Thread: The Belgian 2.5 Euro coin. too funny not to share

Originally Posted by edhewitt

I hope your son served the fries with mayo then.

Mayo, other toppings and a killer mayo-garlic-exploding hot topping that brought 'em by the dozens to the stand.

Kind of late to this thread but appreciated the humor and the information. I discovered a long time ago, in a general way, how limited we Americans are regarding the culture and languages of Europe. I myself am guilty. I learned this by meeting a lot of Europeans and young people from other countries when I was involved in youth hostels in Hawaii. The first shock was that most of them (non English speaking) spoke English....I could go on but........so I had to inventory my pathetic knowledge of Belgium. Here it is in a few words: mussels, fries, beer, cobbles, Eddy Merckx, now Bruno.
That's it! Six freaking words to define a country. I am mortified and will now slink away into a corner for the day and wear a pointed hat.

Originally Posted by WW243

Kind of late to this thread but appreciated the humor and the information. I discovered a long time ago, in a general way, how limited we Americans are regarding the culture and languages of Europe. I myself am guilty. I learned this by meeting a lot of Europeans and young people from other countries when I was involved in youth hostels in Hawaii. The first shock was that most of them (non English speaking) spoke English....I could go on but........so I had to inventory my pathetic knowledge of Belgium. Here it is in a few words: mussels, fries, beer, cobbles, Eddy Merckx, now Bruno.
That's it! Six freaking words to define a country. I am mortified and will now slink away into a corner for the day and wear a pointed hat.

Why, are you a wizard?

Originally Posted by WW243

Kind of late to this thread but appreciated the humor and the information. I discovered a long time ago, in a general way, how limited we Americans are regarding the culture and languages of Europe. I myself am guilty. I learned this by meeting a lot of Europeans and young people from other countries when I was involved in youth hostels in Hawaii. The first shock was that most of them (non English speaking) spoke English....I could go on but........so I had to inventory my pathetic knowledge of Belgium. Here it is in a few words: mussels, fries, beer, cobbles, Eddy Merckx, now Bruno.

Oh, that's very easily rectified. Just think of Belgium the way a teapartier thinks of Washington DC and you could pass for an average Eurupean