Impending Belgian civil war?

[Jebus]

Mosselen met friet uit Nederland en Canada

ma 11/04/05 - Op het menu van het grote volksfeest voor de viering van 175 jaar België staat een typisch Belgisch gerecht: mosselen met friet. De mosselen worden wel geïmporteerd uit Nederland en de frieten uit Canada.

Het Nationaal Verbond van Frituristen stond helemaal klaar om gratis frieten uit te delen tijdens het grote volksfeest op 4 september in Brussel. Volgens voorzitter Bernard Lefèvre zou het 7.000 euro kosten om de 5 ton frieten te versnijden, te bakken, uit te delen en vuilnisbakken te voorzien.

Volgens Lefèvre is Vlaanderen bereid om de helft van de kosten te dragen, maar het Waalse ministerie van Landbouw eiste garanties dat de helft van de aardappelen Waalse "pommes de terre" zouden zijn.

Voor de frituristenvereniging was dat geen probleem, maar het was al te laat. Het Waalse ministerie van Landbouw had inmiddels de frieten bij het Canadese bedrijf McCain besteld.

Voorzitter Lefèvre heeft nu PS-voorzitter Elio Di Rupo aangeschreven om de Belgische frieten op het menu van de viering voor de nationale feestdag op 21 juli te krijgen.

Mussels and fries from The Netherlands and Canada

ma 11/04/05 - On the menu of the grand celebration of the 175 year's existance of Belgium, there's a typically Belgian dish: mussels and fries. However, the mussels will be imported from The Netherlands and the fries will come from Canada.

The National Union of Deep-Fryers was all ready to distribute free fries on the grand celebration on september 4th in Brussels. Acoording to president Bernard Lefèvre, it would've costed 7.000 Euros to cut, fry and distribute the fries, and to place enough bins.

According to Lefèvre, Flanders was prepared to carry half the costs, if Wallonia was to carry the other half. However, the Wallonian government demanded garanties that half the potatoes were to be Walloon 'pommes de terre', before they agreed.

For the Union of Deep-fryers that wasn't a problem - but it was already too late. The Walloon government had already ordered its fries at the Canadian company McCain.

President Lefèvre has now written a letter to PS-president Elio Di Rupo in an attempt to still get to serve Belgian fries on the celebration of the National Holiday on juli the 21st.

This is it, guys. If all previous events weren't severe enough to spark civil war between the Flemish and the Walloons and desintegration in Belgium, this will surely do it.

Nobody messes with Flemish potatoes.

 

[calculon000]

They could have just shut the fuck up and have eaten the Canadian fries, but nooooooo.... they had to be as childish as possible about this. If this leads to civil war somehow, I won't be terribly surprised.

EDIT: I didn't know McCain was a Canadian company. Huh, you learn something every day.

 

[Jebus]

IF ONLY THOSE DAMN WALLONIANS HADN'T BEEN SO STUBBORN ABOUT THEIR DAMN INFERIOR WALLOON POTATOES WE COULD'VE HAD DECENT BELGIAN FRIES ON OUR NATIONAL CELEBRATION

NOW WE HAVE TO EAT THAT IMPORTED CANADIAN CRAP!!!

 

[calculon000]

But you could have McCain curly fries from Canada! Tell me you don't hate delicious seasoned curly fries!

 

[Silencer]

Yes. Fear the fries!

 

[calculon000]

I would like to retract my previous statement. *EAT BELGIAN FRIES!*
Belgian fries are clearly of a much higher*EAT BELGIAN FRIES!*
quality than inferior Canadian fries, *EAT BELGIAN FRIES!*
as Belgian potatos are delicious, *EAT BELGIAN FRIES!*
while Canadian potatos are grown*EAT BELGIAN FRIES!*
from the souls of the damned. *EAT BELGIAN FRIES!*
*THEY ARE GOOD FOR YOU!*

 

[Bradylama]

A Deep Fryers Union?

 

[Dapper Dan Man]

A Deep Fryers Union?

If that doesn't sum up the oddities of socialism, I don't know what does.

 

[clercqer]

A Deep Fryers Union?

Jebus, you totally made us look ridiculous... You can't translate 'friturist' with 'deep-fryer' and get away with it.

Still, those stupid Wallonians. Nuke 'em I say!

 

[Jebus]

A Deep Fryers Union?

Jebus, you totally made us look ridiculous... You can't translate 'friturist' with 'deep-fryer' and get away with it.

I checked the dictionary, but there was no translation for the word 'friturist'

I guess 'deep-fryer' comes closest.

Still, those stupid Wallonians. Nuke 'em I say!

What, and waste a perfectly good nuke?

I'd say we gass them: feed Jean-Luc Dehaene onion soup and put him in a room with the Walloons.