Comments on Belgian Waffle: Belgian News

Waffle, you made the most boring conversation subj...

2011-10-20T22:14:07.290+02:00

Waffle, you made the most boring conversation subject of this country fun to read and crystal clear,congrats! I asked my man,who's really into all that (guess it's his political soap) why did open vld left in the first place but he's got no idea (or too many and I really really don't want him to speak about it for hours so let's say he's got no idea why all this occured,that would be our little secret) What I know is that there's no recent news from those people and I wonder if they left the country for good ? they fled to cuba with the money from Dexia Bank ? no news is good news but still...

You mean Belgium actually HAS a highway code? What...

2011-10-20T12:29:08.304+02:00

You mean Belgium actually HAS a highway code? What does it say on what to do if confronted by a car reversing towards one at high speed the wrong way up a one-way street, as happened to me once in Bruges?

Over here, lots of politicians (and their best fri...

2011-10-20T10:26:34.977+02:00

Over here, lots of politicians (and their best friends) get eur money.

A very fine selection of animals. Thank you.

Hannah - Email me! We can walk our extremely thin ...

2011-10-20T09:06:52.992+02:00

Hannah - Email me! We can walk our extremely thin dogs together or something.

This is my first ever comment after a year of read...

2011-10-19T23:56:18.188+02:00

This is my first ever comment after a year of reading (fuelled somewhat by wine?) - finally someone explains Belgium to me in terms I can understand! Also, every time I go somewhere, you blog the next day that you were in the same place at the same time as me. Can we just be friends and I can finally bump into you purposefully? P.s. I have 2 greyhounds - we basically have the same dogs.

I took a course back in University that was someth...

2011-10-19T10:44:48.930+02:00

I took a course back in University that was something along the lines of 'European Political Systems,' and at one time was conversant with the basic political parties and procedures in most EU countries - but no more. Try as I might, the only piece of Belgium-related information I could dredge up from that period was the word, "Walloon," which really doesn't help at all.
Therefore, my vote goes to the pygmy jerboa.

on the à eurà jobs, just to inform you that in no...

2011-10-19T09:15:50.737+02:00

on the à eurà jobs, just to inform you that in non'French'god'forbid speaking Netherlands the guy, is usually a guy, try to put together a coalition of the winning , or losing, for what matters, parties and report his progresses to the Queen is also called informateur. They might have agreed long ago on this, I suppose.

Pygmy jerboa has to be a digitally photoshopped fa...

2011-10-19T06:28:54.162+02:00

Pygmy jerboa has to be a digitally photoshopped fantasy. Such a creature can only live in our imaginations. That's what happens when one overdoses on genetically-modified chocolate.

A decent summary for a foreigner. One thing, thoug...

2011-10-19T02:02:32.466+02:00

A decent summary for a foreigner. One thing, though: despite what the francophone media might tell you, 'Flemish' is not actually a language. The sole official language of Flanders is Dutch.

The mini moustachioed one is worth slogging throug...

2011-10-19T01:04:11.391+02:00

The mini moustachioed one is worth slogging through a description of Belgian politics twice the length. What is he? Anyway hasn't your governmental stasis meant that Belgium's economy is growing more than anyone else's?

Aspasie - Yes, I agree. Who could object to that t...

2011-10-18T21:04:20.143+02:00

Aspasie - Yes, I agree. Who could object to that tiny, whiskered face on the Journal de 19h30 telling us the economy is buggered? NOT ME.

I am pleased with this synopsis of the Belgian pol...

2011-10-18T20:57:51.337+02:00

I am pleased with this synopsis of the Belgian political crisis. While I have had to follow this from the beginning in mind numbing detail I find the addition of the baby animals helpful in sanity retention.

I think we need the fellow at the end with the wispy whisker moustache as Prime Minister.

Ahahaha. Chezmarianne. I am so delighted you cance...

2011-10-18T20:44:50.574+02:00

Ahahaha. Chezmarianne. I am so delighted you cancel Sweden.

I really ought to deepen and develop the Commissioner league table. There should be a website. We could monetise the shit out of that baby. Until we get sued, of course. Beatrice? Are you on board with this?

I stand by my comments - Siver foxarama. It makes ...

2011-10-18T20:30:27.051+02:00

I stand by my comments - Siver foxarama. It makes it hard to interpret him. Similarly, whenever I come across a commissioner my minds wanders off to consider your Commissioner attractiveness league table and then I find I've accidentally cancelled Sweden.

I have been resisting and resisting your baby ani...

2011-10-18T19:32:13.146+02:00

I have been resisting and resisting your baby animal thing, and today it actually worked and now I cannot do my job. there are no splendid images of infant tapirs awaiting me at the end of each polite-and-firm-NO-NO-NOT-EVER piece of email that I send and lord knows there aren't any in the meetings I've been roped into today.

I'm just baffled. If Belgium hasn't had a government for so long, how is anything getting done? Is anything getting done?

Hilarious! You've excelled yourself today, Waf...

2011-10-18T17:21:01.053+02:00

Hilarious! You've excelled yourself today, Waffle. Jacqs