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Dutch sailor 'displaying' the Belgian method (not an actual method) of disposing of sea mines, 1939/1940?

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Dutch sailor 'displaying' the Belgian method (not an actual method) of disposing of sea mines, 1939/1940?

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Mother of God, is that a fine meme format.
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The Dutch and the French both have many Belgian jokes (all along the lines that Belgians are dumb), but the funny thing is that many of the jokes actually originate from Belgium itself. They are jokes by the Flemish and Walloons making fun of each other that are then generalized to Belgians as a whole by the Dutch and French.
Source: https://youtu.be/_Ms37HuTZ9s?si=pWuSBO6-4GlIZPiZ
- We still hold a bit of a grudge against them for having let the Germans pass without saying anything during WWII and also because they claim to have invented fries. We tease them but we still like them.

This is like when we Danes tell jokes about Swedes and Norwegians, I assume.
Like this: How many Norwegians to change a light bulb in the ceiling?
- This is exactly the same with the Dutch and the Belgians.
  
  Belgian: "One loaf of bread please".
  Baker: "White or brown bread?"
  Belgian: "Doesn't matter, it's for a blind person".
- As a Virginian, we tell West Virginian and Kentuckian jokes. How many west virginians to change a lightbulb?
  !Whole family, one to hold the bulb, the rest to turn the shack!<
  How many Kentuckian does it does tocl change a lightbulb?
  ! I'm not sure, you'd have to convince them it isn't magic first!<
  
  Raised in Maryland, same kinds of jokes we tell about West Virginia, lmao.
  A West Virginian boy got mad at a Marylander, so he threw a stick of dynamite at the Maryland boy. The Marylander picked it up, lit it, and threw it back.
  
  FYI, spoilers don't work like Reddit (or at least not on my web client.) Try doing it the way Limfjorden did:
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  ::: spoiler Answer Three; one to hold the lightbulb and two to carry them while going in circles. :::
- Or the Bavarians tell about Austrians.
  Lightbulb jokes are universal, only the target changes. The Bavarians have some long-form jokes ("Two Austrians go on vacation to the Sahara...") that I'd never heard before going to Germany.
  In case anyone is wondering, the joke (actually) goes:
  Two Bavarians go on vacation to the Sahara and quickly find themselves bored. Being German, they decide to do something constructive, and decide to build a bridge from whatever scrap wood they can find. Two weeks pass in happy industry, but as they're flying home, the first slaps his head and says, "We have to go back!" "Why," asks the second. "Because we signed our names on it, and if anyone finds we built a bridge in the desert, we'll never hear the end of it!" says the first.
  So they switch planes and head back. As they near the bridge, the first says: "Stay here, and I'll go check the coast is clear," and he heads off over the dunes. A while later, he returns, crestfallen. "We are undone," he cries, "a couple of Austrians found our bridge already!" "What are they doing," asks the second. The first answers:
  "Fishing off it."
- How many Germans does it take to change a light bulb?
  1
- Hey, a Dane! Jag skylle hag en kamelåså?
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykj3Kpm3O0g

Is that a new format I see? Can I invest in this?

All I can see in the mine is the head of a gopher screening before being hit.

I bet it's the French taking the piss out of the Belgians again.
- Hey now, we Dutchies love taking the piss out of Belgians just as much :)

In the photo right after this you get to see the giant gold coin that pops out of it.

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