Этот комикс я нарисовала для http://comicparty.dk/, поэтому получилось подряд два комикса о немецко-датских отношениях.
В общем, еще в прошлом году Дания усилила пограничный контроль (останавливая от силы 1 автомобиль из ста или типа того), и немцы стали не просто жаловаться на несоблюдение соглашений Евросоюза, а восприняли это как личное оскорбление. А все от того, что Германия – единственная страна, с которой Дания имеет сообщение по суше. >__<
Germany, now don't start doing that thing Russia does going around harassing people with declarations of love while drunk and whatnot. Poor Finland. Still hilarious, though. ^_^
At the US border with Canada, we have lasers that can detect if something crosses the border, and when it does, there are cameras so that people can see whether it is just an animal or a human.
@Lekastan
A very long stretch (about 5/8 of the nearly 9000km total) of our border are just undefended forest. We have a 20-meter wide bare line known as "The Slash" through the woods, and hire workers to re-clear-cut it every 5 years or so. Otherwise if you were hiking in the deep woods, you could literally leave your country and have no awareness of it.
Naturally the places where the border is near more populated areas and large cities have proper checkpoints. Smuggling DOES rarely happen through The Slash... but quite honestly it's pretty rough terrain, with deep forest on both sides. You'd probably have an easier time sneaking something through the checkpoints in your car's trunk... and that way you can have air conditioning, radio, and stop for coffee as you smuggle. Much more pleasant experience (and much less likely to be eaten by a bear also.)
@SchrodySweden Yeah, I have to admit that one would be hard to HINGE on to. (It's supposed to be a play off of the word 'transom' which I found when i searched 'door related words'... I don't really know what it means, but it has something to do with doors ;P)
@DanishPride Ok apparently it's the little bar that separates a door from the window above it. I suppose that term could be used as an architecTURING TEST
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Well, Germans do like to invade their neighbors. And dig holes.