I think it's time I address all the emails I've been getting about the accuracy of stereotypes and the "hotness" of the assorted European peoples. I will be posting on this subject occasionally, we'll start today with the Belgians. Let's get this out of the way first: the French have big, weird noses. Not all of them are large or exotic, but when they are... wow.
So far I've spent time in Paris, Lyon, and Gent. Paris wins the hotness contest, and Belgium doesn't. I spent the evening today in the infield of the track at the Gent Sixday race, so I spent a lot of time face to face with Belgians. This was a good cross section of the general public; there were children, young couples, old men and dolled up/bejeweled ladies. It's easier for me to judge hotness in 'the ladies,' but I did make an effort to grade the gents as well (I made my conclusion with the men quickly, though, when I saw a guy with a Hitler mustache - not hot).
Inbreeding, Diet, Kools:
Like American's, who are on average a pretty hideous breed, I think the appearance of a people is related to lifestyle. In the case of the Belgians there are three prime factors:
Over homogenation - not quite inbreeding, but almost. People here don't move around much, maybe 5 km from their birthplace, family trees look more like family rootballs. Also, other ethnicities aren't in the mix, so people are reeeally white (blinding).
Next, Belgium's most famous food is french fries, so... What isn't so well known is the amazing variety of other fried stuff they eat here. It's well known that Trappist Monks spent their spare time experimenting with fry techniques. As the Flemish saying goes, "Brew beer for safe measure, fry everything else for sheer pleasure." There are about a dozen different korndoggish thinks, deep fried hamburgers, shishkebab. You name it, they fry it. So people look sort of deep fried, you know, puffy and oily.
Smoking is legal in bars that don't serve food, so if you go out, you get to smoke along with everyone else. As everyone knows, smokers are uglier.
In conclusion, my informal survey has developed this description of the Belgians I've seen: deep fried / smoked white mystery meat.
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your commendable wordsmithing skills are clearly displayed for all to see, much enjoyed. I was a bit confused though, is "salty marbles" a euphemism?
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