"All who gain power are afraid to lose it" — Chancellor Palpatine, Star Wars - Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
// Just a blog among many others //
"Et comme dirait Grucho Marx : 'Si vous n'aimez pas mes opinions, j'en ai d'autres !'" (Jean-Jacques Jespers)
// This is a blog that is updated on a daily basis (if I have time, though…) and on which I feature things that I find funny. Enjoy and don't hesitate to post comments as well!
… of course they do! They aren't that silly, after all. It's just that they have a peculiar dialect, that's all. Let's hear them:
While searching for a guy's name, I found the exhaustive list. I decided to make links for people I knew, at least by their names.
1. Raoul Servais 2. Geert Hoste 3. Martien Jonckheere 4. Gouverneur Breyne 5. Jean-Pierre Van Rossem(wow, he's whiter than the last time I saw him, shouting "Leve de republiek, Vive la république européenne, Vive Lahaut!" at the coronation of H.M. Albert II on 9 August 1993; I'd like to have the same haircut as him…) 6. Phaedra Hoste 7. Veerle Deblauwe 8. Dirk Frimout (Curious: the French article is more extended than the Dutch one… and there's also an article in West-Flemish!) 9. Lieven Debrauwer 10. Hans Vermeersch 11. Brahim 12. Jean-Pierre Coopman 13. Chris Lomme 14. Wim Delvoye 15. Chris Dusauchoit 16. Luk Alloo 17. Herr Seele 18. Peter Quaeghebeur 19. Carolien Van den Berghe 20. Elsje Helewaut 21. Wendy Van Wanten 22. Ann Demeulemeester 23. Marc Degryse 24. Anabelle Van Nieuwenhuyse 25. Michiel Devlieger 26. Lieven Verstraete 27. Will Tura 28. Marleen Vanhecke 29. Mathias Sercu 30. Peter Verhelst 31. Geike Arnaert 32. Kris Deborghgraeve 33. Frederick Deburghgraeve 34. Karl Vannieuwkerke 35. Evy Gruyaert 36. Carl De Keyzer 37. Leen Demaré 38. Friedl Lesage 39. Tom Van Landuyt 40. Flip Kowlier 41. Pieter Aspe 42. Chantal Pattyn 43. Gerda Dendooven 44. Johan Museeuw 45. Michiel Hendryckx 46. Freddy Maertens 47. Piet Goddaer 48. Wim Opbrouck 49. Freddy Devadder 50. Willem Vermandere 51. Tanja Saw 52. Henry d'Udekem d'Acoz 53. Jan Bucquoy 54. Kamagurka 55. Michel D'Hooghe 56. Peter Vandermeersch 57. Marc Van Eeghem 58. Kurt Van Eeghem 59. Els Pynoo 60. Arno
Ok, I admit it: I don't know a lot of BVs from West-Flanders. Shame on me. I hope the links are working properly — cause it took me half an hour to get everything!!!
— 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
Statistics: number of visitors (starting on 5 November 2007)
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…)