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Originally Posted by Joanna Lytton-Vasey
I thought Kees was the Low German word for cheese and they were called John Cheese to reflect their unhealthy diet. This is what made them so fat and pasty-faced.
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That woulb be ¨kaas¨. And I wonder why Germanicus wants to highlight that Jan Kees is Dutch because he is a blemish on Dutch society: More or less forcing Dutch pensioners to invest in Greek bonds, telling them they would get it back with interest and then force them to take a 70% haircut on their investment.
Jeremiah 6:21 Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish.
Best wishes for the people in Ukraine.