Lugh Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 Belgium for Sale.... well, I thought it was funny... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Administrator Graeme Posted September 19, 2007 Site Administrator Share Posted September 19, 2007 It reminds me a prank some kids pulled at the high school my sister used to go to. For their graduation, they put an ad in the paper selling a "Large, multi-roomed building, set on spacious grounds". The school only found out about it when they started getting enquiries.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFriendlyFace Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 LOL! This is amusing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlHoliday Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 Now, that would be something to give to that someone special in your life, but which half? Who wants a country divided by language? Although, the Dutch speaking part probably is prettier; what with all those beaches, but the weather does leave a bit to be desired. Maybe it's a good thing the ad was pulled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFriendlyFace Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 Now, that would be something to give to that someone special in your life, but which half? Who wants a country divided by language? Although, the Dutch speaking part probably is prettier; what with all those beaches, but the weather does leave a bit to be desired. Maybe it's a good thing the ad was pulled. Eughh, can you imagine the cost of shipping though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Administrator Graeme Posted September 19, 2007 Site Administrator Share Posted September 19, 2007 Eughh, can you imagine the cost of shipping though! The person who put up the ad promised free delivery..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlHoliday Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 Eughh, can you imagine the cost of shipping though! Ah, but, there's no cost for shipping, other than the cost of your ticket to your new country, but you better be ready to speak Dutch and French or one half is going to hate you, which they do already. So, you'll be in the middle which simply means: bend over, put a target on your ass, and wait for the kick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bondwriter Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 The guy was trying to make a point about a serious matter. He did get a lot of attention, and I can only hope they manage to find a political solution there; it's difficult to imagine these provinces gaining independence. This wouldn't make much sense in today's world. And Belgium is indeed a beautiful country. I'd go for the south side myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesSavik Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 It would be a bargain if it wasn't for that 300M euro debt... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFriendlyFace Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 It would be a bargain if it wasn't for that 300M euro debt... I wonder if there's a chart somewhere that gives a break down of debt by country. I looked but couldn't find one. It would be interesting to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeaStKid Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 A very nice way out... Now, that would be something to give to that someone special in your life, but which half? Who wants a country divided by language? For your information, India is a country where the states have been created on linguistic basis. That makes up around 28 + 8 languages. India has 22 recoginized languages. This doesn't include English/Hindi. She also has languages that are spoken by tribals as well. In all, it amounts to over a 100 languages!! And...India is a flourishing democracy!! The BeaStKid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liddy Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 I know 300M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
97a Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 (edited) I know 300M Edited September 19, 2007 by 97a Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bob Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 A very nice way out... For your information, India is a country where the states have been created on linguistic basis. That makes up around 28 + 8 languages. India has 22 recoginized languages. This doesn't include English/Hindi. She also has languages that are spoken by tribals as well. In all, it amounts to over a 100 languages!! And...India is a flourishing democracy!! The BeaStKid Switzerland is also another example. We have 4 official languages : german, french, italian and romansch. In the national houses, each deputy speaks in his own language but understand the others, and the official texts (laws, reglements, aso) are printed in 3 of 4 languages. Each pupil has two learn another language beside his mother language. And in business life, it is often easier to understand each other by speaking English .So I'm a typical Swiss, speaking french, german, italian and even a special one : Swiss-german Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Administrator Graeme Posted September 19, 2007 Site Administrator Share Posted September 19, 2007 Switzerland is also another example. We have 4 official languages : german, french, italian and romansch. In the national houses, each deputy speaks in his own language but understand the others, and the official texts (laws, reglements, aso) are printed in 3 of 4 languages.Each pupil has two learn another language beside his mother language. And in business life, it is often easier to understand each other by speaking English .So I'm a typical Swiss, speaking french, german, italian and even a special one : Swiss-german I believe South Africa has 19 official languages.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFriendlyFace Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 Switzerland is also another example. We have 4 official languages : german, french, italian and romansch. In the national houses, each deputy speaks in his own language but understand the others, and the official texts (laws, reglements, aso) are printed in 3 of 4 languages.Each pupil has two learn another language beside his mother language. And in business life, it is often easier to understand each other by speaking English .So I'm a typical Swiss, speaking french, german, italian and even a special one : Swiss-german That is so cool! Wish I could speak all those! -Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeaStKid Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 Switzerland is also another example. We have 4 official languages : german, french, italian and romansch. In the national houses, each deputy speaks in his own language but understand the others, and the official texts (laws, reglements, aso) are printed in 3 of 4 languages.Each pupil has two learn another language beside his mother language. And in business life, it is often easier to understand each other by speaking English .So I'm a typical Swiss, speaking french, german, italian and even a special one : Swiss-german Dang! I would love to learn French, but can't find the time to do so... I can speak/read/write Hindi, English and Punjabi. The BeaStKid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liddy Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 (edited) Each pupil has two learn another language beside his mother language. And in business life, it is often easier to understand each other by speaking English .So I'm a typical Swiss, speaking french, german, italian and even a special one : Swiss-german I worked with a bunch of swiss people a few month ago and it was soooo cute when everybody tried to talk German instead of Swiss-German so I would understand. Of course they'd always go back to swiss-german and in the end I kind of learned to understand it. As a prove that this is true: chuchich Edited September 20, 2007 by Liddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bob Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 As a prove that this is true: chuchich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benji Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 (edited) I worked with a bunch of swiss people a few month ago and it was soooo cute when everybody tried to talk German instead of Swiss-German so I would understand. Of course they'd always go back to swiss-german and in the end I kind of learned to understand it. As a prove that this is true: chuchich Edited September 20, 2007 by Benji Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ieshwar Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 Cool! Now you all know what to gift me on my birthday! Ieshwar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glomph Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 illegal imagrants trying to shove their native language down our throats That's fair enough. My ancestors shoved their native language down the throats of the people who were already here. I guess they were legal, at least in the sense that there were no immigration laws for them to break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFriendlyFace Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 That's fair enough. My ancestors shoved their native language down the throats of the people who were already here. I guess they were legal, at least in the sense that there were no immigration laws for them to break. LOL Cool! Now you all know what to gift me on my birthday! Ieshwar *pst pst* you guys, if I find the card to go along with it will someone else wrap it? :wacko: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeaStKid Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 I want that for my B'Day!!! Waaaan!!! Mommy!!! And I want it by the end of two weeks!! *Hints at something* The BeaStKid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glomph Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 Somehow, I can't think of Belgium without thinking of King Leopold II. I won't get into the debate as to whether he was not quite as bad as Hitler or a lot worse than Hitler or about the same. But he certainly ranks way up there in terms of genocide, etc. Perhaps if I had eaten more Belgian chocolate or watched more Hercule Poirot episodes, I'd have some positive associations to distract me from the evil King. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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