The Netherlands Superthread

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  1. The Evil Major Well-Known Member

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    Watch out all Dutchmen and -women for the blancmange is coming!!!:eek:
    And it's going to turn you all (even the women) into Scotsmen!!!:eek:

    The Evil Major, Jan 29, 2012
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    Nah, that'll only happen to Englishmen.
    Bart, Jan 29, 2012
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  3. The Evil Major Well-Known Member

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    But the blancmange knows that you guys and the Englishmen shared a king once...
    The Evil Major, Jan 29, 2012
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    Willem II wasn't a king at the time, but a stadtholder. Anyway, he didn't merge the nations, so meh.
    Bart, Jan 29, 2012
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  5. battleearl Well-Known Member

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    Too bad he fell off his horse and died. He could have created a nice Anglo-Dutch empire.
    battleearl, Jan 29, 2012
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  6. The Evil Major Well-Known Member

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    You mean Willem III van Oranje?
    The Evil Major, Jan 29, 2012
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  7. battleearl Well-Known Member

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    He was known in Scotland as William II and also the first English king in six centuries whose name was William.
    battleearl, Jan 29, 2012
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  8. The Evil Major Well-Known Member

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    Btw did you people know that the Dutch conquered the one and only Swedish colony in North America?
    The Evil Major, Jan 29, 2012
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    Yeah, I've read that somewhere. The governor of the Dutch colony at that time was Peter Stuyvesant (please, don't try to pronounce it), the same guy who later lost the colony to the English.
    battleearl, Jan 29, 2012
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    If that means we'll all turn into clones of Frankie Boyle, I'm all for it, that guy's a genius.
    UnitRico, Jan 29, 2012
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    I don't think so. The countries were too different, the systems were too different, too much people resisted the idea of losing their power, and as far as I know he wasn't that great of a leader. I think he sat on his ass more than trying to reform much.

    Weird, I thought he was the second in the Netherlands too...

    Pietur Stoivezend?
    Bart, Jan 29, 2012
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    As far as I know, he ruined our navy and made the brittish navy powerful.
    Dreagon, Jan 29, 2012
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  13. battleearl Well-Known Member

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    Close enough...
    battleearl, Jan 29, 2012
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  14. Bart (Moderator) NKVD Channel Maintainer

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    Don't know about that, though. Seems logic enough. Making the country you have most power in the strongest and the country you have the least power in the weakest. I would have been even more logic for him to declare war against the Netherlands and deliberately losing every battle with his Dutch troops, though. He was legally allowed.
    Bart, Jan 29, 2012
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  15. battleearl Well-Known Member

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    I don't know why, but I must share this with you guys... Even though it has not much to with this...

    battleearl, Jan 29, 2012
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    BLACKBEARD WAS DUTCH.
    Viking Socrates, Jan 29, 2012
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    WHOOOOOO!!! TAKE THAT SOUTH-KOREA!

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    Dreagon, Jan 30, 2012
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  18. battleearl Well-Known Member

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    One big eyed Dutchman between two Chinks...
    battleearl, Jan 30, 2012
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    Better put this quote in my sig you damn racist.
    UnholyKnight800, Jan 30, 2012
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    Romulus211, Jan 31, 2012
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