protested the name. :-)
David G Fisher
David G Fisher
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Andre's down there somewhere.
David G Fisher
> > It's the NETHERLANDS. Not Holland.
> > Wrong about Christmas, and wrong about your own country's name. Tsk,
tsk.
> > David G Fisher
> Actually, it's Nederlands, so you are wrong too. :-) Oh, and it's Den
Hague,
> not *The* Hague. No, I'm not Dutch.
Eldred
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>> Eldred
> Thursday?
>dave henrie
Eldred
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The Dutch are traders, and usually traders don't want to pay a dime
too much. Of course, they're not as cheap as the Scottish. You know
2 Scottish guys invented copper wire when they were fighting for a
penny?
Foreign traders always look sad when they discover I'm Dutch....:-/
Remco
>> That's because Germany isn't called Germany in German. It's Deutschland -
>> land of the Deutsch. The Brits considered us Hollanders to be some sort of
>> Deutschers too, living in the same region (from their point of view) and
>> speaking the same kind of language. Deutsch - Dutch... it's just an
>> historical mistake. It even dates from times when neither the Netherlands
>> nor Germany existed as countries.
>> Bye,
>> Leo
>Maybe you can explain this other great Dutch conundrum for me too. Why do
>people say "going dutch" when they go on a date and each pays their own way?
>To me it implies that the Dutch are cheap, but I have never seen evidence of
>that. You probably don't know the answer to that because they don't say it
>there, but over here people occasionally say it.
> > You'd think though at some point though they would of spoken up and
> > protested the name. :-)
> > David G Fisher
> Several years ago I saw some film that featured four taxi drivers, all
> from Europe. The Italian driver was the funniest..a motor-mouth, he would
> not shut up. The last one was a Finnish or some Scandinavian country and
he
> was perpetually depressed. Couldn't get a word out of him...Perhaps it's
> just not in the nature of den Dutch to complain out loud.
> dave henrie
Stephen
rms
The earliest I could join a GP on Boxing day this year would be 7.30pm CET /
1.30pm EST, as I'll either have to work or attend a funeral in the
afternoon.
Jan.
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I don't think I could make it before 5 pm. 7:30 pm CET would be very
good for me too.
/Jens
LOL, very good and very apt in a way. Work is getting under my skin a bit at
the moment.
Actually, an uncle of mine is currently on his deathbed, so what I meant was
I will have to work on Boxing day unless I have to attend his funeral.
's Alright, I'm sure if my uncle were still in a condition to read your
message he would have found it very funny indeed.
It's a good time for the Central European Time zone. Perhaps a bit too early
for the Brits and too late for Asbjorn though.
Jan.
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> 9am Wednesday would NOT be Thursday...<g>
> Eldred
>>It's the NETHERLANDS. Not Holland.
>>Wrong about Christmas, and wrong about your own country's name. Tsk,
>>tsk.
>>David G Fisher
> We have two Christmas days and two names for our country. Cool eh! :)
> Andre
bah!
;o)
John
Hehe...didn't know Scots are cheap too.
> > The Dutch are traders, and usually traders don't want to pay a dime
> > too much. Of course, they're not as cheap as the Scottish. You know
> > 2 Scottish guys invented copper wire when they were fighting for a
> > penny?
> Hehe...didn't know Scots are cheap too.
Since I have Yorkshire ***, I could be inclined to claim
the reverse... ;-)
Jonny
I'm a Tyke, I'd say "tight as a gnat's chuff" about covers it :)
cheers
John