The Netherlands hold the Mecca of hippies witch is commonly known as Amsterdam. This is the city in which the Damned hamsters for centuries but lost the H in recent history due to filthy Euro spelling.

The Netherlands is also where the U.S. sends their cancer and glaucoma patients so they can become hippies and die a much more humane death where they just recieve a quick bullet to the head by a capitalist who thinks that hippies smell.

U.S. and British forces liberated the netherlands, during Operation Market Garden, from Nazi Germany. It turns out that wooden shoes are not the best foot wear for Netherland's soldiers, as it is hard to sneak up on the enemy when every time you take a step it sounds like some one is at the front door.

The Netherlands is also a haven for feminist, because they have found a useful purpose for dikes.
O.K. that's the last one I have to get some real work done now.

..but serious. There were no mass protests during Bush's visit. I blogged about some smaller protests, here:

http://sered.blogspot.com/2005/05/bush-visit-protests.html

FWIW, I think it's nice to see that a parade of WWII trucks with Canadian WWII vets draws a larger audience than anti-GW Bush demonstrations!

Other than that - yes, most of my countrymen don't like GWB. I've blogged about that too, as did http://www.peaktalk.com.

There were no mass protests in The Netherlands - I should know, I live there!

I blogged about some smaller demonstrations here:

http://sered.blogspot.com/2005/05/bush-visit-protests.html

..sorry about that. It seemed my comment wasn't posted the first time around, but it was.

In a battle between Auqaman and The Netherlands, Auqaman would become confused that even though most of the country is below sea he would be thwarted by the system of dikes. In his confusion he would be beaten to death with wooden shoes.

I just realized that I misspelled the name Aquaman in my previous post. I was upset about this because I try very hard to spell things right when posting. I got over that feeling when I realized two things.

1. Like Corben Dallas, I only speak two languages. English and Bad English.

and

2. It is Aquaman after all.

The Netherlands is an alternate retelling of the original Netherlands: the Animated Series, detailing its third year as a sovereign nation as it meets its adversaries for the first time, all of which have had a radical re-design.

If you ever want coffee in Amsterdam, don't go into a place called a coffee house. These establishments are where they sell marijuana. Though I was told by a native that they serve good food there. If you want coffee, go to a cafe.

>>Except for The United States of America, which is only gay along the edges.

well, at least the east and west coasts .... north and south ain't all that gay, rounded edges or not.

Also, on the one trip that I took where my wife accompnaied me, she said "I used to think German was the least romantic sounding language in the world ... but the Dutch have them beat by a mile .... all those glottals that sound like they're gonna loogey in your face any second are retch-making!"

You can also window-shop for whores.

Not to mention that it's the birthplace of former Victoria's Secret swimsuit model Frederique Van Der Wal, which, translated to English, means "somebody who doesn't look anything like somebody named Fred."

The national hero of the Netherlands is a little boy who put his finger in a dike.

...you do the math.

Don't expose your NetherRegions when visiting NetherLand Ranch.

The official transportation is the bicycle with no helmet. That's because it's easier to fish out of the canals after you steer off the road because you've been smoking too much pot. And if you're smoking pot... why would you need a helmet anyway?

The Netherlands is the place where you can have a baby, and if you dislike it, euthanize the child.

"The national hero of the Netherlands is a little boy who put his finger in a dike."

Actually, it was a cross-dressing girl, but that's a secret, so don't tell anyone I told you.

Ah. That makes more sense now.