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Flying Dutchman
Does anyone know how did the name 'flying dutchman' come about?
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Re: Flying Dutchman
yea ... legend has it , there was a dashing young dutch bloke that travelled village after village town after town ... he gave women a hell of a romantic evening but as dawn approached... before they knew it , he was gone .... they called him the flying dutchman....
ofcoz there are other stories like the ship and captian and blah blah ....
ofcoz there are other stories like the ship and captian and blah blah ....

jag78 wrote:Does anyone know how did the name 'flying dutchman' come about?
"El tango no está en los pies. Está en el corazón."
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Re: Flying Dutchman
He is in Singapore now, lives around east coast... 8)KT wrote:yea ... legend has it , there was a dashing young dutch bloke that travelled village after village town after town ... he gave women a hell of a romantic evening but as dawn approached... before they knew it , he was gone .... they called him the flying dutchman....
ofcoz there are other stories like the ship and captian and blah blah ....
jag78 wrote:Does anyone know how did the name 'flying dutchman' come about?
Eric
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Good you came clear on ya own Eric ... i wasnt going to name names , but i think we all knew who it was

Eric from the Netherlands wrote:He is in Singapore now, lives around east coast... 8)KT wrote:yea ... legend has it , there was a dashing young dutch bloke that travelled village after village town after town ... he gave women a hell of a romantic evening but as dawn approached... before they knew it , he was gone .... they called him the flying dutchman....
ofcoz there are other stories like the ship and captian and blah blah ....
jag78 wrote:Does anyone know how did the name 'flying dutchman' come about?
Eric
"El tango no está en los pies. Está en el corazón."
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