Topic: You Know You're Belgian...

if you speak flawless Belgian.

if you just yelled "There is no Belgian language you ass!"

if you have a Belgian passport.

if you raise your hand when somebody yells "Any Belgians around?"

if you know why the Smurfs are inferior to les stroumpfs.

if you know what a Cloth Hall is really made of.

if you try to impress members of the opposite sex with your inimate knowledge of beer and pigeons.

if that works.

if you think the European Parliament should be twice as big and sit year-round and have enough staff to get the job done.

if you blame the mess in the Congo on the Africans.

if you don't think the Congo is really a mess, compared to its neighbors.

if you think the Americans really went wrong listening to the British and strengthening the Germans.

if you finished reading this list because it's the polite thing to do even if nobody knows.

The core joke of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is that of course no civilization would develop personal computers with instant remote database recovery, and then waste this technology to find good drinks.
Steve Jobs has ruined this joke.

Re: You Know You're Belgian...

...if your name is Primo.

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if this thread offends you.

The core joke of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is that of course no civilization would develop personal computers with instant remote database recovery, and then waste this technology to find good drinks.
Steve Jobs has ruined this joke.

Re: You Know You're Belgian...

I don't think anything in that list is a tottaly true statement, but I can see where you deduce things from.

you are Belgian if you feel you are belgian, anyone can be belgian and anyone is in my opinion, We all are, ceci n'est pas une blague.

"'******? Worthless things like that,
I never had them for as long as I can remember!"

Evil Dark Ninja Hargora

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...if you like chocolate and can create it in your own basement using a toothpick, tape, a pen and some cheese (go MacGuyver!)

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Cause I'm belgian,  and

I'm not offended by this thread
speaking flawless belgian: tricky statement, what is Belgian, the language speaken in belgium ofc, but that consists of either flemmish (not mentioning the variety of choice in dialects we have), wallon-french, brussels(mix of french and flemmish), or german in some part, so the language actually spoken is not really called belgian but I would agree if we used that 'official langugge' meaninlg that it's divided

I didn't object or complain saying there is no belgian language, didn't even notice that when I read the first sentence.

I have a belgian passport now, but didn't have one last year when we just moved to france for two years, had to get this older non electronic french passport (t was blue and big and ugly, even stupid rule which obliged me to put my hair backwards for 'morrelo's ear indentification if I'm not mistaken morrelo was that guy) and manny people whom have belgian passport aswell can be in a way not really belgian but imo we all are as good as belgians, you to Yell, face it, you all are, ceci n'est pas une blague.

If you raise your hand...: well, not many people I think would raise their hand or not immideatly, for we aren't all proud about being a little belgian (though we are Grand inside, or some of us are).  and what about belgians whom lost or have no arms, how the gonna raise them, or those whom are asleep, or those whom don't want to grab attention, or for example when it is in a comedy show and you know the comedian will pick you to laugh with, which they always do when he for example asks whom in here is dutch...

Smurfs: why inferior to stroumpf? and what the hell, like there is a difference, just a different name for the same thing and I would rather have stroumpf inferior cause I used to watch 'de smurfen' versions on ketnet, when it was inbetween a 'samson & gert' show. Although I rather not brag about having used to watch that when I was young (kindergarten)


I have no clue what a cloth hall is, is it those things grandmas have at home on the table to put cups of tea or something on? like the white cloth nicely made? I dunno really what it's made of.

Imressing oposite sex with beer and pidgeons, uhm: I'm not that fond of beer really, rather anti-alcohol, and pidgeons I don't have anything against but the sport is rather retarded like cycling is to, I can ride a bike to you know nothing fun about watching them cycle.

if that works :s how can it even work regarding ^^? 

Next statement I dunno what that is saying, as I'm not that interested in politics, would be nice to give MY country a bigger status of importance, but whom doesn't wish that?

hah, so you're saying belgians are racists? I don't blame congo on africans at all or on anyone, I don't even have this connection with congo, to me belgian has nothing to do with it, historically there has something happened, but that's then, and regarding racism in other countries we aren't doing that bad.

I dunno if congo is a mess, never thought about that, you offending congo now that it is a mess? It's got messed up and could be better but surely it can't be fully mesed up can it? and their neigbours, I don't think they're more messed up, dunno really whom their neigbours are but anyways

You saying we rather collaborated with the germans and have them win? My grandfathers (truelly belgians) both fought against the germans, and help surely was welcome. My grand-grandfather quiet killed a lot, and my grandfather helped, heard few stories of how he made bombs, and how my grandfather really was a 'serial killer' having dead germans burried in his castle. The germans right after the war eventually gassed him though sad which means he really was a worthy and changemaking opponent. I heard there were these colalborators whom worked with the germans, and whom were anti-wallon, and due to wallons being army leaderst hey refused to fight and even rather had their own unit killed, well those are dead now, not worthy of being called part of any nationality at all, those are nobodies.

Reading the list cause it's polite :s I read it cause it's adressed to me in a way, as it's about belgians, and in a way I do think I'm belgian, although I'm rather raised 'international' I think, and nationalitism is just a [] up shite, what are belgians anyways, before we were german tribes, don't even know which or perhaps 't even was a combination of tribes whom also had parts in germany, it's just some political stuff that divided lines, and with the fast transports and migrations in and out we are getting mixed up anyways, maybe a more percentage still will be 'belgians' regarding if we be belgians cause it's how it formed us and made us live seperately more under one new nation but that's meaningless to me. We all are belgians, we all are Dutches, we all are Americans(we all drank a can of coke once didn't we), we all are arabs, we all are Earthlings, alliens whom stranded on this Sweet heavenly planet. There's more other things to mind about then what we are. Just be Dude.

"'******? Worthless things like that,
I never had them for as long as I can remember!"

Evil Dark Ninja Hargora

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Ohyeah, there's aswell this comedian I saw on youtube, whom linked it with being able to make beer with anything (regarding the difernet brands and the ones with abricot flavour etc)

"'******? Worthless things like that,
I never had them for as long as I can remember!"

Evil Dark Ninja Hargora

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I didn't read all that, but by what I read I can conclue that EDN didn't get the thread at all.
In fact, I daresay he's being an idiot too. wtf is this about being Belgian just when you feel Belgian? Where's the part where you have to live there, you twit?

I'll never know if it was worth the pain, but I still loved it more than anything in the world - it was my life.

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I don't think you concluded what I meant rightly either, I'm not sure if I concluded this thread right, but what is it that I have to conclude from it? I see various things, but my answer doesn't have to be directly answered to this thread, rather just generaly.

And wel yeah, but if you look and cathegorise people as what they are people don't often tend to look at where you live, when I moved elsewhere I was still 'Belgian', but then again I neither really lived in other countries. And yeah maybe I am a bit extreme on saying we all can be belgian or whatever, but just shush, what is this thread really trying to say then?

"'******? Worthless things like that,
I never had them for as long as I can remember!"

Evil Dark Ninja Hargora

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This thread was never meant to gain any "serious" reply, let alone a lengthy discussion.

I'll never know if it was worth the pain, but I still loved it more than anything in the world - it was my life.

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If you think Van Damme is a better actor than Chuck Norris.

The inmates are running the asylum

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Amusing. Do some other nationalities! tongue

Je maintiendrai

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How do you cope Elt? When faced with the option of having to spell out an obvious joke to someone who won't get it anyway, or if he does, return the effort with even more social inaptitude, or committing mass murder with sharp stuff, I'd not chose option 1. So, how?

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Re: You Know You're Belgian...

He's Belgian

The core joke of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is that of course no civilization would develop personal computers with instant remote database recovery, and then waste this technology to find good drinks.
Steve Jobs has ruined this joke.

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When you learn words like inaptitude from other Belgians yikes
Oh, and, apparently: when you don't cross the street when the light is on red in the big cities cuz they WILL charge you

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Well, ZoZ, it's simple. I was drunk...

I'll never know if it was worth the pain, but I still loved it more than anything in the world - it was my life.

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I tihnk EDN may have a point, I'm feeling pretty Belgian right now. And for just half a pint of crappy lager a pretty belgian will oblige to feel me back. Certainly beats the ten pounds Dutch whores.

tweehonderd graden, dat is waarom ze me mr. fahrenheit noemen, ik reis aan de snelheid van het licht, ik ga een supersonische man van u maken

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I concur.

This forum is stupid.

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Amusing..

Elrohir
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"I have no clue what a cloth hall is, is it those things grandmas have at home on the table to put cups of tea or something on? like the white cloth nicely made? I dunno really what it's made of."

This is where you should have realised that not posting that comment would have been the best thing tongue
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/Belgie_ieper_lakenhal_nacht.jpg
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bestand:Belfort_Brugge.jpg
http://imagene.youropi.com/lakenhalle-gent(p:location,389)(c:0).jpg

To make it absolutely clear: it's not the same as a belfry!

God: Behold ye angels, I have created the ass.. Throughout the ages to come men and women shall grab hold of these and shout my name...

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That tower is huge

The inmates are running the asylum

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The one in Ghent is 95 metres high, the one in Bruges is 83 metres (why do I know this?)...

God: Behold ye angels, I have created the ass.. Throughout the ages to come men and women shall grab hold of these and shout my name...

Re: You Know You're Belgian...

because you are a belgian?

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van damme certainly is bether then chuck norris

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but his tears don t cure cancer ;o

till the end of time..