5/11/2004: Bird's nest performance art

[wolf]

Welcome Guust. Is there some clever Belgian joke involved in your handle?

[York]

Belgium does exist dude! The things my fellow-belgian a bit up here said wer all true! U should really do an effort and come and see it! Belgians profiled themselves from the time of the Romans..." the Bravest off Gallians " they say...and keeped doing that! It has a lot a good sides and some few lesser...but its always nice to have some minimum quality in life! A lot off country's dont even have that....! I know people that lived while the car was inventioned....and now there somewhere in Virtual reality? Hahahahahaha What u see is what u get dude, and thats sadly in every country thesame thing....included a pic off our own Belgian superhero....but u all know him, unless this is all not real?

[xoxoxoBruce]

Another belgian, cool. Glad to meet you. By the way, you've got your S on backwards.

[lumberjim]

Originally posted by guustflaterke

1. I shouldn't know.
2. Find a girlfriend
3. I don't produce eggs
4. I never tried one. Good idea for next barbecue though
5. Myself
6. None at the moment
7. The queen would die, that's for sure.
8. Apples, oranges aren't totaly eatable
9. Yes, like (almost) everyone
10. European or american measures?

the answer key:

1. One penis length
2. To find the holy grail
3. over medium
4. the back ribs
5. yourself
6. 0, i'm typing
7. F-hillary K-oprah M- the queen
8. Oranges
9. Yes
10. 46 or 11.5

3.5 out of 10...i gave you half a point for # 2. a girlfriend might be your holy grail.

[York]

Yeah dude, i had to make my suit a bit different, i turned the "S" incase the American Superman would prosecute me! hahahaha

[xoxoxoBruce]

OK. I thought maybe it was a Z. You folks in the low countries seem to use that a lot. I hope you're using your super powers for truth, justice and the European way.

[York]

we do use it often , some examples crazy= zot newborn= zuigeling summer= zomer zuiplap= drunk zelfzeker=confident zaag= saw and than u got off course zuperman !!

[Pi]

ja maar enkel de Vlams en niet de Waals

[wolf]

Either something is wrong with Babelfish, or you freakin' Beligies just don't make no damn sense.

"yes but only the Vlams and not Walloon"

[xoxoxoBruce]

I think they speak several dialects besides "Dutch".

[guustflaterke]

Dutch is indeed very general. But I think Vlams was a typing error. It is suposed to be Vlaams. Vlaams in English is Flemish. Flemish is a sort of Dutch. But Dutch is spoken in the Netherlands and Flemisch in the Flemish part of Belgium. It is very sensitive to us Flemish people.
Walloon is a sort of French. But French is spoken in France and Walloon in the Walloon part of Belgium. It's the same problem as above.
We live all in the same country, but it is very difficult for most people to accept the other language. I live near the border of the 2 linguistic zones, and I speak quite a bit French too. But I hate it when Walloon people don't speak a word Flemish.
If this wasn't enough, we have also a small part where the people speak German. At the end of one off the world wars, Germany had to give up a piece to Belgium, so actualy, there are 3 different languages spoken in our country and still it is sooooo small.
:p
So far the lesson for today. Tomorrow we have our economic system

PS: I'm still waiting for an answer of Spivey, he has been very quietly since we entered the conversation.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Spivey probably thinks your agents for the conspiracy.
I should think the Netherlands would have language problems, considering how many countries they started out as.

[Pi]

True it was a typing error. But don't tell me all the time I'm Belgian!!! That's an insult!
And btw when guustflaterke tries to explain thei political system don't listen to him, it's too difficult to understand.
And what I wanted to say is that only the flemish-speaking part of Belgium uses the Z and not the fench-speaking part.

[guustflaterke]

Originally posted by Pi
when guustflaterke tries to explain thei political system don't listen to him, it's too difficult to understand.

That's true.

Originally posted by Pi
only the flemish-speaking part of Belgium uses the Z and not the fench-speaking part.

True again. I won't say you're a Belgian, but you're well informed. I'm glad to notice we aren't that unknown.

[xoxoxoBruce]

I have noticed that whether it be Belgium, Luxemburg or the Netherlands, you all seem to be quite civilized.