Thanks Arthur. 😀 Now I figured out why plane spotters often don’t bring their wifes with them on a trip (assumed they have one, ofcourse :D).

Haha, indeed Rick de Leeuw. Don’t know what he’s doing here, but I think he tries to pretend himself as the “Dutch opinion”, much like that guy from Noordkaap does in the Netherlands. Do you know the song “Belgie” from “het goede doel”. Tomorrow it’s going to be national holiday, I can already hear it on the radio. Also liked “Doe Maar” and Herman Brood, sad though the latter jumped from a building :D. BTW, the guy from dEUS, Tom Barman, just produced his first movie (Anyway the wind blows). Maybe worth a little trip to Belgium with the misses, cause I’ve heard it’s quite good.

Far from being a supporter of the Vlaams Blok, one must admit there are some truths in what they say. The only problem is that the “democratic” parties just do the opposite of any point made by the VB (sometimes a good one, like negotiating with the Dutch to try to deepen the Schelde, so the port of Antwerp could make profit). And these are just simple facts. I don’t think “the Economist” itself would be so pro-VB. It’s simple facts, are we going to deny them?

Anyone, to get back to the original topic, here are some frightening statistics from the Economist, a magazine with a rather liberal opinion I think.

The UN, whose past population predictions have been fairly accurate, predicts that the world’s population will increase from just over 6 billion in 2000 to 8.9 billion by 2050. During the same period, however, the population of the 27 countries that should be members of the EU by 2007 is predicted to fall by 6%, from 482m to 454m. […] By 2050, on present demographic trends, there will be 75 pensioners for every 100 workers. […]
Persuading Europeans to have more children is the obvious alternative answer. Making family life easier or less expensive might help keep up the population.

“Charlemagne: Europe’s population implosion. The Economist. July 19th-25th 2003, page 27.

Strange how everyone looks down on “bureaucracy”, still it’s one of the pilars on which “democracy” is based.

KFC’s. Yuk! And Gentse waterzooi ofcourse. I once at it when I was a child. The simple smell of it makes me puke.

Oysters are the best, and so are snails filled with Garlic. Yummie! Don’t know about maggots.

Originally posted by Arthur
To illustrate: a few of the mp3s which passed by when sitting here tonight…

Headunter – Front 242
The Passenger – Iggy Pop
Velouria – Pixies
Swedish designer drugs – Daan
Downtown – Killer Barbies
Bales of cocaine – Reverend Horton Heat
Clandestino – Manu Chao
So What – Metallica

…

Well Arthur, I really think we could hapilly live together. Apart from being a Pixies-fan myself (bought the Bossanova CD as you suggested, liked the Cecilia Ann intro very much), Daan is also pretty good. It’s a pitty this wonderful belgian artist didn’t go international, I’m even supprised you ever heard of him in Holland. Is it perhaps because you often listen to Belgian radio-channels?

Well, here’s my taste.
1. Pixies
2. Dandy Warhols (Get off!!!! rules)
3. Blur

But man, I’d hoped you would also hate that Mano Chao crap. I did like his earlier stuff (Mano Negra).

Man, it’s so hot in Belgium. 36 degrees! Don’t you also hate it when your balls are sticky :D. What can you do about it?