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Wednesday
Feb132008

Yes, it's a real sign...

DateFebruary 13, 2008 at 2:08

...posted by the department of tourism, and I'm sure Peter, my favorite Belgian culture expert,  will explain it to us

mr. craps.jpg

February 13, 2008

AuthorV-Grrrl | Comment13 Comments |
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Don't forget some toilet paper on your lil walk!!! :-)
February 13, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterTera
Uh, yeah. Curious minds want to know. Peter?
February 13, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterDiane Mandy
Apparently, Meester Craps was a well-known teacher and school director who loved culture and nature.

Meester can stand for things like Master or lawyer etc (but Peter will surely provide more clarity on that one) ... and wandelpad = walking path.

So there you go, a walking path named after a school director. Interesting name though ...
February 13, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterDi
Meester Craps looks mighty jaunty for a handless, footless, neckless guy with a dislocated pelvis. Maybe he's on his way to the hospital?
February 13, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterV-Grrrl
I met Mr. Craps one time, he was stinky
February 13, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterfuriousBall
Everybody knows that misters crap! But I think it's nice they gave him his own walking path for that. Very thoughtful. :)
February 13, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterRD
Didn't he invent the flushable toilet? Just asking.
February 13, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterAnastasia Beaverhausen
"Meester Craps looks mighty jaunty for a handless, footless, neckless guy with a dislocated pelvis. Maybe he's on his way to the hospital?"

*snort* My thoughts exactly.
February 13, 2008 | Unregistered Commentermamatulip
He's gonna have a hard time; the guy has no butt.
February 13, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterNance
Well, he's certainly walking like he needs to get to a loo. ;-)
February 13, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterOrtizzle
I came too late to solve this crappy mystery, but like Di noted, Mr Craps
(which means nothing in Dutch, there's no connotation like in English) was indeed "a well-known teacher and school director who loved culture and nature" from the greenbelt S-E of Brussels, whose life story I've not yet been able to find on Google.

He appears to have lived in Sterrebeek (that's near Brussels airport) and the hiking trail is a 10 km (7 mile) walk through meadows and rolling hills.

This photo is quite similar (taken close to Zaventem, Brussels airport):
http://users.telenet.be/quarsan/zoe/streetsign.html
February 14, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterPeter
Ha, Peter, I love the link. Very funny.
February 14, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterV-Grrrl
Buawahahahahahaha. Oh, thank you V. for that laugh.
February 15, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterClaudia

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