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Previously on "Belgians declare war on the UK!"
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Originally posted by Sysman View PostVery true. One evening in Holland I had a rapt audience telling all the Irish jokes I could remember but using the word "Belgian" instead.
Back to the original article, I quite liked today's comment by James at 10:30:
ankhoon main rehne waloon ko yad nahi karte…..
dil main rehne waloon ki baat nahi karte…
humari to rooh main bass ghye ho aap …
tabhi to aap se milne ki fariyad nahi karte..
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostThe trouble with Belgians is that EVERYBODY surrounding them takes the piss out of them. The Dutch tell the same pathetic jokes about the Belgians as the Brits always told about the Irish. The French take the piss out of their accent. The Luxembourgers just take the money and don't care and the Germans think Belgium's a potholed motorway on the way to France. You can't blame them for having a pomme frite on their shoulder.
Back to the original article, I quite liked today's comment by James at 10:30:
They've got you on the warm beer. If only Hitler had thought to point this out to the American public in the 1930s, America would surely have left Britain to its therefore all-too-deserved fate...
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We mustn't forget Belgium's other fantastic contribution to the culinary world, chips & mayo, yum
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I have to admit I like Belgium. Any country that's specialised in giving the world great beer, chocolates and moules et frites, can't be that bad.
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The trouble with Belgians is that EVERYBODY surrounding them takes the piss out of them. The Dutch tell the same pathetic jokes about the Belgians as the Brits always told about the Irish. The French take the piss out of their accent. The Luxembourgers just take the money and don't care and the Germans think Belgium's a potholed motorway on the way to France. You can't blame them for having a pomme frite on their shoulder.
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What my French fiancé made of it
What my French fiancé who last lived in the UK for the past 5 years had to say when I sent it to her:
hahahahaha!!
1. They are self-centred. (Literally: They think they are the belly button of the world.)
Hum... not all true! American think they are the belly button of the world but Brits, even if they do,don't mention it - However the large scale of your past colonies and the power they brought has definitely played a role on how big England is / feels... But this does against the very idea of saying that you are self-centred
2. Their language is universal. So they refuse to even try to speak ours when they get lost over here. (80 per cent don’t even want to take a phrase book on holidays with them!)... but they look at you condescendingly if you speak English badly.
Well, lets face it we are talking about the fish and chips brigade on holidays or stag due! Many Brits have emigrated to France and do speak the lingo! However these are also a minority and it is true that most English speaking nations expect the whole world to speak English.
3. They can't do anything like everyone else (drive on the left etc).
Haha that's stupid
4. They have the worst cuisine in the world
Well pub food (which is for me the very essence of English cuisine) is great even thought not too diversified... However I would say that the majority of Brits eat badly (and not because the food is bad!)
5. They drink warm beer, much to the despair of even our least talented brewers.
Obviously very narrow minded!
6. They are such drunks! According to a study, the English drink eight alcoholic drinks a day during the holidays.
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7. Their climate is even worse than ours.
That's hardly a reason to dislike England... You don't like it, you don't come and that's is... and most of all, you don't criticise it... Its like criticising someone for the size of his feet... childish
8. Their tabloids only think about bums and scandals.
Am sure they have the same... In England its tabloids, in France, journal de merde and Belgium would have the same!
9. They unfairly knocked out the Red Devils from the 1990 World Cup... we haven't forgotten that goal, in the last second, by David Platt!
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10. We havent forgotten their hooligans either, responsible for the death of 39 people at Heysel in 1985.
Well this has been sorted out... Its like us still hating the Germans
Well ok I agree with you, they are idiots (The Belgians that is)
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Originally posted by Rantor View PostI wonder if anyone has done any studies into the effect of newspaper comments sections; - a remarkable facility for cretins the world over...or the real voice of the people.
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1. They are self-centred. (Literally: They think they are the belly button of the world.)
2. Their language is universal. So they refuse to even try to speak ours when they get lost over here. (80 per cent don’t even want to take a phrase book on holidays with them!)... but they look at you condescendingly if you speak bad English.
4. They have the worst cuisine in the world
5. They drink warm beer, much to the despair of even our least talented brewers.
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I'm surprised nobody mentioned their driving abilities.
I have more near misses during the 2 hours driving through Belgium (which I do at least once a year) than I would in an entire year in England.
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Originally posted by vetran View PostSorry induced a strong belly laugh, probably a started a typhoon in Asia.
http://www.lesoir.be/actualite/monde...y-738785.shtml
http://www.standaard.be/artikel/deta...3&subsection=2
If you read foreign, the comments sections dovetail neatly into the Daily Mail.
I wonder if anyone has done any studies into the effect of newspaper comments sections; - a remarkable facility for cretins the world over...or the real voice of the people. This interweb thingy worries me sometimes.
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Originally posted by gingerjedi View PostEither way crowd trouble at football in the 80's was commonplace so hardly a surprise, this could have been avoided with proper planning.
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Originally posted by Peoplesoft bloke View PostThis is wrong headed thinking. Some football "fans" can't behave other than like animal scum, but when they do the rest blame "organisation". There is no reason at all why a mixed area should be dangerous if people could manage to behave like humans at football. BTW - I am not singling out Liverpool - but place the blame where it lies.
Interestingly the English game is almost trouble free these days, the same can't be said for Italian football as it's still plagued by organised hooligans.
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Originally posted by HairyArsedBloke View PostBelgium - the rudest word in the universe, banned in most parts of the galaxy.
Having been there a couple of times, apart from being flat and boring, I thought it was OK. Well, Bruge was anyway.
Although the midgets are entertaining and know were to find drugs and hookers.
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