Belgium for sale on eBay

[Theobald]

Belgium for sale on eBay

On the auction side of eBay.be the past few days there are placed numerous bits on a sale ‘Belgium, a kingdom in three parts’. The item was first priced at 1 Euro early Monday afternoon it had risen to 250 Euro and currently it’s priced at a cool 10.000.000 Euro.

According to the advertisement Belgium has a few down sides. First of all it’s secondhand and it has a large government debt. But to counter that you get the Belgium royal family for free with the deal. Also you have the option to buy the land in parts for example only Flanders or Brussels.

Interested people have until the 25th of September to place a bid and it will be send to you for free.

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Hidden among the porcelain fox hounds and Burberry tablecloths on sale at eBay.be this week was an unusual item: "For sale: Belgium."

The odd ad was posted by one disgruntled Belgian in protest at his country's political crisis which reached a 100-day landmark on Tuesday with no end in sight to the squabbling between Flemish and Walloon politicians.

"I wanted to attract attention," said Gerrit Six, the teacher and former journalist who posted the ad.

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[Theobald]

Regretfully, they removed the EBay article, so I can’t link to it. This was the original text:

Kingdom in several (3) parts, can be bought as a whole ( not recommended), can be bought in parts.

I. Flanders

highly traficated and very heterogeneous architecture (as well art nouveau as spanish hacienda style) , hard working people understanding American english ( due to an overdose of episodes of Dallas), catholic but not fanatic. Be aware some Flemish ( not to confond with Amish) are ‘ practiserende Vlamingen’ and you recognise them easily by their Lion Flags (hand model or life size flag). As a whole easy to govern provided that you dont cut mobile phone traffic or television broadcasting. If you do so you will see what. Oh yes, in possesion of a seaside (50 kilometres) and flashpilars ( ‘flitspalen’). What to say, when you meet them: it is the one and the other ( ‘t is t’ een en t’ander) in case of emergency, Say it is not true ( Zeg dat het niet waar is) in all other circumstances.

II. Brussels

Lively village with nineteen lord mayors and a government on top. The real Babylon with several coexisting minorities.Nice realestate taken by National, Regional and European institutions.Still opportunities in the Bois de la Cambre for de luxe flats. Possibility to establish farming facilities both on Grand Place, De Brouckère, Place Rogier and on the Boulevards ( contact mr. Pascal Smet). What to say when meeting with a Brussels subject: Hello good morning (Zeg, draag ik soms iets van U. Quoi tu veut
ma photo!)

III. Wallonia

First become member of Parti Socialiste which makes it easier in many ways to establish your situation. Has plenty of water ( sometimes sparkling), tons of old iron, acres of woods, several homebrews, ingenious shipptraffic ( The Pending Slope of Roncquiers), The Shape head quarters (tax fee cigarettes!) and German speaking backyard. In general the Wallons are more philosophical and relaxed guys then the Flemish. Plenty of opportunities but find out yourself. What to say if you bump into a Wallon: Hide the Flemish are there!
So you see there is plenty of choice. Beware there is a 300 billion of National Debt which has still to be divided under the three, but that wil be fixed soon after the Duchess Valley Talks ( het beraad van Hertoginnendal).
Free premium: the king and his court ( costs not included)

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