Pictures from Utrecht (1)

I finally uploaded pictures I took in Utrecht. More of them will soon be published! ;-) Please also notice that I uploaded the following ones in a small format because it'd have taken me ages otherwise. Maybe I'll post them on a skyblog.

The first meetings for Erasmus students took place in the Educatorium, Leuvenlaan 4 in De Uithof (i.e. the place where most of the campus lies). There were various workshops, e.g. culture, sports, administration, ESN (Erasmus Students Network), etc.

Magali smiles but doesn't wave.

This is the Casa Confetti, a block of student flats.

A "fietspad"; admire how flat and perfect they are — there's a world of difference between those bike paths and the Belgian ones!

The Utrecht University logo on top of a building.

The Oudegracht, apparently the oldest canal in the city.

On the left you can see the city hall and the Dom (i.e. the cathedral) in the centre.

Same thing.


Magali on this… whatever you name it. We had a long ride on it to discover some of the city's most important places.

No comment.

A picture of the group of exchange students Magali and I were with during the orientation day organised by ESN. We were in front of the oldest administrative building of the University, just next to the Dom.

Magali's room when I was temporarily staying there. Admire my camp bed on the left.

My new room, but that you already know.

Some nice old Dutch locomotives in front of the Spoorwegmuseum.


I still have to visit that museum, but so far I haven't really had the time.

On Monday 22 September ESN organised a "night canoeing", so I decided to attend it with Magali. In the picture you can (perhaps) see some of the canoes that we dragged on a bank in order to have a drink at a café.


(The Dom.)




Don't worry if you can't see anything.

Files…

That's it! I hope you enjoyed!

"A job interview from Hell"

Just like British mogul Sir Alan Sugar, Darth Vader is looking for an apprentice among 16 contestants… Let's watch the trailer:



"You're fired!"


PS. The series is based upon the American television show of the same name, featuring entrepreneur Donald Trump.

Clarkson Island

The well-known British comedians Harry and Paul made a brilliant parody of Jeremy Clarkson:



"Clarkson Island has just the greater number of Clarksons… in the world."

"And the thing that's most like the genuine Clarkson… is we pause… in the middle… of our sentences… in the world."

"Three questions three" (Monty Python's "Holy Grail")

Let's have fun with people whose knowledge about simple things is simply… very small:

"I'm a Marvel" / "And I'm a DC" (2)

This time, Batman and Hulk want to determine whose movie franchise sucked most before brand new movies were made this summer:

"I got a re-boot after fans called Batman and Robin a disastrous embarrassment to comic book movies everywhere."

"What? That, your movie? How do you sleep at night?"
"At least, no-one mistook me for Shrek!"
"Just like no-one mistaked [sic] George Clooney for you!"

House, MD

Just A Bit of Fry and Laurie:

Lookalikes

Today I received a Minezine newsletter about some of the most striking lookalikes that can be found on totallylookslike.com:






Haha!


Wicked!










Freaky!


Erick Avary is also Hamid Karzai's lookalike, as I already mentioned, remember!




Obvious.


How haven't I ever noticed that?


Funny.

Gotcha!


Brilliant!


I'm always amazed that there are people who think exactly the same, however weird your thoughts are…

Revenge of the Shit

I wanted to show you this brilliant clip from Dumb and Dumber, definitely one of the best comedies ever made. It stars Jim Carrey as Lloyd Christmas and Jeff Daniels as Harry Dunne, both being two jerks who travel through the States to find a certain Mary Swanson and give her a suitcase that she accidentally forgot at the airport. The fact is that Lloyd fell in love with her, but Harry didn't know that and dated her… When Lloyd heard about it, he decided to take a revenge on him



3:47 --> The best evil laugh in the movie history!

This scene was echoed in the film's prequel, Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd:



"Om my God… He shit everywhere! DAMN IT! HE SHIT ALL OVER THE WALLS!"

The God and Devil Show: Arnold Schwarzenegger

Whose line is it anyway?

Happy Tree Friends are back!



PS. The title refers to an improvisational comedy show, Whose line is it anyway?

Ants!

The title refers to a track on the Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull score by John Williams, "Ants!":

A typical day in the life of Chuck Norris

Chuck likes being tracked by a chopper…



I wonder why the bad guys still try to beat the shit out of him, while it's as impossible as counting to infinity. (Except that Chuck did count to infinity. Twice.)

Toilet pranks

Imagine: it could have happened to you! ;-)



The worst thing is that these people probably shit their pants when they saw the guy…

An afternoon at the museum

"Apart from mocking the elderly, there's no finer way to spend an afternoon than in an art gallery…"

"Yeah I know! Stop repeating everything I say!"

This is ad-equate

Here's a good compilation of true and fake funny commercials:

Stupid man

Just watch this: it's short and pointless.



Variation on the same theme:

Singing Zievereer

Almost a month ago I featured a video showing what the musical Singin' in the Rain would look like if George Lucas decided to re-master (and of course re-edit) it. Now take a look at this amateur singer from Brussels, a new rival for the late Gene Kelly:



This comes from Les Snuls. "Un snul, c'est un type qui est un peu onneuzel, qui est pas tellement intelligent."

Alles kan beter (7): "Hip, Hip, Euro !"

I'm sure you're familiar with those special telephone numbers thanks to which you can find information about anything. If you can remember, about a dozen of years ago a so-called "Eurolijn" or "Euroligne" was created to answer the citizens' questions about the (then) new European currency. As you could imagine, people sometimes asked stupid questions, as can be seen in this Alles kan beter sketch with Rob Vanoudenhove:



"En die biljetten, hoe gaan die er eigenlijk uitzien?"
"Drie meter op drie, in 't wit en in blauw, op Triplex-platen en die wegen 300 kilogram!"

Who are you?

The Joker can't understand what Batman is asking him… (Spoof on the interrogation scene from The Dark Knight.)

"I think you may have a very severe case of throat cancer…"

If you liked this sketch, maybe you'll be interested in watching the outtakes:

W wuz hear

What if G.W. Bush had been a Jedi? (Of course we know it's strictly impossible: you've got to be intelligent…)



Today's Uncyclopedia article: Jedi.

Carmen

Beaker is back, and today, assisted by the Swedish Chef and Animal, he's going to perform "Habanera" from Carmen:

Niet meer dakloos in Utrecht

A couple of days ago I was telling you about my housing problem in Utrecht, because I didn't have one and I was really sick and tired of the Dutch housing system. However, I did find a room! I can't believe it myself! (Well I do, but it's just a way of speaking… or "writing", rather.) Let me tell you how I found it.

On Thurday I went to the Educatorium on the Leuvenlaan, in De Uithof (where most of the Utrecht University lectures are given except for the Law and Humanities Faculties) because all the Erasmus and other exchange students could obtain information about activities related to culture, sports, etc. but also the so-called "inschrijving bij de gemeente" and many other things. We also listened to a girl from Canada who told us about her stay in Utrecht and we were introduced to the ESN (for Erasmus Student Network) of Utrecht. On a notice board I spotted a short message on a sheet of paper: "Kamer te huur in Bilthoven. Graag bellen op (…)" or something like that. I called the guy and made an appointment on Sunday at two o'clock.

So I went to Bilthoven and met with Mustafa, who's about 25 years old and decided to let two rooms of his appartment to share the rent. He showed me the room (2 meters by 4,5, roughly), the kitchen, the loo, the bathroom, the living room with television and a dining room with a big brand-new fridge — so I won't nuke it. Most important of all: everything was clean — just as if Mr. Clean was a friend of Mustafa. We chatted for half an hour and we got on very well with each other. I told him about my housing problems and told him I was really interested. He then replied that I could have the room directly! Surprised, I asked if there were other candidates and he retorted that he preferred the "first come, first served" system. So later in the day I told him I'd take the room.

On Monday afternoon Mustafa came to Zeist, at Magali's to help me with my luggage and my camp bed, and we drove to Bilthoven, and then he showed me where the train station, the shops etc. were located, and after that I unpacked my luggage.

Here are some pictures that I took in the apartment:

– My bed and the radiator


Same thing, but from the opposite side:


– The corridor:


– The entrance, with the kitchen on the left and the toilet on the right:


– The kitchen:


– The shower, curiously without glass walls to contain water (as is the case everywhere in the Netherlands):


– The living room:


– The dining room, with fridge:


– What I can see from the front window:


Mustafa told me he didn't have an internet connexion yet, but there are several WiFi networks in the building, so I decided to "take advantage of them" because as you know I can't live without the Web.

See you soon from more news from Utrecht!


PS. I don't know why but I just thought it was appropriate to feature this "C'est la fête" song, from the French-dubbed version of "Be our guest" in The Beauty and the Beast. It's Daniel Beretta (known for being the usual French voice of Arnold Scharzenegger) who sings: