Nationality check
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Topic: Nationality check
Posted By: The Pessimist
Subject: Nationality check
Date Posted: August 21 2008 at 11:05
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Here's a chance to tell us where you are from and how proud you are to be of that nation. Please, be as patriotic as you like! But of course, without being racist obviously. I'm from England myself. I love the country and it don't feel right anywhere else, but i have one "complaint". What the hell happened to us??? We used to be one of, if not THE, most powerful country in the world. Now we are reduced to a little island of chavs, unraged OAPs and a very unstable government! Oh, and Gordon Brown, he doesn't help either. So what happened? Did we suddenly get too nice? It is also worth saying that i'm of Polish origin, and very proud of it as well! Although we've had our fair share of beatings in the past 200 years, we've stuck out and remained a respectable nation. And we have Riverside  Your turn  ------------- "Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value." Arnold Schoenberg |
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: August 21 2008 at 11:11
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I'm Finnish. We have nice trees.
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Posted By: TGM: Orb
Date Posted: August 21 2008 at 11:12
| I'm English. I really don't care about my country, but it's nicer than most other places. |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: August 21 2008 at 11:13
| American and happy to be so. |
Posted By: jimmy_row
Date Posted: August 21 2008 at 11:23
they couldn't handle the giant mosquito's...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCkFhafk26A - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCkFhafk26A
I'm from the US; love my country, love the people...warts and all. I'd still like to travel though, maybe live in other countries because there are many great places in the world. ------------- Signature Writers Guild on strike |
kibble_alex wrote:Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: August 21 2008 at 11:25
I'm a proud Englishman... except I'm anti-Monarchy and I dislike our National Anthem.  But I am very happy to be English. I don't think I'd want to be from anywhere else. -------------   
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Posted By: Leningrad
Date Posted: August 21 2008 at 11:41
 I'm Canadian. We have some fairly nice trees as well, but when I think about it, I have the most generic nationality ever. Half the people on this continent are Anglo-Saxon like I am.
What does it take for a little Russo-Finnish justice?
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Posted By: laplace
Date Posted: August 21 2008 at 11:42
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i'm English and I'd rather be from somewhere more oppressive and focusing, perhaps one with a realistic space program. not really fond of anything about this country aside from its ruins and wrecks ------------- FREEDOM OF SPEECH GO TO HELL |
Posted By: Leningrad
Date Posted: August 21 2008 at 11:45
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Posted By: Petrovsk Mizinski
Date Posted: August 21 2008 at 11:52
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: August 21 2008 at 12:02
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Posted By: Big Ears
Date Posted: August 21 2008 at 12:04
| I'm British and I'm a fan of European bands like Golden Earring, Wigwam and the German groups signed to the Brain label. Making music away from Britain and America seems to add something. |
Posted By: Petrovsk Mizinski
Date Posted: August 21 2008 at 12:12
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Australian, father being of English/Anglo Saxon descent, and mother being half Spanish/half Filipino. Our national anthem is atrocious, the government is not left wing enough for my liking, we are pretty much just a miniature version of the USA now culturally, the Australian accent in most major cities has become watered down and is becoming slightly more American sounding over time (but that's a good thing IMO, since the strong Australian accent is irritating  ), the Aborigines have an atrocious standard of living, some Sudanese dudes recently got beaten up in Melbourne for being black (ohh yay, that FAIR, UNDERSTANDING AND NON DISCRIMINATORY NATION OF OURS), our youth seems to be regressing even further, I see more what the British term "chavs' than ever before, obesity has hit and has been at a stupidly high level, people eat too much fast food..... yeah, I can kinda keep going for another 500 or so words on that, but it's getting late and can't think of more stuff.But I guess it's kinda good being isolated from a large proportion of negative stuff like wars, living somewhere with a lower poverty and average crime rate per capita than the US, the economy has been pretty strong in recent times. We are some of the most well off people in the world, more so than many other first world countries. I guess all in all, it's good being an Australian, although not patriotic really, that is the stuff of epic failure in world history as we have seen. -------------
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Posted By: Visitor13
Date Posted: August 21 2008 at 12:22
The beatings continue, self-administered  Food's good here, so is the weather (though it's getting more and more erratic lately, like about anywhere), and the girls are cute. On the other hand there's lots of hopelessly dumb and/or arrogant people here (many of whom are in positions of power and responsibility), bureaucracy and corruption is rampant (though things are improving slowly), loads of areas are still very poor, we have no football team, and the chief religious propaganda radio has equipment strong enough to disrupt the German Air Force communication channels (I'm not kidding here - it's really powerful, I guess it goes into deep space and scares off the aliens). |
Posted By: Luke. J
Date Posted: August 21 2008 at 13:00
| I am German and also a bit proud of its younger history.. from 1950 on.. how they managed to built up a strong economy and peaceful country after two terrible wars and how we managed to show we left this behind. Although our politicians tell us how bad it was to show any patriotism, it is spreading again. But not with me.. to be perfectly honest, patriotism is something I dislike very much.. just can not understand how people can be proud of where they come from rather than who they are. I am not so extrem that the only connection I feel with my country is the natural caused by gravity, yet I really have other things to be proud of.. Maybe it is because of my country's history, but that truly is another topic. |
Posted By: Visitor13
Date Posted: August 21 2008 at 13:19
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^ History is just that, history. Nothing to be proud or ashamed of (unless one is personally responsible for it), but sometimes fun to read about. And yeah, that's a great point about having pride in oneself rather than one's nationality, history or whatever. A point many people are still to get. On another forum I frequent there's a bunch of people from two mutually unfriendly countries who share a pride in the greatness of a certain general who conquered half the civilised world some 2300 years ago. I hope they can still form an orderly phalanx |
Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: August 21 2008 at 15:08
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Unfortunately I`m Canadian. Born, raised and educated in this dump. My father was a Yorkshireman and my mother was from Glasgow, Scotland. I wish they would have stayed there and so did they. I was born in Montréal, Québec and still live here, speak both official languages. I`m not going to go on about this sinking ship except to say that our pathetic flag looks like it was created by a kindergarden student. A leaf. I also try not to let on that I`m Canadian when travelling abroad. Nothing to be proud of unfortunately. Can`t wait for the Americans to take over. ------------- |
Posted By: The T
Date Posted: August 21 2008 at 15:36
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I'm from ECUADOR! We have the beautiful Galapagos Islands, amazing beautiful country with all climates in just a little extension of terrain. Country with the highest potential for tourism in the world...
Sadly, look I said "potential". Besides what I just said, Ecuador has probably the most stupid people in the world... 10 presidents in 10 years .... do the math...  And right now we're on the verge of approving a Constitution which will make our president into Chavez II, without the oil money of course. ------------- 
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Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: August 21 2008 at 16:20
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The Galapogos Islands, the last bastion of paradise, are being wrecked by tourism andproblems with feral animals. Sad.
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Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: August 21 2008 at 17:32
Ahhhh... Polish women Lovely, not dissimilar to Swedish girls actually. Might wanna check your wallet after a date with one though...  ------------- "Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value." Arnold Schoenberg |
Posted By: Pnoom!
Date Posted: August 21 2008 at 17:46
| United States of America. Proud of it for a lot of reasons, disgusted with it for a lot as well. Overall, I'm happy enough to stick with it. |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: August 21 2008 at 18:34
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Indiana, USA. It's nice, I guess. It's awhile to a big city so you have peace and boredom. Government's f**ked, but most individuals are good. Drinking age is 21, but no one cares. Anyway, it's the people you're with rather than the place you're in that's important. ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: NotAProghead
Date Posted: August 21 2008 at 18:54
And what's Polish in Riverside music? IMHO there are much better Polish bands and artists like, to name a few, Czerwone Gitary, Budka Suflera, Exodus, Skaldowie, Maryla Rodowicsz, Czeslaw Niemen.
About myself. I love Russia and people here. Russian and, by the way, Polish ladies are the most beautiful ladies in the world. Though can't say I love my government.
"I'm happy here and here I'll stay" (UH), but in general I'm not too patriotic. Having a chance to visit some countries (Greece, Hungary, Spain, Germany, Italy, Czech Republic, Croatia and, quite a long ago, Poland) I've found that most of people are nice and friendly. There are some inevitable differences, but everywhere people need the same simple things - love, friendship, happiness etc. ------------- Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour) |
Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: August 21 2008 at 19:04
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Californian by birth. My ancestry is German,Irish,American Indian. I wish America was a better place to live these days. |
Posted By: keiser willhelm
Date Posted: August 21 2008 at 19:54
pretty much. both sets of grandparents emigrated from Sweden (well one was dutch but we dont talk about her )born in michigan and though i hate the thought im probably not going to live there when i graduate. economy is a pile and there are NO jobs. but its a beautiful state. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/KeiserWillhelm" rel="nofollow - What im listening to |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: August 21 2008 at 20:19
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I'm also English, and am proud to be, in the same way the Scots are proud to be Scottish and the Welsh happy to be Welsh and the Irish are just proud and happy. I've never considered myself British.
I have travelled to the USA and most European countries (and even Scotland and Wales) and still believe that England has some indefinable something that those other places lack. I love the mix of ancient and modern, the countryside and the towns, the small villages and hamlets and the big cities. I love our history and heritage, our mix of nationalities and that we don't have a cultural identity. I love the fact we invented most team sports but are crap at them. I love the fact that the sun has finally set on the British Empire, that the Common Wealth would probably be better off without us, that the Flag of Hawi'i features the Union Flag out of friendship not conquest. I love the fact we don't have a national costume, that we drive on the left, that our policemen don't carry guns, that we can toast our muffins and drink our tea hot. I love our weather, with its unpredictability and the fact that it's never too hot or too cold and that it is unlikely that it's ever going to kill me. I love that we don't have to wear skirts to show how hard we are. Most of all I love the fact we are an island and you're never more than 72 miles from the sea.
It's also the only place to get a decent cup of tea.
The only thing that really shocks me is how densely populated our country is compared to other countries and something I really notice when I return home from trips away - England has 448 people per square kilometre of land (twice the UK value) and out of 130,357 km² there is only 1 km² that is completely featureless... (to quote QI).
What happened to us is we became "normalised" to a level of conformity, where everyone is the same but with different languages/accents - we wear the same clothes, listen to the same music, watch the same TV programs and films, eat the same food, drink the same drinks and read the same books - it's not specific to England, it is Europe-wide, America-wide and World-wide - globalisation of the Multinationals has created a globalisation of the world's population.
One part of me applauds that while another laments the passing of cultural identities.
So I proclaim my location as Wessex, my nationality as English, yet I'll happily munch on a burger, drink Pepsi and listen to Prog music from all over the world on my Dutch CD player, through my British amplifier and Japaneese speakers.
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Posted By: Atkingani
Date Posted: August 21 2008 at 20:54
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Just like my avatar (the real one) said before being killed and quartered: "If there's a second life may God allow me to be born again as a Brasilian!"
Too much wrong deeds and bad features in 200 years of independence side by side with some great achievements, the backward actions make us go forward even stronger. I share with many countrymen/women the truthful feeling that we are building a new and different CIVILIZATION here - the future will tell if it's for the good or for the evil, although I still bet the first will prevail. ------------- Guigo ~~~~~~ |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: August 21 2008 at 20:56
I know I already posted, but this sums my feelings up pretty well. We have a hell of a lot of problems, but I'd still rather live here. |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: August 21 2008 at 21:04
Born in Hungary, left during the people's uprising against the Stalinist regime (how awkward is that?) at the age of 1 and went to Canada (aka the Dump, according to vibrationbaby) . Lived all my life in Montreal (yeah, its turning into a heavy town) , studied in Switzerland and now heading (post-divorce) to Calgary. But I have been to many countries and US States , speak 7 languages and obviously not biased or bigotted in any way. I have seen good people and bad people everywhere. There is no paradise , you make your own paradise (except maybe for Brasil ). Might go back to Hungary though , Budapest is truly beautiful and I cannot renounce my roots. Be proud of your heritage but respect those of others. ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: LinusW
Date Posted: August 21 2008 at 21:24
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Ah yes. Sweden, the Glorious Motherland and Home of the Brave. Haven't been in war since 1809 which some find strange. Well, we've got a secret. When someone gives Sweden two alternatives, we choose the third. Sometimes questionable when the decision is made, often cowardly, but it saves our but most of the time. Like during WWII. Apparently one of the nations that pay most tax on our planet. Around 33%. So far, all feels good. Free schooling, healthcare and stuff. Slightly too meddlesome government at times, but we've lived with social democracy since 1898. Or about 80% of the time. I guess. One of the most secularised countries. Yup, and also tops the suicide list. So all isn't top notch. Once home of the Vikings, brutal plunderers of foreign shores, nowadays a cosy little nation full of moderately sized cities, communities and villages. Conditions can be hard during winter. Cold and dark - but the summer is excellent. We've got a lot of untouched wilderness as well. A silent people according to some, personally I don't know. We've been doing stuff our own way for quite some time, with the Swedish Model (not the blonde, female ones - even though they appear to be frequent abroad ).We've got moose. And enjoy drinking a lot. Beer and vodka in the past, nowadays more and more of the fancier stuff. We've got a royal family without power and in which we place no interest. We keep them as a tourist attraction and pay them well for it. Being non-Swedish in personality is considered good. We have no national pride, since that's ugly, and yet we value Swedish products higher than everything else. IKEA anyone? ABBA. Almost forgot them. Any further questions? Just post them then. |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: August 21 2008 at 21:27
Great hockey nation too, don't forget that. |
Posted By: LinusW
Date Posted: August 21 2008 at 21:32
Damn! How could I forget it...even I watch a lot of hockey. Elitserien - most interesting league in the world  |
Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: August 21 2008 at 21:37
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My ancestry is Swedish and Irish And I bleed Red White & Blue.  ------------- |
Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: August 22 2008 at 02:13
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I am Ukranian, Italian, and Spanish Yea...a melting pot, I AM AMERICA!!! But yea, born and raised in the USofA it has its share of problems and its share of things to love, just like most other countries. |
Posted By: BroSpence
Date Posted: August 22 2008 at 02:17
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I'm from the big ol' John Wayne US of A. Although I am not incredibly fond of many goings on and had been ons, but I do enjoy life for the most part. I wish this continent was a bit closer to Europe/Africa and those places so it would be easier to visit, but at least the Wright brother came along a gave us a plane we could work with until there's a massive continental shift.
I feel removed from this country sometimes. Politically and socially. However, I imagine this would be the case or at least the partial case if I were from/living somewhere else. Politics stink everywhere. And so do jackasses. I was born in S. Korea though so thats interesting....German and Irish heritage. I like to study Icelandic. WOO USA! WOO! |
Posted By: moreitsythanyou
Date Posted: August 22 2008 at 02:23
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Well I'm from the United States, but I think that patriotism is a rather silly concept. One has no choice to be born somewhere. If I were born somewhere else, I'm sure I would be equally proud of that nation. Do I like living here? I guess so. Am I sincerely proud that I'm from here, not really, but that would be the case no matter which country. -------------  <font color=white>butts, lol[/COLOR] |
Posted By: Jozef
Date Posted: August 22 2008 at 02:32
| I'm American. My father's of Italian ancestry and my mother is from Ecuador originally. |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: August 22 2008 at 03:44
 Very nicely put
Like Dean, I consider myself English, not British - this is nothing to do with knuckle dragging nationalism (of which this country has more than its fair share), just recognition that English people are different to Scots, the Welsh and the Irish - no better, no worse, just different. England's a great country overall; yes, it's overcrowded in places, but you get to places like the Peak District, Cumbria, the Yorkshire Moors, Exmoor and others too numerous to mention & you can still find places with no evidence of humanity. Our socio-political-cultural base is definitely changing, and in many cases not for the better, but is this so much different than most other countries? You can too easily get into the "grass is greener on the other side" mentality - earlier in this thread, Vibrationbaby ranted about the shortcomings of Canada, whereas the small part of Canada I've visited (Newfoundland) impressed me immensely, with its clean air, sheer space & unbelievably friendly people. ------------- 
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: August 22 2008 at 04:00
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I'm American but wish I were Dominican.. is that wrong? |
Posted By: Petrovsk Mizinski
Date Posted: August 22 2008 at 04:01
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Posted By: KoS
Date Posted: August 22 2008 at 04:28
I'm American of Spanish and Mexican Indian descent.(can't just Mexican since it's redundant  )I'm not overly patriotic but in some things we just kick ass! |
Posted By: Toaster Mantis
Date Posted: August 22 2008 at 04:37
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I am from Denmark, the only country in the EU that consumes more alcohol per capita than the Czech Republic.
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Posted By: npjnpj
Date Posted: August 22 2008 at 05:04
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I'm happily British and wouldn't want to be anything else. At the age of 19 I was would have been able to aquire dual English-German citizenship, but declined despite any advantages this might have had. I'm just British inside, and nothing else.
As for the Empire: I'm glad it's gone because now that it's come to Britain there's be no need to go there anymore.
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Posted By: Kotro
Date Posted: August 22 2008 at 09:16
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Portuguese of old and very diluted Norman English extraction. Used to think my country was crap. But then I began travelling abroad - the more foreign countries I visit, the more I think mine is awsome. But I guess that happens to alot of people. Plus I never actually "lived" more than two months abroad.
The music is still mostly crap, though. ------------- Bigger on the inside. |
Posted By: Visitor13
Date Posted: August 22 2008 at 09:53
Hmm, what does this make my country then? A dump someone puked on? Kibble_Alex - It's been a while since I was in Sweden (and I might have a somewhat stereotypical idea of how an 'average' Swedish girl looks), but I don't think Polish girls look like Swedish ones at all, two very different types of beauty... |
Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: August 22 2008 at 11:39
Visited Sweden once and was very suprised with the Swedes`command of the English language. Same with the Netherlands. ------------- |
Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: August 22 2008 at 11:50
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Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: August 22 2008 at 12:54
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English, and if there's one thing I can be proud of in this country is that we are THE world leaders in the Motorsport industry, even the foreign teams have Brits in high places.
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Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: August 22 2008 at 13:16
Hmmm, i don't know really, i visit both on a yearly basis (Sweden slightly less of course), and i have to say that they are equally as good-looking, i think they are of a closely similar beauty still, let us not debate and simply enjoy their presence ------------- "Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value." Arnold Schoenberg |
Posted By: VCG
Date Posted: August 23 2008 at 10:11
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I'm from brazil, and isn't a secrete that we got good and bad stuff. Nice beaches, hot girls, awesome weather, but most of the time the violence and the corruption with the big poverty are the main problems that we got.
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: August 23 2008 at 13:39
I'm Dutch: I'm proud that my country is in the top 10 of medal winning countries at the olympics. Well, at this moment at least. It's good that Holland is ambitious 
I live in Belgium. I'm proud that since yesterday the first two medals have been won
A nice thing about that Belgium that it's not too trendy  I guess that I'm a Nederbelg as they call it: half Dutch, half Belgian.
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Posted By: Forgotten Son
Date Posted: August 23 2008 at 18:10
| British. I like it here, despite the myriad of problems. That said I'm not often "proud" of being British, and when I am I suppress it ASAP, usually my trapping my hand in a door. |
Posted By: YesFan72
Date Posted: August 23 2008 at 18:16
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I'm American. I'm half Israeli and have dual citizenship. I guess I'm proud to be American and part Israeli, but I'm not one of those people who has a bunch of lawn decorations for the Fourth of July or anything like that.
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Posted By: Statutory-Mike
Date Posted: August 23 2008 at 19:35
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U.S.A
One of the best parts is that a lot of bands come to play in the states. I love it here. ------------- 
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Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 03:57
this, and also Pnoom!'s comment about the good and the bad. But I live in a fairly populated city (Richmond, the capital of VA), and thus many bands come here. ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: PROGMAN
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 19:16
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I am Welsh and proud!! I been told I have Scottish, Flemish and Canadian ancesries and some relatives in Australia. ------------- CYMRU AM BYTH 
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Posted By: Queen By-Tor
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 19:25
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Same place as the BEST BAND EVAR (and if I put an IMO right here no one can argue that )! Canadian, like Rush |
Posted By: St.Cleve Chronicle
Date Posted: August 25 2008 at 07:28
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I'm Finnish. We have some fabulous sceneries and George Gaynes was born here. Most of the music is only meant for making big money, but fortunately we also have a prog folk trio consisting of drums, bass and an electric kantele (It's called Stringpuré band, not sure how it's written). |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: August 25 2008 at 15:30
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I like my country. I was born here and still haven't ventured outside its borders. Hawaii is as close as I've gotten so far and I do so want to move there, but here I am stuck in Georgia. But hey, the Atlanta area is a pretty cool place to be if you must live here. The coastal portion of the state is nice. Can't say I love my country and quite frankly do get embarrassed about some of the actions our leaders have done.
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: August 25 2008 at 15:58
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Speaking of Nationality, could us true Brits be able to pass a Citizenship Test? Have a go yourself! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4099770.stm - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4099770.stm -------------
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Posted By: TGM: Orb
Date Posted: August 25 2008 at 16:06
| 8 right |
Posted By: LinusW
Date Posted: August 25 2008 at 16:09
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9! But I admit qualified guesswork was involved... |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: August 25 2008 at 16:10
11 right |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: August 25 2008 at 16:11
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Erm... 7. I guessed the Saints days and got them correct.  -------------
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: August 25 2008 at 16:12
How are you more British than Rob and I? -------------
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Posted By: TGM: Orb
Date Posted: August 25 2008 at 16:16
yeah (spoiler follows, knowing what PG Tips was detracted from my score. I assumed that you'd need a lawyer to be competent rather than double-check the pricetag, but that's probably not the right one. The marriage question, well, I'm too young to need to know. |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: August 25 2008 at 16:18
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That test is silly though. How they ever thought up some of those questions, is beyond me. -------------
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: August 25 2008 at 16:23
Same (spoiler also follows): I am also to young to know anything about divorce laws and I thought Father Christmas (who doesn't actually exist) is from Lapland... that's what I always thought. I also thought The Victorians were a big part of the history of that legend too. And yes, a price of a lawyer wouldn't be as important to me, to be fair. -------------
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Posted By: LinusW
Date Posted: August 25 2008 at 16:23
Amusing and condescending. |
Posted By: TGM: Orb
Date Posted: August 25 2008 at 16:25
| I'd be surprised if Lorely 'MP For Solihull' Burt knew the answers to more than 6 of them. |
Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: August 26 2008 at 10:38
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: August 26 2008 at 10:43
Lots of bowler hats and cups of Earl Grey? |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: August 26 2008 at 10:45
And lots of Avengers, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and Dads Army episodes. -------------
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: August 26 2008 at 10:48
Oh, I also like to discuss the Battle of Trafalgar over a nice glass of port. |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: August 26 2008 at 11:08
Port is a Portuguese export... although they were set-up by Brits, of course. Like some distant cousins of mine, the Fladgates. -------------
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Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: August 26 2008 at 12:02
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I got 7. That test was a load of rubbish.
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Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: August 26 2008 at 18:21
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America. Love the country, its history, its geography, its people, its government at its founding, its founders. Because of these things I'm very disappointed with its present state. EDIT: For kicks I did the brit citizenship test. I got a 6. Probably just a random fluctuation above the average score from pure guessing. ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: npjnpj
Date Posted: August 27 2008 at 03:43
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That was not a knowledge on being British but how well you read some book.
I doubt that for instance many people would have gotten that Saint's day question on 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire'!
Oh, and 8 correct including some guesswork.
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Posted By: Guzzman
Date Posted: August 27 2008 at 10:39
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I'm German and can live with it. Got 9 points on the citizenship test and am now thinking about emigrating to England. I simply love Cornwall and Devon! But there are nice places around Germany as well and since I'm living close to the Czech Republic I can go to the wonderful city of Prague quite often. Been to a number of places all over the world and I think that there's nice people everywhere. I may not be overly patriotic, but I think it's okay to be a patriot as long as you don't turn into a nationalist.
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Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: August 27 2008 at 10:52
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I took that test.
Got 8 right, with some obvious guesswork. It seemed very silly.... ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: Plankowner
Date Posted: August 31 2008 at 01:19
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I'm from the Sunshine State in America near Mickey Mouse. Was in the Navy for six years, two of which, I was stationed in Yokosuka, Japan. Practically lived in Tokyo. I've been to Hong Kong 7 times, Philipines, Singapore, Thailand, S. Korea, Spain, Italy, Egypt (I walked in the valley of the kings), The Virgin Islands, Hawaii, Austrailia, Azores, Bali and the Yucatan Peninsula. I often say, I've walked the globe, but I still have to see most of Europe. I'm strongly considering if my job falls through this year of getting a Euro rail pass and backpacking Europe for a couple of months. Would like to get live in jobs and earn enough money to travel city to city.. But it seems jobs abroad are hard for americans to get.
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Posted By: febus
Date Posted: August 31 2008 at 10:45
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Posted By: song_of_copper
Date Posted: August 31 2008 at 16:27
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I was born in England, but my ancestry is quite varied. English, Scots, Danish/German, Belgian, Italian... I can't say that I like the idea of being 'British'. It doesn't mean very much to me. People tend to imagine I am an English rose, but I am really a little mongrel and proud of it! If I could put anything as my nationality, I've always fancied "Gallo-Belgic Durotrigian"...
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Posted By: rileydog22
Date Posted: August 31 2008 at 17:25
I prefer Kobaian. -------------   |
Posted By: song_of_copper
Date Posted: August 31 2008 at 17:31
Well, that would also work. |
Posted By: Falling Flower
Date Posted: September 01 2008 at 11:37
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The magical land of chocolates, waffles and Belgian fries ------------- 
Tool makes the butterflies in my tumybox go woooooooosh |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: September 01 2008 at 13:45
After invasions from the Romans, Anglo Saxons, Nors and French (to name a few), being "British" seems to be a rather Euro-centric thing to me. ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: September 01 2008 at 14:11
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Well obviously the further I go back in my ancestry, the more chances I'd likely find some Norman, Scandinavian and German ancestry but so far, all I've hit upon are English people. No Welsh, Scottish or Irish... although there is rumoured to be an Irish link, I've yet to find it. So for me, I'm quite proud of my roots. Oh and also, I do not believe I have found a single ancestor from further north than Cambridgeshire... so all my ancestors are from the South of England and East Anglia. I did think I had some Yorkshire ancestors up until recently but it turns out they're actually from Buckinghamshire and their surname's spelling has been misspelled on many occasions, which means they have no links to the other family who hail from Yorkshire and Lancashire originally. Not that I mind ancestors from any other part of the country or even from any part of the world but it's nice to know that so far, they're concentrated in the south. -------------
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Posted By: song_of_copper
Date Posted: September 01 2008 at 14:51
Hehe, yes. I always say, "There's no such thing as an Englishman"!
Careful James - that is pretty much asking for someone to start calling you a "southern Jessie"! |
Posted By: rileydog22
Date Posted: September 01 2008 at 15:47
Aren't those the German colors? ------------- |
Posted By: febus
Date Posted: September 01 2008 at 16:37
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Belgium.svg"> BELGIUM FLAG http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Germany.svg"> GERMAN FLAG
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Posted By: rileydog22
Date Posted: September 01 2008 at 17:11
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It's easy to get them mixed up.
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Posted By: Leningrad
Date Posted: September 01 2008 at 19:40
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I went to Belgium. Half the population of the Ardennes is cows. |
Posted By: Falling Flower
Date Posted: September 02 2008 at 10:20
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You mean the people or actual cows?
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Tool makes the butterflies in my tumybox go woooooooosh |
Posted By: Leningrad
Date Posted: September 02 2008 at 19:37
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Posted By: rileydog22
Date Posted: September 02 2008 at 21:12
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That better not be a racial slur against Belgium
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Posted By: Leningrad
Date Posted: September 02 2008 at 23:33
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Nah. There was just... a lot of bovinid creatures in the area. |
Posted By: KoS
Date Posted: September 02 2008 at 23:41
Nevermind. *Note to self: Read the rest of the page before posting. |