He may be coming back.
Sander, The Second Coming
If a guy purporting to be Sander comes back onto the scene just ask him whereabouts he comes from......if he says Bergen op Zoom, then it's the genuine article. Then ask him for the exact location of that place and if he tells you it's in the Netherlands, south of Rotterdam, just east of Walcheren island and a couple of kms or so north of the Belgian border then he really is the Sander of old.
If, on the other hand, he just says Bergen in response to your first question then treat him with suspicion...he may well be a spy. There is another Bergen which is not "op" to anything, especially a "zoom" - that Bergen is just plain old Bergen, and is in Norway, not the Netherlands, and it rains an awful lot in that Bergen. All the rain we Scots don't want ends up falling on the Norwegian Bergen and Bergen op Zoom just gets the excess rain from the English, to which they have the dubious honour of being much closer.
If, on the other hand, he just says Bergen in response to your first question then treat him with suspicion...he may well be a spy. There is another Bergen which is not "op" to anything, especially a "zoom" - that Bergen is just plain old Bergen, and is in Norway, not the Netherlands, and it rains an awful lot in that Bergen. All the rain we Scots don't want ends up falling on the Norwegian Bergen and Bergen op Zoom just gets the excess rain from the English, to which they have the dubious honour of being much closer.
Hi I am from Bergen op Zoom. The exact location of that place is in the Netherlands, south of Rotterdam, just east of Walcheren island and a couple of kms or so north of the Belgian border.
I just want to know why the English give us their excess rain!
I just want to know why the English give us their excess rain!
No idea.......I suppose they have to get rid of their excessive fluvial overflow somehow so why not dump it on the Dutch and the Belgians? You are only a hop and a skip and a jump away after all. I got drenched with English rain when I was in Ieper (formerly Ypres) last Sepetember.
Maybe they think your tulips need a wee bit more of a watering. Don't be such a grouch.....the Norwegians never whinge about getting constantly doused with superfluous Scottish rain so lighten up, pal! ;-)
Bergen op Zoom or not I suspect you are an impostor! I don't believe you are the genuine Dutchman we all knew and admired. Say something in Dutch......we have ways of knowing how authentic it will be.....
Maybe they think your tulips need a wee bit more of a watering. Don't be such a grouch.....the Norwegians never whinge about getting constantly doused with superfluous Scottish rain so lighten up, pal! ;-)
Bergen op Zoom or not I suspect you are an impostor! I don't believe you are the genuine Dutchman we all knew and admired. Say something in Dutch......we have ways of knowing how authentic it will be.....
Ik kom uit Bergen op Zoom. De precieze locatie van die plaats is in Nederland ten zuiden van Rotterdam, net ten oosten van het eiland Walcheren en een paar kilometer van de Belgische grens.
Ik hou van Italiaans en Japans eten. Daarnaast ben ik een grote fan van vreemde talen.
Ik hou van Italiaans en Japans eten. Daarnaast ben ik een grote fan van vreemde talen.