[D. Scarlatti]

The Dutch have a sense of humor?

My friend's parents used to have a plaque on their kitchen wall that said, "A pancake in the stomach is better than two pancakes on the stomach." Evidently they found this to be hilarious! Pancake jokes.

Another Dutch legend concerns the claim that the Dutch had no surnames prior to the Napoleonic era. When French census takers appeared in the Netherlands, they demanded the Dutch adopt surnames. In the instance I'm aware of, the Dutch happened to be standing near an eddy in a stream when the demand was made. Laughing hysterically, they pointed to the eddy, and ended up with the surname, "Whirlpool Man," which had them doubled over in mirth.

I had no idea they had the cafes with the Bob Marley posters in the windows in those days.