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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Fri May 15, 2020, 03:58 PM May 2020

German cafe tells customers to wear pool noodles to enforce social distancing



Berlin (CNN)A cafe in Germany has celebrated its grand reopening to customers after lockdown by handing out pool noodles to maintain social distancing.

Last Saturday the owners of the Cafe Rothe in Schwerin -- a town in German Chancellor Angela Merkel's home state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania -- were allowed to reopen their doors to visitors after coronavirus restrictions were lifted.

While people enjoyed the company and the weather, the motto at the cafe was: "Keep the social distance."

Rather than using floor markings and perspex screens to keep people apart, the owners of the cafe distributed straw hats with two colorful swimming noodles attached to the top.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/15/europe/german-cafe-noodle-distancing-scli-intl-grm/index.html?utm_content=2020-05-15T19%3A51%3A02&utm_term=link&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twCNN

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German cafe tells customers to wear pool noodles to enforce social distancing (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2020 OP
Classic sign of the times. Laelth May 2020 #1
How fun & glad to see the big disinfectant bottle & gloves appalachiablue May 2020 #2
Germans NY06DemSoc May 2020 #3
Now that's a fashion statement! meow2u3 May 2020 #4
Funny and creative! cp May 2020 #5
Oh I'll kick that. Yes I will. &R trof May 2020 #6
Funny. SammyWinstonJack May 2020 #7
I want a pool noodle hat! Nt Javaman May 2020 #8
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