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Why do English make fun of Irish? Americans of Mexicans? French of Belgians? Indian Hindus of Indian Seiks? Germans of Baverians (exept for Baverians themselves who presumably make fun of the Swiss or Somthing) Why are Swedish backpackers always caught up in hostage situations in the Jungle? Is belgium held together by more then mutual hatred of the Dutch and the France. Why is America a super power when most Americans can't find their own fly buttons without an Atlas but befor these questions can be answered, where are you from?

Finland!

We make fun of swedish :D

Finland!

We make fun of swedish :D

I never knew that,

Finland!

We make fun of swedish :D

That's OK. We just ignore you as we always have.

I never knew that,

Why are there two almost identical threads by you? They are not dublees
'cause they have some differences... I'm really :confused:


That's OK, we just ignore you as we alway have

:D

wow theres a whole scandanvian sub-culture, I had know idea about!

Why are there two almost identical threads by you? They are not dublees
'cause they have some differences... I'm really :confused:

I don't know my computer crashed and I thought the thread had not loaded

Tasmania is a state of Australia, like California is a state of the USA & Yorkshire is a county of England. It's not a separate country. In Aus we make fun of the Taswegians & the Kiwis.

wow theres a whole scandanvian sub-culture, I had know idea about!


Actually we have jokes about Swedish and Norwegian, but never about danish??
I think it's envy... Norway is rich (we at least think so) And sweden makes
everything we try work better...

wow theres a whole scandanvian sub-culture, I had know idea about!

The Finnish are a bit sensitive about having been Sweden's and Russia's alternating bitch for most of their history. Also they have a small, but very vocal, Swedish speaking minority that has an unproportionate impact on domestic policy.

So they bitch a bit. I guess it's understandable. :p

I'm surprised you didn't put any part of Asia up there...

Hi from France. :D

In the US, we make fun of the Mexicans and the French, which is weird cuz they helped us get independence. And get this... we re-named our french fries "freedom fries". omg.

I'm from the United States.

Rio Grande do Sul. (It is a state in Brazil, but not like any other, with the possible exception of Santa Catarina.)

I was born in the UK (NW Surrey)

Belgium exists seprate from Holland because previously both were one country called "Burgandy" (Note, it also include Luxomburg). But in 1568 what we now call Holland went into armed rebellion, wanting to be a seperate Protestant state, the state we now call Holland/The Nethalands. Philip II of Spain attempted to crush the rebellion in its early stages with 30,000 troops. However to finance this campaign he needed more money. So he sent for a loan from Genoa (proberbly spelt wrong) in Italy (note: Italy was not one country then, just a series of prinipalitys). This loan was sent by ship to Burgandy by ship but in the English channel it was caught in a storm and had to go to an English port. Their William Cecil, one of Elizabeth I's chief advisors commendered the ships load and sent the money to the Dutch rebels. This didnt give any quams to the Genoese because it was a cash loan and they didnt care who got it as long as they got it back with interest. This naturally angered Philip a great deal and so he (In his Hapsburgian control of Burgandy. The Hapsburgs being a massive family who existed in the royalty of many European nations at this time) impounded all Engish ships in Burgandy and iniated a trade embargo with England. This was a massive economic blow to both countries. England needed the wool trade as it was their only export and Spain needed the wool as English wool was the highest quality wool in the world at the time and they used it to make clothes to trade with the Incas in the new world.

Why is America a super power when most Americans can't find their own fly buttons without an Atlas?
Cute. Why add an idiotic statement like this to a thread supposedly about where people are from? Wanna have a contest to see who has a higher IQ, or who knows more, or who can think better, or who can perform virtually any mental gymnastics? Hmmm? :D

Tasmania is a state of Australia, like California is a state of the USA & Yorkshire is a county of England. It's not a separate country. In Aus we make fun of the Taswegians & the Kiwis.
It is not. If Tassie is a state then so is New Zealand! Everyone for armed occupation of the north island say "aye"!

:D It is not. If Tassie is a state then so is New Zealand! Everyone for armed occupation of the north island say "aye"!

Bloody hell, we don't want NZ as part of Aus, too many Kiwis there. :D

All the Taswegians I know are very nice people, but they're still great to make fun of! ;)

Cute. Why add an idiotic statement like this to a thread supposedly about where people are from? Wanna have a contest to see who has a higher IQ, or who knows more, or who can think better, or who can perform virtually any mental gymnastics? Hmmm? :D

It was a joke, chill! I was only making fun, I could just as easily have made fun of the French for being cowadly or the Spanish for being lazy or somthing. Besides being a superpower you have to
to expect fun being poked at you. Take us the British you don't think we get sick of all the jokes about wearing monocles and Pith helemets and things. Noboady takes such stereotypes seriously and I'm sorry if I caused you offence.

Born in the PRC just like 1.3 billion of the world's population, but I've lived in NZ for most of my life. Sometimes I love both countries, and sometimes I love only one. Most of the time dislike both for their respecitve social problems.

It is not. If Tassie is a state then so is New Zealand! Everyone for armed occupation of the north island say "aye"!

Although I'm not born in NZ, I'd be the most willing to defend my country. I suggest you watch your mouth, son. Because I'm an extremist for whatever I believe in, I'm more willing to put my life on the line for NZ, despite being from overseas.

I've just handed in a huge piece of essay coursework on Modern Chinese histrory. Although I felt the textbook was dumbing down when it explained Marxist theory using cartoons.

I've just handed in a huge piece of essay coursework on Modern Chinese histrory. Although I felt the textbook was dumbing down when it explained Marxist theory using cartoons.

What do you expect, White man?

I f*ckin' hate communists! I'm willing to kill one for the pleasure of it.

I'm so extreme, I can't pass a day without thinking about killing some bastard or blowing some sh*t up.

Finland!

We make fun of swedish :D

Norway! We make fun of Swedish too! ;)

Actually we have jokes about Swedish and Norwegian, but never about danish??
I think it's envy... Norway is rich (we at least think so) And sweden makes
everything we try work better...

Really? What jokes do you have about Norwegians?

Cute. Why add an idiotic statement like this to a thread supposedly about where people are from? Wanna have a contest to see who has a higher IQ, or who knows more, or who can think better, or who can perform virtually any mental gymnastics? Hmmm? :D

I assumed it was an example of one of the traditional jokes about Americans... :) Here's a traditional joke about the Swedish:

"Once upon a time the Swede, the Dane and the Norwegian had a competition to see who could lean the furthest out of the window. Suddenly the Swede won..." ;)
The funny thing is in Sweden I have heard exactly the same jokes about Norwegians as we have about them, only reversed.

I come from the Disunited Queendom of Not-so-Great Britain and North-Eastern Ireland. Angleland, specifically. We make fun of the Welsh, Scottish, Irish, French, Americans, Australians, ourselves, the Russians, the Germans... everybody, really. We don't take anything seriously.

I'm from Scotland which will hopefully soon be an independent socialist republic.

I'm from the Netherlands. You know that big country in the middle of Africa, with all his mountains.

I'm from Neverneverland ... it's this place in the clouds where boys don't grow up, and pirates get beaten the crap out of themselves by a crocodile.

I'm so extreme, I can't pass a day without thinking about killing some bastard or blowing some sh*t up.

Been drinkin' again, huh?

Been drinkin' again, huh?

a day not drunk is a day not lived, I always say

I'm from Neverneverland ... it's this place in the clouds where boys don't grow up, and pirates get beaten the crap out of themselves by a crocodile.


You sound like Micheal Jackson .. except for the beaten up part ofcourse. Or maybe not.




So sorry if I totally took that the wrong way. I apologize if so.

*Stands, cap in hand*
Umm, I'm a USian and have been for 33 years. It has been two years since my last breath of USian air. . .
*group of watching fellow USians give quiet, scattered aplause, a smattering of "That's ok." and "BE strong." comes from the small group*
Anyway, I have been getting weak lately, really wanting another breath. . .ya know how it is. . .I just can't stay away from it. *hangs head and pinches the bridge of his nose*
*"You can do it!" cries out a lone voice*

I'm Irish.. ugh.. why do people always lump us in with the UK...

I'm Irish.. ugh.. why do people always lump us in with the UK...

cruelty?

Back to topic...

We from Sweden make fun of norwegians, so called Norway-histories, and americans of cause but thats just because theyre stupid ;)
Germans and tourists from Japan is very hard to not make fun of as well...

Here's another "froggie" for you :-)

I come from The Constitutional Monarchy Of The Netherlands. We make fun of belgiums stupidity. although i believe the average IQ of belgiums people is higher then ours....and if you search google for raar kapsel (which is wierd hair in dutch) you see our prime mininster....

I'm Irish.. ugh.. why do people always lump us in with the UK...

Im British why do people always lump us with Ireland? Urgh.

I'm Irish.. ugh.. why do people always lump us in with the UK...

If you'll notice from the poll, it's a proximity thing rather than a political thing. Just like Canada and the United States have both been lumped together in 'North America', and so on.

I'm from New Zealand, and therefore don't like Aussies, poms, yanks or the god damn rainbow warrior bombing french. I like Canadians though. I think its the syndrome that comes from living next to brute like neighbours.

I'm from Long Xuyen, a city in Vietnam...
We make fun of the French and Chinese alot in Vietnamese families, we love making fun of the British and their stale accents..

I'm Irish.. ugh.. why do people always lump us in with the UK...

But at least you get mentioned. The little corner of the world I am in, with some half a billion people in it, is not mentioned at all. We get lumped in with the other three and a half billion people not mentioned as Other. :gundge:

Back to topic...

We from Sweden make fun of norwegians, so called Norway-histories, and americans of cause but thats just because theyre stupid ;)
Germans and tourists from Japan is very hard to not make fun of as well...

Do you know why the backs of Swedish people's heads are so flat? Because they get hit by the toilet lid every time they have a drink of water. ;)
I really used to laugh at that one when I was little. :)

I'm from Belgium, Flanders to be more exact. We make fun of how 'economical' the Dutch are :p Example:

"Yesterday's newspaper headline:

FREAK ACCIDENT

A station wagon was driven into a tree on a deserted road.

The police found 200 heavily wounded Dutchmen, one half-empty bottle of water and 200 straws" :p

(No offense to the Dutchmen here, we Flemish actually like you ;))

Been drinkin' again, huh?

The last time I had alcohol was nearly a decade ago. That was my first and last time.

I don't mean to be rude but you do seem like you need a lie down and perhaps a cup of tea.