Brussels - The place to break your leg at!
Nope, I didn’t make that up - thats what the Social Security people (I don’t remember the exact French name) say! Just saw an ad on Belgian TV which says that if you want to break a leg, you should go to Belgium where you have excellent social security, you can consult a doctor without even providing your credit card number (they didn’t say anything about insurance though), and it only costs 20 EUR.
Really, what is that ad supposed to mean? If I were a resident paying a large part of my pay towards social security, the last thing I want to know is that the government is inviting foreigners to use that up. If I am not a resident, the last thing I would think of when I am falling down from a tree is to take a flight to Brussels?
What am I missing here?
What are you missing? The utter stupidity of some of the ad agencies!
Comment by Sig11 — March 7, 2006 @ 11:26 pm
haven’t seen this ad, but maybe they were trying to use the term “break a leg” in the “good luck” sense or something…still doesn’t make sense though. But yes, medical care is superior in Belgium compared to (most of) the rest of W.Europe. People routinely come over from France for procedures that are more expensive there (Aside: You watch Belgian TV?!)
Comment by venkat — March 8, 2006 @ 8:54 am
I am guessing that wasn’t meant for foreigners?
Comment by Anjali — March 9, 2006 @ 12:31 pm
sig11: was trying hard not to reach that conclusion..:)
venkat: only when I am in Belgium..was in Waterloo briefly.
Anjali: it really seemed like it was for foreigners..the setting was a fake CNN news or something. just seemed a weird ad..:)
Comment by Sue — March 17, 2006 @ 5:43 am