# Flanders flags. Spot the difference **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [November 21, 2021, 6:16pm UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/flanders-flags-spot-the-difference/14288 "2021-11-21T18:16:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FatSprinter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/fatsprinter/32/5801_2.png) [@FatSprinter](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/FatSprinter)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2021, 6:16pm UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/flanders-flags-spot-the-difference/14288/1 "2021-11-21T18:16:46Z")
Spot the difference. One flag from I think Running with The Wolves, the other bought by my girlfriend (now wife) when I had a little soiree amateur racing in Belgium just after I finished University. (I was mediocre at best and was lucky to get a top 20, let alone have sight of the podium.🥵). When you spot the difference (sorry about picture quality), guess the significance of the difference! ![20211118_201700](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/thesufferfest/original/2X/a/a9c2ac67d727ace1d6bc1b691bcb59a12316f424.jpeg) ![20211118_201820](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/thesufferfest/original/2X/4/4c5c3c45ece199e1bda84b57cd8c5422b8909529.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Padair](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/padair/32/6601_2.png) [@Padair](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/Padair)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2021, 6:30pm UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/flanders-flags-spot-the-difference/14288/2 "2021-11-21T18:30:40Z")
One is on the tv, amd the other is behind you ---
**Author:** ![JamesT](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/jamest/32/17522_2.png) [@JamesT](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/JamesT)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2021, 6:52pm UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/flanders-flags-spot-the-difference/14288/3 "2021-11-21T18:52:39Z")
Colour of the claws. No comment on the significance because then I’d be tempted to start on the “issues” with our heraldic goat… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![FatSprinter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/fatsprinter/32/5801_2.png) [@FatSprinter](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/FatSprinter)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2021, 6:59pm UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/flanders-flags-spot-the-difference/14288/4 "2021-11-21T18:59:38Z")
😂🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Glen.Coutts](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/glen.coutts/32/25318_2.png) [@Glen.Coutts](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/Glen.Coutts)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2021, 7:30pm UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/flanders-flags-spot-the-difference/14288/5 "2021-11-21T19:30:26Z")
what would it take to lead you further into temptation ![evil laugh](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/thesufferfest/original/2X/2/2b110cf9b24ea61f7a29fb330a0d1b9ac66560c4.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![TLa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/tla/32/1734_2.png) [@TLa](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/TLa)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2021, 6:40am UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/flanders-flags-spot-the-difference/14288/6 "2021-11-22T06:40:24Z")
The one with the red claws is the normal Flemish flag The one with black claws is the combat flag (not really official but the one used by those who want more autonomy for Flanders) You’re not going to see the one with red claws a lot, because most (proud) Flemish will prefer the combat flag ---
**Author:** ![FatSprinter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/fatsprinter/32/5801_2.png) [@FatSprinter](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/FatSprinter)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2021, 7:58am UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/flanders-flags-spot-the-difference/14288/7 "2021-11-22T07:58:51Z")
That is pretty much it, although there is much history behind it and where the all black flag comes from and represents. But it is now associated with the right wing and independent Flanders movement. I live in a Flemish (Dutch) speaking area right next to Brussels and they are fiercely Flemish especially due to the influx of French speakers. When I do my road rides around the edges of Flanders, there appears to be a great proportion of those flags. It was great to see the Worlds this year on my doorstep, but it was full of all black flemish flags. I believe they may be propagated by the far right at races to spread their cause. Flemish politics is complicated to say the least. ---
**Author:** ![KevinD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/kevind/32/8227_2.png) [@KevinD](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/KevinD)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2021, 1:26pm UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/flanders-flags-spot-the-difference/14288/8 "2021-11-22T13:26:51Z")
I came here to suffer, not to learn 😜 ---
**Author:** ![FatSprinter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/fatsprinter/32/5801_2.png) [@FatSprinter](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/FatSprinter)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2021, 1:33pm UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/flanders-flags-spot-the-difference/14288/9 "2021-11-22T13:33:04Z")
Cue Sufferfest book of Suffering and GvA and the quotes in the training about Suffering ---
**Author:** ![FatSprinter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/fatsprinter/32/5801_2.png) [@FatSprinter](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/FatSprinter)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2021, 1:33pm UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/flanders-flags-spot-the-difference/14288/10 "2021-11-22T13:33:23Z")
“He who suffers much, will know much” Greek Proverb ---
**Author:** ![FatSprinter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/fatsprinter/32/5801_2.png) [@FatSprinter](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/FatSprinter)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2021, 1:39pm UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/flanders-flags-spot-the-difference/14288/11 "2021-11-22T13:39:00Z")
“Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering reaches its supreme point.” Arthur Schopenhauer So, by educating you, I am helping you with your suffering. Also I am helping you suffer by having to read what I write ---
**Author:** ![KevinD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/kevind/32/8227_2.png) [@KevinD](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/KevinD)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/flanders-flags-spot-the-difference/14288/12 "2021-11-22T14:20:20Z")
😅 😅 Stop this punishment 🤣 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Glen.Coutts](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/glen.coutts/32/25318_2.png) [@Glen.Coutts](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/Glen.Coutts)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2021, 3:53pm UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/flanders-flags-spot-the-difference/14288/13 "2021-11-22T15:53:51Z")
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