The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #53646   Message #827254
Posted By: M.Ted
15-Nov-02 - 04:51 PM
Thread Name: BS: What have the Dutch ever done for us?
Subject: RE: BS: What have the Dutch ever done for us?
Panekoeken, cookies, and many whole grain breakfast cereals--They also put some of us up after the Edict of Nantes was revoked--

Their society sets an example for patient tolerance of those who have
differing tastes, cultures, or life styles(though we tend to misconstrue their tolerance for acceptance or even endorsement)--

Also we have to appreciate their excellent English diction, even if when it accompanies a less than perfect understanding of the language itself--the classic example being the Dutch party guest who, when asked what she did for a living, replied with a perfectly straight face, "I fuck sheep." (Apparently, this word is a perfectly respectable Dutch word that means "breed")--