2.11.2002

THE DUTCH BE CRAZY, YO.
The Netherlands National team are the New York Yankees of speed skating. They not only dominate the sport, the whole nation is in Utah to watch. They buy whole sections of the stands at a time, dress head-to-toe in safety orange and scream their Dutch heads off.

But it's not 'til you go to Holland House that you know what true maniacs they are. With all due respect to Jeff Veen, KLM Airlines, and Heineken -- the Dutch have lost their minds. They've taken over a golf course just three minutes from the speed skating venue and put up a football-field-sized tent. Beer flows, they have elaboratly choreographed national dance numbers, and skating is spoken of with religious fervor. I assume -- who really knows what hell they're saying.

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