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Outing The Netherlands - some less nice things about Holland
Well, I've finally made my lens about the Netherlands Dutch. Don't worry, you can still read it, but Dutch people rarely talk positive about The Netherlands. In fact, some say we've made complaining a national sport. We are perhaps the poster child of a very happy (and wealthy) people who show that complaining does not make you unhappy... Oh - I've strayed. What I added to my lens is the following Dirt about the Dutch: - we curse - we are impolite - we have a racist celebration... and ...by spirituality
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The UnDutchables:
an observation of the netherlands, its culture and its inhabitants
The UnDutchables: an observation of the netherlands, its culture and its inhabitants
Amazon Price: $15.99 (as of 06/03/2012)
The authors have clearly looked much farther than wooden shoes and tulips... Even the way the Dutch stir sugar in their coffee has not escaped their notice and not until you read this book from cover to cover do you understand how much Dutch behavior, that we consider as completely normal ourselves, borders on insanity for a non-Netherlander.
Everything in it is true, and only the humor with which it is written makes it at all palatable for for Dutch people themselves.
