According to this picture, a farmer is said to have used a clever trick because he wasn't allowed to build a shelter for his horses: he built a huge table and chairs.

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“This is #madness ! # Germany # Bureaucracy ", the site comments on the picture, in which you can see horses standing under a huge table and 2 chairs, in addition to reading on the picture:

“The farmer in this way was forbidden by the authorities from building a shelter for his horses. Fortunately, it is not forbidden to put a table and two chairs in your pasture..."

We have already on this image and the claim several times

The photo is real...

A variant of the photo appeared on the online pages of “Time Magazine” in 2003

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Screenshot mimikama.org

...but the text of the meme is wrong.

The image is correctly described in Time Magazine as follows:

“Three horses try to hide from the rain under an oversized table and chair in a pasture near Doellstaedt, eastern Germany. The huge garden furniture was installed by a local wood merchant to promote his products. (Wednesday, June 18, 2003)”

Three horses protect themselves from the rain. Those huge pieces of outdoor furniture were built by a local lumber merchant to promote his products .

Conclusion

The picture actually comes from Germany, specifically from Döllstädt in Thuringia. The picture has nothing to do with official madness, but was just clever marketing by a local wood dealer.


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