Sun lounger towel annexation declared illegal

[RogueTrooper]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/08/08/sun_loungers/
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There's some very good news today for those Brits - and Germans - who are infuriated by the practice of "reserving" sun loungers by creeping out at 4am and leaving towels on them: the practice is not legally binding and any "British tourist would be quite within their legal rights to ignore the reservation implied by the towels if there is nobody there".

That is according to German lawyer Ralf Höcker, who enlightened the Guardian as to the delicious legal truth. His sun lounger judgement is published in his forthcoming "New Dictionary of Popular Legal Errors", which also records that leaving your coat on a pub chair or attempting to "reserve" a vacant parking spot for future occupation, are equally dodgy.

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es, we can just see the rap sheet now: German charged with annexing sun lounger with beach towel and subsequently constructing defensive wall of pine shelving. Englishman charged with removing said shelving and attempting to liberate aforementioned sun lounger. Both charged with punching each other on a public beach.

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[non sociopath skin]

1. Well, that's a load off my mind.

The Skin

[blue sky at night]

2. OMG........

thanks, i was loosing sleep. Praise god, I don't have to honor the towel.

[WearyOne]

3. a new meaning to 'throw in the towel'..