Subject: First thoughts about countries

Argentina - messi
Belgium - fellaini
Bosnia and Herzegovina - dzeko
Brasil - ronaldinho
Bulgaria - berbatov
Cameroon - eto'o
Canada - hockey
Czech Republic - nedved
Germany - trochowski
Finland - hyypiä
England - rooney
France - henry
Ghana - essien
Hong Kong - skew eyes
Ireland - keane
Italy - pirlo
Jamaica - bolt
Netherlands - robben
Nigeria - obi mikel
Norway - gamst pedersen
Poland - smolarek
Portugal - liedson
Romania - mutu
Russia - arshavin
Spain - villa
Sweden - ibrahimovic
Switzerland - inler
Turkey - tuncay
Ukraine - shevchenko
Wales - bale
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Et sitten keksinyt mitään sanottavaa Suomesta..? ;)

Albania - Eliza Dushku
Algeria - Uhmm Zidane
Andorra - Hard to beat in football..
Argentina - Hand of god, Batistuta
Armenia - Genocide
Australia - Tasmanian devil, Aboriginals
Austria - That insane father, Governator
Azerbaijan - Baku, Nagorno-Karabakh
Belarus - Dictator Lukashenko
Belgium - KV Mechelen, that paedophile guy
Bolivia - Evo Morales
Bosnia and Herzegovina - Dzeko
Brasil - Romario, big jesus, football
Bulgaria - Great chicks at least those 2 I knew, Beroe Stara Zagora
Cameroon - Roger Milla
Canada - Mr 99, nice weather, Michael J Fox
Chile - Salas+Zamorano
China - lack of freedom of speech, mine disasters, Uigurs, Tibet, morons on top
Colombia - Andres Escobar, drugs
Costa Rica - Coffee
Cuba - Fidel, old american cars
Croatia - Suker
Cyprus - uhmm near Greece..
Czech Republic - K Neumanova
Denmark - Schmeichel, rooligans, Euro 1992
Dominican Republic - ?
Germany - Kraftwerk, Scorpions, Nena, leatherpants
Greece - Larissa
Ecuador - Galapagos
Estonia - Some similar words with us, Mart Poom
El Salvador - there was some war I think
England - Best football, Manchester United
Finland - Home, safe and stable country, Santa, bad music lately
France - Annoying language sorry, King Cantona, guillotine
Georgia - war against Russia
Ghana - Essien
Guatemala -
Honduras -
Hong Kong - Action movies
Hungary - Lajos Detari
Iceland - Eidur Gudjohnssen, Bjork, geysirs
India - cows, Apu
Indonesia - Java?
Iraq - Saddam H
Iran - Nuclear debate, Salman Rushdie
Ireland - Green, Enya
Israel - USAs favourite, Palestina, Eli Ohana
Italy - Diving in football, Chievo, mothers boys ;)
Jamaica - Merlene Ottey, reggae
Japan - Panasonic, good horror movies, Hiroshima+Nagasaki
Kazakhstan - Borat
Kenya - Great runners
Latvia -
Lithuania - Uhm basketball..
Luxembourg -
Macedonia -
Malaysia - Michelle Yeoh
Malta - Rabat Ajax
Mexico - Salma Hayek, Danny Trejo, WC 86
Moldova -
Montenegro -
Morocco - oranges
Netherlands - Dr Snuggles, Ajax with Liti
New Zealand - Kiwi, Crowded House, Lucy Lawless
Nicaragua -
Nigeria - Fake e-mails, Finidi George
Norway - Solskjaer, Aha
Panama - canal
Paraguay - Chilavert
Peru - Footie team died in plane crash in the 80s
Philippines - That shoe freak?
Poland - Sokker, Izabella Scorupco, Gornik Zabrze
Portugal - Carlos Queiroz, CRonaldo, Pauleta
Romania - Vlad Tepes
Russia - Lack of freedom of speech, morons on top
Saudi Arabia - Rich people buying toys from England
Scotland - Travis, the Great sir Alex, bagpipes, kilt
Senegal - Samba N'Diaye
Serbia - Hot blooded footballers, Nemanja Vidic
Singapore -
Slovakia -
Slovenia - Primoz Peterka
South Africa - Apartheid, Nelson Mandela
South Korea - 1988 olympics
Spain - Tenerife, good horrormovie directors, Valencia, David Villa
Sweden - Abba, blondes
Switzerland - MacGyvers Swiss army knife
Thailand - Difficult names, ladyboys
Tunis - Ali Boumnijel
Turkey - "crazy" football fans
Ukraine - Chernobyl, gas problems with Russia
UAE -
Uruguay - Diego Forlan, was great in footie
USA - The big boss, guns, best tv+movies, patriotism
Uzbekistan -
Venezuela -
Vietnam - Won USA in that war, agent orange, My Lai massacre
Wales - Catherine Zeta Jones, Ryan Giggs

nyt on Suomesta :D sun Suomi- bad music lately? kui?

Greece - many gays, (i know from experience) :(

Οnly in Mykonos where the hole world come.

;-)

i heard many great finnish releases this year :p
my favourite album of 2009 is finnish :p

sun Suomi- bad music lately? kui?

Ei vaan ole tällä vuosituhannella pahemmin korviin osunut kotimaista musiikkia joka miellyttäisi makunystyröitä, ikävä kyllä :/ Varmaan yhdelle cd:lle mahtuisi kaikki ne joista olen pitänyt ja tilaakin jäisi..


i heard many great finnish releases this year :p
my favourite album of 2009 is finnish :p

Really? :o Care to tell us what those great releases and your favourite album are? :)

ofc its my personal taste, but 'Grave New World' from Soulfallen is one of my favourite albums.
the new one of 'Dark the Suns' (All ends in silence) was a very decent disc as well .
the latest EToS (Children of the Dark Waters) wasnt as good as their best albums, but wasnt bad
the new Swallow the Sun (New Moon) is a great release as well.

omg

now i think even more bad about finish music ;)
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I'll do this as a stream of concious thing. Could be offensive

Albania - ... nothing at all
Algeria - Their flag
Andorra - Little place north of Spain
Argentina - The way they cheated to their first world cup, I'm thinking of Peru
Armenia - Their flag
Australia - Home & Away... urgh
Austria - Franz Ferdinand
Azerbaijan - How do I spell it
Belarus - Does Bela mean little?
Belgium - The most boring place I've ever been
Bolivia - Mountains
Bosnia and Herzegovina - Croatia
Brasil - Football
Bulgaria - Vs Germany 1994
Cameroon - Roger Milla
Canada - The joke about Canada being Gods house and then looking at the neighbours
Chile - Salas
China - Human rights violations
Colombia - Cocaine
Costa Rica - Jungle
Cuba - The Castro gay district in San Franciso
Croatia - Castles
Cyprus - Greece
Czech Republic - Castles
Denmark - Not going to get out of their world cup group
Dominican Republic - Carla Espinoza
Germany - Hitler
Greece - Ancient Greece
Ecuador - Somewhere in South America
Estonia - Their flag
El Salvador - I like the name
England - London
Finland - Litmanen
France - Nice place, shame about the people
Georgia - Screw the Russians
Ghana - Black stars
Guatemala - Nothing
Honduras - Nothing
Hong Kong - Technology
Hungary - Puskas
Iceland - Banks
India - How much I hate Slumdog Millionaire
Indonesia - North of Australia
Iraq - George Bush (the really stupid one)
Iran - Admedinejad is a dickface
Ireland - 1 person
Israel - Self-righteous
Italy - Tuscany
Jamaica - Bob Marley
Japan - Their disturbing obsession with under-age girls pants
Kazakhstan - Borat
Kenya - Safari
Latvia - Nothing
Lithuania - Nothing
Luxembourg - Why is it even a real country
Macedonia - Preferable to Greece
Malaysia - Indonesia
Malta - Possibly holiday destination
Mexico - Treated badly by USA
Moldova - Nothing
Montenegro - Black mountains
Morocco - Too hot for me
Netherlands - Galleries, too many galleries
New Zealand - Yorkshire
Nicaragua - Nothing
Nigeria - The Super Eagles
Norway - Ole Gunnar Coleslaw
Panama - Canal
Paraguay - The place no-one is interested in
Peru - Ancient civilizations
Philippines - My cousins
Poland - Awful
Portugal - F**k Ronaldo
Romania - Cheap
Russia - Total corruption
Saudi Arabia - Oil
Scotland - Alcoholism
Senegal - Beating France in the world cup
Serbia - Balkans
Singapore - Nothing
Slovakia - Nothing... at all
Slovenia - See Slovakia
South Africa - World Cup
South Korea - Not North Korea
Spain - Racists
Sweden - Ingmar Bergman
Switzerland - Poncey skiers
Thailand - Holiday destination for hippies who are too clean for India
Tunis - North Africa
Turkey - Christmas
Ukraine - Nothing
UAE - Oill
Uruguay - One of the boring South American countries
USA - The fat, obnoxious, ignorant, cap wearing tourist who caused me to miss my bus and left me standing in the rain for the next hour.
Uzbekistan - Nothing
Venezuela - Chavez being told to shut up
Vietnam - War
Wales - Holyhead, awful place

Chile - overrated football players

Why?

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Croatia

Fail

Albania -E. Hodza ? one of the poorest country in Europe, Musulmans, partners of Kosovo
Algeria -proud people, was in war with France
Andorra -little country between France and Spain, amateurs playing in their NT
Argentina -great footballers, debts, Che Guevara
Armenia -massacred by Turks
Australia -kangaroos and other weird animals, great athletes for such lowpopulated country, many actors in Hollywood, Natalia Imbruglia, Nicole Kidman
Austria - our ruler, Long live Kaiser :), I am still thinking about Austrian empire
Azerbaijan - weak NT which crushed our weaker NT
Belarus -Lukaschenko, civil rights defying here, BATE Borisov
Belgium -Bruxelles, center of EU, chocolate, beer, cuisine, peeing boy
Bolivia -rain forest ?
Bosnia and Herzegovina -Gavrilo Princip that little bastard was Bosnyak ??
Brasil -football talent has everyone here :)
Bulgaria -everything is cheap
Cameroon -Eto´o
Canada - I love Quebec, rough ice hockey players they can´t stand losing
Chile -funny wide, wine
China -civil rights are raped here every day
Colombia -rebels, drugs
Costa Rica -not bad in football
Cuba -sad political situation
Croatia -favourite holiday place for Czechs, great NT, Severina :D
Cyprus -separated
Czech Republic -awful political situation, awful last century except 1918-1938, awful people, great beer
Denmark -decent people, rival of Scandinavian countries
Dominican Republic -favourite holiday place
Germany -interesting morale of people, or most important partner in bussines, rich country, great cars, Siemens, Bosch, dark history in last century- WWI and WWII
Greece -awesome history, Sparta (Prague:), favourite holiday place, proud people, problems with Turkey, never forget you defensive strategy at EURO 2004
Ecuador -no idea
Estonia -Baltic
El Salvador -dangerous gangs
England -awful cuisine, cradle of many sports mainly football, beatles, culturally mixed, ex world leader
Finland -Finlandia vodka is the best, Laponia, blond people
France -great country especially Haute Savoie, most tourists per year in the world, european giant with Germany and GB
Georgia -they have it hard next to Russia, morale is low after war, birthplace of J.V. Stalin
Ghana -pretty smart africain country
Guatemala -no idea
Honduras -no idea
Hong Kong -special status from rest of CHina
Hungary -my ancestors came from there, nationalists, hated by its neighbours (Romania, Slovakia - mostly) but politics are graduating these problems
Iceland -vulcanic activity, geysers
India -Gandhí, cricquet, soon most populated country in the world
Indonesia -many islands
Iraq -conquered
Iran -scary
Ireland -Emmigrants to US because famine and English occupation
Israel -great country, you are not alone Israel !!!
Italy -great meals, very special mentality :), mafias, overrated football league
Jamaica -weed, Bolt
Japan -great morale in schools, jobs, freaky modern culture, isolationism in past, sepuka
Kazakhstan -Borat , big country
Kenya -athletes
Latvia -ice hockey, Karlis Straskins
Lithuania -Baltic people, in past crusades there ?
Luxembourg -European bank there ? BENELUX
Macedonia -problems with Greeks about their name FYROM or smth like this
Malaysia -no idea
Malta -English courses there, knights in past
Mexico -drug mafia is every year more and more powerful, emmigrants to US
Moldova -derivate of Romania, special status for Podnestri - place where Sheriff Tiraspol is
Montenegro -derivate of Yugoslavia
Morocco -athletes, chamakh
Netherlands -rival in football, cheese, immigrants, some nationalist blond politic
New Zealand -sheeps everywhere, amazing nature - Lord of the rings
Nicaragua -Barney Stinson wanted help there :D
Nigeria -very populated country, every year improving in football, oil
Norway -not in E.U.,strategic ports in WWII, pretty good in winter sports
Panama -canal
Paraguay -rain forest ? Asuncion
Peru -children working in mines
Philippines -Lady as prime minister or president
Poland -they had hard times in their history thanks to Russia, USSR, and Germany, they are proud for their independent because everytime they fight for it (opposite of Czech in this way)
Portugal -awesome colinisation few centuries ago
Romania -last sanatorium of leprosy in Europe :D, poorer country in E.U.
Russia -everything what came from russian was and is sick except their gas, Mafia, drunk people, amazing beauties,
Saudi Arabia -similar to UAE
Scotland -William Wallace, rough climate, rough history=rough people in kilts :D
Senegal -Dakkar, one of better africain countries, problems with spreading desert ?
Serbia -must be the most deprivated country in Europe - war, bombing by US, lost of Kosovo, economicly anything special
Singapore -wealth port, vehicles are limited, cleanness
Slovakia -our brothers, awesome language :) awesome girls, they have always problems with Hungary
Slovenia -the most wealth slavic country
South Africa -freaky amount of murders per year, WC
South Korea -overpopulation, smart about electric devices, KIA
Spain -[REC] - scary film, La liga
Sweden -Blonds and vikings, steel ? aluminium ?
Switzerland -Genéve- my future home, j´espére
Thailand -hookers are tolerated and cheap, looks young
Tunis -ex part of Ottoman empire
Turkey -dont like them, weirdos (I heard this from french musulman people from N. Africa too)
Ukraine -terrible amount of HIV positive people
UAE -nice benefits for nationality, pakistani, india and kenya workers
Uruguay -Forlan - interesting player
USA - spreading awful culture, world gendarm
Uzbekistan -no idea
Venezuela -H. Chavez big socialist, limited private sector
Vietnam -our friends from grocery shops and markets Ban čao, cin ka mon :)
Wales -traditional hats, onions as national flowers ???

I hope that I didn´t insult someone too much :)
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Armenia -massacred by Turks

epic FAIL!

Oh, how controversial. Hard for old snowy11 here not to get involved (P.S Niin! where are you, this is right up your alley too!).

The events of 1915 to 1917 are regarded by Armenians and the vast majority of Western historians to have been state-sponsored mass killings, or genocide.[25] Turkish authorities, however, maintain that the deaths were the result of a civil war coupled with disease and famine, with casualties incurred by both sides.

I don't know much about Armenia, but from what I have gathered on the news and in the newspaper, most people think Turkey was at fault but they deny it. Who knows though, some people deny that the holocaust happened as well.

thisis not fail. the Turks made a genocide on armenians... that is history, that turkish government doesn;t want to accept it...

obviously, Armenia defends his position; Turkey too.
but in a neutral position, the majority of "civilized countries" (UN technicality) accepted this genocide.

Turkey will never accept this fact, for simple reason, than is very serious in Public International Law.

anyway, Turkey have other vision of this fact, they are a very different culture; with our occidental eyes, is too hard understand his conduct, as State and society.

edit: for me, was a genocide.
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