Totallympics Open International Song Contest 2020

[Agger 1,700]

I'm BTW seeing us as 2nd on the scoreboard... STOP THE COUNT!

[kungshamra71 948]

5 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Oh that is cruel  

 

No. Cruel is giving you a drop pretending that it's a candy, like my colleagues did to me when I arrived in The Netherlands and thought it was a nice sweet thing.

 

It's not.

 

It's an abomination that deserves to be burned 

 

Most of expats i know hate it as well, although the eastern europeans seem to like it just like the dutch.

 

For clarification, this is a drop:

 

[Agger 1,700]

2 minutes ago, kungshamra71 said:

 

No. Cruel is giving you a drop pretending that it's a candy, like my colleagues did to me when I arrived in The Netherlands and thought it was a nice sweet thing.

 

It's not.

 

It's an abomination that deserves to be burned 

 

Most of expats i know hate it as well, although the eastern europeans seem to like it just like the dutch.

 

For clarification, this is a drop:

 

 

Gimme, gimme, gimme! More liquorice!

[rybak 3,303]

8 minutes ago, Agger said:

I'm BTW seeing us as 2nd on the scoreboard... STOP THE COUNT!

If we will count only legal votes then Poland will win. BY A LOT! EVEN WITHOUT NEVADA! 

[brunamoura 251]

9 minutes ago, kungshamra71 said:

 

No. Cruel is giving you a drop pretending that it's a candy, like my colleagues did to me when I arrived in The Netherlands and thought it was a nice sweet thing.

 

It's not.

 

It's an abomination that deserves to be burned 

 

Most of expats i know hate it as well, although the eastern europeans seem to like it just like the dutch.

 

For clarification, this is a drop:

 

See, @heywoodu? We share the same feeling! ?

[kungshamra71 948]

Btw, since this contest is organized in The Netherlands, and since it has not be shown yet, I think i need to mention one of my favorite celebrations that is traditional from this place, specially because it starts tomorrow: Sinterklaas!

 

It's a story of a bishop that comes from Spain on a steamboat, together with some helpers, and arrives in The Netherlands in the beginning of November, with all the kids waiting for him, and then goes with his horse and gives presents to the kids on 5th December (if some part of the story is wrong feel free to correct me  @heywoodu!).

 

But if you are a bad kid, you will not get a present, and instead you will be put into a bag, and be sent back to Spain! (i think this was where it began the dutch fascination with Ibiza )

 

 

Although it generated some conflicts between the adults and controversy due to the Sinterklaas helpers (the Piets) being dressed with blackface, the kids totally love both it, both the Piets and Sinterklaas.

 

We love this tradition so much that, with the exception of this weird year, we went for 4 straight years to assist to the arrival and parade of Sinterklaas (and even took part in one parade, as part of my gf company segment of Amersfoort parade).

 

Here's a small explanation of the feast, where beyond celebrating the Sint, you eat kruidnoten, chocolate letters of your initial, and other nice things!

 

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22 minutes ago, rybak said:

If we will count only legal votes then Poland will win. BY A LOT! EVEN WITHOUT NEVADA! 

It would be weird if someone won WITH Nevada at TISC.

[heywoodu 16,006]

59 minutes ago, kungshamra71 said:

 

No. Cruel is giving you a drop pretending that it's a candy, like my colleagues did to me when I arrived in The Netherlands and thought it was a nice sweet thing.

 

It's not.

 

It's an abomination that deserves to be burned 

 

Most of expats i know hate it as well, although the eastern europeans seem to like it just like the dutch.

 

For clarification, this is a drop:

 

Drop comes in so many forms and variaties, it's just impossible to say it's either all good or all bad  

 

There are kinds I very strongly dislik, whereas there are others I very much like

[heywoodu 16,006]

52 minutes ago, kungshamra71 said:

Btw, since this contest is organized in The Netherlands, and since it has not be shown yet, I think i need to mention one of my favorite celebrations that is traditional from this place, specially because it starts tomorrow: Sinterklaas!

 

It's a story of a bishop that comes from Spain on a steamboat, together with some helpers, and arrives in The Netherlands in the beginning of November, with all the kids waiting for him, and then goes with his horse and gives presents to the kids on 5th December (if some part of the story is wrong feel free to correct me  @heywoodu!).

 

But if you are a bad kid, you will not get a present, and instead you will be put into a bag, and be sent back to Spain! (i think this was where it began the dutch fascination with Ibiza )

 

 

It will be mentioned tomorrow, but since nowadays even the mention of it is so sensitive, I tried to avoid any pictures showing the sides that are most 'discussed' (not really discussed, it's really more fighting than discussing, but alright), just to avoid a sense of "omg that's so offensive!" that would make my skin crawl  (and the whole discussion about that which has really been held enough in the Netherlands, let alone an international forum)

 

The story is mostly right by the way, although the most commonly told origin of the 'helpers' is that they were slaves who were bought and then immediately freed by the bishop, who (by their own choice of course) then employed them for actual payment and such.

[Dragon 2,026]

1 hour ago, kungshamra71 said:

 

No. Cruel is giving you a drop pretending that it's a candy, like my colleagues did to me when I arrived in The Netherlands and thought it was a nice sweet thing.

 

It's not.

 

It's an abomination that deserves to be burned 

 

Most of expats i know hate it as well, although the eastern europeans seem to like it just like the dutch.

 

For clarification, this is a drop:

 

And this is the British equivalent