Dutch cycling song

Simon Mason said:

Every month I put on my website an obscure Dutch song [...] "Hoe sterk is de eenzame fietser"

Obscure?! A classic! 🙂

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Simon Mason said:

Every month I put on my website an obscure Dutch song [...] "Hoe sterk is de eenzame fietser"

Obscure?! A classic! 🙂

Obscure to UK readers Ewoud! If I'd wanted to be obscure to Dutch readers, I would put Bo singing
"In Your Life"/Slow Motion Mind" when he sang in English in "The Tower" in 1968 ;-)

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Every month I put on my website an obscure Dutch song from my extensive collection(usually with
English lyrics, but in Dutch this time) . This month's offering is cycling related as the first
line of the song is:

"Hoe sterk is de eenzame fietser"

is that not what they put on cans of Grosch? OT anyone know the meaning (apart from its literal
translation, which is "not for the pussycat, but for the cat"😉 of "Niet voor de poos, maar voor de
kater"? (from a Dutch postcard)

martin said:

OT anyone know the meaning (apart from its literal translation, which is "not for the pussycat,
but for the cat"😉 of "Niet voor de [poes], maar voor de kater"? (from a Dutch postcard)

Not for pussies, but for tomcats. ("Niet voor de poes" means: "it's quite something", and here the
wordplay is extended to a male/female thing).

martin said:

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"Hoe sterk is de eenzame fietser"

is that not what they put on cans of Gro(l)sch?

AFAIK it's always been "vakmanschap is meesterschap" (loosely translated: " mastery through
craftmanship"😉. But then I only drink Guinness, so what do I know?

I'm allmost sure there is actually a bicycle-themed beer, but for the life of me, I can't remember
where it's made, or what it's called.

Mark van Gorkom.

Mark van Gorkom said:

I'm allmost sure there is actually a bicycle-themed beer, but for the life of me, I can't remember
where it's made, or what it's called.

Don't know it. But if you're ever in Gent, be sure to visit "Het Velootje", an extremely peculiar
little café in a side alley somewhere. All the abdij beer you'll ever want, and tens of (very) old
bicycles up on the walls and the ceiling.

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martin said:

OT anyone know the meaning (apart from its literal translation, which is "not for the pussycat,
but for the cat"😉 of "Niet voor de [poes], maar voor de kater"? (from a Dutch postcard)

Not for pussies, but for tomcats. ("Niet voor de poes" means: "it's quite something", and here the
wordplay is extended to a male/female thing).

Thanks, that's been bothering me since 1989 (still don't understand the photo on the card though of
a man carrying two beers past a window with a cat looking out of it).

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martin said:

OT anyone know the meaning (apart from its literal translation, which is "not for the
pussycat, but for the cat"😉 of "Niet voor de [poes], maar voor de kater"? (from a Dutch
postcard)

Not for pussies, but for tomcats. ("Niet voor de poes" means: "it's quite something", and here
the wordplay is extended to a male/female thing).

Thanks, that's been bothering me since 1989 (still don't understand the photo on the card though
of a man carrying two beers past a window with a cat looking out of it).

It's a pun: Kater also means hangover
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M-Gineering said:

It's a pun: Kater also means hangover

It does, but do you really think it's meant that way? Surely not if the card was from the
brewery itself..?! More like: a heavy beer, strong, not for pussies, only for the experienced
(male) beer drinker.

Anyway. I'll stop the stupid late night bar talk now.

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Mark van Gorkom said:

I'm allmost sure there is actually a bicycle-themed beer, but for the life of me, I can't
remember where it's made, or what it's called.

Don't know it. But if you're ever in Gent, be sure to visit "Het Velootje", an extremely peculiar
little café in a side alley somewhere. All the abdij beer you'll ever want, and tens of (very) old
bicycles up on the walls and the ceiling.

Last time I was in Ghent we went to the Belgian equivalent of BHS, the top floor cafe sold mussels,
chips and draught beer and nothing else (slight exaggeration). Belgian shoppers have got their
priorities spot on!

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M-Gineering said:

It's a pun: Kater also means hangover

It does, but do you really think it's meant that way? Surely not if the card was from the brewery
itself..?! More like: a heavy beer, strong, not for pussies, only for the experienced (male) beer
drinker.

Hardly, it was one of those 25cl glasses of Heineken /whatever with the froth scooped off by a
letter opener.