# Please welcome my Dutch friend, Miss Einighausen **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 10, 2012, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-my-dutch-friend-miss-einighausen/615417 "2012-03-10T22:47:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Miss\_Einighausen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Miss\_Einighausen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Einighausen)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-my-dutch-friend-miss-einighausen/615417/21 "2012-03-11T19:18:45Z")
Thank ya all for welcoming me! That is really nice!! ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Einighausen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Miss\_Einighausen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Einighausen)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-my-dutch-friend-miss-einighausen/615417/22 "2012-03-11T19:27:08Z")
Thanx! ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Einighausen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Miss\_Einighausen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Einighausen)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-my-dutch-friend-miss-einighausen/615417/23 "2012-03-11T19:40:06Z")
By the way, I’m a normal 33 years old girl who studied journalism and music managent and works now in communication field. I love to travel as far and oft as possible and I live in the south of Holland. Not so exotic as you may think. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-my-dutch-friend-miss-einighausen/615417/24 "2012-03-11T19:55:03Z")
> [@Miss\_Einighausen](#): > > Not so exotic as you may think. 🙂 Just humor us. We don’t get out much. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-my-dutch-friend-miss-einighausen/615417/25 "2012-03-11T20:03:29Z")
> [@Miss\_Einighausen](#): > > …and I live in the south of Holland. Not so exotic as you may think. 🙂 Oh, I don’t know. That’s pretty exotic from my frozen Canadian viewpoint (although it’s actually quite springy here today… I think winter may finally have broken). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-my-dutch-friend-miss-einighausen/615417/26 "2012-03-11T21:09:08Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Just humor us. We don’t get out much. _ **+1** _ 🆒 90% of any interaction I have with people that aren’t _local_, is on the ‘Interwebz’. And 90% of _ **that** _ is right here on the good ol’ SDMB. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Pops1963](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9de053/32.png) [@Pops1963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pops1963)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-my-dutch-friend-miss-einighausen/615417/27 "2012-03-12T02:59:54Z")
how you doin?(he said leeringly friendly) welcome from those of us in North Texas (don’t tell my wife I said that) (leeringly at least) the How you doin’ part is ok though ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-my-dutch-friend-miss-einighausen/615417/28 "2012-03-12T03:23:37Z")
To demonstrate how ignorant I am… I didn’t know Holland was big enough to have a south. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-my-dutch-friend-miss-einighausen/615417/29 "2012-03-12T04:02:34Z")
Welcome, I was just in Amsterdam a month ago while it snowed. Does everyone ride bicycles in the snow down in your part of the country like they do in Amsterdam? ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-my-dutch-friend-miss-einighausen/615417/30 "2012-03-12T04:24:31Z")
> [@Maastricht](#): > > My glowing reviews of this messageboard have made a good friend of mine curious enough to find this place on her own and make a test post here. She is not yet very familiar with the concept of messageboards, and like me, English is not her first language. But as she is a writer (educated as a journalist ) I think she should fit right in. > > Give her a warm welcome and…bring on the squid! After reading your posts for years I never would have guessed English is a second language to you so kudos. And both a cordial reception and a hearty welcome to Miss E. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-my-dutch-friend-miss-einighausen/615417/31 "2012-03-12T04:28:44Z")
Do you guys really eat french fries with mayonnaise? ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-my-dutch-friend-miss-einighausen/615417/32 "2012-03-12T04:50:38Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > To demonstrate how ignorant I am… > > I didn’t know Holland was big enough to have a south. Holland has a [North](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Holland) and a [South](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Holland) – but I suspect that **Miss Einighausen** really comes from the southern Netherlands, which are south of South Holland. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-my-dutch-friend-miss-einighausen/615417/33 "2012-03-12T05:51:12Z")
Hi up there 🙂 Anybody who isn’t American and living in the US is by definition exotic, here, even if that means almost half the board. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-my-dutch-friend-miss-einighausen/615417/34 "2012-03-12T05:59:15Z")
Wait, does that mean I’m exotic? Will that help me find a girlfriend/a job/fame and fortune/my destiny? ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-my-dutch-friend-miss-einighausen/615417/35 "2012-03-12T06:11:00Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Wait, does that mean I’m exotic? Will that help me find a girlfriend/a job/fame and fortune/my destiny? No. Sorry to burst your bubble, but hey. We value truth, here. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-my-dutch-friend-miss-einighausen/615417/36 "2012-03-12T11:55:54Z")
> [@Koxinga](#): > > Do you guys really eat french fries with mayonnaise? Are you kidding? [We fucking drown 'em in that shit.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=NS_ROi0iiZw#t=86s) 😉 And I’m glad to report that to me and **Miss E** , both you 'Mericans _and_ Canadians are extremely exotic. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-my-dutch-friend-miss-einighausen/615417/37 "2012-03-12T12:03:16Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > To demonstrate how ignorant I am… > I didn’t know Holland was big enough to have a south. Not just that, but the Dutch in the south and those in the North can go on and on about how different Northeners are from Southerners. Holland is 500 miles long from the most northern tip to the most southern tip. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-my-dutch-friend-miss-einighausen/615417/38 "2012-03-12T13:16:14Z")
French fries must be eaten with mayonnaise (unless you’re having poutine) - that’s what they are for (mayonnaise delivery system). Even better when it’s a flavoured mayo, like paprika. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-my-dutch-friend-miss-einighausen/615417/39 "2012-03-12T13:59:47Z")
> [@Maastricht](#): > > Not just that, but the Dutch in the south and those in the North can go on and on about how different Northeners are from Southerners. > > Holland is 500 miles long from the most northern tip to the most southern tip. My ignorance is particularly appalling because I grew up in a Chicago suburb right next door to [South Holland, Illinois](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Holland,_Illinois). ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-my-dutch-friend-miss-einighausen/615417/40 "2012-03-12T14:03:44Z")
We don’t drown them in “shit”, but yeah, **Maastricht** is right: we Germans eat mayo on our Pommes as well. 🙂 Q [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-my-dutch-friend-miss-einighausen/615417.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-my-dutch-friend-miss-einighausen/615417.md?page=3)