Oh, scarfs are quite popular out here too, that really isn't the problem. But when you are searching for a particular scarf from a place that isn't very well known out here in the Netherlands, you'll have a hard time finding it, excluding from the place where it is made.
I was searching for a particular scarf related to my favorite club, SC Heerenveen. I tried to make a picture of the scarf with my webcam, but I can't seem to get it on right. I'll ask a friend to make a picture of me and the scarf some time. It's not really of importance anyway.
Regardless, scarfs can be found pretty much everywhere here. Football scarfs are probably even more popular and can be found in practically every shop that sells scarfs. However, besides a few top teams, they rarely sell scarfs from other teams. Besides, SC Heerenveen is a Frisian team and most southern (or central, for that matter) Dutch people think as if Frisian is foreign. *sigh* Therefore, the only (easy) way to get the scarf is to either order it over the internet - but according to rumors, there tends to go something wrong - or to take a trip to the village, Heerenveen, go to the Abe Lenstra stadium or a random shop and buy one. Something I was actually planning of doing this vacation, but it seems it is no longer necessary.
Thanks, but no thanks, Wulf. I am a supporter from football club SC Heerenveen and I really, really, really wanted a scarf from them and nothing else. Otherwise I could have bought a scarf (too) when I went shopping with two friends. The following picture looks a bit like the scarf I have. Though mine is a little bit different, but I couldn't find it on their site. I couldn't find a bigger picture either.
I normally don't wear scarfs, simply because I don't really need them. I don't mind the cold - and I am really wondering when it is getting colder, as I am still wearing summer clothes - so I never wear one in particular. A few years after I got a fan of SC Heerenveen, I wanted a scarf from them. Not only because I like the way it looks, but also because it is just a must for a self-respecting supporter, in my opinion. The fact that I don't visit (many) games is simply because it is a two hour trip there by train and a two hour trip back, which is really too much for my liking to do weekly. But I probably will do it some day, when I can afford the prices weekly too - which I can't right now either.
Oh, despite their club logo (and the Frisian flag, which looks similar) I am not Frisian. Though would never have minded if I was.
Yeah, there is a law similar to that out here. I'm not too sure about it as I don't like alcohol anyway. I do know that I had a little discussion about it with some friends about it at school that it can be annoying if you are guessed younger.
"I can't believe he actually asked for my ID! Do I look younger than eightteen? I'm twentythree, damn it!" - a friend
Anyway, I have no real restrictions anymore, so I can buy just about anything I like - if I have the money, that is; it seems that it remains a big problem most of the time - and if I want it. Oh well...
