tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post8605048838985981194..comments2024-03-29T13:59:42.629+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Friday fantasiesVerónica Rodríguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-58307692582477158242015-09-24T10:11:16.832+01:002015-09-24T10:11:16.832+01:00
The members of the AC are in their offices counti...<br />The members of the AC are in their offices counting the money that the Joker dispenses on them.Batmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-51705141918924233482015-09-23T09:33:43.505+01:002015-09-23T09:33:43.505+01:00What a shame: where is the AC to stop this joker t...What a shame: where is the AC to stop this joker that is bringing the EPO into disrepute?Proud EPO examinernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-87091693472305191782015-09-21T23:57:52.191+01:002015-09-21T23:57:52.191+01:00Have to say I'm surprised that Vier had heard ...Have to say I'm surprised that Vier had heard of BB. Their intro to him is a bit OTT but, hey, there's no such thing as bad publicity apparently so I guess it's not that bad (?) to be matched with a murderous Mexican gang leader. Or maybe not...Old man of EPOnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-16590753856163914792015-09-19T15:32:35.392+01:002015-09-19T15:32:35.392+01:00Many thanks, RufusMany thanks, RufusMacavitynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-17554276526519032252015-09-18T20:23:50.177+01:002015-09-18T20:23:50.177+01:00It required some effort before you can finally loo...It required some effort before you can finally look at it, but it was worth it.<br /><br />It is a sequence from a program on Flemish private TV. The invited star on that particular episode was a singer.<br /><br />The middle of the show is segment titled "<a href="http://s29.postimg.org/7byhroeuv/Sla_de_sloeber_1752_906.jpg" rel="nofollow">sla de sloeber</a>", which loosely translates to "hit the rascal".<br /><br />I wasn't familiar with the term "sloeber", which has many possible, and mostly unflattering, <a href="http://www.encyclo.nl/begrip/sloeber" rel="nofollow">synonyms</a>:<br /><br />1) Arme kerel <br />2) Arme <br />3) Belgisch bier <br />4) Bier van hoge gisting <br />5) Een goede vent <br />6) Hals <br />7) Iemand die veel tekort komt <br />8) Pauper <br />9) Persoonsbenaming <br />10) Slokop <br />11) Smeerlap <br />12) Stakker <br />13) Sufferd <br />14) Sukkel <br />15) Smeerdoos <br />16) Schooier <br />17) Schoelje <br />18) Schlemiel <br />19) Schurk <br />20) Stumper <br />21) Vlegel <br />22) Zeer arm mens <br />23) Zielenpoot <br /><br />The guest is <a href="http://s17.postimg.org/5bowgl83z/Sla_de_sloeber_0456_583.jpg" rel="nofollow">invited to select</a> between one of three rogues:<br /><br />1) One <a href="http://s11.postimg.org/wi03468dv/Sla_de_sloeber_1758_508.jpg" rel="nofollow">Michel D.</a>, who trafficked <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_diamond" rel="nofollow">blood diamonds</a> into Belgium;<br />2) <a href="http://s7.postimg.org/w6fbv0c7v/Sla_de_sloeber_0422_595.jpg" rel="nofollow">Benoît Battistelli</a>, who needs no presentation;<br />3) Mexican gangster <a href="http://s9.postimg.org/63esnz2jz/Sla_de_sloeber_0436_291.jpg" rel="nofollow">El Chapo Guzmán</a>, who recently escaped a maximum security penitentiary through a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh3RHV5G1Fc" rel="nofollow">two kilometer-long tunnel</a>.<br /><br />Specimen #2 is chosen, and the singer reminisces about his experiences working for a French company, if I understood correctly.<br /><br />After an interminable number of commercials equal or greater than 14 (I believe I lost count), the show returns with the effigy of the chosen one <a href="http://s7.postimg.org/se5ido4wr/Sla_de_sloeber_1359_474.jpg" rel="nofollow">affixed to a punchball machine</a>.<br /><br />Once the <a href="http://s17.postimg.org/dnl417mfj/Sla_de_sloeber_1433_740.jpg" rel="nofollow">scoundrel has been properly sent flying</a> by the <a href="http://s13.postimg.org/c2kms5ddz/Sla_de_sloeber_1443_066.jpg" rel="nofollow">avenger's fist</a>, the calculated result is entered into the <a href="http://s18.postimg.org/3vos37zt5/Sla_de_sloeber_1513_069.jpg" rel="nofollow">high score table</a>.<br /> <br />Pretty silly, but it shows that BB and the EPO are becoming household names, and not thanks to the pointless and expensive non-events called the "inventor of the year awards".<br /><br />I close my eyes and picture a scene in a Munich penthouse, with a group of scared stiff assistants drawing straws to designate a "volunteer" for showing and translating the video to <a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CAcQjRxqFQoTCLDk-cKggcgCFYQOkgodb00C3w&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.who2.com%2F16484%2Fphoto%2F14823&psig=AFQjCNEjlYCPnC6GDXT9-l0I-g5twUQvDA&ust=1442688730942290" rel="nofollow">Le Président</a>...<br /><br />Cut to London near the Shard, in a discrete office... A phone rings impatiently... Hullo... Yes? A contract? In Ghent? ... OK, sure, we promise we won't send those bozos who totally bungled that job back <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoE9edjEDCI" rel="nofollow">In Bruges</a>...Roufousse T. Fairflynoreply@blogger.com