helene_t Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 That is why Obama thought the NSS meeting in The Hague was very "gezellig". RikForeigners, sigh. They visit Madurodam and then they think the whole country is like that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trinidad Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 Foreigners, sigh. They visit Madurodam and then they think the whole country is like that.Have you ever seen that commercial for this Dutch brand of hamburgers on Dutch TV? It roughly goes like this: A typical American family (T-shirt, shorts, tennis socks, sneakers, camera) are the guests of a Dutch family. The Dutch family takes them around the tourist sites. They drive across the Afsluitdijk (a 20 mile long sea dam, that made it possible to reclaim land) and the American father of the family comments: "In America, our dams are muuuuch higher!" They are shown the Euromast (something like the Seattle Space Needle) in Rotterdam. American father: "In America, our skyscrapers are muuuuuch taller!" They continue to the Zeeland Bridge, the longest bridge in the Netherlands. American father: "In America, our bridges are muuuuuch longer!" At the end of the day, after they get home, they are grilling burgers in the typical small Dutch backyard. The American father is taliking loudly, until he is offered a nice Dutch plate with the star of the commercial: this big Dutch hamburger. The guy is quietly looking at this, and looking again, and looking once more, but he can't find anything to say until he finally finds the solution: "In America, our plates are muuuuuch bigger!" Rik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackshoe Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 To be fair, the Netherlands is a very small country, so they probably have room only for tables that are about 2' x 2'. :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackshoe Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 At the end of the day, after they get home, they are grilling burgers in the typical small Dutch backyard. The American father is taliking loudly, until he is offered a nice Dutch plate with the star of the commercial: this big Dutch hamburger. The guy is quietly looking at this, and looking again, and looking once more, but he can't find anything to say until he finally finds the solution: "In America, our plates are muuuuuch bigger!" :D I heard something similar years ago: a Texan is bragging about how everything is big in Texas. An Alaskan hearing this eventually says "if you don't stop bragging, we're gonna cut Alaska in half and make Texas the third biggest state!" B-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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