Re: CHAT: "have a nice day"

And Rosta wrote:

> In British humorous cliche, Belgium is the paradigm example of the place
> nothing and noone remarkable comes from, except for chips eaten with
> mayo.
A disgusting habit, indeed.  Chips were meant by God to be eaten with
salt, and nothing else.

I think it was Ursula LeGuin who pointed out that the Bronte sisters
wrote all of their way-out romantic fictions during a life of never-going-anywhere:
except for one three-week vacation.  Where?  In Brussels, Most Boring
City In Europe.

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