EuroCrap

With the euro-currency in a flaming tailspin, the various powers of Europe are desperately trying to pad their national treasuries in order to buffer their economies (such as they are) against the impending crash of the Eurozone. How desperate are they? About this desperate:

Germany's 1.5 million truck drivers should start to keep a 'log book' for the tax office of how often and for how long they go to the toilet, it was reported recently. The top tax authority has recommended that truck drivers note down the duration and frequency of their ablutions in order to work out how much of their income should be written off from tax.

If you squeeze the Charmin, they'll hit you with the VAT as well.