WORLD CUP UPDATE
So on ABC they're showing some drunken Dutch fans (if that is not redundant) and one of them is holding a replica of the World Cup. So the TV guy asks him, "Is that real gold?" And the guy answers, "Yes! I am crazy from Holland!"
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*applies for job as English translator for Dutch World Cup players*
Posted by: Eleanor | June 25, 2006 at 12:13 PM
Or better yet, apply FIRST for Dutch World Cup fans!!!!
Posted by: Eleanor | June 25, 2006 at 12:14 PM
*wonders if Dave is now gonna get hate mail from angry Dutch people*
Posted by: southerngirl | June 25, 2006 at 12:23 PM
I may be dutch but I must admit that was funny! LOL!
Posted by: Nancy | June 25, 2006 at 12:26 PM
As someone whose native language is English, and who knows some German, Dutch is the funniest language I've ever seen in print. It's the closest cousin to English, as well as being similar to German, so it looks to me like someone is mis-spelling words from the two languages in a really short-bus sort of way, and then mixing them together at random.
OK, now I can get the hate mail.
I wonder if Jim Henson is hated in Sweden, 'cause of the muppet chef.
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Posted by: KAZ | June 25, 2006 at 12:41 PM
I was watching that too, Dave! (SportsBoy gives me no choice, but that's okay.) It was so funny.
Reminds me of GoldMember ... what with the gold statue and all.
Enjoy the rest of the match...
Posted by: Cheryl | June 25, 2006 at 12:48 PM
Wow, "Crazy From Holland" was almost my screen name for this blog.
Posted by: Lairbo | June 25, 2006 at 12:49 PM
And, it's a final. The Brits move on ...
Posted by: Cheryl | June 25, 2006 at 12:51 PM
And then he said, "Your team is on the way to destruction. All your base are belong to us."
Was he wearing any pants?
Posted by: Matt Morrison | June 25, 2006 at 01:03 PM
I once knew a GIRL by the name of "CRAZY." She wasn't from Holland, though,---she was from Lansing.
Posted by: Kitty | June 25, 2006 at 01:20 PM
Isn't "crazy from Holland" about the as saying "drunk from beer".
Posted by: random thunking | June 25, 2006 at 01:39 PM
throws a "same" up
Posted by: random thunking | June 25, 2006 at 01:39 PM
I think it was a fitting response to the TV person's question, who, IMHO, was drunk as well, because no sober person can ask a mob of rowdy football fans "Is that real gold?".
Posted by: peterpan | June 25, 2006 at 02:00 PM
"Crazy from Holland" WBAGNFABeer
Posted by: marfie | June 25, 2006 at 02:04 PM
The perfect group to giggle with - the Dutch are much too easygoing and fun to ever get mad at Dave. It's impossible to speak like that, get angry, and ever be taken seriously. Besides, who could ever get mad when you have too many good brews and no pants? A toast!
(Dutch is like melting English and German and putting it on a roller coaster.)
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | June 25, 2006 at 02:15 PM
I love Goooooollllddd....
Posted by: Megan | June 25, 2006 at 02:28 PM
nice ta meetcha. i'm crazy from the heat, myself.
Posted by: queensbee | June 25, 2006 at 02:38 PM
whereas a British soccer fan would head-butt your nose, breaking it, and say, "I dunno, mate, is that real blood?"
Posted by: insomniac | June 25, 2006 at 03:34 PM
I'm "crazy from North Dakota" working at the Institution couldn't make you any less than Crazy..
and the Dutch NANCY is that you from Roy, UT?? a VanV??? how's life??
the Evil Baroness, (she lives)....she divorced yer brother ,but all is forgiven....
Posted by: EB | June 25, 2006 at 04:05 PM
BTW, root for the Swiss, they are a long shot, but I know one Switzer family cheering enough to MAKE them win!!
To you, Sabine, and my Anne... EB.
Posted by: EB | June 25, 2006 at 04:20 PM
Huh?
Posted by: daisymae | June 25, 2006 at 04:21 PM
Hi Crazy. I'm Kaf.
Posted by: Kafaleni | June 25, 2006 at 04:42 PM
The World Cup is a big hit in Europe, where my daughter is a Nanny, in Switzerland. Her host family cheers for all goals....
Posted by: EB | June 25, 2006 at 04:45 PM
I am pretty sure the Dutch guy tried to translate "ik ben gek op" meaning "I am crazy about" but screwed up with the preposition.
Much worse, his team screwed up their game, so they can now all go back from Holland.
Posted by: rigby | June 25, 2006 at 05:36 PM
He may be crazy, but he's also rich...send him right along my way!
Posted by: Guin | June 25, 2006 at 06:31 PM
Sort of ot, but...
Can someone please tell me how they decide a soccer game is over? It seems pretty random.
"Ok, we've been playing for 96:42, I guess we should go home now."
Posted by: bilge | June 25, 2006 at 07:26 PM
The match is over when more people are watching the fights in the stands than the game on the field.
Posted by: marfie | June 26, 2006 at 01:26 AM
I was in Holland for the 2001 World Cup...Holland lost to France, but it was still the craziest thing I've ever seen.
Posted by: angene15 | June 26, 2006 at 09:25 AM
Bilge - the game lasts for 90 minutes, but the clock never stops. Ever. But the ref keeps track of how long play is stopped for injuries or whatever and then adds that time on at the end of each half. It's called "injury time".
Posted by: Nobody | June 26, 2006 at 09:41 AM
The Swedish chef!
After watching one of his sketches, my 3yr old daughter was saying "chicky in the basky" for a couple of weeks.
Posted by: Straw | June 26, 2006 at 10:20 AM
Straw: I've been saying the same thing since the episode first aired.
Posted by: «LabSpecimen» | June 26, 2006 at 12:40 PM
Bork Bork Bork!!!
Posted by: DouglasG | June 26, 2006 at 02:27 PM