Sun Jun 13, 2021, 06:37 PM
soothsayer (38,601 posts)
Welcome to Brussels, U.S. President @JoeBiden ! Have a good #NATOsummit on Monday & a good #EUUSsuLink to tweet ?s=21 Alice St⭕️llmeyer @StollmeyerEU Welcome to Brussels, U.S. President @JoeBiden ! Have a good #NATOsummit on Monday & a good #EUUSsummit on Tuesday. Awesome that @DefendDemocracy is on the agenda of both summits! #StrongerTogether 🇪🇺🇺🇸 US Embassy Brussels @usembbrussels Welcome to Brussels @POTUS Biden! 🇺🇸🇧🇪 @usembbrussels @USNATO @US2EU
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soothsayer | Jun 2021 | OP |
elleng | Jun 2021 | #1 | |
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elleng | Jun 2021 | #3 |
Response to soothsayer (Original post)
Sun Jun 13, 2021, 06:52 PM
elleng (121,993 posts)
1. 'Sadly,' the Bidens likely won't have much chance to see any Manneken Pis.
Manneken Pis (Dutch: [ˌmɑnək?
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Response to elleng (Reply #1)
Mon Jun 14, 2021, 03:38 AM
Rhiannon12866 (172,208 posts)
2. I'm very aware of the Manneken Pis and his story. My little dog was named after him.
I had 2 dogs, cocker spaniels, and when I lost the elder one (at age 18 or 19), I thought his "sister" missed him (as I did
![]() So I called the guy who was anxious to unload the dog, and my cocker and I arranged to meet him the very next day. Turns out he was a 9-year-old Brussels Griffon - and the guy hadn't known his name - it was Meneken. And he was a Brussels Griffon... His owner must have known about the statue. ![]() And it couldn't have worked out better, he hit it off with my other dog (whose original owner had also died, I adopted her at age 8) and he went everywhere with me, was obviously used to being taken. That was in 2001 and when I joined DU back in 2003, another DUer showed me how to post a pic - so this was the first photo I ever posted on DU. ![]() Meneken and Sheena ![]() ![]() |
Response to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #2)
Mon Jun 14, 2021, 10:53 AM
elleng (121,993 posts)
3. SWEET!
(I'm only familiar with Manneken Pis because arrived for junior year of college in Brussels, and saw them everywhere.)
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