Comments on: Athletic prowess

By: Joeri

Joeri — Fri, 20 Dec 2002 13:00:37 +0000

Pat, everyone knows mayonaise only goes with fries ;)

By: pat

pat — Fri, 20 Dec 2002 02:39:24 +0000

I’m about ten messages behind, but I thought I’d add that Brazilians put mustard on their pizza.

And sometimes mayonnaise.

Blech.

And, they cut it up into tiny little squares. Which they call “French style.” I dinnae know if the French do it that way.

The squares I could deal with, but mayonnaise?

By: miguel

miguel — Thu, 19 Dec 2002 12:35:04 +0000

I asked Alpha about the Landler this morning, she said she thought it was like a slow waltz where you jump around more. We don’t do that dance ourselves. There are groups here who do. There seems to be some sort of connection or overlap with the folkie scene.

By: kismet

kismet — Thu, 19 Dec 2002 12:23:12 +0000

lander, that’s the one! and then they end up being very close to each other and looking each other in the eyes, and julie andrews panics and says she forgot the rest.

god I love that movie.

By: Anita Rowland

Anita Rowland — Wed, 18 Dec 2002 20:08:10 +0000

All about the Ländler

“The “Landler” is a form of dancing which is done e.g. in Austrian folk dancing. There are many regions, sometimes villages, which have their own traditional Landler, seen as a set of figures which is typical for the Landler of this special region. As far as I know, the Landler is mostly very smooth and done in slow Waltz time. It is mainly based on arm figures which sometimes can be rather complicated.”

By: miguel

miguel — Wed, 18 Dec 2002 18:54:57 +0000

Oh, and there’s a movie of it here.

By: miguel

miguel — Wed, 18 Dec 2002 18:52:56 +0000

that dance where you slap each other in the face? that’s called the “watschentanz”, seriously. but i couldn’t find any explanations of it via google. it is, however, a variation of “schuhplatteln” where they slap the soles of their shoes and their thighs and arses, which is explained here, among other places.

By: kismet

kismet — Wed, 18 Dec 2002 18:30:15 +0000

singing is not like that, no. I wish it was though, I loveeeeeee singing.

oh, I’ve been wanting to ask you though. In The Sound of Music, there’s the part where Christopher Plummer (I think that’s his name) and Julie Andrews do some sort of famous, traditional Austrian folk dance. I wanted to know if it’s a real, traditional dance, or if some SoM choreographer pulled it out of his ass. heh

By: Joeri

Joeri — Wed, 18 Dec 2002 15:04:08 +0000

Not that I know of. In Holland they have several varieties (see here for example), but we have our own Christmas beers (List here).

By: Miguel

Miguel — Wed, 18 Dec 2002 14:39:29 +0000

Do you have festbock in Belgium, Joeri?
:-)

By: Joeri

Joeri — Wed, 18 Dec 2002 14:32:59 +0000

Miguel, row the boat ashore,
Hallelujah.
Miguel, row the boat ashore,
Hallelujah.
Sister, help him to his beer,
Hallelujah.
Sister, help him to his beer,
Hallelujah.

Festbock’s mighty and it’s good,
Hallelujah.
Brings joy to the neighborhood,
Hallelujah.

Damn, my pizaa’s chilly and cold,
Hallelujah.
If i’d not sliced it, it ‘d be whole
Hallelujah.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Wed, 18 Dec 2002 06:36:53 +0000

Winter is great that way. You can procrastinate and it’s ok: it’s too cold/wet/windy to do that thing you were gonna do, anyway. Mmm, Festbock.

By: Miguel

Miguel — Tue, 17 Dec 2002 23:41:47 +0000

Exactly. I don’t know what I’d do if it weren’t for festbock.

By: gordon

gordon — Tue, 17 Dec 2002 21:41:06 +0000

Yes, life beats you up and leaves you sitting at home, drinking festbock and not rowing.

By: miguel

miguel — Tue, 17 Dec 2002 20:05:03 +0000

what about singing?