football Association KNVB said the helmets were in poor taste.
Duh.
And official supporters club chairman Lloyd Vandenberg said: "They go too far. It has nothing to do with football. We go for friendship and we don¹t want to refer to war times."
It'll be a real hit with host country Germany. Is there an optional monogrammed body bag? Idjits.