One of my clients is a large advertising thingy, have noticed the Belgian adverts are always quite bizarre. These ads seem to fit right in.
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Is this us? (nuke Belgium)
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Insanity: repeating the same actions, but expecting different results.
threadeds website, and here's my blog.
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It's ok to be able to poke fun at yourself but not when someone else is doing the poking perhaps?Don't ask Beaker. He's just another muppet.Comment
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Don't mind as long as we can retaliate... wheel out the stereotypes and rip the s**t out of the choccy munching paedos.... trouble is we have been brainwashed to be nice to everyone (except the Scots of course)Originally posted by beaker View PostIt's ok to be able to poke fun at yourself but not when someone else is doing the poking perhaps?Last edited by Troll; 20 November 2007, 08:28.How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't thinkComment
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Absolutely right, Troll!
As MP put it in their search for a derogatory term for the Belgians; " . . . in the end we settled on three choices: number three ... the Sprouts, sent in by Mrs Vicious of Hastings... very nice ; number two..... the Phlegms ... from Mrs Childmolester of Worthing; but the winner was undoubtedly from Mrs No-Supper-For-You from Norwood in Lancashire with... Miserable Fat Belgian Bastards."Comment
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Originally posted by wobbegong View PostAbsolutely right, Troll!
As MP put it in their search for a derogatory term for the Belgians; " . . . in the end we settled on three choices: number three ... the Sprouts, sent in by Mrs Vicious of Hastings... very nice ; number two..... the Phlegms ... from Mrs Childmolester of Worthing; but the winner was undoubtedly from Mrs No-Supper-For-You from Norwood in Lancashire with... Miserable Fat Belgian Bastards."
The skinhead one is bizarre. I nearly crashed my car into a tram when I saw the side of a building bedecked in a 30 foot high skinhead p1shing into a teacup. A few belgos I spoke to said it fitted in with their image of the British based on what they see on holiday in Spain etc.
They are not so happy to hear that Belgians are stereotyped as cherry-beer swilling, chocolate munching pedalos and/or Hercule Poirot. The Poirot bit would be the most offensive to 60% of them. They are odd people.Comment
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