Thursday, June 22, 2006

Dutch Celebrations

Here you can see the Dutch tv spot for the Celebrations chocolates. I'm posting the spot because it shows one of the most characteristic features of the Dutch.
Ali B, one of the most famous rappers here in Holland, is actually from Arabic origin. He shows up at his mother's birthday party bringing a box of Celebrations. While he's greeting his mom, the box is passed from hand to hand. Ali follows the chiocolates but when he finally gets hold of the box, there's only a single tiny Mars chocolate left. An old lady takes it right under his nose. Ali's mother sees him holdind the empty box and harshly tells him a dutchman.

If someone is still wondering what's the bottomline: the Dutch are unbelievably greedy & stingy. Good that they can at least make fun of themselves.