Europe's newest totalitarian regime, the EU, stopped short of starting a riot:
Under the EU's Optical Radiation Directive, employers of staff who work outdoors in high-risk professions must ensure they cover up against the risk of sunburn. Rumors swept Bavaria early in the week that the law could mean the demise of the dirndl. Bavarian barmaids typically dress in a costume known as a dirndl, a dress and apron with a tight, low-cut top whose figure-hugging effect is enhanced by a short white blouse.
Officials finally said that working in a beer garden is not considered a high-risk occupation - at least for sun exposure. Before the ruling, Bavarians were already protesting.
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But the UK Sun reports this morning that the ban will go into effect. Link. Excerpt:
[I]n a daft directive that will have drinkers choking on their pints, Brussels bureaucrats have ordered a cover-up.
They say barmaids run a skin cancer risk if they expose themselves to the sun when they go outside to collect glasses.
Messing with Germans' beer and sex. This could start WWIII.
