http://www.followtheboat.com Tales (not just) from the high seas Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:30:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.followtheboat.com/2004/08/23/theories-on-the-dutch/ http://www.followtheboat.com/2004/08/23/theories-on-the-dutch/#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2004 13:09:55 +0000 Jamie http://www.followtheboat.com/?p=254 I came up with a great theory today. If you've ever noticed the Dutch are a very tall race. This is because they cycle big bikes, which stretch their legs. Also because they live below sea level they are always having to stretch themselves to see over the dykes. That's why they're so tall. All that stretching. ]]> http://www.followtheboat.com/2004/08/23/theories-on-the-dutch/feed/ 0 http://www.followtheboat.com/2003/09/09/learn-to-speak-portuguese/ http://www.followtheboat.com/2003/09/09/learn-to-speak-portuguese/#comments Mon, 08 Sep 2003 22:46:41 +0000 Jamie http://www.followtheboat.com/?p=1040 The most obvious sign of the conspiracy is the Portuguese language. Although the written word looks very much like Spanish the spoken word actually sounds like a cross between Arabic and Nordic. In other words they make it up as they go along. When the locals speak amongst themselves they are actually speaking Spanish, but whenever a tourist is present they break into a language that does not actually exist.]]> http://www.followtheboat.com/2003/09/09/learn-to-speak-portuguese/feed/ 0