Quoted from Bobber

Come on. I was only joking.

Promise?

Quoted from Kevin

Promise?

Sure. You know my promises.    I haven't got a thread called 'Bobber's Promises' to remind me, have I?

Quoted from Bobber

Sure. You know my promises.    I haven't got a thread called 'Bobber's Promises' to remind me, have I?

You could seal it with a hug.

Cheers. I'm better now.
Do you own a pair of cloggs by the way?

Sure. Everybody in Holland has them!   And we all live in a windmill.

Now you're being silly.
When you go camping do you spread that chocolate sh*t over everything, or is that just the Germans?

Quoted from Kevin

Downside (so I'm told) that small parties can have positions of power way beyond their actual mandate. Pro-Westminster poeople always say that a Dutch-style system let Hitler into power.

That's true. Everyone can start his own party and participate in the elections. All you need to do is find 30 people in each of the 19 constituencies who want to support you, then you pay a 12.500 euro bond and you're in. And if you have charisma and you tell the people what they want to hear, you can go from nothing to one of the country's biggest parties in a matter of months, which can be dangerous. Because sometimes you have a party with a charasmatic leader that gets 20 or 30 seats, even though you don't know if the other 19 or 29 people that get those seats are any good.

Quoted from Bobber

I think around twenty.

24, but not all parties participate in the entire country.

Quoted from Kevin

Now you're being silly.
When you go camping do you spread that chocolate sh*t over everything, or is that just the Germans?

Hagelslag? No, that's us.  

Quoted from Kevin

Now you're being silly.
When you go camping do you spread that chocolate sh*t over everything, or is that just the Germans?

That's the Germans. Ask Kate. We spread peanutbutter over everything.

Oh, BP, sorry if I upset you. Didn't mean to.

I was thinking more that the need to form coalitions can make small parties kingmakers. Their ability to upset the balance of power can give them undue influence.

Quoted from Bobber

Oh, BP, sorry if I upset you. Didn't mean to.

Huh? When? Where?  

Quoted from Kevin

Duh! I think we're all smart enough to see past that ridiculous stereotype.
Besides, if you were all stoned all day who would tend the tulips, open up  the clogg shops and repair the windmills ?
I'm tired of being treated like an idiot.

Here and then.

That was Kevin?