Rampjaar is dutch for 'disaster year'
Rampjaar was in 1672, during the third anglo-dutch war. Basically, Britain and france joined to attack the Netherlands, against the treaty of Dover (signed two years prior). During rampjaar, the dutch flooded many areas of thier country, thus weakening it for the future.
Rampjaar was in 1672, during the third anglo-dutch war. Basically, Britain and france joined to attack the Netherlands, against the treaty of Dover (signed two years prior). During rampjaar, the dutch flooded many areas of thier country, thus weakening it for the future.
If you are reading this definition, chances are you are on my msn contacts, and I have pointed ye this way. Engeland is samen met Noord-Ierland, Schotland en Wales een van de samenstellende delen van het Verenigd Koninkrijk en tevens de zuidelijkste, grootste en dichtstbevolkte regio van zowel het Verenigd Koninkrijk, als het eiland Groot-Brittannië.
Met de naam Engeland wordt vaak ten onrechte als een pars pro toto heel Groot-Brittannië of het Verenigd Koninkrijk aangeduid, wat vaak door (niet-Engelse) Britten als onaangenaam wordt ervaren. Dit is vergelijkbaar met de (foutieve) aanduiding Holland voor geheel Nederland.
Met de naam Engeland wordt vaak ten onrechte als een pars pro toto heel Groot-Brittannië of het Verenigd Koninkrijk aangeduid, wat vaak door (niet-Engelse) Britten als onaangenaam wordt ervaren. Dit is vergelijkbaar met de (foutieve) aanduiding Holland voor geheel Nederland.
by Gumba Gumba June 01, 2004
The Iron Curtain is a term used in the West to refer to the boundary line which divided Europe into two separate areas of political influence from the end of World War II until the end of the Cold War. During this period, Eastern Europe was under the political control and/or influence of the Soviet Union, while Western Europe enjoyed political freedom (see Free World). The term comes from a long speech by Winston Churchill on March 5, 1946 in Fulton, Missouri:
The phrase had been used a year earlier, in an article on "The Year 2000" by Joseph Goebbels:
The phrase had been used a year earlier, in an article on "The Year 2000" by Joseph Goebbels:
"From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe. Warsaw, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade, Bucharest and Sofia; all these famous cities and the populations around them lie in what I must call the Soviet sphere, and all are subject, in one form or another, not only to Soviet influence but to a very high and in some cases increasing measure of control from Moscow."
--Churchill
"If the German people lay down their weapons, the Soviets, according to the agreement between Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin, would occupy all of East and Southeast Europe along with the greater part of the Reich. An iron curtain would fall over this enormous territory controlled by the Soviet Union, behind which nations would be slaughtered."
---Goebbels
--Churchill
"If the German people lay down their weapons, the Soviets, according to the agreement between Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin, would occupy all of East and Southeast Europe along with the greater part of the Reich. An iron curtain would fall over this enormous territory controlled by the Soviet Union, behind which nations would be slaughtered."
---Goebbels
by Gumba Gumba March 21, 2004
(v.) To lie flat on ones' back (although inclines and declines can be used to concentrate on a particular part of the pectorals) and push weights (usually a barbell) vertically upwards.
(n.) A bench designed for the above.
(n.) A bench designed for the above.
1) He tried to benchpress a bucket of paint and failed, crushing his head.
2)I replaced the chair and am writing this sitting ona bench press
2)I replaced the chair and am writing this sitting ona bench press
by Gumba Gumba May 29, 2004
The BMW X5. An off-road version of the 5-series BMW released in 1999. It is an almost flawless car, and can smoke most, if not all, others in its class. There are no inherent flaws, faulty parts, common complaints. It comes highly recommended by all owners. One of the best BMW's ever.
by Gumba Gumba March 03, 2004
A silly insult used by the Frogs to define the British, apparently because we eat too much roast beef.
by Gumba Gumba March 06, 2004
A boy band consisting of middle-class British teenagers. Make immature "raps"- and I'm using the term quite looseley- over beats more simplistic than the spice girls. Set up a pretence of being dangerous. Would get seven shades of green shit kicked out of them by anyone who isn't a 12 year old fan of theirs.
by Gumba Gumba February 21, 2004
The road to many wars were started by wars decades beforehand. World war two was a result fo World War One, which itself was triggered by the break up of the ottoman empire in the Crimean war.
by Gumba Gumba May 14, 2004