31 Jan '08 - 21:23 SnelwegKunstmetDegroteK
Het waait, tis donker, het regent en toen ik op de snelweg vlakbij Doetinchem was dacht ik dat ik een spookrijder tegenkwam. Ik boog eens even een beetje vooruit met in mijn gedachten 'what the clocking bells is that!'. Maar nee. Niks schokkends. Tis Kunst. Met een Grote Hoofdletter. Voor een nietsvermoedende automobilist in het donker met een natte vooruit toch nog best verradelijk. Want het is ook net een een soort van flauwe bocht. Maar desalwelteplus ziet het er wel funky uit, die LED-lampjes. En alle huurders van Doetinchem (Sité Woondiensten) hebben het mogen betalen, brilliant. Alleen jammer dat de meesten het niet zullen zien: het ligt namelijk net ten oosten van Doetinchem ...
21:12 Holloway-Case
I'm sure about it; the butler did it.
28 Jan '08 - 22:04 Pr0n Op TeeVee
Agossie, trouble in reli-land, want de vermaledijde progressieven gaan de kneuk-film Deep Throat uitzenden. Ow jee. Shocking. Je zou eigenlijk denken dat onze reli-boys hier blij mee zouden moeten zijn, krijgen we tenminste geen tafereeltjes meer zoals onderstaand en het scheelt ze downloaden ...
17:51 Pilgrim Fathers Are Barbarians *Official*
Read this and all will be revealed.
The Volkskrant says that by 1609 the Dutch had formed a settlement on Manhattan with typical Amsterdam houses along the canals. Unlike the English Pilgrim Fathers, the Dutch consisted of fortune-hunters and modernisers, the paper says. And they were instructed by the West India Company not to drive away the natives with ‘violence and threats’ but to record their takeover of the island on paper.
There you are, it's in the paper so it must be true. Aren't we nice? And good for a bargain? I wonder what those indians did with 60 Guilders ....
27 Jan '08 - 20:43 Ein Punkt In Flensburg
I always thought the Dutch were champions when it came to environmental claptrap. However, the Germans have beaten us to it again. They have created a kind of 'Congestion Charge' for all cars who want to enter (soon to be) any innercity area in Germany. This to reduce 'Feinstoff'. Jawohl. Ofcourse this will cost money. Even if your car is environmentally friendly-ish, you still have to pay. Which is ofcourse the whole object of the exercise; tax the motorist. Because other polluters in the city are exempt. In good German fashion, the rules are very, very extented and elaborate which means no-one understands them. I drive a Ford Ka, no idea if I'm allright. It's a lottery.
Ah well, I suppose it will help although with the new generation of cars being ever 'cleaner', I still believe this is a tax measure. So now I will have to buy one of those sticker-things as I drive to Cologne every now and then (and Berlin at some point). Hopefully, not too many people will be killed in traffic due to me not seeing anything through the windscreen anymore. Because the sticker will fit nicely next to a possible Belgian motorway sticker, toll-sticker for France, sticker for Austria and any local sticker I'm supposed to show. Long live the EU!
18:35 En Daarom Verliezen Engelsen Altijd ...
... in bijna elke tak van sport. De Galliërs wisten dit al rond de eeuwwisseling. Heb dit weekend 5x Asterix gekocht (mijn oude Asterix-albums zijn spoorloos verdwenen) en zag dit tafereeltje. Briljant stukje clichee.
23 Jan '08 - 21:57 Wanted: Girlfriend
Has to have her own leash and be very submissive. Own car preferred, no public transport. Apply within.
21 Jan '08 - 22:18 Amen
I used to drive by this church everyday and found it quite amusing the text changed everyday.
17:05 Mega Mindy Tijd !
Ben dit weekend bij de ouders van Quinty op bezoek geweest en als je dan bij zo'n jong gezinnetje op bezoek bent leer je nog eens wat. Zo weet ik nu alles over Mega Mindy. Zeker omdat Quinty plotseling verdween en miraculeus veranderde in een Mini-Mega-Mindy. Dus bij deze, voor allen die geen Ketnet kijken zoals ik, hier is het origineel (best interessant wel eigenlijk):
19 Jan '08 - 22:03 More Tea Vicar?
As I type this, there's a lovely cup of steaming hot tea, make Ty-phoo (courtesy of Gary), standing next to me. It is made in fine English fashion namely with a lovely round teabag without string, to be dipped in nice hot water after which, the teabag is fished out with a spoon and dispensed into the bin. To this cup, the vital ingredient of milk is added with a little bit of sugar. And there we are, the cornerstone of an entire civilisation is born. I have recently introduced this, the proper way of making tea, to my unsuspecting collegues, all of which are of the Dutch variety. One collegue is a convert, but she's lived in the UK for a year so that was a sure bet. The rest, I'm afraid to say, are total Gumbies.
In Holland, coffee-nation extraordinaire, one drinks ones tea pure, preferrably with a little flavour in it. Make "Pickwick" most of the time. Sounds very English does it? But use the drop-down menu to see the UK is not involved. Strawberry-flavour, orange-flavour, bubble-gum-flavour, mix-fruit-flavour, you name it. All teabags have proper strings, so no fishing with spoons. So unsophisticated. But above all, tea should be pure.
Milk in ones tea is an absolute no-no. Tea with milk is called "childrens-tea". Probably because the pure tea flavour is too strong and therefore dilluted with milk for the little kiddies' sensitive taste-buds. The English teabag is frowned upon. Some collegues wanted to take it home to put in their Senseo machines. The thought of having to put milk in ones tea was looked upon in total disgust and disbelief. "You must be kidding, right?"
Conclusion therefore after this little workcollegue experiment; trying to make the Dutch drink proper tea is like trying to make the English enjoy Wybert licorice (or any licorice).
18 Jan '08 - 22:35 And Now For Something Completely ...
Because the previous blog was quite harsh and somber, here's a picture full of joyful happiness.
21:23 IMPORTANT! Emergency Plan For This Blog
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15 Jan '08 - 22:00 Moskva-Na-Temse
I found the comments on the Telegraph's article "Is London losing it's lustre" quite amusing in a way - almost Dutch. Whinge whinge, complain complain. ... it also introduced me to some new terms I hadn't come across before, like the title of the entry. 'Non-dom' was another one.
It ain't losing it's lustre for me though, this ex-non-dom still-foreign ex-immigrant scum will be back there sometime in March ...
14 Jan '08 - 06:36 MCMLXX
The Wikipedia entry for 1970 didn't have an entry yet for a famous and/or important person born on January 14 of that year. I see that as a challenge ...
11 Jan '08 - 22:41 So Now You Know
A recent poll showed 9 out of 10 Brits prefer Tea to War.
21:39 Smile! You're On Facebook
Indeed, I had heard on Facebook before. In Holland, the equivalent is called Hyves. But I'm not really into these kind of sites. However, I've now joined both. Basically because I was invited. And it's certainly true; you meet some people again you haven't heard from for quite a while. Nice kind of a digital postcard idea, for casual aquaintances. Today Facebook was added because an old collegue from Dartline invited me. Within the hour, Bananas had found me too. Then just now, another old collegue from Dartline managed to find me. How do they do it? I have no idea ...
But it's nice to be wanted.
10 Jan '08 - 17:12 Aren't They Polite
09 Jan '08 - 21:32 The World Is My Oyster
Er zijn veel dingen die ik niet begrijp hier in NL. Zoals het hele gekrakeel over die OV-chipknipkaart. Schijnt nu gekraakt te zijn, die kaart. Tja. Voor mij op m'n bureau ligt heel nostalgisch m'n Oyster-card te glimmen. Heerlijk, niks geen geneuzel voor automaten en strippenkaarten en weetnietwat. Gewoon opwaarderen via internet en hey presto! London is my Oyster. Waarom niet gewoon dit systeem invoeren in Nederland? Perrons afsluiten, poortje plaatsen, klaar. Voor het gehele treinen-net en indien mogelijk ook al het andere vervoer. Ik snap namelijk nog steeds niet hoe een strippenkaart werkt. Neem daarom nooit de tram in Amsterdam ...
07 Jan '08 - 20:43 An Apology
03 Jan '08 - 19:14 Happy New Year And All
Back from Englandshire where it was bitterly cold, just as over here. So do not expect too many pictures, there aren't any really. But the tea was great and very warm. All missions were accomplished; I ganged up with Steve to annoy Gary, I have a nice Rumble Strips CD in super jewel box, I made pictures of a film location (more on that story later) and I sent the postcards I was supposed to send. So we're back in business.
