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10 Jun 99 - 08:13 AM (#85486) Subject: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Steve Parkes In the Uk we have a great party game called, well, "name ten famous Belgians". I've mentioned this in a couple of threads in the past, and I thought it was time I brought it to the attention of the world at large. Oh, if you're from Belgium, remember that they have to be famous outside Belgium! I suppose you could play "name ten famous Poles"? (Marie and Pierre Curie count as one!) If anyone knows any famous Belgians, pass them on to the rest of us. And yes, I can name ten myself, but I'm not going to! Steve |
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10 Jun 99 - 08:16 AM (#85488) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: alison Hercule Poirot...... does it matter that he's fictional? and of course the "muscles from Brussels".. Jean Claude van Damme. slainte alison |
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10 Jun 99 - 08:34 AM (#85489) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Wolfgang Steve, at least you should have restricted it to music, when I start thinking of sports and politics, this is getting too easy. So here's my singer/songwriter from Belgium: Jacques Brel Wolfgang |
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10 Jun 99 - 08:47 AM (#85490) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Bert Wasn't Simon Stevin from Belgium? |
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10 Jun 99 - 08:56 AM (#85493) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: catspaw49 Seymour Glick catspaw |
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10 Jun 99 - 08:56 AM (#85494) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Walrus Well, There's always King Albert I (of the Congo scandles) - That is assuming that monarchs are allowed. Then there's Herge (spelling?) The chap who wrote the Tin-Tin Stories (and on the same tack) wasn't one of the pair that invented Asterix Belgian? There's the bloke that wrote the "Maigrait" books (I can't remember his name) Atnd then there's one the Belgians always want to forget, Leon DeGrelle, the commander of the Walloon Legion of the SS during the occupation. Do any of those count? Walrus |
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10 Jun 99 - 09:02 AM (#85495) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Wolfgang I looked it up: Belgium has alone 11 winners of the Tour de France. Well, I could have named only two of them (Eddy..., Lucien..., but there are several other famous cyclists (Rick van..., Rick van..., Michel...), a couple of fine football players, at least one good runner and once world record holder (Gaston...), a world class speed skater (Bart..., well, he's Dutch, but he starts now for Belgium). Once you start thinking, it is only a question of finding the category and then the names came rolling in. And with the recent food scandal in Belgium, we even know the name of the prime minister... Wolfgang |
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10 Jun 99 - 09:09 AM (#85497) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Wolfgang why do we bother?
Famous Belgians. The complete list Wolfgang |
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10 Jun 99 - 09:54 AM (#85506) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: The_one_and_only_Dai ...er... Sparky did say famous, didn't he? I've heard of exactly two of those guys. Look, I'm famous in my local pub, but can you name Ten Famous Fox-and-Hounders? If you could, I wouldn't be one of them. It's all relative... |
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10 Jun 99 - 10:11 AM (#85514) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Rick Fielding I forget the names of the 7 Belgians who invented Brussels' sprouts. |
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10 Jun 99 - 10:18 AM (#85518) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Art Thieme Mr. Waffle---who invented the Belgian Waffle---wasn't he from there? Art |
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10 Jun 99 - 10:58 AM (#85530) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: catspaw49 Seymour Glick catspaw |
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10 Jun 99 - 10:58 AM (#85531) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Rick Fielding Name two famous 9 string guitar players. |
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10 Jun 99 - 11:06 AM (#85533) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Dave Swan Django and Jerry Garcia. Oh...nine strings. |
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10 Jun 99 - 11:29 AM (#85539) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Bert Isn't our Art one of them? |
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10 Jun 99 - 11:44 AM (#85544) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Peter T. Painters: Pieter Brueghel the Elder, Pieter Brueghel the Younger, Jan Brueghel, the Not so Younger Elder (joke, but fine painter). Roger Van der Weyden, Peter Paul Rubens, James Ensor. Politicians: the Three Burgundian Dukes (Philip, Paul, and soon hit the harder stuff); and Paul de Man (famous literary critic). Ten! (whew). Yours, Peter T. |
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10 Jun 99 - 12:37 PM (#85555) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: LEJ Toots Theilemans |
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10 Jun 99 - 01:33 PM (#85568) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Richard Bridge Nowadays you can just name one. Feed him and the cells will multiply uncontrollably. |
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10 Jun 99 - 01:57 PM (#85580) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: The Shambles Neil Young? |
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10 Jun 99 - 03:29 PM (#85603) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: catspaw49 Seymour Glick catspaw |
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10 Jun 99 - 03:38 PM (#85605) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Penny S. Carausius? |
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10 Jun 99 - 03:46 PM (#85607) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Dave Swan O.K., I'll rise to the dry fly floated by Catspaw. I'll throw myself on the barbed wire of ignorance. Earnestly I ask...Seymour Glick? Dave. |
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10 Jun 99 - 04:00 PM (#85610) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Peter T. Seymour Glick is a character created by Steve Allen (Steverino for all you old fans out there). What it has to do with Belgium is a mystery to me (we await catspaw's revelation). By the way, I see that they have banned Belgian chocolate today. These people are going to starve to death if beer is next. Yours, Peter T. |
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10 Jun 99 - 04:40 PM (#85618) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Doctor John Rene Magritte, Paul Delveaux (more painters) |
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10 Jun 99 - 04:51 PM (#85623) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Art Thieme Catspaw, It's just great to seymour of you around here again with just one "glick" o' the mouse! Welcome home! Art |
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10 Jun 99 - 06:12 PM (#85649) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Melodeon Wolfgang and Dai. I know one from Wolfgang's list - the great Henri (Is this a pipe) Magritte. The rest I have never heard of. From my local, John Daniels has a Belgin wife. I don't know her name though.
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10 Jun 99 - 06:15 PM (#85651) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: catspaw49 Great job Peter T.!!!!!!!!!!! Now for the tie in...One show Steverino was poking fun at "Jacques Brel is Alive and Well" with his own variant, "Seymour Glick is Tired and Sick." I figured Seymour had to be Belgian. .......and Thank You Dave, I was about to give up. catspaw |
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10 Jun 99 - 06:52 PM (#85656) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Rick Fielding Be thankful Paw, I still have at least 5 of them out there and unloved! |
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10 Jun 99 - 07:26 PM (#85665) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Banjer It all sounds to me like a Grecian Urn! |
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10 Jun 99 - 08:19 PM (#85682) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: The Shambles Big Joe Williams? |
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10 Jun 99 - 08:57 PM (#85699) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Bill D famous to me?? Ok..Pierre Celis...who?, you ask? Well, he is from Hoegaarden, Belgium originally, and now is the Brewmaster of Celis Brewery in Austin, Texas...maker of the best beers outside Belgium, where more good beer is brewed than anywhere else!..(yes, there are wonderful beers elsewhere...just not in the variety of Belgian ones) you can read more..)LOTS more) at Celis.com |
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11 Jun 99 - 03:29 AM (#85811) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Steve Parkes OK GUYS, YOU CAN STOP NOW!! Hey Banjer - here's a Belgian joke: Q. What's a grecian urn? A. About 15 drachmae an hour! Steve |
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11 Jun 99 - 09:24 AM (#85855) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Rick Fielding Steve, I'll sign off now, but I warn you, some of these Belg-ophiles are gettin' outta control. Go get 'em. |
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11 Jun 99 - 11:01 AM (#85877) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Bert If the answer is 'blemish' what was the question? The question was 'What language do they speak in Felgium?' Bert. |
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11 Jun 99 - 01:08 PM (#85902) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: The Shambles What does a Waloon speak? |
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11 Jun 99 - 02:03 PM (#85917) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Walrus French? |
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11 Jun 99 - 02:07 PM (#85918) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Walrus One silly question. Can they be Famous "Belgians" if they died before the formation of Belgium (1838 I think)? Before that they were a bit of the "United Netherlands" and a bit of France, if I recall.
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11 Jun 99 - 02:28 PM (#85933) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Theodore Leonidas. Great pralines and he has Greek roots (Pround of it !!!) Theodore |
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11 Jun 99 - 03:34 PM (#85952) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: LEJ Bill D... I tried some Celi's GrandCouvre (that sound right?) And it tasted like rotting peaches to me, which is not in my top ten favorite tastes for beer. Did I get a bad batch, or is Belgian beer an acquired taste? LEJ |
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11 Jun 99 - 06:02 PM (#85997) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: folk1234 Well there's endive, waffles (mentioned earlier), rue and, pancakes. |
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11 Jun 99 - 06:17 PM (#86002) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Dave Swan LEJ, Amongst the guys with whom I brew, the joke is that if your batch goes to hell, you call it Belgian and serve it anyway. Cheers, Dave |
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11 Jun 99 - 06:56 PM (#86010) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Fadac Wasn't Indina Jones in the Belgin Army during WWI? If you serve in the US Armed Services, and get an honerable discharge. You have citizen (sp?) rights. So if you served in the Belgian army, when they REALLY needed the help, Mr. Jones could claim Belgian citizen ship. -Fadac...."Over There!" |
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11 Jun 99 - 07:54 PM (#86036) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Herge Did someone mention my name??? To find out more go to http://www.tintin.be/index_gb.htm Herge |
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11 Jun 99 - 07:57 PM (#86038) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Bert Dave, You're BAD Bert. |
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11 Jun 99 - 07:58 PM (#86040) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Susanne (skw) Nobody's mentioned the most famous one of them all: Hercule Poirot. (Thanks to Wolfgang's blue clicky thing I now know 241 Belgians who are almost as famous...) |
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11 Jun 99 - 08:03 PM (#86045) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Banjer Ah, someone didn't read ALL the posts, Hercule Poirot was in the second post! Tsk, tsk.... |
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11 Jun 99 - 08:17 PM (#86053) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Jo Taylor Oh dear having trouble spelling my name tonight. Thought no-one was going to mention Hergé. Steve, I love your turquoise bits...or should I say cyan? I had thought of another one but my mind's gone all blank...had me chips perhaps? Jo x |
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12 Jun 99 - 05:03 AM (#86112) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: murray@mpce.mq.edu.au Wouah! Wouah! Milou |
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12 Jun 99 - 08:27 PM (#86238) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Susanne (skw) Banjer, I DID read them all. But there are so many famous Belgians now I missed him! I remember reading the name 'Jean Claude van Damme', which made me hurry on to the next post! :-) - Susanne |
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12 Jun 99 - 10:27 PM (#86270) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: catspaw49 Ol' Bob, Charley, Big Sue, Billy Boy, Harley, Jerry, Ol' Ted, Janey, Ross, Henry..........Why shitfire, that's 10 right there. I dunno'who the hell these other names are...'ceppin' that Van Damme guy. But there shore ain't no trick to namin' 10 famous Belgians if'n yuh go to the county fair here. Y'all oughta' come with Paw and me to the Tuesday night Horse Pull....Why you'd see so many Belgians up close that you'll think you're a stable boy! Plus we got a feller with a pair of Percherons that'll make you so damn excited y'all 'ul scratch yourself in public.......or at least me and Paw do. Man they're pretty. CLETUS |
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12 Jun 99 - 11:58 PM (#86287) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Bill D LEJ...tsk...tastes DO differ.. Celis Grand Cru is among my favorite beers..and my wife, Ferrara, and occasional poster Lorraine LOVE it!.It is not your usual flavor..(has spices & such) (I called Celis once to assure myself that they keep things fresh..Pierre Celis himself assured me..) |
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13 Jun 99 - 03:32 AM (#86318) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: The Shambles Catspaw. You can keep your Percherons, just give me a Suffolk Punch. Not that I want to get too HEAVY here. |
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13 Jun 99 - 10:56 AM (#86356) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: catspaw49 Good line Sham..........and pathetically enough I can't come up with a funny line about Clydedales. I guess it's true, I can't be funny all the time. Self realization makes me sadder, bud wizer. Sorry, that one is stinking up the whole joint......... catspaw |
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13 Jun 99 - 10:59 AM (#86357) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Jeri Horsefeathers, for Shire. I prefer draft beer. |
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13 Jun 99 - 11:10 AM (#86360) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: catspaw49 Ah Jeri....to lower yourself to such a level........I'm so dissappointed, but to each their own, but remember this quote: "Can, bottle, or draft..You can have it your way."...Ann Hiser catspaw |
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13 Jun 99 - 01:03 PM (#86380) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Rick Fielding Catspaw! I'm worried about you. You've started EXPLAINING your jokes! Just keep throwing them out there and be confident that "some" will understand you...... |
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13 Jun 99 - 02:05 PM (#86388) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Jeri I think I understood his mane point. Anyway, it isn't possible to harness Catspaw's wit. I don't think anyone got my yoke, I fetlock the smiley face. Sorry you got dregged into this, Rick. I'll just be running off to hide under the bed for a while.
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13 Jun 99 - 02:21 PM (#86389) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Lonesome EJ Shades of the "Golf Course Bird" Thread. All this horsing around is trampling good taste underfoot.It behooves you all to stop. |
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13 Jun 99 - 06:49 PM (#86428) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Rick Fielding Jeri, you're so stable, there is no need to harness your wit. With unbridled respect. rick |
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13 Jun 99 - 07:45 PM (#86437) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: catspaw49 Hay Rick, I didn't realize I was explaining, perhaps just trying a bit more stablization. Please don't call me on this action before the secretariat as I have already affirmed my intentions and issue this post as a citation to the rest of you for tolerating me, here at Mudcat. Hopefully this will all whirlaway as a slew of tripe. I mean, we might as well be pleasant instead of ruffians. As you are the "pickin" leader, so to speak, I will take your advice as I am always in your dust Commander. catspaw |
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13 Jun 99 - 07:53 PM (#86440) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: The Shambles Rick I didn't mean Big Joe Williams was Belgian.... Or was he? |
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13 Jun 99 - 08:16 PM (#86448) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Banjer Well, talk about getting all the scoop right from the horses mouth!!! When did they start putting tails where their nostrils ought to be? |
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14 Jun 99 - 12:17 AM (#86482) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Rick Fielding Sham, that was Big Joe Walloons! Catspaw, something horrid just happened. I was trying to make a pun from Nashua and Swaps, and I just realized..I'm getting old!! |
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14 Jun 99 - 01:16 AM (#86496) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: catspaw49 Bummer ain't it? I was trying to work in something re: the homosexual/lesbian thread and housing so I could use Chateaugay ('63?) but I felt ancient enough with the Citation and Whirlaway refs (48 & 47???). Well, just buck up there old man and show great bravery in using the wit and cunning which age has afforded, you Gallant Fox you. (I'm stretchin' here). catspaw |
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14 Jun 99 - 05:19 AM (#86516) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Steve Parkes Hello Jo! What's a nice girl like you doing in a thread like this? I rather like the greeny-bluey thing myself, but if you check out the HTML (right-click on the page then select VIEW SOURCE), you'll see it says color=red. I don't understand all this clever stuff, myself. Glad you're having a good time, by the way; how much trouble are you having spelling "Jo"? By the way, did you know that chips (with/without fish) is your actual Belgian take-away? Steve x |
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14 Jun 99 - 05:20 AM (#86517) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Steve Parkes Two "by-the-ways" ... time I had a lie down! |
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14 Jun 99 - 05:23 PM (#86657) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: LEJ LOL Damn that was a good-un Banjer! PS The last one out of the thread has to clean up the mess. LEJ |
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14 Jun 99 - 06:22 PM (#86677) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: PJ khatspaugh-- Your unfettered wit shows you're a winner who knows his place. As a mudder you give no quarter when it comes to puns. You're a real stud who always pulls his weight, and most of the time I must admit your humor is right on track. However, I worry that if you keep lunging at the off side of these jokes, the folks in philly may not like the tack you're taking and your reputation will suffer. This could cost you dearly, you could end up in hock, get depressed and just foal apart. I would hate to see that happen. Though it's clear you don't need anyone's help to kick up your heels, I humbly offer my support with puns (and I'm not just saying that to curry your favor). Draw nigh, catspaw- we'd make a great team! Don't stall, though, hurry and respond because my offer won't last furlong... PJ |
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14 Jun 99 - 06:41 PM (#86680) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: catspaw49 PJ--------I can tell you're not really trying to stirrup anything with your kind but withering remarks. Alas we must all be aware of our place in the show. So if I get stuck, I'll lunge at your offer. But when you have suggestions hold your hands high. No sense mucking about. It can be annoying having good puns and not being able to use them, kinda' like a boil that won't heal...So don't hold those chestnuts at bay or that sorrel never clear up. Christ, I can't take it anymore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! catspaw(talk about a thread blown all to hell........) |
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14 Jun 99 - 06:46 PM (#86683) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Fadac Egad, That is the crupper of humor. However, we'll just put the bit in our teath, and trot on. For someones edification, you use the scoop, near the end of the horse with the tail. Not to worry, it's just grass and water, with a bit of corn and apples from time to time. -Fadac, Did I write that? |
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14 Jun 99 - 07:03 PM (#86689) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Dave Swan This all began when Steve said " In the U.K. we have a great party game called name ten famous Belgians" and we bought it. Swallowed that pretty treble hook with the imitation jiggling pork rind tadpole and ford fender right up to the leader, sinker and all. Played the game. He's got to be laughing himself silly. |
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14 Jun 99 - 07:03 PM (#86690) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: catspaw49 You done good there Fadac, so don't be too sulky about it. You're simply a natural worrier and pacer. If it feels good though, you can trot out some more. catspaw |
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14 Jun 99 - 08:34 PM (#86718) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Jo Taylor Steve - ha! I think we're quits - the chips thing was my way of a subtle joke... It's the first thing people here mention about Belgians... French people have Belgian jokes, England has Irish jokes, Normans have Breton jokes (N.O.I!! I'm fairly ethnically diverse myself). By the way (!) I had corrected the spelling before pushing the button - it wasn't the Jo bit that was causing the trouble. Kicking the traces - Jo x |
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15 Jun 99 - 09:58 AM (#86824) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Roger the zimmer I'm surprised no-one mentioned Belgian's most famous Flemish folk group, their answer to Peter, Paul and Mary (or Peter Paul & Rubens as they call them over there): Hertz van Rental and his wife Avis and her brother Kenning van Hire.[who can forget "Two Lips from Rotterdam"; "Up in a balloon with a Walloon"; "Son of a barge" and many other hits] Sorry,Steve. I held out for a few days! I compiled a pub quiz round on famous Belgians once and managed to find enough for two rounds but a lot were from before the modern state. |
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15 Jun 99 - 11:24 AM (#86848) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Rick Fielding Roger, were you in Pub Quiz? I did it for three years and experienced great triumphs and collossal humiliation. Upon answering the question: "who was Mary Ann Evans?" I received two beers, an Adidas bag, and a used junior Golf trophy with ny name written on it in magic marker stating I was "high scorer in finals '92." Upon missing the name of Dick Turpin's Horse (I said:....uhhh, Black Beauty?) I completed an 0 for 10 round and received dirty looks from my team-mates! Thank God I got a radio show and haven't had to embarrass myself anymore. |
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15 Jun 99 - 11:28 AM (#86849) Subject: Never mind the Belgians! From: Steve Parkes Hey, Jo! (I'm gonna write a song with that name!) A red kiss - I can't beat that ... unless ... there's always the good ol' besso - that's a Spanish kiss .. it's like a French kiss only |
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15 Jun 99 - 11:38 AM (#86854) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Steve Parkes Sorry Jo - had to go and take a cold shower. A German-speaking friend of mine told me years ago that the Germans tell Östfrieslander (Östfrieslandischer? No idea) jokes, and gave me this example: Q: Why did the tide go out? A: Because it saw the Östfrieslanders arriving for their holidays! Who says the Germans have no sense of humour? Well, me for one ... Steve b |
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15 Jun 99 - 11:55 AM (#86863) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Roger the zimmer Rick, I compiled an annual Christmas Quiz held in various London pubs over the years for a professional group I was on the Committee of. I retired as the oldest inhabitant a couple of years ago when I realised I'd done 20 years on the committee and 10 annual quizzes! There were youngsters coming along who have carried it on. I tried "jazz/blues nicknames" for one round one year (Wingy Manone etc), only to find one team had a fan like me)who got them all right! Then there was the year when the pub muzak (just before it was turned off for us to start) played a tune that answered one of the questions...Since then I've helped She-who-must-be-obeyed, who is a Churchwarden, with a quiz for the local church social but otherwise hung up my gavel. As my responses to threads amply demonstrate, I realised I knew less about the things I thought I knew something about than I thought I did! Roger |
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15 Jun 99 - 12:29 PM (#86868) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Fadac A joke told to be by a Norwegian, about an Englishman off the coast of Germany. It goes like this. Englishman on yacht: Help, Help, I'm Sinking!!!! No answer Englishman again, a bit more alarmed: Help! I'm sinking, Does anyone one hear me? German (Thick accent): Ya, Vee hear you, Vat are you sinking about? The Norwegian laughed to tears telling me this joke. No Belgians were involved. -Fadac |
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15 Jun 99 - 01:30 PM (#86877) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: The Shambles Can I phone a friend? |
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15 Jun 99 - 02:42 PM (#86898) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: catspaw49 Shamb, I seem to get the idea that perhaps, like me you are noticing a THIRD form of Mudcat thread creep. I think this one might best be called "Sybil Creep" in as much as the original thread may still exist, but there are four or five others running concurrently and they seem to be paying no attention to the rest. So that gives us: 1) Standard Creep 2) Thread Blown All to Hell and 3) Sybil Creep. catspaw |
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15 Jun 99 - 07:48 PM (#87007) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Jo Taylor Oh Steve - a blue besso - ooh. French 'kiss' = baiser which can also mean something far more, er,... Perhaps it's the same root. Ahem. Whilst in linguistic mode (or something)capote anglaise is an interesting translation - or does that belong on Catpaw's thread of a while back? A Belgian was going to Calais for his holidays but after he'd crossed the border into France he started seeing signs saying 'Pas de Calais' so he went back home... Well, you started it. Jo, who has not baiser'd any Frenchmen (lately) - though they do say it's a great way to learn a language, wonder if Black Country counts? X |
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16 Jun 99 - 09:36 AM (#87119) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Peter T. This has gone way beyond thread creep, more like pulling on a loose thread of a Hong Kong suit, and being left with a handkerchief. Or it has mutated into the realms superstring theory (the 13+ dimensional universe beloved of current cosmological theory). Yours, Peter T. |
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16 Jun 99 - 09:49 AM (#87125) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Rick Fielding Peter, I was wondering how long it would take for the old superstring theory to come up. Looking forward to the discussion. |
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16 Jun 99 - 10:00 AM (#87127) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Peter T. Hey, if you can't be pretentious in a thread about Belgians and alleged horse puns, what hope is there for wasted intellect? Yours, Peter T. |
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16 Jun 99 - 12:37 PM (#87173) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Steve Parkes Jo, Ah'd be oppy ter show yo, ma wench, if yo'd just come across! Capote anglaise - that explains a joke I heard at school 32 years ago - thanks! Steve y (comes after x) |
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16 Jun 99 - 01:22 PM (#87187) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: catspaw49 Maybe we combine the two: Sybil Superstring Thread Creep, because this one is totally unbelievable!!!! catspaw |
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16 Jun 99 - 01:25 PM (#87189) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: The Shambles Well, if you ask a silly question----- |
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17 Jun 99 - 03:54 AM (#87328) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Steve Parkes I don't now why superstringers need 13 dimensions; if 10 was good enough for Einstein, it's good enough for me! Steve, BA (Open) |
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17 Jun 99 - 09:42 AM (#87375) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: catspaw49 I just went back and tried to count the topics covered in this thread..............Gave up............We need to log this one! Gotta' be a record. catspaw |
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17 Jun 99 - 10:14 AM (#87385) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Fergus Benoît Mandelbrot (of fractal fame) is Belgian, isn't he? |
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17 Jun 99 - 10:58 AM (#87395) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Fadac Speaking of records. Does anybody make vinel any more? I put a record on the other day, and enjoyed every scratch. There is a great movie that came out of Canada, called Harmony Cats. The story is about this high and mighty vilon (sp? fiddle) player. The ocherasta went broke, so this guy had to take a job playing base guitar in a country and western band. Great movie, the most memorable part is when the band leader is unhappy with our hero. He tells him, "You remeber the old records, you could hear the scratches, well in my band, you can almost hear those scratches. Don't take them out of my band." It's the little mistakes, that make things human. -Fadac BTW this make a bizilion different topics for this thread. No problem, just store it in a Tardis. -F |
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17 Jun 99 - 07:45 PM (#87522) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Jo Taylor Steve - Z Jo |
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28 Jun 99 - 11:22 AM (#90373) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: snevhead (inactive) I believe Charles Aznavour was Bleggian. Then again, there's always the three members of Technotronics. |
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28 Jun 99 - 11:29 AM (#90376) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Steve Parkes I believe he's Bleggian too, although I think he comes from Belgium! |
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28 Jun 99 - 11:54 AM (#90381) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: The_one_and_only_Dai I was gravely disappointed to fond out yesterday that Adolph Sax, author of the saxophone (amongst other things, apparently) was also a Bleggian from Belgium. |
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28 Jun 99 - 11:54 AM (#90382) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: The_one_and_only_Dai I was gravely disappointed to find out yesterday that Adolph Sax, author of the saxophone (amongst other things, apparently) was also a Bleggian from Belgium. |
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29 Jun 99 - 03:37 AM (#90629) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Steve Parkes Wow - he was from Bleggian twice! Did he write any other instruments? |
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29 Jun 99 - 05:00 AM (#90636) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: The_one_and_only_Dai Steve:- From Webster's Dictionary:
Main Entry: 1au·thor |
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29 Jun 99 - 07:42 AM (#90647) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Steve Parkes Thanks for learning me that! |
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16 Oct 05 - 10:57 AM (#1584135) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: GUEST,Sander Heel mooi allemaal, maar als ik één van jullie klootzakjes in de achterbuurten van Londen tegenkom... Dan sta ik niet in voor de gevolgen. One more famous Bleggian! Fuck off |
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16 Oct 05 - 11:42 AM (#1584156) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Peace Such class. |
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16 Oct 05 - 02:44 PM (#1584212) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: bobad Anyone mention the little pisser Manneken Pis yet? He's so famous they erected a statue of him. |
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16 Oct 05 - 06:31 PM (#1584318) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Bassic That sounded like a Belgian with a French Fry on his shoulder.....ok, so it probably doesnt translate....but it was a back handed complement....honest.... |
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16 Oct 05 - 10:56 PM (#1584380) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Little Hawk Seymour Flesche. |
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17 Oct 05 - 05:34 AM (#1584490) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: GUEST,Karen the congo scandels = Leopold II the soldier king = Albert I (WO I) |
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17 Oct 05 - 05:58 AM (#1584498) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: mooman Off the top of my head (exluding the obvious Adolph Sax): Gerardus Mercator (geographer/mapmaker) Jacques Brel (singer) Eddy Merckx (cyclist) Kim Clijsters (tennis player) Justine Henin-Hardenne (tennis player) Emile Puttemans (long-distance runner) Georges Simenon (novelist) Andreas Vesalius (anatomist) Rene Magritte (painter) Peter Paul Rubens (painter) Peter Breugel the Elder (painter) Hieronymous Bosch (painter) Victor Horta (architect) Audrey Hepburn (actress) Father Damien (leper missionary in Hawaii) Oh dear that's 15 already and I've left so many out! Not bad for such a small country! Peace moo |
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17 Oct 05 - 06:06 AM (#1584500) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: GUEST ca plein pour moi. Plastic Bertrand |
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17 Oct 05 - 06:09 AM (#1584503) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: GUEST,Karen seour sourire :-) |
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17 Oct 05 - 06:11 AM (#1584507) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: GUEST oops soeur sourire . |
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17 Oct 05 - 06:17 AM (#1584510) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: GUEST,Karen Andreas Vesalius - anatomist aaaand another one. blijven geven... |
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17 Oct 05 - 08:04 AM (#1584544) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: GUEST,jean declercq Sorry, but your knowledge is somewhat disturbed. It's not King Albert I who was responsible for Congo but King Leopold II who ordened Stanley to look for Livingstone and later became the Saddam Hoessein for Congo. Maybe a few famous belgian's: Eddy Mercx: 5 times winner of the French Tour Kim Clijsters: Flemish female tennis player Raymond Goethals: Belgian Coach of Marseille who won the Champion's Winners Cup Toots Thielemans: A more than famous name in the world of Jazz Baekeland: inventor of Bakeliet which was the product necessited for the telephones Rubens: Painter Peter Piot: head of the UN Aids program Hergé: designer from the Tintin-comics Soeur Sourire: singer/songwriter "Dominique" (no.1hit in the USA) Jean-Claude Van Damme: filmstar (?) ... |
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17 Oct 05 - 08:33 AM (#1584557) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: GUEST Louis Michel head of the EU committee for foreign aid. |
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17 Oct 05 - 01:32 PM (#1584732) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: GUEST,hilke I am from Belgium and is it really that difficult to name 10 famous Belgians? there are more then 10 famous Belgians(I think...)! OK,I have to admit, Belgium is a really small country!that's a fact! Maybe you know Adolf Sax? He invented that instrument(saxophone)and Jean Claude Van Dame (nothing to be proud of, but still, he is a Belgian!), and everybody forgets to mention Soulwax (of course!),Jacques Brel, René Magritte, Erik Van Looy (the director of 'de zaak altzheimer', he had the chance to win an oscar with this movie), Pieter Paul Rubens, jacques Rogge (I think he helps organizing the Olympic games or something like that), Guy Verhofstadt, hercule poirot (he's fictional, but who cares?). PS: somebody asked what language Walloons speak. Well, they speak French, I am Flemish so I speak Flemish (dutch with an accent), and there are also people in Belgium who speak German. |
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17 Oct 05 - 01:45 PM (#1584743) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: GUEST,hilke I forgot to mention Arno (a singer),Ambiorix, the cartoonist who draws Asterix and Obelix, kim clijsters, justin henin-hardenne, father damian, hergé (tintin),eddy merckx, jean-marie pfaff (!),toots thielemans,... good luck in looking for other 'famous Belgians'! |
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17 Oct 05 - 01:50 PM (#1584746) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: GUEST,hilke dries van noten, dirk bikkembergs, tom boonen |
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17 Oct 05 - 03:51 PM (#1584807) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: GUEST,Fullerton I can name 10 famous belgians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T H E S M U R F S |
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17 Oct 05 - 05:12 PM (#1584861) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Cool Beans Pee-wee Herman is Belgian??? American joke; refers to actor Paul Reubens who played Pee-wee Herman on TV and in movies.) |
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17 Oct 05 - 05:37 PM (#1584879) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: robomatic So a Belgian made it to Janus VI? |
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17 Oct 05 - 06:41 PM (#1584929) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: robomatic smurfageddon |
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18 Oct 05 - 02:45 AM (#1585081) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: darkriver Uh, hey there you '05 posters: This is an old joke thread (and one of the classics IMO). So please read what was posted through 1999 before commenting. . . . |
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18 Oct 05 - 02:26 PM (#1585483) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: el_punkoid_nouveau Bugger. Got nearly down to the bottom of the thread, and Guest poked his/her/its head in and knicked my famous belgian! We frequently play this game in the office, due to running a belgian software package. They can't do those either! Plastic Bertrand! Well, he was almost punk... |
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19 Oct 05 - 06:10 AM (#1586036) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: GUEST Toots thielmans |
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19 Oct 05 - 12:44 PM (#1586322) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: GUEST hazelnut surprise, soft caramel, rum truffle, praline, orange cream, milk fudge, er....that's it. |
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09 Nov 05 - 05:20 AM (#1600514) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: GUEST,guest you all forgot Nöel Godin, the guy throwing pies in famous people's faces (including bill gates) eventually, his next victim would've been the pope, being, according to godin, a serial killer (forbidding birthcontrol in the name of the church), but as he's dead, its kinda hard isntit :) |
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09 Nov 05 - 06:02 AM (#1600530) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Sttaw Legend Flamenco Ted |
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09 Nov 05 - 06:33 AM (#1600537) Subject: RE: Name ten famous Belgians! From: Paul Burke Not one steam man among the Catters? Alfred Belpaire. |
