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vonG:

There's so some good ones in there, and some that are not so good (strictly because they are so close to the truth, it hurts!).

Somebody get me a band-aid!!!!

 

Woohooo. I thought I was the master of rant, but silverblade takes a giant step towards this week's ranting title.

Look at this pearl:
5. You think you are a world power, but everyone else thinks Copenhagen is your capital.....

Hail to the King of Rant, baby.

MATHEMATICS:
My turn ; In response to statement number 4 "You're like Germans, except that nobody hates you.", you argue that "not everybody hates Germans. Is this to decline the truth of statement four?". I would say that statement 4 doesn't mean that everyone hates germans, as you say. Where do you get that? Someone hates Germany ,possibly everyone. That is what I read from the sentence. To clarify. We have three solutions "A" nobody hates you. "B" somebody hates you. And "C" Everybody hates you. All statement 4 of top 10 said, is that dutch are "A" + Dutch are not like germans. Conclusion; Germans can't be "A". That is all. Hence both "B" and "C" can still account for germans, right? Not just "C" as you wrote... Now can I get the Crown of rant back Ok I went again .

Who would like to make a list for danes? Pretty please

[ August 20, 2002, 02:01: Message edited by: Nobleman ]

 

Hehehe...
Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground.

 

VonGriffin, how can the US have the strongest military but not the best one? What are your criteria for 'the best'? Cleanliness? Uniform color?

And all the Western nations can holler about the greatness of their technologically advanced military, but still no one wants to irritate China. Their devastating coordinated-nation-wide-simultaneous-jumping attack could send massive tidal waves to swamp all of their enemies before our nations could figure out how to turn our jets on.

 

LOL!

Ara
(Being too lazy to give more in-depth commentary)

 

I think your mad or mentally ill!

 

Well, guess what our favourite activity is? That's right, insulting, making jokes about and laugh with...the Dutch people. I prefer not to take part in such activities, it is beneath me (sometimes)

oh and Vongriffin, We like wars being fouth in our country, it's good for the tourism. (think about all those British people who come to the graves of their ancestors every year) Who's the smart one now huh?!

 

There was a treaty signed that ended WW2. It stated that Japan could not have an "army". IIRC, they can have a defense force, but America is to keep it in check or some such. Most of the soldiers there are actually Americans.

 

Uh, no. Japan has its own soldiers with everything up to and including aircraft carriers. They call it a defense force because that's what's required by their constitution, but it's pretty damn big.

I assume by saying "most soldiers there are American" you mean that there are more American soldiers serving their country in Japan than there are Japanese soldiers. Because there are no American soldiers serving the Japanese army.

 

Some of the Norwegian reasons could be regarded as slightly insulting, but sadly some are true: We do have to pay some of the highest taxes in the world, and the same goes for price level...

But about killing baby seals - that's absolutely not accepted, but there was a big case some years ago because someone had been caught doing it.

And for eating Rudolf reindeer: First of all, Rudolf is an American phenomenon, in Norway we don't believe that Santa and his sleigh flies in the air with reindeer. There has never been any such thing as a Rudolf in our country! (We don't have the American Santa either, in Norway there are many of them, at least one on every farm, they have the height of children but with long white beards, they live in the barns and with the cows, do mischief and look after the animals, and dress in knitted sweaters, knickers, clogs and red stocking caps.)

In certain parts of northern Norway, reindeer is kept like a kind of live stock, meaning that you get food and fur from them. There's an old culture of the nomadic Same people in northern Norway who have a long tradition with their reindeer, roaming freely of course, and caught by lasso when they are needed. The reindeer are used for everything, for food, to pull their sleighs (one animal per sleigh), the antlers and bones are used for various equipment and tools, and they make clothes, shoes and their tents from the fur. I myself am proud to own and wear such clothes and shoes during winter, and highly respect this culture. I also love reindeer meat, which is really delicious.

And for the record, no Norwegian reindeer have ever heard about any Rudolf or Santa sleighs.

 

I like Germans. Hell, I nearly am one.

 

Silverblade,

Since when the heck do we have the best airforce in the world