Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 17:30:00 +0100
From: Erik <erikb-AT-agoranet.be>
Subject: RE: Nietzsche (on the stairs)


At 09:20 -0600 10-02-1999, Chris McDonald wrote:
>Erik Wrote:
>
>In belgium every village or town has a nickname for the people living
>there. F.i. people from Brussels are "chicken-eaters", where i live now
>(Schaarbeek which is one of the 19 communes which make up brussels it's
>"donkeys"). But  was born in Alsemberg, a small village near Brussels and
>the nickname there was "stair-shitters" : people who shit on stairs
>[]
>
>OK -- I can't let this past...chicken eaters...hmmmm fair enough, "donkeys"
>- no idea what it has to do with Schaarbeek but OK but "stair
>shitters"?????  I have to know...origin? fable? mysterious apparitions?
>
>Chris

well in our local language a "trapschijter" (stair shitter" is a real
coward. Plus this little village of about 4000 inhabitants has a very big
church build on little hill with some big stairs to get there. It does have
a connection but i don't know which one.

As for the donkeys of Schaarbeek, it dates from a couple of centuries when
they were used for transporting goods.

and how are you doing in the cold north ?

Erik