This is part of
our preview series where we'll be taking a look at some of the countries
participating in the 2008
Stereotypes:
Waffle-eating surrender monkeys who can and will give you a five hour lecture on the difference between fake and real monastery-made beers. Also: like to announce everything in French and Dutch, but not English.
Truth:
Recent Olympic
History:
The Gold medal was won by Justine
Henin, arguably
Actually, it's not that arguable. Name another Belgian athlete.
(pause)
You either came up with "Uh... is Kim Clijsters Belgian?" or "Nobody." So Henin it is.
One bronze medal was won in cycling
by Axel Merckx, son of
Ilse Heylen won the bronze medal in
Judo.
Current
Issues:
Anyway, the northern Flemish region (Flanders) accounts for 58% of the population; it is Dutch-speaking, and votes for Dutch-speaking parties ("Ga België! Het Nederlands is best! Het Frans is uitwerpsel!"). The Southern region (Wallonia) is French-speaking and French-party voting, and accounts for 32% of the population ("Disparaissent La Belgique ! Le Français est le meilleur ! Le Néerlandais est excrément !"). Hence the
The
Pop
Culture:
A
Two Unlimited (Get Ready For This!) and
Technotronic (Pump Up The Jam!) insure that even if
Conclusion:
Will Belgium win in 2008? No. Pancakes, beer, fried food, and political strife don't usually add up to victory. Which might also explain why the Chicago Cubs never win anything either.
Note: This has been the first in a series (hopefully), and includes a heavy contribution from DJM. In fact, if you laughed at any of the jokes, it's written by DJM... it's good to have him back, fresh off his very successful stint acting on Broadway.
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love this post SML, can't wait to see Italy or Serbia and Croatia pictured
BTW I think Belgium is a pretty useless country, LOL
Come now. It was acting on Seventh Avenue.
:P i have to do a project on belgium, im like...
OMG why couldnt i have gotten jamaica,
quick timing simple info O_O
wen i look at medal tallies i go...
the most useless country in the world! =] E@5i!
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