All things Belgian

[Spiffor]

Avec la mer du Nord pour dernier terrain vague
Et des vagues de dunes pour arrêter les vagues
Et de vagues rochers que les marées dépassent
Et qui ont à jamais le coeur à marée basse
Avec infiniment de brumes à venir
Avec le vent de l'est écoutez-le tenir
Le plat pays qui est le mien

Avec des cathédrales pour uniques montagnes
Et de noirs clochers comme mâts de cocagne
Où des diables en pierre décrochent les nuages
Avec le fil des jours pour unique voyage
Et des chemins de pluies pour unique bonsoir
Avec le vent d'ouest écoutez-le vouloir
Le plat pays qui est le mien

Avec un ciel si bas qu'un canal s'est perdu
Avec un ciel si bas qu'il fait l'humilité
Avec un ciel si gris qu'un canal s'est pendu
Avec un ciel si gris qu'il faut lui pardonner
Avec le vent du nord qui vient s'écarteler
Avec le vent du nord écoutez-le craquer
Le plat pays qui est le mien

Avec de l'Italie qui descendrait l'Escaut
Avec Frida la blonde quand elle devient Margot
Quand les fils de novembre nous reviennent en mai
Quand la plaine est fumante et tremble sous juillet
Quand le vent est au rire quand le vent est au blé
Quand le vent est au sud écoutez-le chanter
Le plat pays qui est le mien.

Jacques Brel

[Snotty]

Stella was a tenner for a case of 20x440ml cans last may day bank holiday. I guess they are trying to put a little more life back into the mayday protests.

Incedentally I assume they only put 20 cans in the case so no-one gets the temptation to do the '24 cans in a case - 24 hours in a day' thing because they would end up begging for a lobotomy

I do like my fancy strong belgian beer, duval, or the cherry beer my gf brought back last time. I would just feel a bit of a nonce if I was regularly drinking these as the foundation to my night out

[Gangerolf]

Belgium. The land of serial killers, mutant cows and Tintin. And beer.

[Traianvs]

Don't forget we also have champion child rapers, a maffia style corrupt government in Wallonia and a ****ty football team!

[BlackCat]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
I really enjoy Chimay Trappist Ale, made by Belgian monks

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi%C3%A8res_de_Chimay

http://www.chimay.com/www/chimay/sit...0_frameset.htm

Yep, they are good - actually had a blue yesterday in a new little waterhole that opened a week ago just across the street.

Nice place btw - you can't get carlsberg or tuborg, but who cares when they have budweiser in the tabs ? (no , not the american industrial waste but real Budějovice premium and dark lager). And their collection of bottled beers - yummy.

On topic - isn't Belgium (in)famous for their weapon industry ?

[alva]

Originally posted by Sandman
They The king was responsible for unimaginable atrocities in the Belgian Congo. Leopold II is probably one of the most evil men who has ever lived - top ten material, in fact.

And Tintin.

Fixed

[alva]

Originally posted by Spiffor

Jacques Brel

He was Flemish too.

Arno
Vesalius

And why hasn't anyone mentioned Leffe yet.
Stella

We also have the biggest(?) brewery in the world.

[BlackCat]

we have totally forgotten the most famous belgian ever.

[alva]

How many Belgians here have actualy seen that stupid bloody statue? I know I haven't.

[BlackCat]

Guess that it's like our local "little mermaid" - world famous, but few locals have seen it

[Terra Nullius]

Two consecutive threads where I had to take Winston's side...

And here I'm forced to admit that Imran made the first worthwhile post in the thread.

This is looking bad, people... bad. I don't like to think where it's all gonna end up.

[BlackCat]

Relax - Winston hasn't posted in this thread - yet

[Traianvs]

Originally posted by BlackCat


Yep, they are good - actually had a blue yesterday in a new little waterhole that opened a week ago just across the street.

Nice place btw - you can't get carlsberg or tuborg, but who cares when they have budweiser in the tabs ? (no , not the american industrial waste but real Budějovice premium and dark lager). And their collection of bottled beers - yummy.

On topic - isn't Belgium (in)famous for their weapon industry ?

We sure are. King Gyanendra in Nepal enjoys the wonderful products provided by our FN factory
Yes we do know how to pick out our customers! Only the most trustworthy, stable and democratic buyers will have access to our gunz

[alva]

So does the British SAS, they use the Minimi, a very fine gun if I may say so.

[LotC]

Has anyone mentioned that Belgians are creepy pedophiles?