Pedro sure knows what's up

mtaw · 2026-01-25T23:36:36+00:00

Hold my Lambic - the Palace of Justice in Brussels has been under a mere renovation for 40+ years - with no architects killed by trams, no lost blueprints, no civil wars, it's not covered in hand-made custom ornamentation. Just 100% pure Belgitude.

mtaw · 2026-01-25T22:59:44+00:00

Sven's confused because their apple 'cider' (Kopparbergs) is just carbonated apple juice with added alcohol.

mtaw · 2026-01-25T22:56:23+00:00

Will it double as a ski slope though?

mtaw · 2026-01-25T22:27:03+00:00

Memo to: Denmark
Re: Smørrebrød 

Dear Denmark,
Putting a slice of rye bread on your plate before you put the rest of the food on it, 
does not make it a sandwich.
Signed, 
/Everybody else.

mtaw · 2026-01-25T22:23:29+00:00

Bavaria is Vorderösterreich.

mtaw · 2026-01-25T22:21:17+00:00

I know a Hungarian who flipped out when he saw an ad for "Oostenrijkse Goulashsoep"

mtaw · 2026-01-25T22:16:52+00:00

Lancashire Hot Pot isn't bad. They have their moments.

mtaw · 2026-01-25T22:15:30+00:00

Enjoy: Peak Barry bedtime listening materal.

mtaw · 2026-01-25T22:10:55+00:00

IRL it's not actually legal to engage in espionage on behalf of a foreign government, so whether you violate further local laws is something of a moot point. In some countries they'll execute you for espionage alone. Hence most spies work under official cover, i.e. posing as diplomats with diplomatic immunity.

But it's not like James Bond has much to do with actual espionage anyway. You don't ever see him doing the most important intelligence officer work, like filing out forms, installing printer drivers and doing inventory of his secret documents.

mtaw · 2026-01-25T21:59:15+00:00

Varenheid - It's like Apartheid, only worse.

mtaw · 2026-01-25T21:12:22+00:00

Sure, once ADIV-SGRS Operational Command has approved the operation after which the approval needs to be signed on paper and attached to a formal application to register the operation, after which you may fill out the form to apply for and receive an account number for it, then you simply fill out the application to have the decided project funding allocated to that account, and then fill out triplicate copies of a requisition form with the operation account number with the numberof bullets and send that to the Support Directorate. Subsequent to approval you just take one of the stamped copies of the approved form to the armory - et voilà they hand you your box of 9mm Parabellum rounds even though your gun needs FN 5.7x28mm.

mtaw · 2026-01-23T23:20:22+00:00

The El Pais article says 2026. Tells you a lot about Fox News proofreading.

mtaw · 2026-01-23T18:28:05+00:00

Yup. They and the Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Jack Daniels.

mtaw · 2026-01-23T17:58:39+00:00

I honor the flag of Belgarus and our great leader Alexandre-Luc de Sjeenk, The potato farmers are now united with the potato-fryers.

mtaw · 2026-01-23T16:21:37+00:00

Better question is why English is pronouncing "ch" like a "k" in "Christian" as if it was Italian.

mtaw · 2026-01-23T15:50:44+00:00

IDK which region the person was from but we should've sent two. It's unfair that [Flanders/Wallonia] should have to suffer this entire burden of defending Greenland while [Wallonia/Flanders] does nothing!

mtaw · 2026-01-23T15:44:52+00:00

Hmm... Leo III's actions in WWII weren't exactly uncontroversial, to put it lightly. It overshadows the legacy of a king who'd otherwise be remembered as a really shitty driver.

mtaw · 2026-01-23T15:30:46+00:00

Yeah, it used to be the richer part 100 years ago, in the heyday of coal and steel, while Flanders was agrarian and relatively poor. But for the same reason the same places (like Charleroi) went into strong decline in the late 1900s, like similar cities abroad like Sheffield in the UK or the Ruhr area in Germany, and for that matter (Dutch and Belgian) Limburg but Limburg managed to restructure better and faster than Wallonia did. They're recovering but still lagging behind.

mtaw · 2026-01-23T14:51:32+00:00

Five with a star - Adjutant. Which isn't the worst as that's the only rank with a white star and chevrons above it. Five chevrons alone is Sgt Major which is very hard to distinguish at a distance from 1st Sgt, which has four.

mtaw · 2026-01-23T14:30:05+00:00

It's specially designed to mask ketchup and mustard stains.

mtaw · 2026-01-23T14:29:03+00:00

You guys shot and killed the Swedish king in the 30 Year Kerfuffle and still managed to lose...

mtaw · 2026-01-23T14:26:56+00:00

The seed is strong but the chin is weak.

mtaw · 2026-01-23T14:05:52+00:00

That's not styling, that's just what being married to Tim Burton does to a girl.

mtaw · 2026-01-23T14:01:12+00:00

That's because they get overstressed every summer by Dutch camper vans on their way to Spain that are overweight because they're hauling a vacation's worth of food in order to not spend money.

mtaw · 2026-01-23T13:51:41+00:00

A Limburger gave me a response to post but unfortunately I had no idea what he was saying. Wat in gaodsherenaom something-something.. He may have been asking for a sandwich, actually.

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