When Paul Verhoeven is in America, he is often asked for an autograph. “Well, I'm signing,” Paul says happily. The full namesake of the famous Dutch-Hollywood director lives in Brussels, where, not far from the old fish market, he sells woolen socks, bronze pissing boys, Soviet army patches and Belgian flags. The flags start at €12.50 and are usually sold at the rate of two per week, more just before football matches and the king or queen's birthday.