Good News for Poland and the UK

Jeff Bezos’s superyacht is so big that moving it out of harbor in Rotterdam requires that the Koningshavenbrug bridge be temporarily dismantled to accommodate it, reports USA Today:

Jeff Bezos’ superyacht is too large to pass through the Dutch port city of Rotterdam, so the town decided to dismantle the bridge. In retaliation, local residents vow to egg Bezos’ yacht as it passed through.

As of Thursday, more than 14,000 people were “interested” and 4,000 confirmed they will attend a Facebook event titled “Throwing eggs at superyacht Jeff Bezos.”

The Dutch port city said it would temporarily break down the historic Koningshavenbrug Bridge because Bezos’ 417-foot-long yacht won’t fit, Agence France-Presse reported.

“Calling all Rotterdammers, take a box of rotten eggs with you and let’s throw them en masse at Jeff’s superyacht when it sails through the Hef in Rotterdam,” organizer Pablo Strörmann wrote in the Facebook post.

Why is that good news for Poland and the UK? The Netherlands is a major exporter of eggs but it’s one of the largest importers of eggs in the world. Its net imports of eggs from Poland and the UK are the largest. It imports more eggs from Germany and Belgium but it exports more to them than it imports.