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Just checking how many people know where Belgium is...
By the way, any Belgians out there?

Just checking how many people know where Belgium is...
By the way, any Belgians out there?
Just you northern neigbour

Belgium.. Belgium...

Thats near Taupo isn't it?

Belgium.. Belgium...

Thats near Taupo isn't it?

Where is Taupo?

I hope the person who said asia was joking :O

Just you northern neigbour

Where to the south of me are you, my southern neighbour?

Where is Taupo?
Near Farawayistan

Where to the south of me are you, my southern neighbour?
When you look south... turn around.

*waves*

UP HERE!

Where is Taupo?


haha its an old New Zealand joke. If a someone from a large country asks you where a town in NZ is and you don't know you say 'its just near Taupo' because compared to their country, everything probably is near Taupo... (Taupo is a town in the central north island of New Zealand)

haha its an old New Zealand joke. If a someone from a large country asks you where a town in NZ is and you don't know you say 'its just near Taupo' because compared to their country, everything probably is near Taupo... (Taupo is a town in the central north island of New Zealand)

lol, I just found Taupo on a map.

If your looking for people from Belgium, check out region Belgium.

btw, I've got the question right! I rock in geografy!!!

If your looking for people from Belgium, check out region Belgium.

btw, I've got the question right! I rock in geografy!!!
but not in spelling

I hope the person who said asia was joking :O
nah, it was just a dutch :D

I live in Belgium.

Our nation is based on the Northpole. Location: classified (since we are a nuclear one, we delivered the uranium and knowledge for the Oppenheimer project from Congo).

National anthem: "we invented the fries, not the french!"

god help the person who said asia

speaking of belgium, i went there when i was on a school trip to germany and the mars bars in the service station were €1:50 :eek: !!!!!! :mad: and it was raining

i took some pics that depict belgium perfectly , unfortunatly my scanner is broke so can't show you them

I stand by my belief that Belgium is a hoax; there is no such place. Belgium does not exist! Everyone who claims to have been there has been brainwashed by the conspiracy, or is a part of it. Belgium is a myth, a phantasm, a rumour!

i remeber most of it , i don't think i've been brainwashed



vote Bush

(even though i'm not a yank)

I stand by my belief that Belgium is a hoax; there is no such place. Belgium does not exist! Everyone who claims to have been there has been brainwashed by the conspiracy, or is a part of it. Belgium is a myth, a phantasm, a rumour!
********
shit he knows.
*erases everyones memory of Nimzonia and kidnaps him to work for the empire of the cows on mars*

I stand by my belief that Belgium is a hoax; there is no such place. Belgium does not exist! Everyone who claims to have been there has been brainwashed by the conspiracy, or is a part of it. Belgium is a myth, a phantasm, a rumour!
So then what are Belgian Waffles?

Belgium...ummm...that huge french fry conglomorate between the borders of France and the Netherlands? Also the birthplace of Jean-Claude VanDamme and Plastic Bertrand?

Also had that sick murdering paedo who got sentenced this year.
Not exactly nice, but I guess it put Belgium on the map.

Also Guylian chocolates and the Hague (HQ of International Court - ie the World Court. Something you Americans would know nothing about. ;) ) and the hq of the EC.
Other than that I know little else (except it took about a week for Germany to occupy it during WWII)

Hmmm....Guylian chocolates.

Belgium...ummm...that huge french fry conglomorate between the borders of France and the Netherlands? Also the birthplace of Jean-Claude VanDamme and Plastic Bertrand?

Don't forget Adolph Sax, the inventor of the saxofone.

Also had that sick murdering paedo who got sentenced this year.
Not exactly nice, but I guess it put Belgium on the map.

Also Guylian chocolates and the Hague (HQ of International Court - ie the World Court. Something you Americans would know nothing about. ;) ) and the hq of the EC.
Other than that I know little else (except it took about a week for Germany to occupy it during WWII)

Hmmm....Guylian chocolates.


The Hague is in the Netherlands.

I stand by my belief that Belgium is a hoax; there is no such place. Belgium does not exist! Everyone who claims to have been there has been brainwashed by the conspiracy, or is a part of it. Belgium is a myth, a phantasm, a rumour!

i'm with YOU

after all, as an ignorant american, i KNOW that france has a border with germany so WHERE THE F do belgium and the netherlands fit in??

i think they occupy some ultracool interdimensional void that only exists in imagination. you can only REALLY get there on the net, by airplane or on the train. (and i only say that airplane thing because ive been in the amsterdam airport, a place roughly the size of the entire country of holland)

Not exactly nice, but I guess it put Belgium on the map.

I would say that the great historical county of Flanders (leading nation during the middle ages a while, remember Brugges, Ghent, Antwerp, Louvain aso) and the history of the first WW are much more important.


Also Guylian chocolates and the Hague (HQ of International Court - ie the World Court. Something you Americans would know nothing about. ;) ) and the hq of the EC.
Other than that I know little else (except it took about a week for Germany to occupy it during WWII)

The Hague is in the Netherlands...
And it took the Germans almost 3 weeks to occupy the country. The nation occupied in less then a week was The Netherlands (4 days) because it did not fight WWI and thus had the experience of the allies,it also had a smaller and older army then that of Belgium.

Hmmm....Guylian chocolates.
Neuhaus and Leonidas are good to, last one is not expensive.
Further, there is great Foie Gras (it is one of the best countries considering restaurants and gastronomy in general) and the famous beers of course.

Enviroment is crap, it is, specially in Flanders, one of the most polluted nations in the world, together with south Holland, the Ruhr area, North East China and Northern Italy.

Is not it a part of the US?

Is not it a part of the US?

I hope you're joking?

I hope you're joking?

No,I am not, is it in Africa? Or is it a island somewhere :confused: ?
Sorry, I am just a Texan guy, you Ubberpeople.

Another 4 years! Go George!

No, wait! You fooled me!
Belgium is just the capital of Brussels.

No, wait! You fooled me!
Belgium is just the capital of Brussels.

Ah, a fellow Texan friend, hi Hakenium!

Waarom zouden wij waar vloek België is op de kaart moeten weten? Hel, denk ik het in Afrika, onder de evenaar is.

Ah, a fellow Texan friend, hi Hakenium!

Waarom zouden wij waar vloek België is op de kaart moeten weten? Hel, denk ik het in Afrika, onder de evenaar is.
lol, that was really lame dutch :D

Ah, a fellow Texan friend, hi Hakenium!

Waarom zouden wij waar vloek België is op de kaart moeten weten? Hel, denk ik het in Afrika, onder de evenaar is.


Belgium be not in Africa, must be you confusing with Belgian Congo.

I'm not Belgium but I have a Schipperke...or a Schipperke has me. Does that count?

So then what are Belgian Waffles?

Just another part of the conspiracy.

Belgium be not in Africa, must be you confusing with Belgian Congo.

Tiens, da wist ik nu nie zunne, bedankt voor de hulp.

En ja, ge zijt er in getrapt :p
Geef toe, een echte Texaan zou idd nederlands spreken op de babble fish wijze ;)

I like oxtail soup.

I like oxtail soup.

I like myself to for dinner :D

The Hague is in the Netherlands.
Whoops! Close though! It's right next door.
Hey, you didn't know where Taupo was, so there!

Tiens, da wist ik nu nie zunne, bedankt voor de hulp.

En ja, ge zijt er in getrapt :p
Geef toe, een echte Texaan zou idd nederlands spreken op de babble fish wijze ;)

Hm, ik denk dat een Texaan gewoon geen Nederlands zou spreken ;)

Also Guylian chocolates and the Hague (HQ of International Court - ie the World Court. Something you Americans would know nothing about. ;) ) and the hq of the EC.

Nope, the Hague is in the Netherlands. Furthermore, the HQ of the EU commission is in Belgium, not the EC (which ceased to exist in 1991)

No, wait! You fooled me!
Belgium is just the capital of Brussels.

No, dude. Brussels is the capital of Belgium.

http://www.ouellette001.com/regard/images/R9830cCBelgique.jpg

I've had some good fights in belgium, in WW2OL...

Is not it a part of the US?

ROFL

I once heard of an American who thought that Germany was is part of the US. I doubted that at first, but reading your post, it seems a lot more believable :D

ROFL

I once heard of an American who thought that Germany was is part of the US. I doubted that at first, but reading your post, it seems a lot more believable :D

I had Americans ask me: "Do people know how to read and write in Belgium?"
:headbang:

I had Americans ask me: "Do people know how to read and write in Belgium?"
:headbang:
Lol, since the literacy rate of Belgium is higher than that of the US, I guess most of us do know how to read and write.

Also, I'd like to congratulate some people here on their conspiracy theory. But would a 'conspiracy' have a Constitution?
Belgium is a Federal State made up of communities and regions.

Belgium...isn't that in Yurop or somthim'? U durn commie Yuropeeuns tellin' us what t' do with our shotguns... :gundge:

Nice justice waffles though. :)

haha its an old New Zealand joke. If a someone from a large country asks you where a town in NZ is and you don't know you say 'its just near Taupo' because compared to their country, everything probably is near Taupo... (Taupo is a town in the central north island of New Zealand)

Old New Zealand joke? Why, is there a New New Zealand?

Is not Belgium the sponsor of US reading programs?

I had Americans ask me: "Do people know how to read and write in Belgium?"
:headbang:
A Swiss kid asked an American friend of mine 'do you have eggs in America?'
...but then I got asked (by Americans) 'do you have tv in Switzerland?'

I had Americans ask me: "Do people know how to read and write in Belgium?"
:headbang:

Haha. Yeah, there's loads of stuff like that around. I've never personally experienced Americans being that ignorant. That may be because I've rarely been around Yanquis. There are a lot of people who dont know nothin bout nothin in Europe too tho.

I stand by my belief that Belgium is a hoax; there is no such place. Belgium does not exist! Everyone who claims to have been there has been brainwashed by the conspiracy, or is a part of it. Belgium is a myth, a phantasm, a rumour!

I concur. Totally.

www.zapatopi.net/belgium

I went to Belguim last February with school to look at graveyards and stuff, it was great, I stole a spoon

I went to Belgium last year, very nice people. It's in Europe, to all the thick, uneducated, shallow gene pooled, ignorant, dull-witted, pea brained, moronic, intelligence defying and lacking, fickle, uncomprehending, completely and unreservedly stupid people who have genuinely never heard of Belgium, or that it ever existed, or don't even know what continent it is on.

Get out more!!! Explore the world! Although it would help if you had knowledge of geography first as well.

I've had people saying that hardly anyone in Australia had internet ~_~

maybe it's sad, but as israeli, I will glad to replace you.
give me year or two that the only times that someone hear about israel, he hear good things and i would be happy man.

I went to Belguim last February with school to look at graveyards and stuff, it was great, I stole a spoon

Give it back!

No,I am not, is it in Africa? Or is it a island somewhere :confused: ?
Sorry, I am just a Texan guy, you Ubberpeople.

Another 4 years! Go George!
You are special, arent you? lol

Bush SUCKS - you texan imbi.

I went to Belgium last year, very nice people. It's in Europe, to all the thick, uneducated, shallow gene pooled, ignorant, dull-witted, pea brained, moronic, intelligence defying and lacking, fickle, uncomprehending, completely and unreservedly stupid people who have genuinely never heard of Belgium, or that it ever existed, or don't even know what continent it is on.

Get out more!!! Explore the world! Although it would help if you had knowledge of geography first as well.
wow, how did you think of all those names. UUUUUUHGGGGGHHHHHHHH. You beat me to calling my classmates that.

Don't worry he isn't an american and I think he doesn't like Bush.

Ahhh, Belgium, home to the second biggest scam artists in the world, De Beers. The biggest, of course, are centered in the UN.

http://www.beautifulatrocities.com/2004/11/soviet-socialist-republic-of-belgium.html

maybe it's sad, but as israeli, I will glad to replace you.
give me year or two that the only times that someone hear about israel, he hear good things and i would be happy man.
Me tooo. Iz bez Jewish and once lived in Israel, Greece, and England. (I prefer to forget about Germany, mainly cuase Im Jewish)

But I love to make fun of people who dont know geography and you people took th efun out. By the way Someperson needs to brush up on their Dutch.
Ken, ken, Ken - Lo LO LO LO lO

Ahhh, Belgium, home to the second biggest scam artists in the world, De Beers. The biggest, of course, are centered in the UN.

http://www.beautifulatrocities.com/2004/11/soviet-socialist-republic-of-belgium.html
From my [albeit limited] knowledge of Belgium, I think that Vlaams Blok is a bit more the a 'conservative' party. Also Dyab Abou Jahjah generated a lot of debate about using religion as a sheild to say what one wants.

Don't worry he isn't an american and I think he doesn't like Bush.
Who? little o ME? Oui - Non, Ita - minimae, si - nota, Ken - LO

From my [albeit limited] knowledge of Belgium, I think that Vlaams Blok is a bit more the a 'conservative' party. Also Dyab Abou Jahjah generated a lot of debate about using religion as a sheild to say what one wants.
Yes, but that doesn't detract from the post. The point was how the Government was acting, not what the general populace might think about it. For all that Bush probably despises the Communist Party of America you don't see him getting pissed off and outlawing it do you?

Yes, but that doesn't detract from the post. The point was how the Government was acting, not what the general populace might think about it. For all that Bush probably despises the Communist Party of America you don't see him getting pissed off and outlawing it do you?
I know what you are saying, and agree, but just had to say this. Bush doesnt outlaw anything he only listens to Cheney. This will be interesting with chenney in the hosiptal, see how far Bush (tush) can send the nation down the tube. :eek:

By the way i think a better question is where the hell is the american education. (LOL Im a teacher) But seriously Every child left behind act ruined our education. And where the hell do the americans get the audacity to do some of the things they think they can.

O and isnt belgium known for its light pollution.

wow i actually am bafled by this thread. Not because I dont know where Belgium is(been there, Hercule Poirot) But that fact that people dont where it is. even that few scares me. Of course im also a teacher :D

wow, how did you think of all those names. UUUUUUHGGGGGHHHHHHHH. You beat me to calling my classmates that.

Van Vaerenbergh
Van Den Domme
a nice one of one of my friends: NEUKERMANS, sorry my English is not that good to translate that but I am sur that a better Dutch English speaker will :)

Kindermans
De Vlerk
But still: GERT JAN KONIJNENKEUTEL is Dutch.

Flemish again : Isengrim

Will Google it in Dutch and give some favorites that I can't find by heart.

I went to Belguim last February with school to look at graveyards and stuff, it was great, I stole a spoon

Near Tynecot cemetary? :)

Van Vaerenbergh
Van Den Domme
a nice one of one of my friends: NEUKERMANS, sorry my English is not that good to translate that but I am sur that a better Dutch English speaker will :)

Kindermans
De Vlerk
But still: GERT JAN KONIJNENKEUTEL is Dutch.

Flemish again : Isengrim

Will Google it in Dutch and give some favorites that I can't find by heart.
This really confuses me. Anybody else?

What's wrong with the name Van Vaerenbergh? That's my friends name.

And Neukermans :D
Had a teacher who had that name... wasn't hard to find a nickname

I said Europe, as I am assuming that Europe is code for "Mars", as everyone knows that Belgium is a space colony that was created in the 80's as a waypoint for interaction with transdimensional aliens. So far, these aliens have supplied us with many new culinary methods for the preperation of potatoes and sugar, in return, we have suplied them with the nuclear bomb, the frisbee, and the Starwars boxed DVD set. Regretfully, the government has had to hide Operation: Small European Country That Hardly Anyone Has Heard About and have accredited these marvelous potatoe products to the French.

Why Belgium is in Europe. Invaded by Germany in both world wars. Formerly under the control of both the Spanish and French at various times I believe. Better than Poland though.

Why is there a Belgium???? Or a Luxembourg, for that matter?

I stand by my belief that Belgium is a hoax; there is no such place. Belgium does not exist! Everyone who claims to have been there has been brainwashed by the conspiracy, or is a part of it. Belgium is a myth, a phantasm, a rumour!Nonsense, only the Walloon part is a myth, the Flemish really do exist as does Flemish Belgium. Walloon Belgium is an invention of the Flems to give them someone to blame all their problems on, and has become a sort of theme park for Euro-tourists.

god help the person who said asia
speaking of belgium, i went there when i was on a school trip to germany and the mars bars in the service station were €1:50 :eek: !!!!!! :mad: and it was raining
i took some pics that depict belgium perfectly , unfortunatly my scanner is broke so can't show you them
Must be in the pre-Euro period (before 2002 it didn´t exist as notes and coins). I remember Italy from that period. I only say that you had to count in thousands (around 1000 Lira were one German Mark).

Many people actually say that Belgium is an artifical state.
The south is French speaking (Wallonie - sp?) and the north Dutch speaking (Flanders).
And traditionally the relationship between the two parts is not that good (half "French", have "Dutch").
The royal dynasty plays an integrative role to keep the country together.
Belgium made bad news in the 1990s due to the case of Marc Dutroux (sp?). A child molestor who was captured very late which led to accusation of a conspiracy or about a child abuse ring.
The incompetence of parts of the security services was a cause for great concern and mass protests in Belgium.

I went to Belgium last year, very nice people. It's in Europe, to all the thick, uneducated, shallow gene pooled, ignorant, dull-witted, pea brained, moronic, intelligence defying and lacking, fickle, uncomprehending, completely and unreservedly stupid people who have genuinely never heard of Belgium, or that it ever existed, or don't even know what continent it is on.

Get out more!!! Explore the world! Although it would help if you had knowledge of geography first as well.

But you see, this is the sort of poll that just brings out the ornery in some of us. Just a little something for the humor-impaired.

Besides, who cares? I mean, it'll become the 62nd state in the United Planet of America, right?
:p