Perhaps the most ridiculous law ever has been passed in Romania - it bans foreign language written or spoken words if they aren't accompanied by a Romanian translation. Under an unusual new law, Romania's fast-food vendors won't be able to hawk the English-only version any more. Instead, they'll also have to offer what would translate into Romanian as "a kind of sausage in a kind of roll". Computer companies advertising a "laptop" would also peddle "an apparatus for putting at the top of the lap". Politicians could keep gathering for a "summit" as long as they also called it "a high-level meeting". What a complete joke.

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