OT but amusing I think.

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tim..... wrote on Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:15:08 +0100:


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Hello All!

Alexander McColl Smith, in a book of the "44 Scotland Street"
series, mentioned a parlor game, to come up with a famous
Belgian who was not called Leopold. You know, I can't think
of one :-)

And I can't think of any who were called Leopold.

Anyway, here they a
http://www.famousbelgians.net/alphabetical.htm

Apart from Tin Tin, which I don't think counts, I've never
heard of any of them!

(OK, I lied)

Well, I am (somewhat) enlightened. I did recognize 11 of them :-) Apart
from Leo Baekeland, Audrey Hepburn and Ilya Prigogine, the others are
musicians or painters, some of whom I might maintain were actually Dutch.

I actually recognised Hepburn (though I had absolutely no idea she was
Belgian), Jacques Rogge, 4 sportsmen/women and two recording artists, though
I don't regard either of the latter two as being the slightest bit famous
even within their profession and certainly not outside it.

tim

tim..... wrote on Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:47:48 +0100:


"James Silverton" wrote in
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tim..... wrote on Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:15:08 +0100:

"James Silverton" wrote in
message ...
Hello All!

Alexander McColl Smith, in a book of the "44 Scotland
Street" series, mentioned a parlor game, to come up with a famous
Belgian who was not called Leopold. You know, I
can't think of one :-)

And I can't think of any who were called Leopold.

Anyway, here they a
http://www.famousbelgians.net/alphabetical.htm

Apart from Tin Tin, which I don't think counts, I've never
heard of any of them!

(OK, I lied)

Well, I am (somewhat) enlightened. I did recognize 11 of them
:-) Apart from Leo Baekeland, Audrey Hepburn and Ilya
Prigogine, the others are musicians or painters, some of whom
I might maintain were actually Dutch.

I actually recognised Hepburn (though I had absolutely no idea
she was Belgian), Jacques Rogge, 4 sportsmen/women and two
recording artists, though I don't regard either of the latter two as
being the slightest bit famous even within their
profession and certainly not outside it.

Wow, I'm doing better! I recognized Eddie Merckx, prior to Lance
Armstrong the record holder for number of Tour-de-France wins. He was
given the title of "Count" by the king; somehow "counted" does not sound
as good as "knighted". He has another distinction. To contest the one
hour Olympic cycling record, you have to ride a replica of the holy
bicycle that Eddy used in 1972 and distances set after that date by
innovative designs have been cancelled.


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James Silverton wrote:
Hello All!

Alexander McColl Smith, in a book of the "44 Scotland Street" series,
mentioned a parlor game, to come up with a famous Belgian who was not
called Leopold. You know, I can't think of one :-)


René Magritte
Django Reinhardt

"James Silverton" wrote in message
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Hello All!

Alexander McColl Smith, in a book of the "44 Scotland Street" series,
mentioned a parlor game, to come up with a famous Belgian who was not
called Leopold. You know, I can't think of one :-)

Georges Simenon (creator of Maigret).

On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:16:58 +0100, mikeos wrote:

James Silverton wrote:
Hello All!

Alexander McColl Smith, in a book of the "44 Scotland Street" series,
mentioned a parlor game, to come up with a famous Belgian who was not
called Leopold. You know, I can't think of one :-)


René Magritte
Django Reinhardt



Two more names I know, and didn't realize were Belgian!


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On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:58:16 -0400, "James Silverton"
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Alexander McColl Smith, in a book of the "44 Scotland Street" series,
mentioned a parlor game, to come up with a famous Belgian who was not
called Leopold. You know, I can't think of one :-)

Next time, think harder ;-)

Adolphe Sax inventor of the saxophone.


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On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:15:08 +0100, tim..... wrote in post :
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"James Silverton" wrote in message
...
Hello All!

Alexander McColl Smith, in a book of the "44 Scotland Street" series,
mentioned a parlor game, to come up with a famous Belgian who was not
called Leopold. You know, I can't think of one :-)

And I can't think of any who were called Leopold.

Anyway, here they a
http://www.famousbelgians.net/alphabetical.htm

Including Hercule Poirot as a Belgian detective is pushing it a bit though.

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René Magritte
Django Reinhardt

Two more names I know, and didn't realize were Belgian!

Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Eddy Merckx
Peter Paul Rubens
and - The Singing Nun!

On Sep 29, 6:58*pm, "James Silverton"
wrote:
Hello All!

Alexander McColl Smith, in a book of the "44 Scotland Street" series,
mentioned a parlor game, to come up with a famousBelgianwho was not
called Leopold. You know, I can't think of one :-)

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

Frank de Winne
Pater Damiaan

On Oct 10, 11:29*pm, "Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe"
wrote:
On Sep 29, 6:58*pm, "James Silverton"
wrote:

Hello All!

Alexander McColl Smith, in a book of the "44 Scotland Street" series,
mentioned a parlor game, to come up with a famousBelgianwho was not
called Leopold. You know, I can't think of one :-)

--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

Frank de Winne
Pater Damiaan

Toots Thielemans