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T_i_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 02:47 AM Original message |
Belgium 'an accident of history with football and beer' |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 02:54 AM Response to Original message |
1. Everyone seems to be getting along rather nicely... |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 04:20 AM Response to Original message |
2. Belgium is famous |
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trogdor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 03:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. Name five famous Belgians |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 03:39 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Jacques Brel,Rene Magritte,Gerardus Mercator,Ilya Prigogine,Adolphe Sax, |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 05:25 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. The original joke |
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kskiska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 07:53 PM Response to Reply #19 |
87. The French love to tell Belgian jokes |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 08:33 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. Jacky Ickx!!!! |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 03:54 PM Response to Reply #25 |
62. And his yummy daughter Vanina.... |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 08:34 PM Response to Reply #14 |
26. forgot about Kim Clijsters |
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jamesinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 10:14 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Are you kidding |
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jamesinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 10:17 AM Response to Reply #14 |
31. Eddy Merk |
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dnbn (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 11:45 AM Response to Reply #14 |
43. Belgium has Spa-Francorchamps |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 11:54 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. welcome to the site! |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 03:55 PM Response to Reply #43 |
63. It used to be even better....ever seen the movie Grand Prix? |
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JohnLocke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 04:48 PM Response to Reply #14 |
50. I'll do you one better. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 05:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
67. Where is the love for Jean Claude Van Damme? |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 12:17 AM Response to Reply #14 |
74. Wily Coppens |
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Great White Shark (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 08:00 PM Response to Reply #14 |
88. Simenon |
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Coes (113 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 10:47 AM Response to Reply #2 |
37. boring? BORING??? |
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Aridane (13 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 07:49 AM Response to Reply #2 |
59. Boring? |
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Oreo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 01:27 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Welcome to DU! |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 05:01 AM Response to Original message |
3. Most countries in Europe have groups of people.. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 05:29 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. and beer! |
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Stella_Artois (838 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 05:49 AM Response to Original message |
5. Someone called ? |
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Viking12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 06:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
22. Hey, I'm drinking you right now... |
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T_i_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 06:56 AM Response to Reply #5 |
28. Not that crap! |
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dogfacedboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 09:55 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. To tell you the truth |
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T_i_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 12:10 PM Response to Reply #29 |
60. Oh yes they do! |
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dogfacedboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 08:25 AM Response to Reply #60 |
81. My point was that beer shouldn't be made with fruit flavors. |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 05:56 AM Response to Original message |
6. So now Belgium does not have the right to exist? What is this new vogue |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 10:36 AM Response to Reply #6 |
34. Doesn't Flanders have the right to defend itself? |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 07:00 AM Response to Reply #34 |
80. ANTI-FLEMITE!!! |
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Coes (113 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 10:53 AM Response to Reply #6 |
38. a break-up |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
7. "Oh, Belgium, man, BELGIUM!" |
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madame defarge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
8. Hey now...don't let them hit on Belgium!!! |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 09:59 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Eddie Merckx was addicted to Godiva chocolate. We all knew |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 03:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. we visited and fell in love with Belgium |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
9. A long-term trend within the EU |
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anotherdrew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 03:53 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. "the new regionalism" |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 10:31 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. Cool |
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nemo137 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 03:11 AM Response to Reply #17 |
76. I think we need that here |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
11. I remember the language riots in the early 60's |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
12. Well, he's kind of right. But wrong to be insulting to the French. |
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badgervan (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 06:50 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. Question for you |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 10:29 AM Response to Reply #21 |
32. I don't claim to be an expert on names but |
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badgervan (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 04:30 PM Response to Reply #32 |
49. Thanks |
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Texifornia (399 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 07:15 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. Belgium was once part of The Netherlands... |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 10:33 AM Response to Reply #23 |
33. The separation came during Spanish rule in the 16th century. |
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Seeking Serenity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
13. Reminds me of a Monty Python sketch |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 06:21 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Phlegms!! |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 10:38 AM Response to Reply #13 |
35. I loved that one too |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 06:05 PM Response to Reply #13 |
55. Did you ever see |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
18. Flanders! Wohoo! |
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SquireJons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
24. Fallout from the abandonment of NATO |
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Coes (113 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 11:02 AM Response to Reply #24 |
40. I disagree |
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SquireJons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 07:06 PM Response to Reply #40 |
56. I think it's a factor |
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knight_of_the_star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 06:02 PM Response to Reply #24 |
68. They didn't start any wars |
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Ouabache (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 11:58 PM Response to Reply #68 |
71. Yeah but what about the Congo? |
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knight_of_the_star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 11:34 AM Response to Reply #71 |
83. My bad |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
36. I thought it was a wonderful and beautiful country! |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
39. "No intrinsic value?" |
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Coes (113 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 11:06 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. okay |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 11:26 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. OK, I'm really asking- Why is a breakup necessary? |
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Coes (113 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 11:54 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. it's hard to already use the word 'necessary' |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 12:16 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. welcome to the site! |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 02:15 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. I forgot to welcome you to DU. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
46. one last kick for Germinal Beerschot |
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DemExpat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
51. I especially love Belgium! |
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Danmel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
52. My daughter's boyfriend is from Antwerp |
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DemExpat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 05:32 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. My daughter lived there this year for 5 months for her studies |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
54. Audrey Hepburn isn't a famous Belgian? HELLO???? |
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Matilda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 09:05 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. For Audrey alone, Belgium qualifies as a great country! |
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demo dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 12:23 PM Response to Reply #57 |
84. Just born in Brussels, but grew up in UK and Holland, her mother was a |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 05:31 AM Response to Reply #54 |
79. Only by place of birth |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
58. what a coincidence |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 06:47 PM Response to Reply #58 |
70. Different kind of football, besides, our beer sucks. |
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Minstrel Boy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
64. The best things in history have happened by accident. |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
65. My favorite Belgian: Herge. |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 04:12 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. Absolutely no doubt.....although Goscinny and Uderzo were pretty good... |
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AZCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 03:21 AM Response to Reply #65 |
77. Greatest? Them's fightin' words... |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 07:04 PM Original message |
Well, what can I say? |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 07:04 PM Response to Reply #77 |
85. self delete |
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Darth_Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
69. hey, what about their chocolate? |
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Ouabache (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 12:05 AM Response to Reply #69 |
72. Have you heard of the famous 'Blue Moon' Belgian beer? No? |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 01:35 AM Response to Reply #72 |
75. Yep nothing Belgian about that stuff. It's a Coors product. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
73. 'king, the national football team and certain brands of beer' |
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Apollo11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 04:51 AM Response to Original message |
78. Belgium |
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President Kerry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 10:58 AM Response to Reply #78 |
82. Very informative tidbit - thanks! |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
86. If it's Tuesday... |
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kskiska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 08:16 PM Response to Reply #86 |
89. They've made some good movies |
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