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Adrian II
06-09-2009, 12:17
Local authorities want to outlaw the (in)famous beerbikes in Amsterdam, a cultural institute of prime importance, a proud national tradtion that goes back at least, oh, 15 years.
Why oh why?
I blame ALL of you. :brood:
https://img15.imageshack.us/img15/6842/bierfiets.jpg (https://img15.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bierfiets.jpg)
InsaneApache
06-09-2009, 12:31
It looks an excellent way to get around the smoking ban. They should keep it.
Adrian II
06-09-2009, 12:40
It looks an excellent way to get around the smoking ban. They should keep it.But of course, that's it! That's why they want to ban the thing. Two sources of joy killed for the price of one.
Bloody maggots.
InsaneApache
06-09-2009, 12:44
Aye we have legions of bansturbaters over here. Right little Hirohitos the lot of them. They should ban themselves. :)
CountArach
06-09-2009, 12:51
What is this machine!? That's... wow... why don't we have those here!?
KukriKhan
06-09-2009, 13:06
Local authorities want to outlaw the (in)famous beerbikes in Amsterdam, a cultural institute of prime importance, a proud national tradtion that goes back at least, oh, 15 years.
Why oh why?
I blame ALL of you. :brood:
https://img15.imageshack.us/img15/6842/bierfiets.jpg (https://img15.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bierfiets.jpg)
'Cuz of this?:
http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/687-amsterdam-beer-bike-crash
The bike, with eleven women on board, hit the roof of a bike tunnel at high speed.
A beer bike operated by a different company from the one on this news item
Three of the women were ejected by the force of the crash.
I wanna get the monopoly of beerbike franchise in my town. I may have found my retirement career! :)
InsaneApache
06-09-2009, 13:15
Drunk in charge of a beerbike would look really cool on a charge sheet. :o)
Adrian II
06-09-2009, 14:29
Aye we have legions of bansturbaters over here. Right little Hirohitos the lot of them. They should ban themselves. :)That's where InsaneApache and DutchComanche always find common ground. Burial ground for the bansturbators.
What is this machine!? That's... wow... why don't we have those here!?I rest my case. :smug:
'Cuz of this?:Lolz. And I've heard of far more spectacular crashes with the things, too. Straight into a canal. Down the stairs of a subway station. Please, please don't take away our last opportunity for good old dumb, reckless fun.
We have them in Belgium as well.
Belgium, the last bastion of sanity!
KukriKhan
06-09-2009, 15:15
Drunk in charge of a beerbike would look really cool on a charge sheet. :o)
Hey, ossifer, I hain't as think as you drunk I yam!
We have 'em in Minnesota and St. Louis, over here, too.
Reverend Joe
06-09-2009, 15:55
Hey, ossifer, I hain't as think as you drunk I yam!
We have 'em in Minnesota and St. Louis, over here, too.
Wow... finally, an actual reason to visit the midwest besides baseball and corn!
:D
Damnit, I miss the smilies.
place is becomming boring
and what metro
Adrian II
06-09-2009, 18:38
place is becomming boring
and what metroStudents. Weesperplein.
Prussian to the Iron
06-09-2009, 20:06
smoking ban? you mean they finally banned drugs there?!?!?!?!
Hosakawa Tito
06-09-2009, 22:12
Getting off to take a pee, and having to sprint after it to regain one's seat must be a :daisy: . of course, I guess you could just remain seated and let 'er fly...
You got to fight for your right to party!!!
InsaneApache
06-09-2009, 23:59
I've always been an advocate of having a bag 'fitted' on such occasions. It makes sense. No need for Tena Lady* for example. :o)
* to Tena Lady; I want at least 1 cent for each reply.
smoking ban? you mean they finally banned drugs there?!?!?!?!
don't be silly
Crazed Rabbit
06-10-2009, 06:43
Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
-CS Lewis
Louis VI the Fat
06-10-2009, 15:42
Local authorities want to outlaw the (in)famous beerbikes in Amsterdam, a cultural institute of prime importance, a proud national tradtion that goes back at least, oh, 15 years.
Why oh why?Can I be a sourpuss?
I prefer Amsterdam as a city of history and culture. I care little for it as the 'world's largest outdoor carnival' (aka sewage).
Make it Bologna, Bruges or Venice. Not a booze 'n drugs 'R' Us Vegas for drunk adults.
I've said it in the Dutch-thread too: there is no city in Europe with such a discrepancy between historical heritage and disrespect for historical heritage.
Words fail me to describe my sadness over this:
https://img32.imageshack.us/img32/8211/amsterdam.jpg (https://img32.imageshack.us/my.php?image=amsterdam.jpg)
Your perception not ours. City and culture enough if you are looking for it. Why would Amsterdam have to be more like Brugge or Venice. It isn't.
Veho Nex
06-10-2009, 16:43
QUICKLY!! ARM THE PROTESTERS! WE MARCH TO BATTLE! How could they even think of banning such a fantastic and useful item such as a beer bike.
Tratorix
06-10-2009, 18:40
You had me at beerbike.
Louis VI the Fat
06-10-2009, 18:44
Your perception not ours. City and culture enough if you are looking for it. Why would Amsterdam have to be more like Brugge or Venice. It isn't.More history and culture than one can shake a spliff at. Mind-boggling and stunningly beautiful. A fairy tale.
That is precisely why I resent the nonsense that clutters the streets. That is, insofar as the streets are original and not filled up canals. (Try doing that in Venice)
What worries my mind, is that maybe there is a necessary connection between the liberties that stern Calvinism carved out for itself, and the permissiveness of the post-Christian Dutch society.
(We should make a Backroom thread. Then we can compare Bruges (the dead city that was re-awoken by the sweet kiss of Flemish nation building, carved out in neo-gothicism), with Amsterdam (the sleeping beauty that was brutally re-awoken by the demands of being a national capital).
And maybe also with Venice (also a sleeping beauty, a former trade republic like the other two), with Bruxelles ('Little Paris'), and with Paris ('Big Bruxelles' :wink:)
Ah yes I love those! Planning on renting one again somewhere at the start of next year's semester. Ah yak about culture as much as you want but there's no better place for a student than Leuven! (And it also has quite a bit historical heritage as well)
http://www.belgiumview.com/foto/smvote/0000428aa.jpg
We have them in Belgium as well.
Belgium, the last bastion of sanity!
I guess the latest campagnes of het Vlaams Belang went by unnoticed?
More history and culture than one can shake a spliff at. Mind-boggling and stunningly beautiful. A fairy tale.
That is precisely why I resent the nonsense that clutters the streets. That is, insofar as the streets are original and not filled up canals. (Try doing that in Venice)
What worries my mind, is that maybe there is a necessary connection between the liberties that stern Calvinism carved out for itself, and the permissiveness of the post-Christian Dutch society.
(We should make a Backroom thread. Then we can compare Bruges (the dead city that was re-awoken by the sweet kiss of Flemish nation building, carved out in neo-gothicism), with Amsterdam (the sleeping beauty that was brutally re-awoken by the demands of being a national capital).
And maybe also with Venice (also a sleeping beauty, a former trade republic like the other two), with Bruxelles ('Little Paris'), and with Paris ('Big Bruxelles' :wink:)
What you see is what you get, if it looks old it's old. It takes own initiative to learn the history of the place, the city doesn't explain itself. Amsterdam is just Amsterdam, has something for everybody. But if you ignore the red lights for example, you are missing out on a great deal of history. Should put something into it if you want to get anything out of it. If you are there just for the party, pity.
Reverend Joe
06-11-2009, 22:59
More history and culture than one can shake a spliff at. Mind-boggling and stunningly beautiful. A fairy tale.
That is precisely why I resent the nonsense that clutters the streets. That is, insofar as the streets are original and not filled up canals. (Try doing that in Venice)
What worries my mind, is that maybe there is a necessary connection between the liberties that stern Calvinism carved out for itself, and the permissiveness of the post-Christian Dutch society.
(We should make a Backroom thread. Then we can compare Bruges (the dead city that was re-awoken by the sweet kiss of Flemish nation building, carved out in neo-gothicism), with Amsterdam (the sleeping beauty that was brutally re-awoken by the demands of being a national capital).
And maybe also with Venice (also a sleeping beauty, a former trade republic like the other two), with Bruxelles ('Little Paris'), and with Paris ('Big Bruxelles' :wink:)
Funny, because to me places like Paris and Venice that hawk their past like cheap whores are far trashier to me than beer bikes and weed. Beer bikes are just a way of having fun -- in addition to being an element of natural selection.
Edit: I don't mean to always be antagonistic to you, Louis; I just think you are too hard on people who like to have a good time and enjoy the cheap, semi-bland basics of life. It's not that bad, you know.
Also, speaking of Venice, a beer gondola is a damn good idea. Floating bars!
Edit 2: also, I keep looking at your picture and I can't figure out what's wrong with it. It's just a city scene. Who's to say all those people aren't admiring the architecture as they pass by?
Also, speaking of Venice, a beer gondola is a damn good idea. Floating bars!
Dude that's like the best idea ever. We should start a business. I'll take Bruges, since it's closer and we could use Belgian beer, as I don't expect much from italian beer.
InsaneApache
06-13-2009, 00:24
Well you could always go for a chianti coracle. At the very least you'd get dizzy, if not enebriated.
:o)
Well you could always go for a chianti coracle. At the very least you'd get dizzy, if not enebriated.
:o)
A wine gondala then? Not a bad idea...:egypt:
smoking ban? you mean they finally banned drugs there?!?!?!?!
Cannabis is banned in the Netherlands, they just don't prosecute. It is actually legal in Portugal though.
Cannabis is banned in the Netherlands, they just don't prosecute. It is actually legal in Portugal though.
It's legal for cannabis to be selled at 'koffieshops' or smartshops under certain conditions. And it's legal to be smoked again under certain conditions (not in public or with children,...) if you are over 18 years old. However it's the sale of large amounts of cannabis (for example to smartshops,...) and growing of cannabis that is illegal in the Netherlands.
It not being prosecuted is something that occurs in more European countries. For example Belgium. Selling it, growing it,... of course is.
Reverend Joe
06-20-2009, 01:52
Cannabis is banned in the Netherlands, they just don't prosecute. It is actually legal in Portugal though.
Yeah, but do you have beer bikes?
(Well, neither will the Dutch pretty soon, so don't sweat it. :laugh4:)
By the way, why IS cannabis legal in Portugal? Are you one of the few countries with common sense or what?
I believe everything is legal Portugal, not just cannabis, stronger stuff as well.
Adrian II
06-22-2009, 21:56
Can I be a sourpuss?No. I'm totally with Fragony on this one.
I only learned to appreciate Paris by night when I was 17 and stone drunk and seated on the tip of the Ile-St-Louis, and I mean on the very tip with my feet in the water, with a girl beside me who was muttering sweet things in my ear.
Stuff your culture.
To alcohol! The cause of and solution to all of life's problems!
No such thing such as Paris by night, it's just dark in Paris, Paris by night is the exact same town as Paris by day, Paris is Paris 24/7. Amsterdam is like Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, there is Amsterdam by day and Amsterdam by night, two city's built on the same spot. Can't get around their coexistence. Not many city's have a logic of it's own, Paris got it, New York has it, Amsterdam has it.
Louis VI the Fat
06-24-2009, 11:40
No. I'm totally with Fragony on this one.
I only learned to appreciate Paris by night when I was 17 and stone drunk and seated on the tip of the Ile-St-Louis, and I mean on the very tip with my feet in the water, with a girl beside me who was muttering sweet things in my ear.
That must've been in the 1970's then. Much of the sewage system that was laid down hurredly in the 19th century, was leaking back then. Especially were it wasn't laid properly, owing to cost restraints: the left bank. Much toxic waste leaked there. As a result, the entire left bank received as much of a permanent chemical bombardment as your average Dutch teenager's head.
This what explains the outlandish thought that forever pops up out of the left bank. Enlightenment? Existentialism? Postmodernism? Mon cul - literally.
The leaked human and chemical waste ended up in the Seine, where it washed down to sea. Only, however, after passing the Île Saint-Louis, where you dangled your feet in it. This what got you stone drunk.
Your 'sweetie' wasn't muttering sweet things in your ear, the poor girl was propably trying to get through to your intoxicated mind, shouting to you to get your feet out of there in despair. Panicking as you slowly sank away into unconsciousness, your mind going on a lucid trip of illusions about romantic Paris and hot teenage Parisiennes whispering improper suggestions into your ear.
Adrian and Fragony in Paris, or: the making of a Left Bank philosophe:
:stars: --->> :elephant: :surprised: --->> :rolleyes2: :rolleyes4: :rolleyes5: --->> :hat2: --->> :stupido2: --->> :beatnik2:
Stuff your culture.I don't care what you Bataves stuff in what you smoke or what you stuff where and by whom in your cavities, but all your culture is mine. :pirate2:
Hooahguy
06-24-2009, 14:01
a beer bike? get me to Amsterdam ASAP!
Adrian II
06-24-2009, 21:23
I don't care what you Bataves stuff in what you smoke or what you stuff where and by whom in your cavities, but all your culture is mine. :pirate2:Since I had all your French girls in the 1970's I'll be happy to return the favour. :bow:
CountArach
06-25-2009, 01:53
No drugs are legal in Portugal - they are simply Decriminalised. Police can still make you appear before a civil court, which can recommend that you see a re-hab program, but they can't put it on your criminal record. For more on the policy and its effects I suggest you look at this report (http://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=5887).
Louis VI the Fat
06-26-2009, 17:34
Since I had all your French girls in the 1970's I'll be happy to return the favour. :bow:Hey, me mum's entitled to a good time. :2thumbsup:
Adrian II
06-27-2009, 00:06
Hey, me mum's entitled to a good time. :2thumbsup:Hehe, she already had. :pimp:
Louis VI the Fat
06-27-2009, 00:33
Daddy!! :jumping:
:smitten:
Reverend Joe
06-27-2009, 04:16
And now it's time for your daddy to teach you the futility of "culture."
...Finally! :sweatdrop:
Adrian II
06-29-2009, 17:37
Daddy!! :jumping::medievalcheers: Have one one me, son.
Louis VI the Fat
06-29-2009, 18:10
:medievalcheers: Have one one me, son.Shall we have it on a beerbike?
And use it to overrun cranky tourists who are desperately trying to soak up the art and architecture, guide book in hand?
Anonymous tourist, let's call him 'L': 'Ah! This is where Rembrandt lived and worked. Amazing, I recognise the grey, brooding northern skies from his work the su...'
*BAM!*
Anonymous Dutchman, let's call him 'pretty much everybody': 'Watch were you going, you :daisy: tourist'. *burp!* 'Got to get to my :daisy: behind the window and collect today's earnings to buy drugs'
Adrian II
06-29-2009, 22:45
I have a better plan. We'll crash it into the Maison Descartes!
https://img151.imageshack.us/img151/4772/walenweeshuismaisondesc.jpg (https://img151.imageshack.us/i/walenweeshuismaisondesc.jpg/)
"Allons enfants de la P.."
Kaboum!
"Mais qu'est-ce que..?"
Splach! Badaboum!
"Hoaaaaaaa!"
"W-W-Wilhelmus van - burp! - van N-Nassauwe, ben ik s-s-starnakel zzzat hic!"
Louis VI the Fat
06-30-2009, 00:08
"W-W-Wilhelmus van - burp! - van N-Nassauwe, ben ik s-s-starnakel zzzat hic!"I can't work out if that's an imitation of a Dutchman severly intoxicated by alcohol, toxics, a cold and a throat disease*, or whether that's normal Dutch.
Not that there's an audible difference, mind. :book:
*Australian sientists have found a cure:
http://www.maisondescartes.com/site/cours-de-francais/cours.html
Adrian II
06-30-2009, 10:12
*Australian sientists have found a cure:
http://www.maisondescartes.com/site/cours-de-francais/cours.htmlOzzie sientists hafe a cure for everything ecxept Frenhc spelling.
InsaneApache
06-30-2009, 12:37
You two should get married. :gorgeous:
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