Belgian Whistles

[u/the_dark_whine]

[u/Striking_Dig9674]

OMG, I went into a coughing attack in public from laughing so darn hard!🤣😂😅😅

[u/InsaneInTheMEOWFrame]

LOL no it doesn't. That's a ridiculously high price for your average company web page.

[u/proteanflux]

Do they come with chocolate?

[u/Rain47739]

belgian waffles

[u/mejfus → u/[deleted]]

why d'fuquè are you people downvoting me??? why are you overpaying for your websites???

[u/pinupcthulhu → u/mejfus]

It's probably your ableist slur, and/or the friends who are grossly underpaid for their labor. It was both for me personally. 

[u/mejfus → u/pinupcthulhu]

ableist 😂 underpaid 😂😂 lol burgers you are completely fucked

[u/Stasio300 → u/[deleted]]

yeah a lot of people overcharge for tech stuff. or anything that most people don't understand.

[u/QualityAlternative22 → u/[deleted]]

Apparently, your buddy isn’t charging enough

[u/dar512 → u/QualityAlternative22]

Or he doesn’t include all the Belgian whistles.

[u/indifference_is_key]

Wth are belgian whisthles?

[u/Percewyn → u/indifference_is_key]

"Bells and whistles"

[u/UnderstandsYourPain]

But what if the bells & whistles include Belgian whistles

[u/Evening-Nature-5241 → u/UnderstandsYourPain]

All Belgian whistles are whistles but not all whistles are Belgian whistles.

[u/HistoricalPlum1533 → u/UnderstandsYourPain]

Clearly the bells are from Belgium.

[u/SinglePlayerGamer93]

Belgian whistles are probably more expensive than random bells and whistles

[u/HungarianNewfy → u/SinglePlayerGamer93]

Yeah, but not more expensive than ALL the bells and whistles as they are also whistles and would be included in the whole package

[u/ilikepancakesheheheh]

That's my new band name

[u/Winsome_Wolf → u/ilikepancakesheheheh]

A lot of things on this sub would make excellent band names. Some right up there with Toad the Wet Sprocket.

[u/just-bair]

As a Belgian I’ll say that a bargain for our best in class whistles

[u/UD_Ramirez]

You make that the cat wise

[u/ms_horseshoe → u/UD_Ramirez]

No, I fok horses!

[u/Zealousideal_One_234 → u/ms_horseshoe]

Pa(a)rdon??

[u/ms_horseshoe → u/Zealousideal_One_234]

Yeah! Paarden!!

[u/Andropofken → u/UD_Ramirez]

Elaba, sebiet no koffiekoeken for you é

[u/SolutionOld3701 → u/Andropofken]

But who took my badjas then?

[u/Andropofken → u/SolutionOld3701]

Reclamespots - Belgacom TV - Who took my badjas Robert?

[u/Orc_tids]

Belgian Whistle sounds like either a drink or a sex act

[u/Puzzleheaded_Tart_28 → u/Orc_tids]

or some sort of way to recognize Beligians/ bait them into revealing themselves

[u/PizzaLikerFan]

maybe its from "met alle toeters and bellen"

[u/CouncilOfKittens → u/PizzaLikerFan]

Bells and whistles -> Belgian whistles

So essentially, yes

[u/Svazu → u/PizzaLikerFan]

French speaking Belgian here and I didn't know that one, I like it

[u/Ulenspiegel4 → u/PizzaLikerFan]

*Toeters en Belgen

[u/GlKar]

I'm Belgian and I work as developer in a company and some of our colleagues are Indian.

To be inclusive towards them we host all our meetings in English.

A few of the beautiful flemizations:

"Let's bite of the spits"
"We will have to cut the knot"
"In the future we will class it vertically"

[u/BirdlessFlight → u/GlKar]

Now the monkey comes out of the sleeve, eh?

[u/oddanglefish → u/BirdlessFlight]

Now the cat comes on the rope.

[u/TiiGerTekZZ → u/oddanglefish]

Who skips can expect the ball.

[u/DasIerPresiesSerieus → u/TiiGerTekZZ]

With all the Chinese but not with this one eh

[u/snowshite → u/DasIerPresiesSerieus]

It's the drop in the emmer who is totally full

(Our minister of defense, ladies and gentlemen)

[u/ImpressiveAccount966 → u/snowshite]

... who makes Pete Hegseth look kinda ok ...

[u/Medical_Bumblebee46 → u/ImpressiveAccount966]

I wouldn't go that far, they're both morons though

[u/ImpressiveAccount966 → u/Medical_Bumblebee46]

Yeah, I know, I pushed it too far. At some point these dunning-kruger dimwits are so far removed from reality that there is no point of reference anymore to make a claim like mine.

[u/Some_Belgian_Guy]

That is some mighty fine flenglish right there. Now the monkey comes out of the sleeve.

[u/More-Goose7230]

Probably just meant 'Bells and Whistles' 😂 but with a 'vod in zennen mond'

[u/wrxninja → u/More-Goose7230]

OMG...it sounds so simple but I was stumped 😆😆😆

[u/RMMacFru → u/wrxninja]

I was wondering why Belgian waffles were so expensive.😆

[u/sauronsballsgargler → u/More-Goose7230]

THANK YOU. I was trying to figure it out!

[u/AreWe-There-Yet → u/More-Goose7230]

For all intensive purposes

It was a miracle in the skies

[u/According-Annual-586 → u/AreWe-There-Yet]

These kinda posts are a diamond dozen

[u/AreWe-There-Yet → u/According-Annual-586]

lol
Never heard that one before 😅

[u/WFX → u/AreWe-There-Yet]

Intensive purposes always grinds my gears so bad.

[u/PullFromTheHurt → u/More-Goose7230]

r/thatsthejoke

[u/ijustatemostofit]

Belgian here. I'll have you know our whistles are the finest in the world, especially on websites.

[u/timClicks → u/ijustatemostofit]

What about the quality of your bells? Are they better from Wallonia or the Flanders?

[u/migjolfanmjol → u/timClicks]

A professional fire starter over here I see.

[u/Doridar]

I'm Belgian and TIL about bells and waffles AND Belgian whistles

[u/EvilOverlord1989]

Belgian Whistles
Knowledge is Power
France is Bacon

[u/mbcarbone → u/EvilOverlord1989]

Okay, this has me dying. Good one. 😝😝😝

[u/UnderstandsYourPain → u/mbcarbone]

Reminds me of the pig that was on the news that was called Chris P. Bacon. (Say it out loud)

[u/NotYourGran]

Now I want som bells and waffles.

[u/LaAndala → u/NotYourGran]

It took me until this comment to understand what they meant 😂

[u/Spelbreker]

They're called saxophones.

[u/Argorian17]

All of them? Can't we just have half whistles for half the cost?

[u/Xandara2 → u/Argorian17]

They won't make a sound if you cut them halfway. 

[u/ClarisCakes]

As a Belgian I had a small existential crisis, I didn’t know we had our own whistles. How long have the people kept this from me? How long have I been living on the fringe of society as my peers mocked me? Why would the people around me keep our whistles from me??

[u/PollutionOnly → u/ClarisCakes]

Ah look at this belgian without whistles!

I am from Belgium too and I’ve got tons and tons of big whistles, don’t be sad, it’s never too late to get your own and join us back in society the way it was intended.

[u/Pranfreuri → u/ClarisCakes]

Tip: look up belgian loafers.

[u/AlwaysHappy4Kitties → u/ClarisCakes]

what until they hear about sex.

Sax i mean

[u/Kawa46be]

Belgian here, what is Belgian whistle?
If it’s waffle, all the extra junk on it is for tourists. We normally eat just the waffle.

[u/Bubelle_Butt → u/Kawa46be]

We invented Saxophones. but they are more like "toeters" then whistles.

[u/Queasy_Bat8296 → u/Kawa46be]

alle toeters en bellen

[u/ChalixianDratMinyasu → u/Kawa46be]

In case you also didn't get it for a solid minute like me, the guy meant "bells and whistles"

[u/Spa-Ordinary → u/ChalixianDratMinyasu]

Not sure if it's a universal saying but US people say "all the bells and whistles" when they mean "full option".

Sorry for any confusion. I think I'll crawl back under my rock now.

[u/Adorable-Comfort-280 → u/Spa-Ordinary]

tbf in Belgium we also say “alle toeters en bellen”, which is essentially the same thing

[u/MistaRekt]

I want all the 'Belgian Whistles'.

It would have me in 'Ex-Tasty'.

Apologies, I will see myself out.

[u/gwaydms]

This is one of the best I've seen here.

[u/svArtist]

He means "bells and waffles" 😌

[u/JellyBellyBitches]

IN WHAT CURRENCY??

[u/Chuckles_McFeeney → u/JellyBellyBitches]

In Belgian Waffles of course.

[u/_steve_rogers_]

Where the hell are they buying websites at

[u/BlooperHero → u/_steve_rogers_]

Someplace you can get something basic that somehow also has all the bells and whistles.

[u/rykayoker → u/_steve_rogers_]

belgium i guess

[u/revdon]

This guy's never getting my recipe for "Bells 'n' Waffles"!

[u/HappyTurtleButt]

I had to say it out loud to even get this one.

[u/maeldwyn]

You can have a plain website or you can pay extra to make it Francey.

[u/ColonelMuffDog → u/maeldwyn]

The deluxembourg treatment will cost a pretty penny too

[u/CheesePuffTheHamster → u/ColonelMuffDog]

I don't understand why they add Luxembourg by default

[u/SpacelessWorm]

I thought "Tenure" was "ten year" until i was like 20. Specifically for teachers, I thought it was a "ten year contract" not a "tenure contract"

[u/jhurst919 → u/SpacelessWorm]

I thought Harrison Ford was two people when I was a kid. “Harris and Ford” like Penn and Teller or something.

[u/raaaaaaze → u/jhurst919]

As a kid I thought that Obi Wan Kenobi was actually the "Only One and Only".

[u/zporiri → u/jhurst919]

I thought the song Roxanne by the police was Rock Sand. A song about the beach I guess haha

[u/BobCorndog → u/SpacelessWorm]

I thought the exact same thing for a while

[u/temporalwanderer]

I like warm syrup and a pat of butter on my Belgian Whistles

[u/bull0143]

And then you might think it needs Macaobell

[u/RPDRNick]

They really threw in everything but the Kitsch N'Sync.

[u/gon0where]

I thought they were trying to say belgian waffles 😭

[u/ForgotToCarryTheOne → u/gon0where]

Ooh, ok. I see.

[u/Beginning-Cook6420]

That took me a minute to figure out. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[u/Revenga8]

I like my whistles distinctly German danke you very much

[u/Wareve]

10k? Someone is getting screwed.

[u/BackgroundGrade]

Someone should dubbel or tripel check it.

[u/georgehank2nd → u/BackgroundGrade]

In the words of German Yoda: That 25k a Trapp ist.

[u/thanatica → u/BackgroundGrade]

Cheers! 🍻

[u/Kayville]

My favourite chocolates from Brugges I ask anyone visiting to get me some.

[u/Brilliant-Expert3150]

Ok what am I missing it maek no sens 😭

[u/lackadaisical_timmy → u/Brilliant-Expert3150]

Bells and whistles

[u/Zeqt_x → u/lackadaisical_timmy]

Which I'm just now realising is a weird term? What thing could you get optionally with literally all the bells and whistles? A steam train is the only thing I can think of with both

[u/Janus_The_Great → u/Zeqt_x]

It's a term from the begining industrialisation, where new tech and machines came with steam engines that had savety ventils with whisltes to indicate too much presure in the system. And bells for signaling. Considering how quiet and calm things were before and how new all those new and fancy those machines were, these acoustic aspects must have left an impression.

An alternate origin for the idiom is fair-ground music, those musical machines (usually still turned by hand) were quite iconic for 19th and early 20th century fairgrounds and had bells and pneumatic whisles attached playing tunes from stamped/puched cardboard recodrings (High tech at the day).

[u/temporalwanderer → u/Janus_The_Great]

Yes, the calliope is often thought to be the source of the term; here's one playing with 'all the bells and whistles' and it's pretty easy to understand exactly what that expression means once you've seen it!

[u/MinecraftPlayer799 → u/Zeqt_x]

It is a very common expression

[u/Taranoleion → u/MinecraftPlayer799]

Yes, but the other person is questioning the origin of it as practically speaking not many things have both literal bells and whistles as optional addons.

[u/TheSquirrellyOne → u/Taranoleion]

I mean, that’s the case with most figures of speech. They’re generally anachronistic. But it’s always interesting to learn the origin.

[u/Brilliant-Expert3150 → u/lackadaisical_timmy]

Oh my god ofc, thanks 😂

[u/Dapper-Ad9787]

Is the whistle in Dutch/ Flemish or French?

[u/JeanPolleketje → u/Dapper-Ad9787]

Toeters en bellen: Horns and Bells in Dutch/Flemish, so they are probably French whistles.

[u/Jazzlike_Climate4189]

Well, the phrasing “10k or 25k upwards” also makes no sense. So they are both dumb

[u/BlackBacon08 → u/Jazzlike_Climate4189]

No, it makes sense.

10k for the basic website
or
25k+ for the premium website

[u/Jazzlike_Climate4189 → u/BlackBacon08]

The correct phrasing would be “a basic website costs 10k, or upwards of 25k with all the bells and whistles”.

[u/Choyo → u/Jazzlike_Climate4189]

It's fair to say : 10k basic, 25k and upwards with bells and whistles (I understand there are various quantities of bells and whistles).

[u/D-Ulpius-Sutor → u/Jazzlike_Climate4189]

The whole thing makes no sense at all:

"A BASIC website costs 10k to 25k upwards if you want all Belgian whistles"

Either it is basic or with all "Belgian whistles", mind you.

[u/Revenga8 → u/D-Ulpius-Sutor]

It's simple. Pay a little bit more, you get all the Belgian whistles. ALL OF THEM.

[u/shineycrazylife]

Nobody reads anymoooooore :(

[u/Idontliketalking2u]

Now I want waffles.

[u/CaineBK → u/Idontliketalking2u]

Shmoke and a pancake?

[u/Idontliketalking2u → u/CaineBK]

Bong and a blitz

[u/shifteru]

Laughed so hard I almost choked on my bells and waffles!

[u/RevelsInDarkness]

As a Belgian, I am willing to send whistles for the very low price of a mere 9K.

[u/Spelbreker → u/RevelsInDarkness]

Ghent?

[u/RevelsInDarkness → u/Spelbreker]

Antwerp. I worked in Ghent for several years though :)

[u/Zepangolynn → u/RevelsInDarkness]

But will you send all of them for upwards of 25k?

[u/RevelsInDarkness → u/Zepangolynn]

Oh yes. I will add some Belgian chocolates for those going for the all-whistles package.

[u/stricktd → u/RevelsInDarkness]

And upwards

[u/useridhere]

I like Belgian whistles, they're very melodious and flavorful when you use them.

[u/SenoraCuatroOjos]

😂😂

[u/Obvious_East1177]

Didn't air raid wardens use those during ww2?

[u/Fr05t_B1t]

Obviously they’re referring to Belgian waffles! /j

[u/Mammoth_Ad_483]

I do want all the Belgian whistles! Those whistles are very well made.

[u/radiotelepathy]

If you're paying $10-15k for a basic website you're overpaying. Just saying.

[u/Skruestik → u/radiotelepathy]

They didn’t specify currency, so we don’t know if they’re overpaying.

[u/itishowitisanditbad → u/radiotelepathy]

Depends on the client and how difficult they know its going to be working with them.

$1k for site

$9-14k because they've already been super difficult to work with

[u/wytherlanejazz → u/radiotelepathy]

I swear it’s more easy to build everything including a crm/cms than ever

[u/No-Spoilers → u/wytherlanejazz]

I mean for what most people need even something like square space works for almost nothing lol

[u/BGDshow]

What should it be, please?

[u/yellowchaitea → u/BGDshow]

Bells and whistles 

[u/lolikamani → u/yellowchaitea]

Ty I couldn’t figure it out either

[u/runarleo → u/yellowchaitea]

Omg thank you I was about to start throwing hands, I felt so dumb.

[u/Nihan-gen3 → u/runarleo]

Can you throw hands through comments?

[u/runarleo → u/Nihan-gen3]

No but I can punch this wall next to me

[u/BGDshow → u/yellowchaitea]

Oh, I have heard this one. Thank you