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Well... I love America but hate their measurment system.
Now, hold the phone. You move here, and now you're trying to get us to change how we measure everything? Now, what if we moved to Stockholm and started mewling to get rid of your monarchy? After all, he's not like the Queen of England who has all the trappings of a real queen. After all, the King of Sweden goes to the movies just like everybody else. Walks up to the ticket window after standing in line, and says, "Vun ticket to Treeee Hoondred, please." No chopping off heads. No nothing. What kind of farcical monarchy is that?
So, I think several of us should go over the Swedish message board and demand the immediate abolition of the monarchy. After all, you're imposing the metric system on us. It only seems fair.
well I've seen bad, clueless drivers in my area do that, haha. But seriously, is there a place like that here?
BEEEEEEP. Time's up. The Virgin Islands. It was a former possession of Denmark, who decided they didn't deserve a place to cool, so they sold it to a country with more letters in its name. While the territory changed hands, the driving laws didn't change at all.
Wait. The Virgin Islands. That's another long name for another pretty great place to live. Sounds like my theory's holding up.
Well, let's turn that argument around. I think we should laugh at countries that have relatively few letters in their name, such as Laos or Yemen or Mali. You have to admit, they suck monkey balls as far as countries go. Peru isn't a terribly great place to live either, unless you can make a living off of fleecing tourists to Machu Picchu. Iran? No way. Iraq? A great place for arms dealers, but other than that it's like inner city Detroit with lots of sand. Cuba? People are trying to float across the shark-infested Florida Straits on the hulks of 57 Buick Roadmasters to get out of the place. That should tell you everything you need to know.
On the other hands, great countries seem to have more letters. Like The United States of America. Pretty long name, huh? Or The United Kingdom. New Zealand and Australia are pretty long, too. France is short, but their economy remains on a slow slide to developing country status. Same thing is true for Japan. China only has five letters, but in another hour or so, you'll feel like spelling it again.
Now, of course, Afghanistan is a cess pool, as is Kazakhstan. But, if you take the -stan off these names, then you're onto something.
I used to work in a city that's a stones' throw from this places which, by these standards, ought to be the centre of the Universe!
Well, let's turn that argument around. I think we should laugh at countries that have relatively few letters in their name, such as Laos or Yemen or Mali. You have to admit, they suck monkey balls as far as countries go. Peru isn't a terribly great place to live either, unless you can make a living off of fleecing tourists to Machu Picchu. Iran? No way. Iraq? A great place for arms dealers, but other than that it's like inner city Detroit with lots of sand. Cuba? People are trying to float across the shark-infested Florida Straits on the hulks of 57 Buick Roadmasters to get out of the place. That should tell you everything you need to know.
On the other hands, great countries seem to have more letters. Like The United States of America. Pretty long name, huh? Or The United Kingdom. New Zealand and Australia are pretty long, too. France is short, but their economy remains on a slow slide to developing country status. Same thing is true for Japan. China only has five letters, but in another hour or so, you'll feel like spelling it again.
Now, of course, Afghanistan is a cess pool, as is Kazakhstan. But, if you take the -stan off these names, then you're onto something.
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