I had wheatabix this morning microwaved for two minutes on medium heat with a modicum of sugar substitute granules with semi skinned home made semi evacuated milk

Yes - the Flems are very into bricks

The way you knit bricks together/the pattern of headers and stretchers have names

There is a Flemish bond - used to be very popular (alternate headers/stretchers in every row)

English bond is a row of headers/then row of stretchers

Brook Bond - a type of tea - I used to work in the factory in Redbourn in the 70's before Unilever liquidated them