NationStates Jolt Archive


Which country are you from?

AlanBstard
31-03-2005, 22:17
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?
Niini
31-03-2005, 22:20
Finland!

We make fun of swedish :D
AlanBstard
31-03-2005, 22:26
Finland!

We make fun of swedish :D

I never knew that,
Fass
31-03-2005, 22:28
Finland!

We make fun of swedish :D

That's OK. We just ignore you as we always have.
Niini
31-03-2005, 22:29
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
AlanBstard
31-03-2005, 22:31
wow theres a whole scandanvian sub-culture, I had know idea about!
AlanBstard
31-03-2005, 22:32
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
Boonytopia
31-03-2005, 22:36
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.
Niini
31-03-2005, 22:37
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...
Fass
31-03-2005, 22:37
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
Jamil
31-03-2005, 22:37
I'm surprised you didn't put any part of Asia up there...
Socialistes
31-03-2005, 22:42
Hi from France. :D
Dakota Land
31-03-2005, 22:43
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.
ElleDiamonique
31-03-2005, 22:44
I'm from the United States.
Alien Born
31-03-2005, 22:46
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)
Neo Cannen
31-03-2005, 22:52
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.
Eutrusca
31-03-2005, 22:56
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
Rotovia
31-03-2005, 23:02
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"!
Boonytopia
31-03-2005, 23:10
: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! ;)
AlanBstard
01-04-2005, 10:02
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.
Sino
01-04-2005, 10:18
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.
Sino
01-04-2005, 10:20
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.
AlanBstard
01-04-2005, 10:21
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.
Sino
01-04-2005, 10:24
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.
Sino
01-04-2005, 10:25
I'm so extreme, I can't pass a day without thinking about killing some bastard or blowing some sh*t up.
Honey Badgers
01-04-2005, 12:53
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.
Ghargonia
01-04-2005, 12:56
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.
Europaland
01-04-2005, 13:10
I'm from Scotland which will hopefully soon be an independent socialist republic.
Haken Rider
01-04-2005, 13:13
I'm from the Netherlands. You know that big country in the middle of Africa, with all his mountains.
Kevady
01-04-2005, 13:28
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.
Suklaa
01-04-2005, 13:35
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?
Kevady
01-04-2005, 13:40
Been drinkin' again, huh?

a day not drunk is a day not lived, I always say
Naturality
01-04-2005, 13:58
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.
31
01-04-2005, 14:16
*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*
Staunch
01-04-2005, 14:25
I'm Irish.. ugh.. why do people always lump us in with the UK...
31
01-04-2005, 14:26
I'm Irish.. ugh.. why do people always lump us in with the UK...

cruelty?
Chekania
01-04-2005, 14:38
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...
Ardennia
01-04-2005, 15:02
Here's another "froggie" for you :-)
Krensonia
01-04-2005, 15:02
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....
Sum Bristol
01-04-2005, 15:11
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.
Ghargonia
01-04-2005, 15:13
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.
Monkeypimp
01-04-2005, 15:13
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.
Chui Ayun
01-04-2005, 15:22
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..
Alien Born
01-04-2005, 15:41
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:
Honey Badgers
01-04-2005, 17:09
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. :)
Ixdeia
01-04-2005, 17:57
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 ;))
Sino
01-04-2005, 22:58
Been drinkin' again, huh?

The last time I had alcohol was nearly a decade ago. That was my first and last time.
AlanBstard
01-04-2005, 23:01
I don't mean to be rude but you do seem like you need a lie down and perhaps a cup of tea.