The Dutch Labour party wants to pass a law making unsolicited toe-licking an offence after police were unable to prosecute a would-be Casanova with a taste for female toes because he had committed no crime. A police spokesman said on Friday a man had been detained after women sunning themselves in Rotterdam's parks and beaches claimed he would sneak up on them and begin to lick their toes.
Jack the Licker!
"The officers had to let him go. Licking a stranger's toes is rather unusual but there is really nothing criminal about it," the spokesman said.
| I'm sure it was unpleasant, having Jack jump out of the bushes and lick the ladies' toes, but I'm also wondering how widespread the problem is. Is the cost and effort of adding unsolicited toe-licking to the lawbooks justified by the return? |
Dutch press reports said the man, who is about 35, had been licking the toes of strangers for about three years but was only recently caught by police.
Lick and Runs?
Peter van Heemst, a Labour member of parliament, asked Christian Democrat Justice Minister Piet Hein Donner on Friday to explain why Dutch laws forbid littering but not uninvited toe-licking. van Heemst demanded an amendment prohibiting it.
er, because no-one in their right mind... nevermind
"It is a violation of one's privacy and one's physical integrity," he told a local news agency. "The norm... is that no one should touch your body if you haven't asked them first." A spokesman for Donner said the minister could not immediately comment.
| But he did roll his eyes... |
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