A sign in seen in the pub tonight.

We stock up to

10 ALES
5 LAGERS
7 BELGIANS
25 SPIRITS
2 CIDERS
14 WINES

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Never mind the illegal Belgian immigrants - where's the boozer?

Richard English

And conversely, a shop I know sells "Belgium chocolates"

Ros

Would Madam like a Magritte chaser with that?

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Originally posted by Richard English:
Never mind the illegal Belgian immigrants - where's the boozer?

Richard English

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You don't really want to know ! It's just the Wolverhampton pub from the Hogshead Chain. Adequate but no more.
Just the sign amused me.

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Originally posted by Ros:

Hercule Poirot for me please...

Ros

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You have to be carefull drinking those fictional Belgians - the fictional hangovers that you get afterwards are murder.

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[This message was edited by BobHale on Wed May 21st, 2003 at 4:44.]

Look what I found!

http://www.famousbelgians.net/alphabetical.htm

Of 247 famous (sic) Belgians, I recognise a round dozen, and of those, I was only aware of their nationality in 2 cases! Not terribly famous, then.

Ros

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Originally posted by Ros:
Look what I found!

http://www.famousbelgians.net/alphabetical.htm

Of 247 famous (sic) Belgians, I recognise a round dozen, and of those, I was only aware of their nationality in 2 cases! Not terribly famous, then.

Ros

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You did better than me - I only recognised eight and one of those was fictional.
On the plus side I did know that all eight of the ones I recognised were Belgian.

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The compiler of that list seems to use an unusual definition of "famous". I wouln't have said that being prime minister of Belgium qualified anyone for fame, but it seems like half the people on the list have that as their qualification.

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Originally posted by Ros:
Of 247 famous (sic) Belgians, I recognise a round dozen, and of those, I was only aware of their nationality in 2 cases! Not terribly famous, then.

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At 12 & 2, I tied your mark exactly. Who knew Audrey Hepburn was Belgian?

It seems, though, that the makers of this list may be trying a bit too hard to reach that much sought after 300 mark. I mean, "Samson - Famous Belgian TV-dog"?? Plus Georges Remi, also known as Herge, was listed both under the R's and the H's.

The was some long-forgotten (and justifiably so) American comedy which had someone addressing Hercule Poirot as "Hey, Frenchy!" The good detective, rightly upset at this affront, spat back proudly and indignantly "I am not a Frenchy! I am a Belgy!!"

And, like most non-Belgians, I only knew Jean-Claude Van Damme was Belgian from his nickname "The Muscles from Brussles." Had he been known, say, as "The Knees from Belize" I would have picked him as being South American.