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Belgians are the most superior übermenschen in the universe

Are Belgians smarter than everyone else?

They score all the female tennis prizes, all the motocross championships, etc.

Rubens, Van Dijck, Janssen (Pharmaceutica), Eddy Merckx,... to name a few illustrious Belgians of the past 2000 years, for better or worse.

I say this should be attributed to a combination of innate genetic tendency toward intelligence among Belgians + environmental pressures toward high education in the Belgian community. Thoughts?

Indians ist der züpermen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CJjAuKDnQM

The only things that Belgium has ever given the world are French fries and Tintin. And both are mistakenly considered French. Ouch.

Pfft, it's common knowledge that Belgium doesn't exist. (http://zapatopi.net/belgium/)

Pfft, it's common knowledge that Belgium doesn't exist. (http://zapatopi.net/belgium/)

Belgique? HA! Ce n'est pas une nation, tu enfant stupide!

Indians ist der züpermen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CJjAuKDnQM

Well, thats actually British-Indian. :p

Belgique? HA! Ce n'est pas une nation, tu enfant stupide!

Your French is atrocious.

Your French is atrocious.

Yeah, French is the last of the 5 languages I speak. Sorry.

Belgique? HA! Ce n'est pas une nation, tu enfant stupide!

What language is this? Babel Fish (http://babel.altavista.com/tr)French?

Yeah, French is the last of the 5 languages I speak. Sorry.

No, sir. You don't speak French. If you even don't know the very very basics, then you're using babel fish or something.

Liar!

Btw, I guess your mother tongue is English, saying the same words in English and translating it by such a tool is resulting in your very poor French words

What language is this? Babel Fish (http://babel.altavista.com/tr)French?

No, "French 2" French.

Belgians are the most superior übermenschen in the universe

Are Belgians smarter than everyone else?

They score all the female tennis prizes, all the motocross championships, etc.

Rubbens, Van Dijck, Janssen (Pharmaceutica), Eddy Merckx,... to name a few illustrious Belgians of the past 2000 years, for better or worse.

I say this should be attributed to a combination of innate genetic tendency toward intelligence among Belgians + environmental pressures toward high education in the Belgian community. Thoughts?

Dude, you're going about this the wrong way. Your thread is a parody and written as flamebait and/or trolling. Which means, if the mods cared enough (and they might well not) they'd push it into spam or lock it.

Yeah, I know you won't see the difference. Whatever.

No, "French 2" French.

Ha, I'm in Spanish 3.

Also, if Belgium is so good why is their only natural resource hot women.

Click Stand;13209734']Ha, I'm in Spanish 3.

Also, if Belgium is so good why is their only natural resource hot women.

wie laaik ower wimen. wie gief theem goed foed, zo thai wil get bik tits lajter.

but tell mie, is iet troe tat all spenisj men aar as kweer as thie geurmanz?

Dude, you're going about this the wrong way. Your thread is a parody and written as flamebait and/or trolling. Which means, if the mods cared enough (and they might well not) they'd push it into spam or lock it.

Yeah, I know you won't see the difference. Whatever.

You can't stand a joke, isn't?

My mum always warned me for people that never have a laugh.

Belgians are the most superior übermenschen in the universe

Are Belgians smarter than everyone else?

They score all the female tennis prizes, all the motocross championships, etc.

Rubbens, Van Dijck, Janssen (Pharmaceutica), Eddy Merckx,... to name a few illustrious Belgians of the past 2000 years, for better or worse.

I say this should be attributed to a combination of innate genetic tendency toward intelligence among Belgians + environmental pressures toward high education in the Belgian community. Thoughts?

Famous Belgians from the past 2000 years? We only let you go some 160 years ago...

Besides, it's Rubens.

En alle Belgen zijn dom, dat is algemeen bekend in onze grappen hier.:p

You forgot Poirot. He must have been pretty damn smart to pull off that tache and still be cool.:)

You can't stand a joke, isn't?

My mum always warned me for people that never have a laugh.
Ah, I see. So I take it you won't mind if I link to this post later from the "freedom of speech" thread when you're complaining about how they closed your thread but didn't close "the other racist thread"? Excellent.

Click Stand;13209734']Ha, I'm in Spanish 3.

Also, if Belgium is so good why is their only natural resource hot women.

Because the Flemish and the Wallonans can't settle their differences. (That is Wallanans, right?)

And what about Belgian waffles? Didn't they give that to us?

Famous Belgians from the past 2000 years? We only let you go some 160 years ago...

Besides, it's Rubens.

En alle Belgen zijn dom, dat is algemeen bekend in onze grappen hier.:p

Eh lieten gaan? We waren maar 15 jaar te samen EN dan smeten we jullie eruit wegens het hebben van te lelijke tanden en vreselijk eten :p

Belgian Ambiorix was already kicking Roman asses, while the Dutch were not invented yet. :p

Enne de grappen die jullie over Belgen maken, maken wij over Hollanders. We verwisselen gewoon de nationaliteiten, maar het blijvende dezelfde flauwe grappen.

Btw, een Belg heeft vorig weekend een of andere standup comedian cup gewonnen in Nederland en dit van 12 Nederlanders.

Een reporter vroeg: "En wat heb je gewonnen?"
Comedian: "Oenoezel manneke, niks! Het zen ollanders veur iet!" :)

Because the Flemish and the Wallonans can't settle their differences. (That is Wallanans, right?)

And what about Belgian waffles? Didn't they give that to us?

Walloons will do :)

And we don't fight with each other.

It are just politicians and some journalists that are fighting a little.

Btw we'll have a government in a few days. I think at the end of the week it's settled.

Belgians are the most superior übermenschen in the universe

Are Belgians smarter than everyone else?

They score all the female tennis prizes, all the motocross championships, etc.

Rubens, Van Dijck, Janssen (Pharmaceutica), Eddy Merckx,... to name a few illustrious Belgians of the past 2000 years, for better or worse.

I say this should be attributed to a combination of innate genetic tendency toward intelligence among Belgians + environmental pressures toward high education in the Belgian community. Thoughts?

I lived there for a while and after that I think they are as far from being Ubermenschen as anyone can be... Unless, of course, you consider chain-smoking, drinking beer in the morning and being horribly rude qualities that supermen should have.
That being said, I quite like belgians and their lazy chainsmoking, beer chugging ways.

Ps. a look at belgian politics would probably convince most people that Belgians are not supermen.

No, sir. You don't speak French. If you even don't know the very very basics, then you're using babel fish or something.

Liar!

Btw, I guess your mother tongue is English, saying the same words in English and translating it by such a tool is resulting in your very poor French words

Babelfish? Who uses that? I'm learning French vocabulary and they are just now teaching us grammar, which is why my grammar is terrible.

Walloons will do :)

And we don't fight with each other.

It are just politicians and some journalists that are fighting a little.

Btw we'll have a government in a few days. I think at the end of the week it's settled.Ah, Walloons, got it, thanks.

And okay. I suppose it is overstated. I wouldn't know, not being ethnically or citzenshiply either one of those.

I lived there for a while and after that I think they are as far from being Ubermenschen as anyone can be... Unless, of course, you consider chain-smoking, drinking beer in the morning and being horribly rude qualities that supermen should have.
That being said, I quite like belgians and their lazy chainsmoking, beer chugging ways.

Ps. a look at belgian politics would probably convince most people that Belgians are not supermen.

The last smoker was killed by cigarettes yesterday. :)

Really, just a minority is smoking. Smoking is becoming something for low class people

And since when are politicians the standard example for any country?

I think Americans feel very offended now while they are thinking about Bush.

All this talk of Belgian übermenschen reminds of King Leopold II. Now Leo wasn't quite as über as Hitler, but he made a good run at it. He managed to kill only 3 million or so Africans. But that's pretty impressive for a small country like Belgium.

All this talk of Belgian übermenschen reminds of King Leopold II. Now Leo wasn't quite as über as Hitler, but he made a good run at it. He managed to kill only 3 million or so Africans. But that's pretty impressive for a small country like Belgium.


He did his best.

The last smoker was killed by cigarettes yesterday. :)

Really, just a minority is smoking. Smoking is becoming something for low class people

And since when are politicians the standard example for any country?

I think Americans feel very offended now while they are thinking about Bush.

Well, it's been a few years since I lived there, and back then everyone smoked, even in the supermarkets and clothes stores.
But I really don't mind smoking at all and I find these new anti-smoking laws everywhere quite draconian.

I did find the belgian way of life very nice and I learned many things from the experience (in particular, how to take things easy).
However, anything to do with government and beurocracy was horrid to someone used to the efficient scandinavian way of doing things.
Before I learned any french to get by in Bruxelles, the english expression I heard the most was "I don't give a shit" (add very thick french accent).

Sure, most politicians in most countries are arseholes, but still, they do represent the people who elected them.

La Belgique? HA! Ce n'est pas une nation! Tu es un enfant stupide!

Fixed for grammar.

Well, it's been a few years since I lived there, and back then everyone smoked, even in the supermarkets and clothes stores.
But I really don't mind smoking at all and I find these new anti-smoking laws everywhere quite draconian.

Smoking time is really over. You can't smoke anywhere, except your own living room or outside.

When I was a kid, doctors were smoking inside their office. :)
Teachers were smoking inside the classrooms. :)

I did find the belgian way of life very nice and I learned many things from the experience (in particular, how to take things easy).
However, anything to do with government and beurocracy was horrid to someone used to the efficient scandinavian way of doing things.

You have to look at it like this way: lots of bureaucracy, means that lots gets 'lost', forgotten or whatever. :)


Before I learned any french to get by in Bruxelles, the english expression I heard the most was "I don't give a shit" (add very thick french accent).

"Mais merde !"

Sure, most politicians in most countries are arseholes, but still, they do represent the people who elected them.

Were the British as ugly as Margret Thatcher? :)

Were the British as ugly as Margret Thatcher? :)

Don't you mean Gordon Brown?

Not that it's much of a step up

Don't you mean Gordon Brown?

Not that it's much of a step up

Oh it's Gonzo now? Yeah, you don't hear that much anymore from UK since it's not part of the EC for real. ;)

I don't think he is looking like a poster boy, isn't? :)

No, seriously, I used Tatcher (and the verb 'were') to make a point. She was so f*cking ugly.

Damn...I quite liked the "Belga" cigarettes. Do they still make those?

True, lots of bureaucracy means stuff gets lost and forgotten. :)

As for your last question, I think I'll refrain from answering so as to not offend any British person who might be reading this. :p

Sure it still exists Belga, but I never smoked those.

I was a Marlboro man. :)

Oh. Most of them are ugly anyway. ;)

Smoking time is really over. You can't smoke anywhere, except your own living room or outside.

When I was a kid, doctors were smoking inside their office. :)
Teachers were smoking inside the classrooms. :)



You have to look at it like this way: lots of bureaucracy, means that lots gets 'lost', forgotten or whatever. :)



"Mais merde !"



Were the British as ugly as Margret Thatcher? :)

Damn...I quite liked the "Belga" cigarettes. Do they still make those?

True, lots of bureaucracy means stuff gets lost and forgotten. :)

As for your last question, I think I'll refrain from answering so as to not offend any British person who might be reading this. :p

Belgium + Netherlands really looks much better. If only on maps:

http://www.mapforum.com/12/vissleo.jpg

Belgium + Netherlands really looks much better. If only on maps:

http://www.mapforum.com/12/vissleo.jpg

Nah. The Dutch would like it, that we would join them.

But the Flemish will never do.

If Belgium would split up, Flanders will be independent.

Nah. The Dutch would like it, that we would join them.

But the Flemish will never do.

If Belgium would split up, Flanders will be independent.

But the mighty lion is trampling Belgium so nicely !

Eh lieten gaan? We waren maar 15 jaar te samen EN dan smeten we jullie eruit wegens het hebben van te lelijke tanden en vreselijk eten :p

Belgian Ambiorix was already kicking Roman asses, while the Dutch were not invented yet. :p

Enne de grappen die jullie over Belgen maken, maken wij over Hollanders. We verwisselen gewoon de nationaliteiten, maar het blijvende dezelfde flauwe grappen.

Btw, een Belg heeft vorig weekend een of andere standup comedian cup gewonnen in Nederland en dit van 12 Nederlanders.

Een reporter vroeg: "En wat heb je gewonnen?"
Comedian: "Oenoezel manneke, niks! Het zen ollanders veur iet!" :)
Het was dat Frankrijk er was anders waren jullie weer teruggevoegd bij Nederland, zoals het hoort.

Ambiorix was defeated and disappeared after that.:p

Goh, wat zijn jullie origineel zeg... en natuurlijk wint die Belg, alleen al als die opkomt liggen alle Nederlanders dubbel.:D

Sorry, but you are forgetting this problem the Belgians have with getting their asses handed to them by Black Americans.

NEXT! ;)

Belgians are the most superior übermenschen in the universe

Are Belgians smarter than everyone else?

They score all the female tennis prizes, all the motocross championships, etc.

Rubens, Van Dijck, Janssen (Pharmaceutica), Eddy Merckx,... to name a few illustrious Belgians of the past 2000 years, for better or worse.

I say this should be attributed to a combination of innate genetic tendency toward intelligence among Belgians + environmental pressures toward high education in the Belgian community. Thoughts?

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=6LPB0JCuZY4

You can't stand a joke, isn't?

My mum always warned me for people that never have a laugh.
I'd watch out, she's German, and hence can single-handedly beat your whole army in about 20 minutes.

Oh, also, if you're so awesome, why no government for 5 months, hmm? :p

I'd watch out, she's German, and hence can single-handedly beat your whole army in about 20 minutes.

Oh, also, if you're so awesome, why no government for 5 months, hmm? :p

German? Ok, now I understand why she can't smile.
Ever heard of a humoristic German movie? Me either. :)

But their cars are so fucking good. I had a BMW for 8 years...

Now, we are on the world news... they complain again :p

Pfft, at least my country can form a government.

Pfft, at least my country can form a government.

What's more important in life?

Creating nice movies or a government?

I go for movies!

Sorry, but you are forgetting this problem the Belgians have with getting their asses handed to them by Black Americans.

NEXT! ;)

Wha?

Belgians are the most superior übermenschen in the universe

Are Belgians smarter than everyone else?

They score all the female tennis prizes, all the motocross championships, etc.

Rubens, Van Dijck, Janssen (Pharmaceutica), Eddy Merckx,... to name a few illustrious Belgians of the past 2000 years, for better or worse.

I say this should be attributed to a combination of innate genetic tendency toward intelligence among Belgians + environmental pressures toward high education in the Belgian community. Thoughts?

Obviously not. Physical prowess has nothing to do with intelligence.

The only things that Belgium has ever given the world are French fries and Tintin. And both are mistakenly considered French. Ouch.

Don't forget chocolate. And waffles.

Michel Preud'homme, FTW.

Obviously not. Physical prowess has nothing to do with intelligence.

Multiple intelligences is educational theory put forth by psychologist Howard Gardner, which suggests that an array of different kinds of "intelligence" exists in human beings. Gardner suggests that each individual manifests varying levels of these different intelligences, and thus each person has a unique "cognitive profile." The theory was first laid out in Gardner's 1983 book, Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences, and has been further refined in subsequent years.


Bodily-Kinesthetic

This area has to do with movement and doing. In this category, people are generally adept at physical activities such as sports or dance and often prefer activities which utilize movement. They may enjoy acting or performing, and in general they are good at building and making things. They often learn best by physically doing something, rather than reading or hearing about it. Those with strong bodily-kinesthetic intelligence seem to use what might be termed muscle memory; i.e., they remember things through their body, rather than through words (verbal memory) or images (visual memory). It requires the skills and dexterity for fine motor movements such as those required for dancing, athletics, surgery, craftmaking and computer engineering, etc.

Careers which suit those with this intelligence include athletes, dancers, actors, comedians, builders and artisans.


Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_multiple_intelligences#Gardner.27s_categories_of_intelligence_.28B.I.L.L.N.I.S.M..29

Obviously not. Physical prowess has nothing to do with intelligence.


Thats a litte harsh.

Multiple intelligences is educational theory put forth by psychologist Howard Gardner, which suggests that an array of different kinds of "intelligence" exists in human beings. Gardner suggests that each individual manifests varying levels of these different intelligences, and thus each person has a unique "cognitive profile." The theory was first laid out in Gardner's 1983 book, Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences, and has been further refined in subsequent years.


Bodily-Kinesthetic

This area has to do with movement and doing. In this category, people are generally adept at physical activities such as sports or dance and often prefer activities which utilize movement. They may enjoy acting or performing, and in general they are good at building and making things. They often learn best by physically doing something, rather than reading or hearing about it. Those with strong bodily-kinesthetic intelligence seem to use what might be termed muscle memory; i.e., they remember things through their body, rather than through words (verbal memory) or images (visual memory). It requires the skills and dexterity for fine motor movements such as those required for dancing, athletics, surgery, craftmaking and computer engineering, etc.

Careers which suit those with this intelligence include athletes, dancers, actors, comedians, builders and artisans.


Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_multiple_intelligences#Gardner.27s_categories_of_intelligence_.28B.I.L.L.N.I.S.M..29

Which in layman's terms mean that certain people remember something better if they physically DO it -- remembering a scene from a book by getting up and acting it out, remembering the steps of a scientific procedure by physically doing each one, remembering how to get from point A to point B by actually traveling there and back.

No one would suggest that a tennis star naturally is "smarter" than a rocket scientist simply because they are more skilled in their one type of intelligence -- unless they were trying to stretch a very limited and ridiculous point.

Intelligence is measured, if you are going by Gardner's theory, by the idea that there are MULTIPLE ways in which someone can learn... that we have all of them but each individual is stronger in some categories than in others. See chart here for explanation: http://www.brandeis.edu/best/student_projects/EnvEd/multiple%20intelligences.jpg

Therefore, an educator would do well to see how many of these categories she can engage her students in -- for instance, having students READ a story, having students compose and SING about the story, having students ACT OUT the story, having students ILLUSTRATE the story. In this way, all sorts of learners are more capable of remembering the point of the lesson and the more of their capacities you stimulate, the more likely that they will retain and synthesize the lesson.

Of course, if you want to posit that Belgians are smarter than everyone else based on ONE-EIGHTH of the theory and what appears to be a misunderstanding of it, be my guest. Personally I would have pointed out the other categories that other Belgians fit into as well -- Rubens and spatial intelligence, for instance.

Vlaams Belang FTW

Thats a litte harsh.

Have you heard most sports stars trying to form a coherent statement while being interviewed?

They are very good at what they do, but that does not necessarily mean they are "smart."

Obviously not. Physical prowess has nothing to do with intelligence.



When I was 11, my friends and I were riding BMX bicycles for years. There was some terrain where we practiced and I have to say, we were all pretty good in it.

But one day, a new kid arrived. Same age, never touched a BMX bike before.

One year later he outperformed us as hell.
Two years later he was some Belgian champion in some class.

Later on, he moved away and we didn't keep in touch with each other.

At age 13 or 14 most of us dropped the BMX bike and went on skateboarding.
We were doing it for 3 or 4 years and again, most of us achieved a reasonable level.

One day, the former BMX champion arrived in the skate park. He never did some skating before, but 6 month later he catched us up and another 6 months later he is a Belgian champion...

So he did with judo...

There are some weak spots in the theory of Howard Gardner but by knowing a few extraordinary sportsmen, like the one in the story above, I started to believe that it could be right...

I had the privilege to know a pretty good Belgian soccer. When he had to quit football, he started to play golf. In no time, he was more than average in that sport, while he didn’t practice it in his entire life.

It seems that some people are having better motoric skills for almost anything. And those skills are still initiated and remembered by your brain.

Belgians are the most superior übermenschen in the universe

Are Belgians smarter than everyone else?

They score all the female tennis prizes, all the motocross championships, etc.

Rubens, Van Dijck, Janssen (Pharmaceutica), Eddy Merckx,... to name a few illustrious Belgians of the past 2000 years, for better or worse.

I say this should be attributed to a combination of innate genetic tendency toward intelligence among Belgians + environmental pressures toward high education in the Belgian community. Thoughts?
I'm seriously considering reporting you to the Press Complaints Commission for this.

I'm seriously considering reporting you to the Press Complaints Commission for this.

Me too.

Belgians are the most superior übermenschen in the universe

Are Belgians smarter than everyone else?


Their mustaches make me green with envy. I'm growing one just like...








































http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/a/ac/180px-Suchet_Poirot.jpg

What language is this? Babel Fish (http://babel.altavista.com/tr)French?

En effet. Un traducteur pour des n00bs.

Their mustaches make me green with envy. I'm growing one just like...



That's a fictional character. He's not Belgian.

Poirot has been portrayed on screen, for films and TV, by various actors including Albert Finney, Peter Ustinov, Ian Holm, Tony Randall, Alfred Molina and, most recently, and famously, David Suchet.

None of them is Belgian.

Parkus, you have to separate reality from tv series. And no the Smurfs (while Belgian as well) aren't real.

That's a fictional character. He's not Belgian.

Poirot has been portrayed on screen, for films and TV, by various actors including Albert Finney, Peter Ustinov, Ian Holm, Tony Randall, Alfred Molina and, most recently, and famously, David Suchet.

None of them is Belgian.

Parkus, you have to separate reality from tv series. And no the Smurfs (while Belgian as well) aren't real.

I know. Actually, you must remember in the books he did have a mustache.




But the main reason I want to grow a mustache is that it goes well with my fencing getup. I already wear a bicorne.

Most of the really smart Belgians are Jews.

Most of the really smart Belgians are Jews.

No no no. I think that most smart Jews are Belgian.

Are Belgians smarter than everyone else?

After what I've seen here on NSG, I guess the answer should be "Obviously not."

No, sir. You don't speak French. If you even don't know the very very basics, then you're using babel fish or something.

Liar!

Btw, I guess your mother tongue is English, saying the same words in English and translating it by such a tool is resulting in your very poor French words

You do realize this is one of the reasons much of the world hates French-speakers, right? I mean, really. Leave off being so shracking superior just every once in awhile.

You do realize this is one of the reasons much of the world hates French-speakers, right? I mean, really. Leave off being so shracking superior just every once in awhile.

In Europe, if you don't like how a fencing director awarded a point, you have to issue your protest in French. :D

You do realize this is one of the reasons much of the world hates French-speakers, right? I mean, really. Leave off being so shracking superior just every once in awhile.

Excusez-moi? Je ne vous comprends pas

Indians ist der züpermen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CJjAuKDnQM

wow...I remember listening to that song like everyday, 4-5 years ago

Belgium is just a cheap knockoff of France :D

Excusez-moi? Je ne vous comprends pas

In the three official languages of Belgium:

Je ne comprends rien du tout.
Ik snap helemaal niets.
Ich verstehe überhaupt nichts.

By the way, Julius Caesar wrote:

HORVM OMNIVM FORTISSIMI SVNT BELGAE.

En dit was de eerste belgenmop. :p

In the three official languages of Belgium:

Je ne comprends rien du tout.
Ik snap helemaal niets.
Ich verstehe überhaupt nichts.

By the way, Julius Caesar wrote:

HORVM OMNIVM FORTISSIMI SVNT BELGAE.

En dit was de eerste belgenmop. :p

Den Juul sprak nie eens over de ollanders, da woaren dan oak vaigen van kan nie mier