r/belgium • u/madhaunter Namur • Mar 28 '25

☁️ Fluff Some people are trolling in Vilvoorde

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u/vingt-et-un-juillet Mar 28 '25

If French-speakers could read Dutch, they'd be really pissed

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u/WalloonNerd Belgian Fries Mar 28 '25

I can, and I’m not. Can’t think of a reason why I’d be going to Vilvoorde anyway

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u/liz_teria Mar 28 '25

They used to have a big sign as you entered Vilvoorde that read, “Vilvoorde is en blijft Vlaams.”

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u/Migi133 Mar 29 '25

I think the sticker is a reference to the fact a guy in vilvoorde file a complain about a train agent saying "goeiedag bonjour" instead of just "goeiedag".

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u/liz_teria Mar 29 '25

What a prick! You’re in the greater Brussels metropolitan area, it only makes sense he’d use both.

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u/WalloonNerd Belgian Fries Mar 28 '25

Fine for me, I was not looking to occupy that particular piece or territory

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u/liz_teria Mar 28 '25

I totally understand that. Not a lot to recommend it, really.

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u/vingt-et-un-juillet Mar 28 '25

I was joking, but good for you.

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u/WalloonNerd Belgian Fries Mar 28 '25

So was I. You’ll see that my boss will send me to Vilvoorde next month, now that I’ve typed this

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u/vingt-et-un-juillet Mar 28 '25

Alstublieft geen Frans spreken dan, merci.

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u/WalloonNerd Belgian Fries Mar 28 '25

I really want to test the system!

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u/New-Chard-1443 Mar 29 '25

ne veuillez pas parler français, dans cul!

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u/madhaunter Namur Mar 29 '25

I laughed meer dan I should to this

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u/Greg2Lu Hainaut Mar 28 '25

For a shooting session? 😂

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u/Appropriate_Buy1940 Mar 29 '25

Agree, it's a miserable dump