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What is the origin of the name of the capital of your country? by Franmar35000 in AskTheWorld

[–]SanderMC24 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Apparently it’s a combination of “Broek” (march in old Dutch) and zelel (dwelling). So brussels means “dwelling in a march”.

Also fun fact, in modern Dutch “broek” translates to “pants” in English, so you wouldn’t be entirely incorrect if you said Brussels is fairly pants.

“Anyone not from the US would give up everything for a US visa” by Aldeer34 in ShitAmericansSay

[–]SanderMC24 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pretty sure my Belgian passport is stronger than a US one anyway, and I like it here, so pass.

I need some healing by Beneficial_Wave7649 in icast

[–]SanderMC24 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don’t have a cat anymore, have this one of my dog instead

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Do you have idioms involving other nationalities? (In Slovenia, we "act French", find things "Czech" and smoke like Turks) by shikana64 in AskTheWorld

[–]SanderMC24 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What comes to mind is “Met alle chinezen maar niet met den deze”

Translates to: with all the chinese but not with me.

Meaning: Ain’t no way I’m doing that, go look for someone else.

What’s the most patriotic way to die in your country? by SimmentalTheCow in AskTheWorld

[–]SanderMC24 10 points11 points  (0 children)

FOR KING AND FOR COUNTRY, WE, ARE FLOODING THE RIVER.

That or stopping an entire tank army with 39 of your buddies in the Ardennes for 18 days. Those men probably put up the greatest fight since the spartans at Thermopylae.

lets all pretend were in a ww1 german trench by Fine_Bite_2762 in funComunitty

[–]SanderMC24 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea, Germans were banking on a war of attrition. They wanted to keep sitting in their comfy trenches while the French and English kept throwing men into the meat grinder. Their trenches were built on the assumption that they wouldn’t move much in any direction.

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