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This picture was taken on 21 June 2007 while we were resting in front of a café in Damme. That day, just after the last exam of the first year, we had the opportunity to make a small excursion on a bike from Brugge to Damme.
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- Simon
- Namur, Province de Namur, Belgium
- — I was born on 12 February 1988 in Rocourt (in the municipality of Liège). I grew up in Aubel, then I studied in Herve (Collège Royal Marie-Thérèse). I took a bachelor's degree in Germanic languages (Dutch and English) in Namur, then I went to the KU Leuven to do a MA in Linguistics and Literature (Dutch and English). My main research interests are the translation of humour, intertextual references and multilingualism/heterolingualism. // — I'm an Internet freak and fond of cinema. // — I enjoy making (silly) comments on anything, grumpily bickering and nitpicking just like Statler from the Muppets. // Why did you google my name, you nosy person?
"Tu veux ma photo, banane ?" (Biff Tannen, Back to the Future)
This picture was taken on 21 June 2007 while we were resting in front of a café in Damme. That day, just after the last exam of the first year, we had the opportunity to make a small excursion on a bike from Brugge to Damme.
My nicknames
- Statler (coined by Prof. Lieven Vandelanotte) because I often make silly comments and crack jokes that nobody understands except my fellow Martin aka Waldorf
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- "Snow what?"
- Speed: alternate ending
- Gamelle Trophy
- Why so serious?
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Favourite movies & cartoons (Sorry: certain links won't work: YouTube deleted them! Suckers!)
- Ace Ventura I, Pet Detective
- Ace Ventura II
- Apollo XIII
- Back to the Future I
- Back to the Future II
- Back to the Future III
- Batman
- Batman Returns
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind
- Cops and Robertsons
- Die Hard
- Dumb & Dumber
- Dumb & Dumberer
- E.T.
- Ghostbusters
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher Stone
- Harry Potter and the Prisonner of Azkaban
- Home Alone
- Honey, I Shrank the Kids!
- Hook
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
- Indiana Jones I: Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Jaws
- Joe's Appartment
- Jurassik Park
- Kindergarten Cop
- Last Action Hero
- Les trois frères
- Life Stinks
- Lord of the Rings
- Memory of a Killer (Zaak Alzheimer)
- Meteor Man
- Mr Bean
- National Lampool's Christmas Vacation
- Retour vers le futur I
- Robin Wood: Man In Tights (extract in French)
- Sgt. Bilko
- Spaceballs
- Star Wars
- Star Wars - Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
- Star Wars - Episode IV: A New Hope
- Star Wars - Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
- Star Wars - Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- The Addams Family
- The Looney Tunes
- The Rock
- The Silence of the Lambs
- The Tiny Toons
- Titanic
- Turner & Hooch
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Favourite websites
- A blog on which I'm looking forward to reading more posts
- A former hobby
- Blog des germanistes des FUNDP Namur
- Don't click here!
- Germ@Namur Blog
- Magic—The Gathering (the silly card game I used to play)
- My favourite miniature trains brand
- My Friend Alexander's Blog
- My Friend Bruno's Blog
- My Friend Cécile's Blog
- My Friend Ellen's New Blog
- My Friend Ellen's Old Blog
- My Page on YouTube
- Another YouTube page I came up with
- Another YouTube page decidated to combover videos
- The Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything is 42
- The Best Cars in the World
- The Most Wicked Un-Site
- The Silly Video Website
- The Silly Website About Star Wars
Which is your favourite Star Wars film?
In which order should the Star Wars film be shown to sb who's never watched them?
Do you answer poll questions?
Belgian vanity plates that I saw
001.FA
001.LB
005.AB
911.TS
AAA-176
AAA-120
AAA-130
AAA-260
AAA-362
AAA-364
AAA-372
AAA-374
AAA-458
AAA-620
ABI-001
ADR-007
AKP-007
ALL-010
AMG-003
ANN-337
ANN-044
ANN-777
AOO-005
APD-003
AS.004
ATM-001
AUD-001
B.0057
B.0060
B.0100
BAG-002
BBB-888
BBB-777
BIO-004
BMW-555
BUG-111
BUR-005
BVO-306
COC-003
CTS-360
CU.911
D.1111
DAG-002
DOM-055
DWO-001
EJ.001
ELS-001
EMO-002
EUR-004
EUR-050
EX.767
EYE-003
FDC-001
FOX-267
GD.001
GKO-001
GRR-007
GUY-111
H.0002
HIL-001
HUM-777
HUY-555
IKS-002
ING-123
IOO-002
JAH-028
JAN-251
JAN-002
JAN-739
JAN-954
JCM-001
JDB-050
JDR-052
JJJ-999
JM.003
JMC-008
JON-002
JOY-007
JSE-777
JUN-007
JV.001
KDD-333
KEN-002
KIR-001
LAN-008
LAV-001
LB.777
LD.001
LEV-012
LFA-001
LFA-002
LP.001
LP.310
LPC-002
LUC-059
LUC-790
LUK-606
M.0070
ME.001
MH.007
MV.101
N.0002
NAN-001
NAT-100
NAT-001
NCU-444
NEM-001
NIC-007
NIC-111
NSE-001
PBO-005
PBV-001
PC.001
PF.001
POK-001
POL-051
POL-300
PSY-001
PT.997
RAY-383
RAY-001
REY-777
RGV-388
RIC-003
RJI-001
RLL-222
ROB-069
RTT-001
RV-042
SAH-009
SAR-002
SEB-001
SEB-800
SHE-888
SOC-001
SSS-666
SYR-666
SZW-222
TAB-777
TAP-001
TAS-013
TAY-003
TCT-747
TDV-001
TGE-073
TGV-001
THE-111
TIM-500
TOF-007
TSE-001
TSE-002
TSE-003
TTT-555
TUN-911
TVB-111
TWL-001
TYP-037
US.002
VCM-040
VDA-066
VDB-001
VDB-004
VDB-006
VDB-050
VDB-100
VDB-108
VDB-123
VDB-500
VDB-510
VDB-520
VDB-530
VDC-027
VDH-007
VDH-007
VDL-006
VDM-069
VDP-100
VDV-100
VDV-911
VDW-111
VDW-333
VDW-666
VED-100
VER-061
VER-004
VET-007
VET-369
VET-005
VGB-380
VHT-927
VIC-200
VIG-001
VIP-005
VIP-015
VIP-421
VIP-006
VIP-021
VIP-100
VIP-600
VIT-100
VIV-555
VJA-001
VLD-002
VNT-001
VNZ-235
VRC-206
VRS-001
VSC-863
VTB-001
VVV-009
VVV-555
VWL-999
VWO-001
VWP-914
VW.039
VYT-494
XA.001
XAV-002
XAV-911
XJX-007
XPO-006
XVL-001
XXD-008
XXL-007
XXL-800
XXX-080
XXX-500
XXX-505
XXX-001
XZZ-777
Z.000.M
001.LB
005.AB
911.TS
AAA-176
AAA-120
AAA-130
AAA-260
AAA-362
AAA-364
AAA-372
AAA-374
AAA-458
AAA-620
ABI-001
ADR-007
AKP-007
ALL-010
AMG-003
ANN-337
ANN-044
ANN-777
AOO-005
APD-003
AS.004
ATM-001
AUD-001
B.0057
B.0060
B.0100
BAG-002
BBB-888
BBB-777
BIO-004
BMW-555
BUG-111
BUR-005
BVO-306
COC-003
CTS-360
CU.911
D.1111
DAG-002
DOM-055
DWO-001
EJ.001
ELS-001
EMO-002
EUR-004
EUR-050
EX.767
EYE-003
FDC-001
FOX-267
GD.001
GKO-001
GRR-007
GUY-111
H.0002
HIL-001
HUM-777
HUY-555
IKS-002
ING-123
IOO-002
JAH-028
JAN-251
JAN-002
JAN-739
JAN-954
JCM-001
JDB-050
JDR-052
JJJ-999
JM.003
JMC-008
JON-002
JOY-007
JSE-777
JUN-007
JV.001
KDD-333
KEN-002
KIR-001
LAN-008
LAV-001
LB.777
LD.001
LEV-012
LFA-001
LFA-002
LP.001
LP.310
LPC-002
LUC-059
LUC-790
LUK-606
M.0070
ME.001
MH.007
MV.101
N.0002
NAN-001
NAT-100
NAT-001
NCU-444
NEM-001
NIC-007
NIC-111
NSE-001
PBO-005
PBV-001
PC.001
PF.001
POK-001
POL-051
POL-300
PSY-001
PT.997
RAY-383
RAY-001
REY-777
RGV-388
RIC-003
RJI-001
RLL-222
ROB-069
RTT-001
RV-042
SAH-009
SAR-002
SEB-001
SEB-800
SHE-888
SOC-001
SSS-666
SYR-666
SZW-222
TAB-777
TAP-001
TAS-013
TAY-003
TCT-747
TDV-001
TGE-073
TGV-001
THE-111
TIM-500
TOF-007
TSE-001
TSE-002
TSE-003
TTT-555
TUN-911
TVB-111
TWL-001
TYP-037
US.002
VCM-040
VDA-066
VDB-001
VDB-004
VDB-006
VDB-050
VDB-100
VDB-108
VDB-123
VDB-500
VDB-510
VDB-520
VDB-530
VDC-027
VDH-007
VDH-007
VDL-006
VDM-069
VDP-100
VDV-100
VDV-911
VDW-111
VDW-333
VDW-666
VED-100
VER-061
VER-004
VET-007
VET-369
VET-005
VGB-380
VHT-927
VIC-200
VIG-001
VIP-005
VIP-015
VIP-421
VIP-006
VIP-021
VIP-100
VIP-600
VIT-100
VIV-555
VJA-001
VLD-002
VNT-001
VNZ-235
VRC-206
VRS-001
VSC-863
VTB-001
VVV-009
VVV-555
VWL-999
VWO-001
VWP-914
VW.039
VYT-494
XA.001
XAV-002
XAV-911
XJX-007
XPO-006
XVL-001
XXD-008
XXL-007
XXL-800
XXX-080
XXX-500
XXX-505
XXX-001
XZZ-777
Z.000.M
Famous people I saw or met at least once (of course, nearly all of them come from Belgium)
- Amélie Nothomb
- André Flahaut
- Anne-Marie Lizin
- Arno
- Axel Merckx
- Benoît Poelvoorde
- Bernard Hinault
- Bla-Bla (I admit I was a great fan of his shows…)
- Bouli Lanners
- Bruno Coppens
- Christophe Brandt
- Christopher Lloyd
- Didier Reynders
- Didier Van Cauwelaert
- Dupa (Jean Dupanloup)
- Eddy Merckx
- Eric De Staerke
- Fadilah Laanan
- Frédéric Deborsu
- Frédéric Jannin
- Gilles Dal
- Grand Duke
- Gryzette
- Guy Verhofstadt
- Herman De Croo
- Howard Shore
- Isabelle Durant
- Jacques Balutin
- Jacques Mercier
- Jean Piat
- Jean-Claude Vancauwenberghe
- Jean-Jacques Jespers
- Jean-Luc Fonck
- Jean-Marie Leblanc
- Joëlle Milquet
- Juan d'Oultremont
- King Albert II
- Kris Peeters
- Lance Armstrong
- Laurence Bibot
- Les Gauff' (Au Suc')
- Lorent Deutsch
- Marc Moulin
- Marie Arena
- Miam Monster Miam
- Nathalie Uffner
- Nicolas Sarkozy
- No that's a joke, I never saw him
- Olivier Monsens
- Paolo Bettini
- Philippe Geluck
- Philippe Lafontaine
- Philippe Lambillon
- Pierre Aucaigne
- Pierre Kroll
- Pierre Rapsat
- Pino Cerami
- Prince Laurent
- Prince Philippe
- Queen Fabiola
- Queen Paola
- Raoul Reyers (Philippe Gouders)
- Rik Verbrugghe
- Robbie McEwen
- Robert Sabatier
- Robert Wasseige
- Rudy Demotte
- Saint André (the singer!)
- Sam Touzani
- Sergio Honorez
- Stefan Liberski
- Thomas Gunzig
- Tom Boonen
- Virginie Hocq
- Virginie Svensson
People I dislike or hate or that irritate me (a selection)
- Benedict XVI (Religious Extremist)
- Benoît Dreze (CDH) (He wants to promote the so-called "chèques-service" which encourage slavery — namely people doing the housework you should do on your own)
- Condoleeza Rice (A Shame For Women)
- Donald Rumsfeld (Republican Idiot)
- Filip De Winter (VB)
- George W. Bush (Supreme Moron)
- H.M. Leopold III (traitor)
- John-Paul II (fortunately he died)
- José Happart (PS) (Complete nerd)
- Justine Henin (Tennis Player)
- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (Extremist)
- Mgr Léonard (Intolerant, Religious Extremist, Mentally Deranged, Pillock)
- Michael Schumacher (Dikke Nek)
- Paul Wolfovitz (yeah, that guy who can't buy a new pair of socks but can help his girlfriend get a better job…)
- Pierre-Yves Hardenne (Opportunist)
Famous combovers
- Abdelaziz Bouteflika (Algerian president)
- André-Mutien Léonard (ultra conservative Bishop of Namur-Luxembourg)
- Bernard Rentier (Rector of the University of Liège)
- Big Ern (in "Kingpin", character played by the comboverless-in-real-life Bill Murray)
- Carl Levin (Michigan Senator)
- Chevy Chase (American actor)
- Desmond Llewelyn ('Q' in James Bond movies)
- Donald Trump (American mogul)
- E. G. (Philosophy professor at Namur University)
- Ehud Olmert (Prime Minister of Israel) (BUT he cuf off his combover in February 2006 ;-D)
- Gabriel Ringlet (Professor of canonic right at University of Louvain-la-Neuve)
- Hervé Novelli (French State Secretary)
- Homer Simpson (yeah, the cartoon one)
- Jean Gol (Belgian liberal, former minister; deceased)
- John Bolton (Former US representative to the UN)
- John McCain
- Laurent Fabius (French socialist, former Prime Minister)
- Michel Doomst (mayor of Gooik, Flanders)
- Michel Scheuer (Rector of University of Namur)
- Rajendra Pachauri (Climate Expert, Nobel Peace Prize in 2007)
- Rudolf Giuliani (former Mayor of New York City; he hasn't got a combover anymore)
- Serge Kubla (liberal politician)
- Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (former French president; he hasn't got a combover anymore)
- Vincent Reuter (Union wallonne des entreprises)
- Vladimir Putin (former Russian president, current Prime Minister)
Things and people that I like
- American series
- Amsterdam
- Andy and Lou sketches (Little Britain)
- Back to the Future
- Beer
- Being silly
- Being with Elodie
- Belgian chocolate
- Belgian locomotives
- Belgian number plates
- Belgian seaside
- Belgian, British and American Humour
- Belgium
- Blogging
- British series
- Brussels
- Chips
- Chocolate
- Coffie
- Crisps
- Cécémel
- DeLorean cars
- Dialects
- Dictionaries
- Dutch
- Eating at the Quick (my favourite hamburger is the Giant)
- Elodie
- English
- Films with guns in them
- Flanders
- Flemish Seaside
- Franquin
- French
- Gaston Lagaffe
- George Lucas
- Ghostbusters
- History
- Home Alone
- Honey I Shrank the Kids!
- Kid Paddle
- Languages
- Lego
- Listening to people who have something interessant to tell (of course!)
- Little Britain
- Luxembourg
- Magic—The Gathering (TCG)
- Milk
- Money
- Mr Bean (and thus Rowan Atkinson)
- Namur
- Parodies
- Peter Jackson
- Potatoes
- Rice
- Satire
- Sausages
- Seinfeld
- Setting up lists
- Silliness
- Sleeping
- Smurfs
- Spotting combovers and mullets
- Star Wars
- Steven Spielberg
- The Bunker
- The Cat (by Philippe Geluck): THAT is philosophy
- The Force
- The Monty Python
- Translation
- University of Namur
- Using the "…" symbol
- Utrecht
- Wallonia
- Water
- West-Flanders
- West-Flemish
- Wine (white, preferably)
- Writing on this blog
- Writing things between brackets
- YouTube
Things that I dislike or hate
- Being hurt (who doesn't?)
- Being late
- Being obliged to read books that you haven't chosen yourself (obviously, if you're obliged…)
- Books written before the 20th century
- Chips that cost too much (more than 2 €) and aren't big
- Combovers (even if they make me laugh)
- Delays
- Dogmas (incl. religions)
- Drunk people talking to walls (yeah, I see that quite often in Namur)
- Eating vegetables (except for some)
- Exams
- Feeling sick (who doesn't?)
- Feeling tired
- First-person narration (even though I'm writing this)
- French jokes (mostly about sex)
- Getting up
- Having to wait for the bus
- Mullets (even if they make me laugh)
- Nazis
- Noise
- Not being able to attend something because I'm busy somewhere else
- People being late
- People listening to music on their MP3 with sound level at full
- People who don't work (I mean at school)
- People who never laugh
- People who smoke
- People who stick with their opinion even if they know they aren't right
- People with a peculiar hairstyle (combover, mullet, toupee)
- Philosophy
- Racism
- Rain while you're stuck outside
- Religious fundamentalists and extremists
- Running
- Smoke
- Smokers
- Taking cold showers (it happens when the heating system is out of service)
- Taking the bus to go to university
- The "Sciences religieuses" course
- The university restaurant being crowded
- Toupees (even if they make me laugh)
- Walloon public transportation system (TEC)
- Wars
- Working a lot
- Xenophobia
My hero
My other hero
Evolution went wrong: it created the chav
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