heywoodu

It's 09:00 CET and as expected, we are getting underway right now! @Dnl, may we have the votes of Israel please?

Nope, not in Dutch

That is definitely not called Veluwe here

You are playing with fire here...

And those that do are greatly respected

Calling the Netherlands Holland? Ouch, this hurts my non-Holland heart

08:00, the sun rises on the Veluwe...rise and shine people, one hour to go!

Known here as 'Engelse drop', which obviously means 'English drop'. Long ago since I ate this, I should get me some since these are definitely tasty as well

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.

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

Oh that is cruel

She is being called queen. It's not 100% official, it's what she is called (according to the Royal Family's website, which I'd say is the authority on the people of the Royal Family). She has kept her personal titles, Princess of the Netherlands and Princess of Orange-Nassau. Nobody, including me, will stop you or anyone from calling her queen though, I call her queen myself

The one time I was in Amsterdam during New Year's Eve I can only describe as hell, never again I'm not at all a fan of the fireworks and explosives being set off in the days (and weeks) leading up to 31 December, but I have always liked the first hour or so after midnight, especially a few minutes after midnight when people start going outside and setting off their fireworks everywhere in town As a kid I used to go up to my room to have a look over the town first, before going outside to set off our own fireworks You've been in the Netherlands for a while now, have you heard of carbidschieten? That shit suuuuuuuuuuuucks. It makes the windows shake and ground tremble...it's mostly popular in rural areas, you know, like the exact part of the Veluwe where I live

I mean the real lakes, not the small ponds inside parks and cities Yeah, those are definitely the easiest to freeze

Well, whatever we call it, she is princess and she is called queen, that's just how it is It doesn't matter much and I think 95% of the Dutch people don't know it, that's how little it matters.

Reports which are supported by plenty of videos of people apparently being held hostage on the roof. Although it's not sure whether it's actually got anything to do with Ubisoft, since there are more companies in the building.

The freakshow starts a day early

Nope. She has actually kept the titles she had before Willem-Alexander was crowned king and so, offically speaking, she is Princess of The Netherlands. This was made clear even in 2011 by one of the ministers: "She will not be queen, but she will be called queen." It's a courtesy title and by far the one used most (basically everywhere), but deep down and officially, the Netherlands has a king and his wife, the princess, much like before him there was a queen and her husband, the prince.

I am not telling you that

Totallympics Open International Song Contest 2020 - The Scoreboard! To close off proceedings, we are proud to present to you the official scoreboard for this year's Totallympics Open International Song Contest! A final word from the host delegation's president, heywoodu, 7th place finisher in the 2002 Nunspeet BMX championships and participant's medalist and 610th place finisher in the 2019 Amersfoort half marathon: "I would like to thank @OlympicIRL for this never-ending patience and his utterly crucial help in designing everything remotely related to tables and templates., it would not nearly have looked good enough had I done so myself. I'd also like to thank our Mexican friend @mrv86 for his help in designing templates; even though we ended up going with the Irish design, the effort and knowing there was a willingness to help is very much appreciated! The scoreboard will have a bit of a change compared to other TISC editions, but you'll see tomorrow. " Juries voted so far: 0 / 35 TOISC - NETHERLANDS 2020 Argentina 0 Israel 0 Croatia 0 Denmark 0 Portugal 0 Italy 0 United States 0 Slovenia 0 Netherlands 0 Poland 0 Serbia 0 India 0 New Zealand 0 Spain 0 Germany 0 Moldova 0 Egypt 0 China 0 Indonesia 0 Bulgaria 0 Canada 0 Brazil 0 France 0 Lithuania 0 Czech Republic 0 Ireland 0 Hungary 0 Slovakia 0 Kazakhstan 0 Great Britain 0 Greece 0 Tunisia 0 Mexico 0 Romania 0 Malta 0 Goodnight, and see you tomorrow! As promised, Caro Emerald has not yet left the arena. Apart from Liquid Lunch, this unique Dutch artists has another excellent trick up her sleeve, which is most likely a much better idea than a liquid lunch during a TISC event and with which she'll close the evening. We hope you have enjoyed the opening ceremony and truly wish to see you all tomorrow after a good night's sleep on the Veluwe!

I'll go and take a look to see if there happens to be a bottle in the garage

In good Slovak style, we say it's finished with one more obvious part to go

The result is already final Donald, no worries.

I've never actually tried this, but maybe I should

Who said it was easy? There were huge amounts going round Allegedly.