Journal of the Week: The Belgian Blunder (2004)
September 21, 2006 10:20 amAustin King’s Chronicles From Across the Pond
Ah yes, the Belgian Blunder. Allow me to shed some light on this frequently occurring phenomenon. You see, everyone new to Belgium is vulnerable. It’s really only a matter of time before it sneaks up behind you and taps you on the shoulder. You really have little to no choice but to face it at some point in your stay in this wet and windy little country. Go ahead, try as hard as you can but at some point or another you’ll slip. Maybe just a little slip or maybe just a trip. But sometimes it can be one hell of a stumble. Maybe the language is to blame, the weather, the map…
What is that you say? You went to McDonalds and did your deed in the ladies restroom. We’ll that’s a Belgian Blunder. What is that? You got lost training and ended up on the other side of Brussels and back with a 9 hour ride. We’ll that’s a pretty impressive Belgian Blunder there Mr. Sterling Magnell.
But you see ladies and gentlemen, today I heard the greatest Belgian Blunder of all time. The Blunder legends are made of, and the one that will forever set the standards for future mishaps. The Belgian Blunder that will forever go down in history belongs to one of our new riders, Bennett. Well it appears that Bennett’s favorite breakfast cereal of choice was not really cereal. No, it actually wasn’t even close to being cereal. You see, Bennett’s been eating dog food for breakfast. Yes, dog food. But wait it gets better….. Bennett’s been eating dog food for breakfast for about three weeks now. That’s just plain awesome if you ask me! Probably the greatest thing about it is the cat and dog on the cover of the bag. The dogs wearing a chef’s hat and has silverware in his paws. It really doesn’t get much better than that.
So Bennett, as the current holder of the World’s Most Greatest Belgian Blunder, I salute you.
2 Responses to “Journal of the Week: The Belgian Blunder (2004)”
Three weeks! Holy crap! That was funny…did he SH*# in the yard too?
I remember when he showed the bag to me. Since I’m able to read some french I could see right away it wasn’t human food. I told him what the bag said and then he told me, he thought the dog and cat were mascots! But in Bennett’s defence, it did kind of look like a puffed rice cereal. Although, when your food smells like bird seed, you would normally think something was wrong. Good old Bennet…what more can you say.
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