The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #53646   Message #827832
Posted By: Wotcha
16-Nov-02 - 01:23 PM
Thread Name: BS: What have the Dutch ever done for us?
Subject: RE: BS: What have the Dutch ever done for us?
Revived or gave a career to Barry Foster in the 1970s crime show "Van Der Walk" (or something along those lines): the crime fighter drank Stell Artois ... which I believe is Belgian beer. So, if you count the Flemish population of Belgium, the Dutch also gave us Vlaams (Flemish), fine chocolates, great art (Reubens et al in Antwerpen), a third way of spelling proper nouns in Belgium (there are signs in Vlaams/French and German which can be very different ... Luik versus Liege). Perhaps one place in the world where orange is an acceptable color for daily clothing or cars. Oh my God, the ... DAF ... Maybe even the Dutch Cap ... Gouda cheese. When not producing engineers, Delft pottery. The also helped to clear the fens in the UK ... Ice skating?



Cheers,
Brian