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About Belgians[^]
There is some truth in this, but not all of course  .
1. Completely true. I have each weekends plans for the next two months ! We even have to force to go to the grocery store on Saturday. This also means we are honest and commit to our word.
2. True, but that has more to do about the "house" then with the actual location. They say "a belgian is born with a brick in it's stomach."
3. We are a tad careful, but we also see the concepts of "friends" and "comrades" very differently. A friend is very close, a comrade is a dude or dudette you can hang out with, but don't share any personal information with. We do not however complain more or less than the next, but we are somewhat parsimonious of compliments. If you get one from a belgian, then that's a REAL compliment .
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Huh, maybe I'm actually Belgian.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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I find the main reason I don't have Belgian friends is that I don't live in Belgium.
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Of course we are pressed for time, trying each and every one of our 600+ beers takes a noticeable slice of it.
Not to mention repeat performances for those you like. 
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Huh, what about next month?
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now that is a sensible reply 
![Beer | [beer]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/beer.gif) !
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My 2005 edition of the Belgian beer guide claims "120 breweries and over 800 beers", so unless you've lost a few since then, your estimate is a bit low!
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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I'm a bit sick of Stella Artois. Please send a few of the other 599+ over for me to try.
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It missed the bit about Belgians stabbing you in the back, rather than the front, and also being gutless wimps terrified of confrontation.
Of course this isn't necessarialy all of them, but it is a common enough trait.
"The whole idea that carbon dioxide is the main cause of the recent global warming is based on a guess that was proved false by empirical evidence during the 1990s." climate-models-go-cold
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Munchies_Matt wrote: Of course this isn't necessarialy all of them, but it is a common enough trait.
Something similar like the americans being war hungry shallow, fat people?
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Could be, I am English though.
I have to say the lack of honour I found in Belgium sad. Compared to the Dutch and English, their closest relatives, they are, unfortunately, lacking in this way. They just don't have the balls to come up to you and tell you they have a problem with you. Instead they stick a knife in your back when you aren't looking.
They are wimps. And I have heard the same criticism form Belgians themselves. Apart from that I like them, and have many Belgian friends.
"The whole idea that carbon dioxide is the main cause of the recent global warming is based on a guess that was proved false by empirical evidence during the 1990s." climate-models-go-cold
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There are idiot belgians for sure, but one thing we're generally not is back stabbing. far from it. most people I know are dead honest.
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Honest, yes, but scared of confrontation so when they have an issue they cant talk it out with that person.
I was being followed very closely while driving on the N2 I think it was too Tervuuren and this guy was driving really close behind me. Really close. SO I jabbed the brakes to shake him up and pull back, and despite locking his wheels up when he braked, he still drove as close after.
So I got fed up and stopped the car. He stopped behind me, and I got out, went round to his door, opened it, and asked him to not drive so close to me.
He shat himself. He sat there, shaking, in his car, glued to the seat. He couldn't move, not even his head. He was that scared.
In the UK you either don't stop, or if you have no choice, get out of the car and get ready for it.
"The whole idea that carbon dioxide is the main cause of the recent global warming is based on a guess that was proved false by empirical evidence during the 1990s." climate-models-go-cold
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So based one encounter you label the entire people... dude, get the facts straight. I don't mind people commenting on something I don't immediately agree on, but making statements based on an event that happened to you is a bit far fetched and not really appropriate for this forum.
Of course you could be messing with me.
I often drive that road btw. When was it.
(no it wasn't me, I would have kicked your ass  )
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Thats one example. I also worked there for 6 years, and have a friend who ran a team of both Dutch and Belgians in Maastricht, with which I used to discuss them.
A Belgian friend also said that the same thing, that they are terrified of confrontation.
It was way back when I lived there, and it was a short guy in a sh*tty Escort. And I am massive by the way, so probably not surprising he crapped himself. But like I said, in the UK you just wouldn't let yourself get in that situation.
OK, take my boss when I worked there, He put PV cells on his roof, 40000 euros worth of them. The electric company came to read his meter, saw it had gone backwards, and thought, hmm, that cant be right, lets just make if a few thousand, and sent him a bill.
He complained, and they said, pay it now, and we will sort it out later. And he did.
My god, what a wimp. Try that in the UK and we would piss ourselves laughing! Pay someone for something e hadn't had? Never. We would give them the middle finger and say go f*** yourself sunshine. Or some such. But the British are strong minded people with a firm sense of right and wrong, a sense we will fight for passionately.
"The whole idea that carbon dioxide is the main cause of the recent global warming is based on a guess that was proved false by empirical evidence during the 1990s." climate-models-go-cold
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We are different people, despite the closeness. Very different.
"The whole idea that carbon dioxide is the main cause of the recent global warming is based on a guess that was proved false by empirical evidence during the 1990s." climate-models-go-cold
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...anything to do with Flight MH370?
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Yes it is. I should have said MH 370 instead of just 370.
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yeah "flight 370" was so ambiguous. You could have been talking about anything.
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Sarcasm?
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Yes, the IBM System/370, for instance. 
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I heard that if you had been alive on that plane looking out the window, it would take two and a half hours to reach the bottom of the sea
(from the surface)
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