In the Netherlands we hang a bag and a flag on a flagpole in a specific situation. Can you guess what the occasion is ? (Please use spoilertags)
Do you use this symbolic gesture in your country as well ?
Do you recognise this symbol ?
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In the Netherlands we hang a bag and a flag on a flagpole in a specific situation. Can you guess what the occasion is ? (Please use spoilertags)
Do you use this symbolic gesture in your country as well ?
soul_warrior
Termite!
aha, the joy of googling....
in other countries i believe it is celebrated with:
but that is only for the "happy" events
and used on special occasions!
Rik, care to explain the origin of this custom?
Spoiler :
happy birthday to her royal highness' 70th birthday in other countries i believe it is celebrated with:
but that is only for the "happy" events
and used on special occasions!Rik, care to explain the origin of this custom?
woody60707
Deity
I haven't a clue. Really, I couldn't even make a guess.
aha, the joy of googling....
Spoiler :
Incorrect ... We use this for that:
I can take it your area doesn't have the tradition of this symbolic act ?
nonconformist
Miserable
Hmm, it can't be Market Garden, that was in September.
classical_hero
In whom I trust
It actually looks more like the French Flag.
Julian Delphiki
Anton's key
Spoiler :
soul_warrior
Termite!
dang, i was sure i was right.Incorrect ... We use this for that:
I can take it your area doesn't have the tradition of this symbolic act ?
and no, in israel we just use the blood of infants for passover. more "melodramatic"
and regretably, i have been far from england for too many years.
we might have something, but i forget....
Swedishguy
Deity
Someone killed a Canadian tourist who excremented on the streets? 
nonconformist
Miserable
dang, i was sure i was right.
and no, in israel we just use the blood of infants for passover. more "melodramatic"
and regretably, i have been far from england for too many years.
we might have something, but i forget....
Wait, you're [ex]English?
Not even Belgiums ?
I think everyone in the Netherlands, who has that special occasion, does it. I assumed it would have been more widespread.
I think everyone in the Netherlands, who has that special occasion, does it. I assumed it would have been more widespread.
Spoiler More examples :
Bartleby
Remembers laughter
Is it...
?
(I never noticed that while I lived in Utrecht for a year and a half)
Spoiler :
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(I never noticed that while I lived in Utrecht for a year and a half)
Someone killed a Canadian tourist who excremented on the streets?
No, I was only tarred and feathered.
Even people who don't smoke Marihuana do this when their time has come. Close, very close. Exactly 100 days off ...
nonconformist
Miserable
Is it that as a result of the high levels of bag-commited crimes, the Dutch government declares martial law and allows the extrajudicial lynching of bags caught after kurfew?
Graduation is in april?Close, very close. Exactly 100 days off ...
Dutch education...
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