BELGIAN APPRECIATION THREAD
 

<<< Belgium Arete, Belgium.

We don't eat frogs in Belgium, and no snails either.

We do eat a lot of frieten, hutsepot and stamppot, drink ridiculous amounts of beer, but we don't eat frogs.

However, I kinda like to shoot them #@#@#@#@bastards with an air gun, or a .22 when visiting some family of mine (farmers).
(My grandfather's two 'long barrel' .44 US army revolvers are sooooo noisy, damn shame.)

I am reminded of the great (fictional) Belgian Detective Hercule Poirot - he was always being mistaken for French, much to his obvious annoyance.

Now that was a man with a mustche. Mon dieu!

http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-imag.../poirot230.jpg

Fun fact 1: Belgium is the only other country except for Italy which uses a dot as a time separator. All other languages use a colon.

Fun fact 2: I discovered this because the stupid dot caused a fatal error in an app I was testing. HIGH FIVE BELGIUM, YOU MADE MY AFTERNOON LONG AND PAINFUL!

Fun fact 3:

This is Paul. He is a Belgian.

THIS THREAD IS NOW FOR CELEBRATING AND POSTING ALL THINGS BELGIAN. GO GO GO!

http://www.sistersrunningthekitchen....1/brussels.jpg

naaaah, they're delicious! and much more healthy than

http://www.pinoy-entrepreneur.com/im...lgianfries.gif

We use a colon, the dot as time seperator is archaic.
I'm afraid your 'fact' isn't a fact. :bleh1:

I'll see your sprouts and raise you WAFFLES!

http://www.dianasdesserts.com/news/n...fles-Image.jpg

http://www.belgian-waffle.net/image-...ian-waffle.jpg

http://hostedmedia.reimanpub.com/TOH...CW1282C29B.jpg

And as for the dot, my clients are archaic so it suits them to use it :)

Ah so she's bringing out the BIG guns! I'll eat those waffles and top it off with THIS

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5gZhTnnnq2...late-store.jpg

and THIS

http://blog.hotelclub.com/wp-content...hocolate-3.jpg

At least we have a lot of fun here in Belgium.
We smash records!
:D

It's also the homeland of a pretty interesting artist!

http://www.wimdelvoye.be/

Oh Belgium, is there anything you can't do? :)

http://www.fpsmagazine.com/blog/uplo...rfs-752638.jpg
and
http://blogasarea.files.wordpress.co.../01/tintin.jpg


Anything they can't do? Hmm I heard they make terrible lutefisk.

When I was in Belgium I learned that everything the Belgians eat is composed of TWO things only:

• FRENCH fries :P
• Butter

But Japo! The variations are _limitless_!

Belgian Fries
Butter
Butter Fries
Belgians
Fried Butter
and it goes on and on and on and on

Belgium is at least the largest European frog importer.

Kim Clijsters is Belgian and she's well loved in Australia for nearly marrying Lleyton Hewitt and thereby creating a romantic couple that looks so alike they could be doppelgangers*.






*It was a bit weird.

Which is further proof that Belgians are in fact Australians in disguise, and therefore this thread has no meaning!!!

There we are.


Don't forget beer. :OK:
http://img.alibaba.com/photo/100320795/Belgian_Beer.jpg

Beer made with butter! XD

We all know you were born in France, dosraider. The frog craving haunts you still :ribbit!: :ribbit!: :mischief:

Yaa, I just be yankin' your butter-sauced, beery ol' chain *big hug in spite of dosraider screaming and yelling and trying to run away* Spoilsport... :3:

Keep your distance, ya punk! :rant:

Belgium is not a country, with Walloonia being part of France and Flanders being part of the Netherlands.

Shh, do you want us all to get lynched?? :lynch:

I have a sudden deep desire for an A-Team smiley...

:mrt: <<=== We already have one for quite a while. :p

And Belgium is only a neutral zone between Netherlands and France.
Don't believe me? Just check how the Belgians form a parliament and why it takes so long.

French and Dutch just doesn't go together. :p

PROOF THAT BELGIUM IS THE BEST COUNTRY

Belgium beer is the best!
Thank you!

be very careful, because the person above you lives in the czech republic

which is way more superior to belgium in beer

We have to test that thoroughly. :beer::cheers:

After that, we have to do the same for apple wine, cidre and cider.

I'm up for some unpartial beer testing... anytime. :3:

When do we start ?

Y'all can have the beer. I'll get utterly catatonic on the chocolate shells and starfish and those adorable little seahorsy things *hic!*

Wha'? S'good chocolate *chocolate-covered face* :ouch: