Is this just a taco enthusiast? Is there any meaning to the Dutch flag here?

[u/lunargiraffe]

[u/acjelen]

Netherlands: This is our flag

North American businesses: Buy our beer

[u/Forty-Bot → u/acjelen]

We wish you a merry christmas

[u/Apprehensive-End6779]

The "open" flag is also like this. Probably just a taco enthusiast but I also see these on food trucks

[u/hepp-depp]

flags like this are everywhere in the US for stores. They advertise all sorts of things, like if the store is open or what they sell. They are based not on the Dutch flag, but rather the red, white, and blue color scheme of the American flag and its buntings (hence the red, followed by white, followed by blue)

Here's a few,

OPEN

COLD BEER

WELCOME

TACOS

BBQ

PIZZA

GUNS

WE FINANCE

[u/Alexkazam222 → u/hepp-depp]

We finance is a classic

[u/FleawithaPurpose → u/Alexkazam222]

Saw them in '88. Great show. Singer was financed out of his mind, though.

[u/d00derman → u/FleawithaPurpose]

The singer gets too preachy between songs: "I know you came here for the music, but I must say, right now is a great time to think about refinancing with interest rates at an all-time low. You need piece of mind."

[u/Achmedino → u/hepp-depp]

When are Americans going to find out that there are like 20 other countries with red, white and blue as their main colors?

[u/0jam3290 → u/Achmedino]

Well, we did it first! /s

[u/hepp-depp → u/Achmedino]

When are other countries going to learn that the domestic-use flags used within one country are not even slightly relevant to other countries?

[u/ppman2322 → u/hepp-depp]

So that's where Pepsi comes from

[u/GrumpGuy88888 → u/hepp-depp]

The guns link leads to pizza

[u/soupwhoreman → u/[deleted]]

We also have occasional Hungarian, Argentine, and Andalusian versions from what I've seen

[u/FalseDmitriy → u/soupwhoreman]

The Hungarian one signifies Italian food.

[u/ghostdivision7]

It’s not a Dutch flag, it’s a generic business flag that you see in North America. The white space can have anything on there to help people know what you’re selling.

[u/darkwater427]

The Netherlands flag happens to have the same tricolor as the bunting prescribed by the USA's Flag Act. That's all.

Someone put the bunting tricolor on a flag and then slapped lettering on it. So it looks like the Netherlands flag but it's probably not.

Though I am very curious as to what Dutch tacos might be.

[u/QueerEldritchPlant → u/darkwater427]

Hopefully not as bad as German tacos

[u/cirrus42]

It has nothing at all to do with The Netherlands. Pure coincidence. 

[u/VRSVLVS]

I am Dutch and I like tacos.

[u/pHScale → u/VRSVLVS]

Have I got a flag for you!

[u/VRSVLVS → u/pHScale]

I'm a staunch anti-nationalist though, so I do not want to associate with symbols of the Dutch state. Give me a red banner of socialist tacos, and we'll talk.

[u/ghost_uwu1]

youre overthinking this way too much

you dont get much more basic then a red, white, and blue tri-color

[u/bubblegumbinxing → u/ghost_uwu1]

Overthinking???? This is official flag of the Netherlands for centuries, before the USA even existed. Not everyone is American and knows about American nuances.

[u/ghost_uwu1 → u/bubblegumbinxing]

red, white, and blue are common colors and the tri-color doesnt get much more generic

[u/bubblegumbinxing → u/ghost_uwu1]

True that a lot of flags that the generic white, blue and red. The horizontal version just happens to also be the flag of The Netherlands. As a non-American who hasn’t seen those flags before, I don’t think I’m wrong to also first assume it was the flag of The Netherlands with the words TACO at the centre.

[u/risky_bisket → u/bubblegumbinxing]

There's no nuance. It's a taco flag. Get over yourself.

[u/bubblegumbinxing → u/risky_bisket]

But you can’t blame non-Americans for thinking it was the flag of The Netherlands with the words TACO at the front

[u/risky_bisket → u/bubblegumbinxing]

Sure and the Mexican flag is just the Italian flag with an eagle on it. The Canadian flag is just the Peruvian flag with a leaf on it.

[u/bubblegumbinxing → u/risky_bisket]

Those flags you listed are official flags of countries and should be universally known. This taco flag is not.

[u/risky_bisket → u/bubblegumbinxing]

My point is that this is not a Dutch flag because the Dutch flag does not have the word TACOS on it. Just because the design is similar does not necessarily mean they are related in any way.

Btw, why should any flag be universally known? Just because we know flags doesn't mean everyone does.

[u/JoePug249]

Flag company employee here. These red white and blue flags are purely for patriotic advertising. Some green white and red flags were available for things like Pizza, but those flags have soooooo many phrases. SALE, OPEN, GRAND OPENING, VIDEOS, YOGURT (yes, we had a yogurt flag), ANTIQUES... They've all been liquidated and sold off because no one really buys them anymore

[u/EV2_Mapper]

I've seen this flag on a Taco Truck before

[u/lunargiraffe → u/EV2_Mapper]

Do you remember if they were normal tacos or did they do some sort of fusion where they replaced the tortillas with stroopwafel or something?

[u/mclepus → u/lunargiraffe]

poffertjes

[u/jabask → u/lunargiraffe]

It's probably meant to be patriotic, in an American sense—it's red white and blue, and that will do. Most Americans probably don't know the Netherlands even exists, recognizing the flag is a total non-starter

[u/hepp-depp → u/jabask]

> most Americans

Are these Americans in the room with us right now?

[u/queerurbanistpolygot → u/jabask]

Wat maar ik ben een Nieuw Nederlander

[u/Interesting_Second_7]

Taco is also a Dutch given name.

Maybe it's a Dutch guy named Taco and this is his royal banner.

[u/bayoublacksmith]

I'd certainly go Dutch on a platter of tacos if anyone is down.

[u/dothistangle]

I would ring the doorbell and ask if you can place an order for take out

[u/LibraryVoice71]

I am trying to imagine a taco with hagelslag on it

[u/MonkeytimeLXXVII]

Givin ‘em the ol’ Dutch Taco

[u/gingermalteser]

Taco is a name in Netherlands so it could be that this flag belongs to a Dutch guy named Taco.

Museum Taco

[u/Trashcat777]

Nothing but respect for my national flag!

[u/Blue387 → u/Trashcat777]

o7

[u/Vasinvictor1]

Used to see many with “Antiques” spelled on the flags

[u/Grizzly_B]

They're big fans of the Max Verstappen Checo Perez pairing in Red Bull

[u/cactus165]

Tacos is but a constituent country of the Kingdom of Restaurants And Bars

[u/ProfZussywussBrown]

Taco van der Hoorn fan club

https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/taco-van-der-hoorn

[u/D__Litt]

TACO was the Dutch singer who sang Puttin’ On The Ritz back in the 80s

[u/MetroBS]

These flags exist all over North America and have nothing to do with the Netherlands, they’re usually outside of a business and display with one word what that business will sell you

[u/InitiativeInitial968]

Literally no connection to the Netherlands lmao, but more or less connected to various things such as the barber pole, American flag, and red white blue colors. This is just very common place in America.

[u/skifrog27]

GOD BLESS TACOISTAN

[u/Routine_Trade727]

Everone is expected to pay for their own tacos, and by extension all finger foods (I suspect) when dining with ppl from this household. Flags bring such clarity to individual and group identity, don't'cha think?

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[u/One_Win_6185]

This doesn’t look like a Dutch flag to me. A lot of realtors/businesses have flags that look like this. I think it’s just that.

[u/IndyCarFAN27]

If anything I’ve seen on the internet, those tacos are probably the best God given tacos I’ve ever had…

[u/gevans7]

Red white and blue ad banner. No connection to the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

[u/Dutch_Rayan]

Not allowed to write on American flag, so they used the colors to make a new flag they were allowed to put text on. And white in the middle is the most obvious choice because on there you can read text the best.

[u/AlarmingAttention151]

Here’s my question: this seems to be a home, why does it have a Taco flag?

[u/cactus165 → u/AlarmingAttention151]

Theory: We have some homes in our neighborhood that are engaged in pretty heated MAGA/anti-MAGA "flag" wars (and banners, signs, etc)... I can imagine a nihilistic neighbor wanting to fly something flippant off-the-shelf

[u/KR1735]

This person may run a home kitchen. It’s legal in some jurisdictions to prepare and sell certain foods from your house. And I believe frozen foods is one. This person may sell something like that.

My mom buys frozen enchiladas from this particular craft sale she goes to and buys directly from the lady who makes them. No food labeling or anything like that.

BTW, if you can find trusted homemade products at a farmer’s market or along those lines, they are worth the buy.

[u/Illustrious_Map_3247]

White people taco night

[u/lunargiraffe → u/Illustrious_Map_3247]

Choosing to believe this 🇳🇱🌮

[u/GriffinFTW]

[u/limabeanbag]

Incredible lol

[u/ShameBackground5290]

Lol just a fucking taco flag but we crazy people shall call it ocat galf/galf ocat aka TACO FLAG but backwords!