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Posted: 4/30/2013 4:58:32 AM EDT
Willem-Alexander becomes new Dutch king AMSTERDAM (AP) — Willem-Alexander became the first Dutch king in more than a century Tuesday as his mother, Beatrix, abdicated after 33 years as queen. The generational change in the House of Orange-Nassau gave the Netherlands a moment of celebration, pageantry and brief respite as this trading nation of nearly 17 million struggles through a lengthy recession brought on by the European economic crisis. Visibly emotional, the much-loved Beatrix ended her reign in a nationally televised signing ceremony as thousands of orange-clad people cheered outside. Millions more were expected to watch on television. Link Congrats to DK-Prof and his new King! 
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Posted: 4/30/2013 5:01:18 AM EDT
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I can hear him clanking his wooden shoes together from here in celebration.
Or is that a drawer slamming shut repeatedly? I can't tell for sure |
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Posted: 4/30/2013 5:02:48 AM EDT
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Commemorative plush animal.
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Posted: 4/30/2013 5:05:00 AM EDT
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I sure hope Aimless doesn't try to rain on DK's parade today
It didn't end well for the penguin last time 
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Posted: 4/30/2013 5:08:19 AM EDT
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Today must be a great day of national pride for him and his fellow countrymen. We salute and celebrate with DK-Prof and his show of diversity. 
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Posted: 4/30/2013 5:08:35 AM EDT
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Quoted: I sure hope Aimless doesn't try to rain on DK's parade today It didn't end well for the penguin last time  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bduRer1LDoQholy sht what was that! |
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Posted: 4/30/2013 5:11:15 AM EDT
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I sure hope Aimless doesn't try to rain on DK's parade today It didn't end well for the penguin last time http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bduRer1LDoQholy sht what was that! You got your clocked cleaned so hard last time that you don't remember? 
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Posted: 4/30/2013 5:11:47 AM EDT
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Willem-Alexander becomes new Dutch king AMSTERDAM (AP) — Willem-Alexander became the first Dutch king in more than a century Tuesday as his mother, Beatrix, abdicated after 33 years as queen. The generational change in the House of Orange-Nassau gave the Netherlands a moment of celebration, pageantry and brief respite as this trading nation of nearly 17 million struggles through a lengthy recession brought on by the European economic crisis. Visibly emotional, the much-loved Beatrix ended her reign in a nationally televised signing ceremony as thousands of orange-clad people cheered outside. Millions more were expected to watch on television. Link Congrats to DK-Prof and his new King!
Isn't DK-Prof Danish and not Dutch? |
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Posted: 4/30/2013 5:13:00 AM EDT
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is it just me or is the thread title wrong?
Dane=/=Dutch (Netherlands) |
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Posted: 4/30/2013 5:13:41 AM EDT
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Willem-Alexander becomes new Dutch king AMSTERDAM (AP) — Willem-Alexander became the first Dutch king in more than a century Tuesday as his mother, Beatrix, abdicated after 33 years as queen. The generational change in the House of Orange-Nassau gave the Netherlands a moment of celebration, pageantry and brief respite as this trading nation of nearly 17 million struggles through a lengthy recession brought on by the European economic crisis. Visibly emotional, the much-loved Beatrix ended her reign in a nationally televised signing ceremony as thousands of orange-clad people cheered outside. Millions more were expected to watch on television. Link Congrats to DK-Prof and his new King!
Isn't DK-Prof Danish and not Dutch? It been a running joke for like 50 years. |
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Posted: 4/30/2013 5:14:10 AM EDT
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Quoted: is it just me or is the thread title wrong? Dane=/=Dutch (Netherlands) Shh-sh. Shhhhhh. |
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Posted: 4/30/2013 5:15:48 AM EDT
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is it just me or is the thread title wrong? Dane=/=Dutch (Netherlands) 
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Posted: 4/30/2013 5:18:07 AM EDT
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King Goose has a nice beaver.
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Posted: 4/30/2013 5:20:28 AM EDT
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is it just me or is the thread title wrong? Dane=/=Dutch (Netherlands) All part of the ruse. It annoys the goose lovers and the wooden shoe contingent. |
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Posted: 4/30/2013 5:26:52 AM EDT
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Trivia: Carrots used to be commonly purple (like a beat)
But in honor of William, farmers in the Netherlands started to farm ONLY the orange variety. Now Orange Carrot is the "norm" all over, even though the carrot varies greatly in color. 
Grats to the new King! |
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Posted: 4/30/2013 5:29:07 AM EDT
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Bastards, all of you. I am adding you all to my (already long) list.
As an aside, I actually me that guy when we were teenagers. Nice guy. |
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Posted: 4/30/2013 5:53:23 AM EDT
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Bastards, all of you. I am adding you all to my (already long) list.
As an aside, I actually me that guy when we were teenagers. Nice guy. Are you some kind of groupie for royalty?. Every time something like this comes up; you met them, stood guard at their estate, or were friends w/ their cousin.
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Posted: 4/30/2013 5:54:17 AM EDT
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My grandmother was Dutch somewhere.....my family has been all over the world...I got more cousins than I can imagine...Hey DK...congratulations on a new King
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Posted: 4/30/2013 6:07:54 AM EDT
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Bastards, all of you. I am adding you all to my (already long) list.
As an aside, I actually me that guy when we were teenagers. Nice guy. Are you some kind of groupie for royalty?. Every time something like this comes up; you met them, stood guard at their estate, or were friends w/ their cousin. In all fairness, it's a pretty small country. I think there's only, like maybe 15-20 of them...tops. |
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Posted: 4/30/2013 6:09:42 AM EDT
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is it just me or is the thread title wrong? Dane=/=Dutch (Netherlands) RIF. Duh. Daneland. Long live the new Dutch King. (Though to tell you the truth, it might be Swedish or something. Too hard to tell) |
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Posted: 4/30/2013 6:13:24 AM EDT
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is it just me or is the thread title wrong? Dane=/=Dutch (Netherlands) RIF. Duh. Daneland. Long live the new Dutch King. (Though to tell you the truth, it might be Swedish or something. Too hard to tell) True, they all look alike after all |
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Posted: 4/30/2013 6:22:51 AM EDT
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DK-Prof and his people are subjects to the Swedish King.
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Posted: 4/30/2013 6:22:55 AM EDT
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House of Orange can go to hell. See William and Mary for reason for true English royalist hate
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Posted: 4/30/2013 6:30:12 AM EDT
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DK-Prof and his people are subjects to the Swedish King. I'm pretty sure that the Swedish are Dutch too. Almost positive. |
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Posted: 4/30/2013 6:31:17 AM EDT
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DK-Prof and his people are subjects to the Swedish King. I'm pretty sure that the Swedish are Dutch too. Almost positive. With hints of Swiss and Finn |
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Posted: 4/30/2013 6:34:11 AM EDT
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DK-Prof and his people are subjects to the Swedish King. I'm pretty sure that the Swedish are Dutch too. Almost positive. With hints of Swiss and Finn Yeah, it's like a separate neighborhood in the capital of Denmark or something like that. Sounds kinda goofy to me, but what can you say - they drink tea with their pinky fingers extended, so what can you really expect? |
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Posted: 4/30/2013 6:45:52 AM EDT
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Bastards, all of you. I am adding you all to my (already long) list.
As an aside, I actually me that guy when we were teenagers. Nice guy. Wait a minute, isn't your birth certificate from Holland? 
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Posted: 4/30/2013 6:50:13 AM EDT
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With hints of Swiss and Finn
Wait a minute....I am a Swiss-Finn and I resent the implication |
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Posted: 4/30/2013 6:51:14 AM EDT
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With hints of Swiss and Finn
Wait a minute....I am a Swiss-Finn and I resent the implication Don't despair, you still have cheese going for you |
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Posted: 4/30/2013 7:06:42 AM EDT
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DK-Prof and his people are subjects to the Swedish King. I'm pretty sure that the Swedish are Dutch too. Almost positive.
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Posted: 4/30/2013 7:07:04 AM EDT
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DK-Prof and his people are subjects to the Swedish King. I'm pretty sure that the Swedish are Dutch too. Almost positive. With hints of Swiss and Finn Finland is a Swedish province. |
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Posted: 4/30/2013 7:07:56 AM EDT
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"Damn. I thought my crown would be a lot cooler." 
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Posted: 4/30/2013 7:07:57 AM EDT
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DK-Prof and his people are subjects to the Swedish King. I'm pretty sure that the Swedish are Dutch too. Almost positive. With hints of Swiss and Finn Yeah, it's like a separate neighborhood in the capital of Denmark or something like that. Sounds kinda goofy to me, but what can you say - they drink tea with their pinky fingers extended, so what can you really expect? We don't drink tea, we drink coffee (the real kind and not the American one). |
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Posted: 4/30/2013 7:08:09 AM EDT
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Is that the guy who looks like Conan O'Brian?
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Posted: 4/30/2013 7:10:23 AM EDT
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Bastards, all of you. I am adding you all to my (already long) list.
As an aside, I actually me that guy when we were teenagers. Nice guy. Are you some kind of groupie for royalty?. Every time something like this comes up; you met them, stood guard at their estate, or were friends w/ their cousin. In all fairness, it's a pretty small country. I think there's only, like maybe 15-20 of them...tops.
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Posted: 4/30/2013 7:20:58 AM EDT
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Don't despair, you still have cheese going for you
I just had some nice sharp cheddar....and we are not connected to those Sweddish pacifits.....did you come to our aid in '39? .....left on our own to fight the Russkies |
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Posted: 4/30/2013 7:31:23 AM EDT
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So is the annual festival now going to be called Kingsday instead? I went to Queensday last year, no elbow room on the streets of A-dam!
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Posted: 4/30/2013 7:35:14 AM EDT
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Don't despair, you still have cheese going for you
I just had some nice sharp cheddar....and we are not connected to those Sweddish pacifits.....did you come to our aid in '39? .....left on our own to fight the Russkies I wasn't aware that New Joisey had fought off the Russians. 
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Posted: 4/30/2013 7:38:20 AM EDT
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Don't despair, you still have cheese going for you
I just had some nice sharp cheddar....and we are not connected to those Sweddish pacifits.....did you come to our aid in '39? .....left on our own to fight the Russkies I wasn't aware that New Joisey had fought off the Russians. We're trying, but their commie ways are embedded deep in our state government |
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Posted: 4/30/2013 7:43:04 AM EDT
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Bastards, all of you. I am adding you all to my (already long) list.
As an aside, I actually me that guy when we were teenagers. Nice guy. So are we to add King Fucker to your lofty list of titles? |
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Posted: 4/30/2013 7:45:33 AM EDT
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King of Daneland? Is that like the equivalent a county commissioner over here?
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Posted: 4/30/2013 7:55:19 AM EDT
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... As an aside, I actually me that guy when we were teenagers. Nice guy. Are you some kind of groupie for royalty?. Every time something like this comes up; you met them, stood guard at their estate, or were friends w/ their cousin. No, not at all. It was a coincidental meeting. We were both at an international event for our respective high schools (I was in high school in Denmark, and he was obviously in Holland). He had screwed something up, and I called him on it, and he wrote me a note apologizing. We talked briefly afterwards, and he was a friendly guy. Only when I later looked at his signature on the note did I realize he was the Dutch crown prince. So it doesn't actually have anything at all to do with the more routine contact I had with the Danish royal family, being an officer in their personal guard regiment. That was basically just a job, working (indirectly) for the royal family. But that was only because it was the "family" regiment. So I didn't join BECAUSE of the royal connection, but joined because it was where my dad had served. |
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Posted: 4/30/2013 7:58:13 AM EDT
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Royalty
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Posted: 4/30/2013 7:59:09 AM EDT
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DK-Prof and his people are subjects to the Swedish King. I'm pretty sure that the Swedish are Dutch too. Almost positive. With hints of Swiss and Finn Yeah, it's like a separate neighborhood in the capital of Denmark or something like that. Sounds kinda goofy to me, but what can you say - they drink tea with their pinky fingers extended, so what can you really expect? We don't drink tea, we drink coffee (the real kind and not the American one). I'm pretty sure that you all drink tea. You may want to check your facts. |
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Posted: 4/30/2013 7:59:52 AM EDT
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Bastards, all of you. I am adding you all to my (already long) list.
As an aside, I actually me that guy when we were teenagers. Nice guy. Are you some kind of groupie for royalty?. Every time something like this comes up; you met them, stood guard at their estate, or were friends w/ their cousin. And they all seem to owe him money for undisclosed reasons...
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Posted: 4/30/2013 8:01:04 AM EDT
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I'm pretty sure that you all drink tea. You may want to check your facts. 
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Posted: 4/30/2013 8:01:18 AM EDT
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DK-Prof and his people are subjects to the Swedish King. I'm pretty sure that the Swedish are Dutch too. Almost positive. With hints of Swiss and Finn Yeah, it's like a separate neighborhood in the capital of Denmark or something like that. Sounds kinda goofy to me, but what can you say - they drink tea with their pinky fingers extended, so what can you really expect? We don't drink tea, we drink coffee (the real kind and not the American one). I'm pretty sure that you all drink tea. You may want to check your facts. I've heard they also like to wear leather shorts and eat lots of Emmenthaler. |
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Posted: 4/30/2013 8:04:27 AM EDT
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DK-Prof and his people are subjects to the Swedish King. Why would they bow to some failed ex-frog? You guys should have held out for someone classier, like Davout or Suchet. |
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Posted: 4/30/2013 8:05:37 AM EDT
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DK-Prof and his people are subjects to the Swedish King. King Ikea who rides around in the world's most luxurious 240 wagon pulled by a team of moose. His guards are armed with potent cans of surstromming which they will open if attacked, sacrificng themselves for their king. |
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Posted: 4/30/2013 8:07:26 AM EDT
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Quoted: is it just me or is the thread title wrong? Dane=/=Dutch (Netherlands) They're kind of like Europeans. They're all the same. |
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Posted: 4/30/2013 8:07:36 AM EDT
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I've heard they also like to wear leather shorts and eat lots of Emmenthaler. Silence subject! |
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