The Flying Dutchman and Other Folktales from the Netherlands

Copyright © 2008 by Theo Meder

A truck driver stopped at a highway restaurant for a dinner.

Just after he got his order served, three Hell's Angels came in. They sat at the truck driver's table and tried to provoke him. One drank his coffee, the other took his fries, and the third ate his hamburger. The truck driver didn't speak a word, just stood up, paid, and left the restaurant.

One of the Hell's Angels said to the waitress, "What a wimp; he is too afraid to stick up for himself."

"Not only that," the waitress replied, "he is a lousy driver, too. He ran over three motorbikes just now!"

This tale can be told as a contemporary legend or as a joke. The story is a version of BRUN 01810, Truckers and Bikers. This (unpublished) tale was collected by Moniek Vis on December 19, 2001; she found it on the Dutch Internet site Start De Dag Met Een Lach (Start the Day with a Laugh).