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A Dutch family is being taxed for a barking doorbell:
''Last year it was a huge effort to convince the inspector that we didn't have a dog, and now it's happened again,'' Gerrit Bruintjes was quoted as saying by RTL Nieuws.
In the Netherlands, dog owners are required to pay the ''hondenbelasting,'' an infamous annual tax that is frequently evaded.
Actually, I think that "barkingspider" would be a great blog name. Or as a plural, a band name.
Posted by Rand Simberg at March 23, 2006 06:55 AM
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I agree.
Posted by Dave Barry at March 23, 2006 06:59 AM
Barking Spider is an excellent band name. No need to pluralize it: Band is a singular noun.
Posted by Bernard W Joseph at March 23, 2006 09:51 AM
Nope. "The Barking Spiders." After all, they didn't call themselves "The Beatle."
Posted by Rand Simberg at March 23, 2006 09:55 AM
I always thought "Weapons of Mass Destruction" would make a great neame for a classic metal band.
Posted by Mike Puckett at March 23, 2006 10:18 AM
It's been used! I was once told that the guys who became "Cold Chisel"(Khe San was there most famous hit) were known as the Barking Spiders.
This was in South Australia in the mid to late 70's.
Posted by Mike Borgelt at March 23, 2006 12:23 PM
Cold Chisel looks like a singular noun to me.
Posted by Bernard W Joseph at March 23, 2006 07:01 PM
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