Sharon Stone for William Lawson Scotch

Evidently the guy is Belgian, which is setting all the women off.....and probably a few guys too.

Bavarian Octoberfest in Brussels

Bavarian Octoberfest in Brussels will take place at Place Jourdain, just off the Schuman Metro, on October 17-21. Music, food , and of course beer on tap. Wednesday through Friday 5-11, Saturday 11-11.

Brussels busts Bavarian Barmaids

If I told you the bureaucrats that run the EU were going to make Bavarian barmaids who dress in traditional but revealing dirndls like this and this cover up their assets, you’d cry “What a bunch of boobs!”
“Yet surely,” you’d continue, “there must be a good reason why they’d do such a thing, right? To halt the objectification of women, maybe? Um, to make them wear non-gender-specific uniforms?”
No, no, and no. It’s to protect them from the sun! You see, thanks to Paul Belien at The Brussels Journal we’re now aware of the European Union’s Optical Radiation Directive, about to be voted on, in which employers face heavy fines if they fail to protect their employees against the risk of sunburn.
When it dawned on the Bavarians earlier this week that the directive would entail that their dirndl-dressed barmaids cover up their bosoms when serving drinks outside, there were fierce protests against the EU. “This is European law-making at its most pedantic,” said Munich’s lord mayor, Christian Ude. The organisers of the world’s biggest beer festival, the Munich Oktoberfest, called the proposed ban “an attack on the traditions of [their] region.”
Go read the article and see why if you want a picture of the future of life in the EU (the latest iteration of the socialist nanny-state), imagine a pillow smothering a human face – for ever. (Usual apologies to George Orwell.)

Belgium celebrates with biggest ever gin bar

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Jenever Museum (Gin Museum) in Hasselt, the largest jenever-bar in Belgium is due to be built during the 8th Jenever Festivities on Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 October.

“We have invited all (57) existing Belgian jenever producers to celebrate this birthday with us.” said Davy Jacobs, coordinator of the Jenever Museum. “For them, we are building a mega-bar in the Witte Nonnenstraat and surroundings.

The aim is that the jenever distillers will bring all their jenever flavours to Hasselt. Already more than 20 producers from Brussels, East and West Flanders and the rest of Belgium have promised to come. On average, each producer has about eight to ten flavours. So with a bit of luck we will be able to offer – on top of the 110 jenevers from the museum – another 500 kinds of jenever!”

As well as the bar, events at the Festivities include the traditional waiters’ race. The “Borrelmanneke”, a popular figure at the festival, will be offering shots of jenever to the public together with a mega shot-bar with non-stop popular music. The famous gin-fountain will return with free flowing jenever on an “all you can drink” basis!

Galileo Project is Doomed....but that never stops the EU

In the Evening Standard, Neil Collins reports on former Transport Minister Stephen Ladyman’s comments, made at an Open Europe event this week, that the business case for Galileo is “doomed”. He writes, “The Government opposes the project, but as with so many other euro-fantasies, can’t stop it. Ministers will eventually be forced into acquiescence and will then tell us how profitable it’s going to be, since all public sector bodies will have to use it. This will bump up their costs, but never mind; it covers those embarrassing euro-screwups.”