# Brilliant Belgian Things **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 7, 2002, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brilliant-belgian-things/122809 "2002-08-07T17:55:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brilliant-belgian-things/122809/21 "2002-08-08T11:57:07Z")
Enzo Scifo. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Harvey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@Max\_Harvey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Harvey)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brilliant-belgian-things/122809/22 "2002-08-08T12:08:55Z")
The question mark. ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brilliant-belgian-things/122809/23 "2002-08-08T12:28:02Z")
Plastic Bertrand. ---
**Author:** ![Hemlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Hemlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hemlock)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brilliant-belgian-things/122809/24 "2002-08-08T12:50:41Z")
Oh yes, I really like the way any pedestrian in Belgium crossing the road on a pedestrian walkway becomes invisible. Car drivers just drive on as if you weren’t there. For that alone, the place deserves to be nuked. Don’t mind French fries with mayo. Don’t mind cherry-flavored beer. But that retarded “I can drive through pedestrians with impunity” attitude is too much. If I could pull the life support system on Belgium I would gladly do it. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brilliant-belgian-things/122809/25 "2002-08-08T13:38:39Z")
Hercule Poirot ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brilliant-belgian-things/122809/26 "2002-08-08T14:26:00Z")
Lambics and Trappist have been mentioned. But what about Wit! Don’t forget the Wit! ---
**Author:** ![Rayne\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@Rayne\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayne_Man)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brilliant-belgian-things/122809/27 "2002-08-08T16:40:23Z")
Georges Simenon Cesar Franck Hergé ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brilliant-belgian-things/122809/28 "2002-08-08T17:14:12Z")
Oh, Flemish, Dutch, in 15th-century terms it’s all the same. Oh, I forgot waterzooi, and wit-bier (yes, Homebrew I picked up your bad pun in the beer thread). The frites are good, even with mayo, but you must ask for souce ON THE SIDE or you get the huge glob of whatever on the top making it all near-inedible. Hemlock, was that Brussels? I was actually shocked in Antwerp because the cars STOPPED at cross-walks. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brilliant-belgian-things/122809/29 "2002-08-08T19:15:37Z")
I swear that was unintentional. ---
**Author:** ![lothos2002](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/df788c/32.png) [@lothos2002](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lothos2002)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brilliant-belgian-things/122809/30 "2002-08-08T19:30:10Z")
Leonidas chocolate my friend Eva (she’s the best) moules ---
**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brilliant-belgian-things/122809/31 "2002-08-08T20:21:25Z")
[Dr. Evil] That’s how we drink it in Belgium. It’s called a Belgium dip! [/Dr. Evil] ---
**Author:** ![Spavined\_Gelding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@Spavined\_Gelding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spavined_Gelding)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brilliant-belgian-things/122809/32 "2002-08-08T21:49:01Z")
\*\* Peter Paul Rubens, Roger vanderWeiden/ de la Pasture, and the Brothers(?) van Eick\*\*. It doesn’t get any better than that! ---
**Author:** ![tsarina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@tsarina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tsarina)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brilliant-belgian-things/122809/33 "2002-08-09T02:15:41Z")
Victor Horta Tintin and Snowy Keep it coming… with luck I’ll be visiting Brussels for a few days next May and I want all the dirt! ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brilliant-belgian-things/122809/34 "2002-08-09T04:30:02Z")
[Stoemp](http://users.skynet.be/la_cuisine_belge/stoemp-au-chou-cuisine_belge.htm)! Not to be confused with [Stomp](http://www.stomponline.com/), of course Right now, [St Sebastian Grand Cru](http://www.ratebeer.com/ShowBeer.asp?BeerID=4493) is going down smoothly. And Moules??? ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brilliant-belgian-things/122809/35 "2002-08-09T04:37:14Z")
In case anyone was wondering, [Lang zal ze leven in de Gloria!](http://www.laukart.de/multisite/songbook/songs/langzalze.mid) ---
**Author:** ![Zorro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ad7895/32.png) [@Zorro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zorro)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brilliant-belgian-things/122809/36 "2002-08-09T14:19:01Z")
You’re all forgetting Jacques Brel. His songs are actually some of the most beautiful poetry ever. Johnny Halliday is an entirely different matter. ---
**Author:** ![Zweistein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/54ee81/32.png) [@Zweistein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zweistein)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brilliant-belgian-things/122809/37 "2002-08-09T18:28:23Z")
The saxophone, by Adolphe Sax, Dinant (Belgium) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brilliant-belgian-things/122809.md?page=1)