Bakers Dozen

Audrey Hepburn, while born in Belgium, was a British citizen. Her father was British; her mother was Dutch, not Belgian.

Close enough for Bakers Dozen.

Internationally famous Belgians.

  1. Jacky Ickx, racing driver
  2. Hercule Poirot, detective
  3. Audrey Hepburn, actress
  4. Jean-Claude “The Muscles from Brussels” Van Damme, actor/martial artist
  5. Maurice Vermersch, wafflemaker
  6. Flory Van Donck - Pro golfer, won about 50 tournaments in Europe after WWII
  7. NBA superstar Tony Parker, born in Belgium.
  8. Rene Magritte, surrealist artist
  9. Georges Simenon, author
  10. Empress Carlota of Mexico
  11. Peter Paul Rubens, painter
  12. Godfrey of Bouillon – Crusader and first King of Jerusalem

Internationally famous Belgians.

  1. Jacky Ickx, racing driver
  2. Hercule Poirot, detective
  3. Audrey Hepburn, actress
  4. Jean-Claude “The Muscles from Brussels” Van Damme, actor/martial artist
  5. Maurice Vermersch, wafflemaker
  6. Flory Van Donck - Pro golfer, won about 50 tournaments in Europe after WWII
  7. NBA superstar Tony Parker, born in Belgium.
  8. Rene Magritte, surrealist artist
  9. Georges Simenon, author
  10. Empress Carlota of Mexico
  11. Peter Paul Rubens, painter
  12. Godfrey of Bouillon – Crusader and first King of Jerusalem
  13. Wouter de Backer AKA “Gotye,” huge Grammy-winning pop star.

Next: National/regional alcoholic beverages

  1. Bourbon (Bourbon County/Kentucky, USA)

National/regional alcoholic beverages

  1. Bourbon (Bourbon County/Kentucky, USA)
  2. Sotol - liquor made from a plant in the Chihuahuan desert (northern Mexico, west Texas)

National/regional alcoholic beverages

  1. Bourbon (Bourbon County/Kentucky, USA)
  2. Sotol - liquor made from a plant in the Chihuahuan desert (northern Mexico, west Texas)
  3. Mauby - made in the Virgin Islands from mauby bark, either fermented or not

National/regional alcoholic beverages

  1. Bourbon (Bourbon County/Kentucky, USA)
  2. Sotol - liquor made from a plant in the Chihuahuan desert (northern Mexico, west Texas)
  3. Mauby - made in the Virgin Islands from mauby bark, either fermented or not
  4. Ouzo - Greece

National/regional alcoholic beverages

  1. Bourbon (Bourbon County/Kentucky, USA)
  2. Sotol - liquor made from a plant in the Chihuahuan desert (northern Mexico, west Texas)
  3. Mauby - made in the Virgin Islands from mauby bark, either fermented or not
  4. Ouzo - Greece
  5. Tequila - Mexico
  1. Bourbon (Bourbon County/Kentucky, USA)
  2. Sotol - liquor made from a plant in the Chihuahuan desert (northern Mexico, west Texas)
  3. Mauby - made in the Virgin Islands from mauby bark, either fermented or not
  4. Ouzo - Greece
  5. Tequila - Mexico
  6. Saki - Japan

National/regional alcoholic beverages

  1. Bourbon (Bourbon County/Kentucky, USA)
  2. Sotol - liquor made from a plant in the Chihuahuan desert (northern Mexico, west Texas)
  3. Mauby - made in the Virgin Islands from mauby bark, either fermented or not
  4. Ouzo - Greece
  5. Tequila - Mexico
  6. Sake - Japan
  7. Kumis - fermented horse milk, the national drink of Mongolia

National/regional alcoholic beverages

  1. Bourbon (Bourbon County/Kentucky, USA)
  2. Sotol - liquor made from a plant in the Chihuahuan desert (northern Mexico, west Texas)
  3. Mauby - made in the Virgin Islands from mauby bark, either fermented or not
  4. Ouzo - Greece
  5. Tequila - Mexico
  6. Sake - Japan
  7. Kumis - fermented horse milk, the national drink of Mongolia
  8. Scotch whisky - Scotland

National/regional alcoholic beverages

  1. Bourbon (Bourbon County/Kentucky, USA)
  2. Sotol - liquor made from a plant in the Chihuahuan desert (northern Mexico, west Texas)
  3. Mauby - made in the Virgin Islands from mauby bark, either fermented or not
  4. Ouzo - Greece
  5. Tequila - Mexico
  6. Sake - Japan
  7. Kumis - fermented horse milk, the national drink of Mongolia
  8. Scotch whisky - Scotland
  9. Palm Wine - Nigeria, highly intoxicating after fermenting only a few hours.

National/regional alcoholic beverages

  1. Bourbon (Bourbon County/Kentucky, USA)
  2. Sotol - liquor made from a plant in the Chihuahuan desert (northern Mexico, west Texas)
  3. Mauby - made in the Virgin Islands from mauby bark, either fermented or not
  4. Ouzo - Greece
  5. Tequila - Mexico
  6. Sake - Japan
  7. Kumis - fermented horse milk, the national drink of Mongolia
  8. Scotch whisky - Scotland
  9. Palm Wine - Nigeria, highly intoxicating after fermenting only a few hours.
  10. Grain Alcohol - Many Places, Including Appalachia

National/regional alcoholic beverages

  1. Bourbon (Bourbon County/Kentucky, USA)
  2. Sotol - liquor made from a plant in the Chihuahuan desert (northern Mexico, west Texas)
  3. Mauby - made in the Virgin Islands from mauby bark, either fermented or not
  4. Ouzo - Greece
  5. Tequila - Mexico
  6. Sake - Japan
  7. Kumis - fermented horse milk, the national drink of Mongolia
  8. Scotch whisky - Scotland
  9. Palm Wine - Nigeria, highly intoxicating after fermenting only a few hours.
  10. Grain Alcohol - Many Places, Including Appalachia
  11. Madeira - fortified wine, Spain

A favorite beverage of George Washington.

National/regional alcoholic beverages

  1. Bourbon (Bourbon County/Kentucky, USA)
  2. Sotol - liquor made from a plant in the Chihuahuan desert (northern Mexico, west Texas)
  3. Mauby - made in the Virgin Islands from mauby bark, either fermented or not
  4. Ouzo - Greece
  5. Tequila - Mexico
  6. Sake - Japan
  7. Kumis - fermented horse milk, the national drink of Mongolia
  8. Scotch whisky - Scotland
  9. Palm Wine - Nigeria, highly intoxicating after fermenting only a few hours.
  10. Grain Alcohol - Many Places, Including Appalachia
  11. Madeira - fortified wine, Spain
  12. Tapuy - Philippine rice wine

National/regional alcoholic beverages

  1. Bourbon (Bourbon County/Kentucky, USA)
  2. Sotol - liquor made from a plant in the Chihuahuan desert (northern Mexico, west Texas)
  3. Mauby - made in the Virgin Islands from mauby bark, either fermented or not
  4. Ouzo - Greece
  5. Tequila - Mexico
  6. Sake - Japan
  7. Kumis - fermented horse milk, the national drink of Mongolia
  8. Scotch whisky - Scotland
  9. Palm Wine - Nigeria, highly intoxicating after fermenting only a few hours.
  10. Grain Alcohol - Many Places, Including Appalachia
  11. Madeira - fortified wine, Spain
  12. Tapuy - Philippine rice wine
  13. Akvavit - Sweden

I’ll pass

New topic: Casting Against Type (“Good Guys” Playing Bad Guys, Comedians doing Heavy Roles, etc.)

  1. Henry Fonda, as cold-blooded killer Frank in Once Upon a Time in the West

New topic: Casting Against Type (“Good Guys” Playing Bad Guys, Comedians doing Heavy Roles, etc.)

  1. Henry Fonda, as cold-blooded killer Frank in Once Upon a Time in the West
  2. Robin Williams - One Hour Photo

Robin played a “bad” guy in *Insomnia *but his performance One Hour Photo was fucking disturbing.

Casting Against Type (“Good Guys” Playing Bad Guys, Comedians doing Heavy Roles, etc.)

  1. Henry Fonda, as cold-blooded killer Frank in Once Upon a Time in the West
  2. Robin Williams - One Hour Photo
  3. Robert de Niro, in Star Dust, Mad Dog & Glory, or Rocky & Bullwinkle, trying to be funny (and failing)
  1. Henry Fonda, as cold-blooded killer Frank in Once Upon a Time in the West
  2. Robin Williams - One Hour Photo
  3. Robert de Niro, in Star Dust, Mad Dog & Glory, or Rocky & Bullwinkle, trying to be funny (and failing)
  4. James Cagney as song and dance man George M. Cohan in Yankee Doodle Dandy

Many told me that De Niro was funny in Analyze This, but I didn’t see the comedy either.