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#2

Angrytecture

Final score:

168points

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Kaisu 5 years ago

I would be mad too, squished between two other buildings like this

70points

#3

Insane The Spain

Final score:

163points

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ƒιѕн 5 years ago

I actually... kinda like this.

224points

In an interview, Coudenys told Bored Panda that his project is ‘loved’ and he joked that it has turned into a kind of a ‘cult.’ “We all love to hate ugly Belgian houses,” he said, drawing attention to the fact that “Poland has terrible architecture, as a lot of people have let me see.”

However, not all is grim in Coudenys’ world. He noted that there are examples of good architecture in Belgium: “I like the work of Gijs van Vaerenbergh, Vens-Vanbelle, De Vylder Vinck Taillieu, Vincent van Duysen.”

#4

When You’re Trying To Watch Something On Pornhub But Those Spam Windows Pop Up

Final score:

163points

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eliana 5 years ago

when youre playing the Sims and you can't decide where to put your windows

103points

#5

Mayday Mayday! The East Wall Is Sinking!

Final score:

162points

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Shawn 5 years ago

It'd be an interesting house to trip at!

34points

#6

My House When You Came In The Backdoor

Final score:

156points

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EA 5 years ago

Thomas the tank engine inspired?

69points

Coudenys’ hobby has grown into a phenomenon: he has more than 104,000 followers on Facebook and 76,800 fans on Instagram.

In a previous interview, Coudenys told Bored Panda that some Belgians have a peculiar understanding of what constitutes good architecture: "Normally, if you like architecture you like good houses, but in Belgium, there’s a lot of ugly architecture. So I started taking pictures of it.”

"Because regulations are quite liberal and we love to design our own quirky dreamhouse," Coudenys explained. He added that lots of home-owners were angry that their houses were being mocked online.

#7

The Sky Is Limited

Final score:

154points

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Mieke Sorée 5 years ago

I guess the owner of the house didn't want to sell...

111points

#8

If Snake And Tetris Made A Baby

Final score:

141points

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Daja Lindeman 5 years ago

There used to be a garage, and a normal door where the red brick is now. They repurposed the building

33points

#9

When Your House Tried To Be Beautiful

Final score:

134points

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Nthati 5 years ago

This house is a representation of me pretending to be okay.

101points

“I received emails from lawyers and eventually gave in, stopping the blog altogether. I can understand the negative reactions in a way... It's the house of their dreams and I am demolishing it!" the Belgian revealed.

#10

Even The Neighbours Are Scared

Final score:

131points

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Sinkvenice 5 years ago

That's a really cool house!

72points

#11

D. I. Why?

Final score:

124points

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Katchen 5 years ago

This one is cool!

47points

#12

Pablo Picasa

Final score:

118points

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Raine Soo 5 years ago

That wave below the windows makes it look more like Salvador Dali.

56points

Coudenys isn’t the only critic of Belgium’s architecture. According to Culture Trip, if you’re in Belgium and want to see the country’s ugliest buildings, you would do well to visit the Ghent Market Hall, the Wiels Museum in Brussels, and the Tour Paradis in Liège.

Also be sure to see the ‘Book Tower’ in Gent, Leuven’s Sint-Maartensdal Towers, the seat of the Humanist Democratic Center in Brussels, the Radisson Blu Astrid Hotel in Antwerp, and The Water Tower in Ghent. Even I have to say that a few of these buildings make my inner artist cringe.

#13

‘Make It Look Like A Sad Elephant’ Said No One Ever. Oh Wait A Belgian Did

Final score:

109points

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goth_catlover_dumb 5 years ago

Me in my split section mirror

19points

#14

Please Explain

Final score:

105points

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Shawn 5 years ago

Ugh you just don't get it if you need it explained... said the architect.

59points

#15

Why Carve Pumpkins For Halloween?

Final score:

104points

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eliana 5 years ago

looks like teeth?

9points

#16

What The Flying Duck

Final score:

103points

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M.J. 5 years ago

I actually like it, it's at least colorful

69points

#17

Mohawkitecture

Final score:

103points

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Shayne O'Neill 5 years ago

I saw a lot of these in Sydney, for some reason.

14points

#18

Hiding An Ugly Belgian House Are We?

Final score:

100points

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Shawn 5 years ago

I actually like it!

55points

#19

When You’ve Got The Cheapest Street In Monopoly But You Bought Two Hotels

Final score:

92points

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Donna Reynolds 5 years ago

Norbert liked it dark, very dark.

22points

#20

When Windows 10 Keeps Randomly Crashing And Freezing

Final score:

89points

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Stijn Cornelis 5 years ago

Fun fact: till the end of the second world war you had to pay taxes acording to the number of windows and doors your house had (pretty common in Europe). With bricked off windows as a result.

65points

#21

What Is That Thing?

Final score:

84points

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Alex K 5 years ago

its a round staircase inside

43points

#22

Pytagorage

Final score:

83points

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Rowlie 5 years ago

Why so furious?

31points

#23

The Floor Is Lava

Final score:

83points

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Leo Domitrix 5 years ago

Already prepared for rising oceans?

21points

#24

When You See Yourself In The Mirror

Final score:

82points

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Raine Soo 5 years ago

This is the house version of the "Home Alone" aftershave burn.

35points

#25

Ceci N’est Pas Une Fermette

Final score:

81points

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ƒιѕн 5 years ago

When you really hate your neighbor.

54points

#26

Belgium Is A Work Of Art

Final score:

80points

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Donna Reynolds 5 years ago

Had some extra parts left over, build a house.

18points

#27

When Your Architect Needs An Adblocker

Final score:

77points

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ƒιѕн 5 years ago

Thats just pure spam.

24points

#28

When You Go Back To The Future

Final score:

75points

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European other 5 years ago

There's a lot going on here

22points

#29

This Is An Emergency, Somebody Call The Akropolice

Final score:

72points

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Alex K 5 years ago

that title was epic

33points

#30

Facade So Ugly The Tree Died

Final score:

71points

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Iudith Coman 5 years ago

The window is shocked the tree died 😂

39points

#31

Close But No Cigar. Or Is It?

Final score:

69points

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Let’s All Just Try And Be Decent 5 years ago

When the downstairs needs metals shutters, that's never a good sign

16points

#32

Windows Paint

Final score:

67points

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Trisha Lynn 5 years ago

The title sums it up! 🤣

14points

#33

Shades Don’t Always Make You Look Cool

Final score:

67points

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Veronica Sjöberg 5 years ago

But this looks cool :D

28points

#34

When You Stop Halfway The Reveal Because You’ve Seen Enough

Final score:

66points

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Vic 5 years ago

Image download in the 90s with those dial up modems

18points

#35

Not Sure If Roof Or Tiny Hat

Final score:

64points

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Jjjane20 5 years ago

It is hat you were forced to wear after younger brother.

13points

#36

When Your Architect Has A Black Out

Final score:

63points

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Jean-Francois Brisson 5 years ago

We have some of these here sometimes, it has water pipes inside that absorb solar radiation to heat your floors or whatever.

28points

#37

You Cant Leave Your Hat On

Final score:

62points

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Iggy 5 years ago

It looks like a mushroom. Maybe a fungi lives there.

13points

#38

I’m Out

Final score:

61points

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Kat833 5 years ago

Smart

11points

#39

When Your Keyhole Is Swollen And Red, You Better Go See A Doctor

Final score:

59points

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Kath Leen 5 years ago

looks like pokeball

8points

#40

When You Don’t Know What Hit You

Final score:

59points

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Allen Dela Cruz 5 years ago

"Don't worry, a little duct tape will fix this"

19points

#41

It Must Have Cost An Arm And A Leg

Final score:

58points

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Raine Soo 5 years ago

These creepy busts make garden gnomes look adorable. It must be Halloween everyday here.

31points

#42

Must Be Really Into Garage Sales

Final score:

57points

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Shawn 5 years ago

Hey Larry, get this I sold the idiot 3 garage doors.. one for each floor!! Bwahahahaha

36points

#43

🌓

Final score:

56points

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Colm Corcoran 5 years ago

Two Face's house?

18points

#44

So, Who Was Ugly First?

Final score:

53points

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A B C 5 years ago

Wow, look at how crooked the right part is.

10points

#45

When Your Architect Was Thinking Outside The Xbox

Final score:

50points

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A B C 5 years ago

Outside the X-box, it seems?

13points

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#46

What If The Acropolis And The Great Pyramids Had An Ugly Belgian Baby

Final score:

15points

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Shawn 5 years ago

It's actually a casket for their taste!

4points

#47

Building Ugly Houses Since 1302

Final score:

14points

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Stijn Cornelis 5 years ago

I don't see how that's ugly... I find it quite charming. It clearly used to be an old windmill (on the right) with the owner's house stuck on the left.

26points

#48

One Slice Of House Please

Final score:

14points

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#49

So, Who Was Ugly First?

Final score:

14points

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Shawn 5 years ago

It's consuming the smaller building.

2points

#50

When Plastic Surgery Goes Wrong

Final score:

13points

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Shawn 5 years ago

Taradactyl this house is personally mocking you with its terrible plastic surgery..

2points

#51

When Your Architect Is A 3 Year Old

Final score:

13points

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Iggy 5 years ago

Not the worst on this list.

5points

#52

We Don’t Need No Architectural Education. Just Another Brick In The Wall

Final score:

13points

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#53

It’s A Trap

Final score:

13points

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Shawn 5 years ago

Not so secret, secret door?

4points

#54

Doin It For The Parallelogram

Final score:

12points

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Marlene Ricker 5 years ago

This one made me laugh for some reason!

0points

#55

Google Crapview

Final score:

12points

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Marlene Ricker 5 years ago

It plans to be a mansion when it grows up!

1point

#56

When You Bleached Your Teeth And You Want Everyone To See It

Final score:

12points

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Iggy 5 years ago

The statue of the Virgin Mary in the tiny Michael Jackson nose-shaped window is most disconcerting!

3points

#57

Architittyfudge

Final score:

11points

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Iggy 5 years ago

Group hug!

2points

#58

At Least It Has Air Conditioning

Final score:

10points

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A B C 5 years ago

This one's not too bad, I think.

1point

#59

When Your Friend Is More Stoned Than You

Final score:

10points

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European other 5 years ago

Looks alright

0points

#60

Sorry We’re Closed

Final score:

9points

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Shawn 5 years ago

There's treasure behind there, just let me get my bomb outta my satchel

1point

#61

Feng Crap

Final score:

9points

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Marcellus the Third 5 years ago

I'd call it C**p Shui

2points

#62

Foldable Products Are A Bad Idea. Ask Samsung

Final score:

9points

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#63

When It’s 38 Degrees Outside And You’re Ready For Winter

Final score:

9points

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Craptavaganza 5 years ago

Awesome house!

3points

#64

Modernisn’t

Final score:

9points

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European other 5 years ago

Modern is, just not looking great

2points

#65

Architecture: A Game Of Trial And Error. And Sometimes Only Error

Final score:

9points

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Marlene Ricker 5 years ago

It's so eccentric it almost cute!

0points

#66

Adopted The Neighbours Garage

Final score:

9points

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ƒιѕн 5 years ago

Damn that's a stretched out place.

4points

#67

The Roof, The Roof, The Roof Is Expired

Final score:

8points

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#68

Opposhits Attract

Final score:

8points

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Marlene Ricker 5 years ago

These neighbours are obviously feuding!

0points

#69

Infected With The Ugly Poison

Final score:

8points

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Marlene Ricker 5 years ago

The one on the right is obviously trying to take over the one on the left. Very slowly so they don't notice.

2points

#70

The Side Effect Of Being Ugly

Final score:

8points

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Marlene Ricker 5 years ago

This looks like a DYI project gone very wrong. Very, very wrong!

0points

#71

I Meant Tall, Not High

Final score:

8points

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ƒιѕн 5 years ago

Is that a carousel horse?

7points

#72

Yeah, Just Build Around The Roundabout

Final score:

7points

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#73

Stairaway

Final score:

7points

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European other 5 years ago

What's with the house's and high doors ?

1point

#74

The Toyota Prius Of Ugly Belgian Houses

Final score:

7points

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Marlene Ricker 5 years ago

The title says it all!

0points

#75

Ready To Adopt An Ugly Belgian Houses

Final score:

7points

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Marlene Ricker 5 years ago

Someone needs to!

0points

#76

Copy Peist Ni

Final score:

7points

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Miklós Nagy 5 years ago

London, is that you?

2points

#77

Belgium Right Now

Final score:

7points

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#78

Double Trouble

Final score:

7points

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Craptavaganza 5 years ago

These are great!

11points

#79

Is This A New Pokémon?

Final score:

6points

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Marlene Ricker 5 years ago

Now this one really is ugly!

0points

#80

Better To Have A Hole In Your House Than A House In Your Hole?

Final score:

6points

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Raine Soo 5 years ago

This one isn't so bad. The house has a modern aesthetic to it. The hole is only in the wall.

3points

#81

Stop It White Now!

Final score:

6points

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Marlene Ricker 5 years ago

Maybe they ran out of paint?

0points

#82

When You’ve Heard The Ugly Belgian Houses Dude Is Ringing Doors For A TV Show

Final score:

6points

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#83

When Belgians Try To Confuse The Burglars

Final score:

6points

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Raine Soo 5 years ago

I dig the mini-me replica.

4points

#84

When You Want To Be In Two Places At Once

Final score:

6points

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#85

When Your Architect Needs Anger Management

Final score:

6points

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#86

My Kingdom For A House!

Final score:

6points

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Craptavaganza 5 years ago

Another nice house.

5points

#87

When Your House Runs Out Of Battery

Final score:

6points

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#88

When You Wanted To Order 2 Windows And 1 Door But Were High And Ordered 2 Doors And 0 Windows

Final score:

6points

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#89

Did You Know That The Castle Of Walt Disney Was Inspired By A Castle In Belgium? This Wasn’t It

Final score:

6points

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Jenica Thomas 5 years ago

This is kind of cool.

3points

#90

Emojitecture

Final score:

5points

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#91

Unfortunately Yes

Final score:

5points

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#92

Origami Casa Es Su Casa

Final score:

5points

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#93

Shrug

Final score:

5points

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#94

It’s So Ugly It’s In Prison

Final score:

5points

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Caroline Schepers 5 years ago

This is in the street where I live XD

7points

#95

Ugly. But I See There Are Two Sides To This Story

Final score:

5points

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Marlene Ricker 5 years ago

Why couldn't they at least match the bricks, even just a little closer?

0points

#96

Thinking Outside The Boxes

Final score:

5points

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Marlene Ricker 5 years ago

It looks like a prison to me.

0points

#97

When You Want A Roof For Your Roof

Final score:

5points

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#98

Now Is The Time! Ugly Belgian Houses With 50% Extra Ugliness

Final score:

5points

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Marlene Ricker 5 years ago

At least the bricks almost match,.

0points

#99

When You’re Not In The Mood

Final score:

5points

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#100

When You’re Trying To Avoid A Windows 10 Update

Final score:

5points

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European other 5 years ago

To hard to decide !

2points

#101

Madonna And Child. The Ugly Belgian Houses Edition

Final score:

5points

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#102

The Love Shack Of The B53’s

Final score:

5points

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#103

You Should Get Rid Of That Tick Asap

Final score:

5points

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Marlene Ricker 5 years ago

A tick or is it an elephant? Hard to say!

0points

#104

The Dark Side Of The Livingroom

Final score:

5points

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Marlene Ricker 5 years ago

Looks like one wall burned. Lucky they saved the rest.

0points

#105

When Your House Is On Life Support

Final score:

4points

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#106

123 Sesame Street, Belgium

Final score:

4points

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Marlene Ricker 5 years ago

I almost like this one.

0points

#107

When You Don’t Want To Vote Today

Final score:

4points

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#108

Et Brings Home

Final score:

4points

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Kristof De Smet 5 years ago

I actually like this one

4points

#109

Apéritif Maison

Final score:

4points

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#110

When You’re Scared To Come Out

Final score:

4points

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#111

When You Were Texting And Driving Again

Final score:

4points

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#112

Ugly Belgian Hug

Final score:

4points

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#113

If You Have Brown Stripes Like This, You Should Wipe Better

Final score:

4points

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Jenica Thomas 5 years ago

Like playing with lego and you don't have enough of the same colored blocks.

2points

#114

Before And Laughter

Final score:

3points

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Marlene Ricker 5 years ago

This one is quite hilarious!

0points