The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #53748   Message #830207
Posted By: Liz the Squeak
19-Nov-02 - 06:30 PM
Thread Name: BS: What have the Belgians ever done for us?
Subject: RE: BS: What have the Belgians ever done for us?
Over 300 different sorts of beer in one pub alone, and some of the finest chocolate in the world (why else do you think they wanted those territories in warm lands.....), who needs anything else?

And to be really pedantic - Hercule Poirot, although stressing that he is Belgian, was created by an English woman, so he doesn't really count as an export.

There was an item in the news last week where a new driver ran over a cyclist not long after passing her test. When she checked out who the victim was, she discovered it was the Belgian Premier.......

LTS