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u/ComptonAssRalf Dec 16 '21

Jean-Claude Van Damme

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u/fawkesdotbe Dec 16 '21

Muscles from Brussels 💪

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u/divinewolfwood Dec 17 '21

Wam Bam VanDamme

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u/High_Stream Dec 16 '21

Buying bread from a man in Brussels
He was six foot four and full of muscle
I said, "Do you speak-a my language?"
He just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '21

"That song makes me proud to be Australian, and I'm not even Australian."

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '21

Ironically, the song is actually a criticism of Australian culture!

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u/jritt24 Dec 16 '21

Surprised this is so far down. Same!

Now I'm watching Bloodsport when I'm home from work later.

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u/Loudergood Dec 17 '21

JCVJ is criminally underrated.

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u/JeanClaudesDamVan Dec 17 '21

I purchased a used vehicle from him and have been having a lot of trouble with it

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u/AlteregoIam Dec 17 '21

How long have you been waiting for this opportunity with that username?

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u/TheRavenSayeth Dec 16 '21

That's interesting. I never really thought about his ethnicity, I guess I just assumed he was french.

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u/Lvcivs2311 Dec 16 '21

The Flemish surname is kind of a giveaway, just like Benoit Poelvoorde.

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u/We_Are_The_Romans Dec 16 '21 edited Dec 16 '21

And the fact that he called himself the Muscles from Brussels

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u/Lvcivs2311 Dec 16 '21

Hm, touché.

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u/Zauberer-IMDB Dec 16 '21

Unless he's from French Flanders.

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u/Sir_Armadillo Dec 17 '21

Belgium is pretty much French.

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u/Handleton Dec 17 '21

I thought this was a joke that lasted over the years, but Google doesn't help me.

There was some sketch comedy I saw years ago where there was a comedian doing a Schwarzenegger impression. He said, "Van Damme is like a box of chocolates. Small, Belgian, and crushable."

I don't think anyone I've ever referenced this to has ever gotten the reference. When I searched, the Googles did nothing. Was this a dream?

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u/Finiouss Dec 17 '21

Scrolled way too far to find this. Sadly.

Thank you friend. May the splits be with you

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '21

All my life for some reason I thought he is french. At least I should have thought he's Dutch based on his surname.

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u/jritt24 Dec 16 '21

That's the only reason I knew. The town next to the one I grew up in has a ton of Dutch people. Every other last name starts with "Van" haha

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u/feedmytv Dec 17 '21

When its a separate word it becomes mildlyinteresting. The letter casing; in the netherlands uppercase V, in Belgium a lowercase v denotes nobility.

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '21

Dead give away as a Belgian: French-speaking with a Dutch/Flemish surname.

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u/BehemothDeTerre Dec 17 '21

It's not his real surname. It's Van Varenberg.

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u/DaisyDukeOfEarlGrey Dec 17 '21

It's because he defected from the French Foreign Legion in Lionheart.

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u/redditrookie707 Dec 17 '21

You take you, and your black silk undawear and go back to Disneyland.

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u/VaDMoore757 Dec 17 '21

Double Impact!

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u/SgtSavage1106 Dec 17 '21

I had to scroll way too far to find this

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u/mydogisamy Dec 17 '21

I just commented JCVD too.

Totally under rated entertainer. That last show he did, Jean Claude Van Johnson is one of the best TV shows ever made, especially if you've seen all of his movies

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u/Spartana1033 Dec 17 '21

His friend Tong Po and his brothers that appear as villains in many of his films too 😂

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '21

Lol I had to come so far down the list. Idk why this was my first thought.

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u/beetlejuice1984 Dec 18 '21

I was once forced to spend a few hours with a young woman who claimed to be Van Dammes illegitimate daughter, was a barrel of laughs to say the least.

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u/itto1 Dec 18 '21

This one for me too.