I see your mum has a delivery, etc.

there are few sounds more Brussels than this

Father's day at the supermarché. So much for pipe and slippers.

Belgian children's TV again

Also, for the love of god, polling companies should be wiped off the face of the earth. They spend the time between elections doing this absolutely spurious, divisive garbage that adds precisely nothing to the sum of human knowledge or to the general good.

Belgian businesses: "you have to send us a registered letter and maybe we will think about cancelling your contract after 3 months". Sibelgaz, on the phone: "eh manneke c'est Paul. On passe demain. On va casser ta cave pour remplacer les installations chez toi. Ça va? Ok a tant tôt"

If I were a dictator, I am certain the terminal stages of my regime would include me drunkenly karaokeing the entirety of "street legal" to my remaining cronies at gunpoint.

@stib-mivb.bsky.social you can put as many posters up telling passengers to be civilised as you like but there's no point if your metro drivers press the doors close alarm sound WHILE PEOPLE ARE STILL GETTING OFF THE FUCKING METRO, FOR FUCKING FUCK'S SAKE

At Porte de Namur. Just missed the clockwise #6, next one in 8 minutes. Got on the anticlockwise one and beat the just departed train to Elisabeth/ Simonis. FUCK YOU METRO GODS I WIN

Brussels metro update: strong beefy smell today on line 6.