Steph (zimraphel) wrote in ontd_football,
Steph
zimraphel
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Because I'm sensing a slight Spain bias in this comm...

IT'S TIME FOR AN ORANJE APPRECIATION POST!!!





Did you know that if it wasn't for awesome Dutch people, we wouldn't have or know about:

Microscopes


CDs


Submarines


Australia


Big Brother


Ok, we're actually sorry about that one.

Bacteria


Photosynthesis


Incidentally, did you know that one quarter of our country is below sea level? That's right, we fucking live under the sea, bitches!



Also, we've already played this entire tournament without a national government! But it's ok because we still have this HBIC:


Did you also know that during a World Championship, everybody gets so caught up in Oranje fever that even the national traffic jam reader on the radio can be enticed to make a song?



That, as a general rule, we're really good at creating really bad songs during football championships?









But that it really doesn't matter, because the Dutch excel at partying regardless of quality of the music:







Also, since you probably didn't know, smoking pot is legal in our country.














We have awesome Dutch hip-hop.






This video was actually recorded in the student house of a friend of mine. I know a lot of the guys who are extras in this:










We freaking love Spain; in fact, this guy who brings us presents every year in December actually lives there!!


Oh by the way, we have some pretty good footballers too:













Finally found one of Ibi with no shirt:




Also, Snoop loves us.



The last time THE NETHERLANDS and SPAIN faced each other in a battle of such epic proportions was during THE EIGHTY YEARS' WAR from 1568 - 1648. One of the main catalysts for an eventual Dutch victory was this BAMF:


William of Orange, whose namesake to this day is the reason that orange is the Dutch national color.

WILL HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF? ONLY TIME WILL TELL!

FEEL FREE TO ADD TO THE ORANJESPAM

Gaypants Van Persie thanks you for your time.



ETA: ADDITIONAL REASONS WHY THE NETHERLANDS ARE AWESOME

Johan Cruyff (of course)


TURNING FREAKING CARROTS ORANGE


Had to add this, because someone mentioned the Royal Family and this is such a staple in recent Dutch history. For those of you not familiar with the situation, this is when Argentinian Máxima married our crown prince Willem Alexander in 2002, and they played this Argentinian tango at their wedding:



Willem-Alexander and Máxima will both be at the final, so you can look out for them there. :)
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