Reply With QuoteNever been there but I can predict I will very soon. Any adwise?
Is Sinterklaas the same as Santa?
frikandellen. one of those things that a nice to eat once in a while but you do NOT want to know how they are made...
Never been there but I can predict I will very soon. Any adwise?
Is Sinterklaas the same as Santa?
How the hell do you ****ounce Schnaanpsfelstzijndoegeeeetenvuils?
What happened to the Dolphinarium?
You'll love it. Try to stay away from Maastricht. And Eindhoven..Originally Posted by LazyLob
And yes, Sinterklaas is like Santa. But way more badass.
WUT? lol
Still there. Went there last summer with my sister's little girls. It's crap compared to when I was little though.
Can the Dutch Naval sailors have earrings? Apparently yes because I saw some of them with earrings.. But there is no rules in such things especially in the armed forces? As for example the long hair.. For the Dutch Marines (a friend of mine) I know that there are strict rules about the appearance.
Funnily, there was a conversation about the hair thing in the bar some time ago. Turns out the Army, Navy and Air Force have no issue with long hair, although it is strongly discouraged. (think about a mechanic getting his pony tail stuck in machinery..Yikes) The Marine Corps, although part of the Navy, indeed has the standard rule that when you show up for basic, they trim it all away as standard procedure.
As for earrings..I truly have no idea.
Well, I guess thats out of the question.Actually had a chat with the cheese guy today. He no longer sells to individuals/in small amounts. There's simply not enough money in it for him. Only bulk loads.
Really sad. Guy got me the best brie I ever tasted.
Santa is the pussified pc version of Sinterklaas dreamed up by the Coca Cola corporation
Key differences-
the Sint is an emaciated old dude - Santa is fat and looks like Karl Marx
The Sint has black slaves - Santa has elves
The Sint lives in Spain and arrives by steamboat - Santa lives in the North Pole and arrives by flying reindeer
The Sint leaves you things in your shoes - Santa goes down your chimney and leaves you things under the tree
You can go to Amsterdam and see the Sint and his slaves arrive by steamboat, he then rides a white horse to the city hall where he addresses the crowd from the balcony
in the meantime, the Zwarte Pieten distribute candy and pepernoot to the kids
^And don't forget; Zwarte Piet will beat the crap out of you if you've been bad, and put you in a burlap sack and drag your ass off to Spain never to be seen again.
Why Spain?
Honest question but I do have a fire extinguisher (small one) at hand.
While the bishop of Myra was originaly from what is now Turkey, as a catholic saint he became associated with (catholic) Spain with whom we had a little tiff for 80 years.
Zwarte Piet btw was never a slave, he was the personal secretary of the bishop. On old depictions of him he can be seen with glasses, dressed in spanish noblemans finery.
Thanks tercio67, how did the bishop become chums with Spain?
A case of stereotyping; all catholics, and certainly a bishop, had to come from Spain back then.
A childrens song states that he brings 'apples of orange' (oranges) as a gift, wich was a way of ridiculing the spanish and pointing to Willem of Orange the leader of the rebellion.
The Dutch Republic at the time was engaged in economic warfare by musceling its way in the trade with China (where oranges stem from) and Asia, stealing or capturing spanish and portugese posessions there.
Fvcking brilliant, thanks tercio, much appreciated.
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