The orange helmets, which cost $6, have Dutch flags printed on the side and bear slogans such as "Attack!" and "Go, Netherlands Go" in Dutch.

Frank Huizinga of the Dutch Soccer Association is not a happy chap. "We reject every link between soccer and the war," Huizinga said. "There are so many ways you can make a joke, but this is too obvious to be funny, it shows no creativity at all."

Weno Geerts, of Free Time Products, the company selling the Nazi helmets, said critics should lighten up. "There's no political message here," Geerts said. "It's just a joke. We're making fun of Germans, just like they like to make fun of us."

I personally don't find this very funny and I have a feeling this isn't the last we are going to hear about this.