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VANDOO 3rd June 2006 06:36 AM

MEMBERS FROM HOW MANY DIFFERENT COUNTRYS
 
I GOT CURIOUS AS TO HOW MANY COUNTRYS ARE CURRENTLY OR HAVE BEEN REPRESENTED ON THE FORUM. I AM FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SO THATS ONE COUNTRY.

Valjhun 3rd June 2006 08:05 AM

I seriously doubt that you ever heard of it and the nomination sounds just like the name for a strange country from a marx brothers production... Well, I'm from Slovenia.

Tim Simmons 3rd June 2006 08:12 AM

God save the queen! you can hum the rest.

ErnestoJuan 3rd June 2006 08:44 AM

Well, my country will win the soccer Worldcup this year.

Hint: the fans usually dress in orange ;)

kronckew 3rd June 2006 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by ErnestoJuan
Well, my country will win the soccer Wordcup this year.

Hint: the fans usually dress in orange ;)


well, my country of residence is going to win the worldcup after a few stirling victories over countries that prefer spelling contests. where are they holding the word cup by the way, my neice likes spelling bees.... :D

other than that i am in my more normal moments a citizen from the great state of Alabama, CSA.... we unfortunatley do not play soccer there much, we prefer shooting stuff or fishin'....

PUFF 3rd June 2006 11:06 AM

:D

Aqtai 3rd June 2006 12:11 PM

I could represent 2 countries, I live and work in England, my mother is English, but my father is Egyptian.

eftihis 3rd June 2006 02:23 PM

Greece has at least 2 members here! Yiannis is from Athens and me from Crete.
Best Regards!

William.m 3rd June 2006 03:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tim Simmons
God save the queen! you can hum the rest.


humm humm humm, for the glory of the empire! ...oh wait..

Rick 3rd June 2006 03:31 PM

:D :D :D

Henk 3rd June 2006 03:36 PM

I walk on wooden shoes, in spring I have tulips in the garden and when I drive to my work I see a mill.

ariel 3rd June 2006 03:41 PM

USA, Michigan.
That's where real men play real football, not that girl game, with almost 2 hours of running back and forth and then cheering the great victory of 1:0 by group kissing and baring bras.

When we win, it is something like 49:27!

Then we grill hamburgers , drink beer and gain another 5 pounds in weight.

Emanuel 3rd June 2006 04:14 PM

I eat Mamaliga, drink Tuica and, fully tanked I attempt to dance the Hora, all the time hoping "Dracula" won't crash the party :D
In my adopted country I pray for the Maple Leafs and drink Steam Whistle beer.

galvano 3rd June 2006 06:12 PM

hi all
 
Under my arm there is a bread.
In my bag there are red wine and sausage.
On my head there is a beret
In my capital there is EFFEL TOWER.
galvano :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:

wolviex 3rd June 2006 06:28 PM

Poland
 
Gee, I'm not gonna get poetic ... :rolleyes: :D

I'm from country of Winged Horsemen and beautiful women :cool:

Aurangzeb 3rd June 2006 06:56 PM

I Live in Pennsylvania, USA. But my fater is Polish and my mother is Ukrainian

Michael Blalock 3rd June 2006 07:09 PM

I was born an Okie but visited about 28 countries by the time I was 10 years old. Now I reside in the suburbs of Washington DC, in the nuclear free zone of Takoma Park.

fernando 3rd June 2006 07:37 PM

I am from Portugal, a nine hundred years old, tiny little nation, situated in the Iberian Peninsula. So little and ignored that, when i once travelled to a certain civilized European Country, a local girl asked me why i, being a Portuguese, didn't have curly hair ! Some years after, a studious friend of mine told me i had a Phoenician fascies. Apparently the Phoenicians used to come ashore, when they passed by my sea coast home town, on their route up north. But apparently those peoples didn't have a curly hair.



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Marc 3rd June 2006 08:34 PM

I'm from Fernando's neighbour country (oh, and I DO know where Aljubarrota is and what happened there ;) )
I'm from Spain, and with all its defects and virtues, I like this country. Home's home, after all :)

TVV 3rd June 2006 08:53 PM

Currently living in the Nay Area, I was born and spent the first twenty years of my life in Bulgaria, so I still consoder myself Bulgarian. You can deffinitely count me as a representatuve and descendant of the people, who initially brought the sabre to Europe in the 7th century.

Jens Nordlunde 3rd June 2006 09:56 PM

I am from Denmark, the country from where the charter tourism started. The Danes sailed to Ireland, England and many other countries to visit. Peaceful as they were, they only defended themselves when being attacked.
Now I live in a country far more south, with a lot of mountains, but also here are traces of the early Norse. In a chapel at the Wierwaldstettersee there is an inscription in runes, and the Norse were of course also life guards in Constantinople, which can be seen there.

Flavio 3rd June 2006 11:06 PM

I'm from Italy, the country of Sun (not in these days :o !)

Mark 4th June 2006 12:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Flavio
I'm from Italy, the country of Sun (not in these days :o !)

Forza Azzurri!

My wife's Italian, but I did live there for 7 years. :)

Takoma Park is a nuclear free zone? How ... symbolic. And futile, of course. ;)

S.Al-Anizi 4th June 2006 12:48 AM

Hello,

Im from Arabia, the endless sand dunes, drenched with blood, Kuwait precisely :)

Rick 4th June 2006 01:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by S.Al-Anizi
Hello,

Im from Arabia, the endless sand dunes, drenched with blood, Kuwait precisely :)

Our warmest welcome to you Sir .
We hope you will enjoy spending time here and we all hope to learn from you . :)

S.Al-Anizi 4th June 2006 01:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rick
Our warmest welcome to you Sir .
We hope you will enjoy spending time here and we all hope to learn from you . :)

Thanks for the kind welcome, Mr.Rick ;)

drdavid 4th June 2006 01:42 AM

Down under down under
 
I am from the island state at the bottom of Australia, Tasmania, home of the Tasmanian Devil much beloved of cartoonists. Next stop south is Antarctica. This place was settled by the British colonists a bit over 200 years ago, but for at least 50,000 years before that it was home to the indigenous Australians. So we have some recent history and some ancient history.
cheers
DrD

ariel 4th June 2006 03:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by drdavid
I am from the island state at the bottom of Australia, Tasmania, home of the Tasmanian Devil much beloved of cartoonists. Next stop south is Antarctica. This place was settled by the British colonists a bit over 200 years ago, but for at least 50,000 years before that it was home to the indigenous Australians. So we have some recent history and some ancient history.
cheers
DrD

I do not want to sound contrarian, but I am a Bugs Bunny fan...

ariel 4th June 2006 03:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by S.Al-Anizi
Thanks for the kind welcome, Mr.Rick ;)

Welcome !

Zan 4th June 2006 04:08 AM

I live in Quebec, the french province of Canada where there is still endless forests... and winters. We eat "pâté chinois" and "tourtière", and are serious hockey fans.
Good think, it is a little bit more hot these days (spring time) :) !

Regards,
Zan

VVV 4th June 2006 08:27 AM

I am from a country where in the Summer the sun is up at midnight.
In winter people make a hole in the ice to take a bath and if you travel from south to north it's the same distance as if I would have gone down to Italy.
This weekend I am on an isolated small island in the archipelago 1,5 h boat ride outside the capital but still have perfect 3G connection.

Michael

Flavio 4th June 2006 09:56 AM

[QUOTE=Mark Bowditch]Forza Azzurri!

My wife's Italian, but I did live there for 7 years. [QUOTE=Mark Bowditch]



Quote:

Originally Posted by VVV
if you travel from south to north it's the same distance as if I would have gone down to Italy.

Michael

Mark, this moment it's not so good for italian soccer, if you know what I mean!!! All those scandals in our championship !!!! :( :( :( But the hope is the last one to die!!!!!


Well Michael, next trip come to Italy!!! :)

Pangeran Datu 4th June 2006 10:44 AM

Land of The RAINBOW SERPENT
 
G'day mates!
.... hiji basa, bangsa urang
.... leungit bahasa, leungit bangsa

Greetings to my overseas brother, the Taswegian...j/k:)

Mapico1 4th June 2006 10:47 AM

Hi,I'm Mick from Austr...no seriously....I come from the best country to find beer,chocolat and african art from Congo..........right,Belgium.
Regards,Danny :)

S.Al-Anizi 4th June 2006 02:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ariel
Welcome !

Thank you ariel :)

BluErf 4th June 2006 03:37 PM

Singapura, oh Singapura. Sunny island, set in the sea...
 
Let me post one for my country. :)

I am a citizen of the Lion City, so named because a Srivijayan prince, Sang Nila Utama, thought he saw a lion when he landed on the island, or so the legend went.

These days, we are often referred to as the "little red dot" because we are so small that we don't appear on the map, and has to be marked by a red dot. :D

Our national mascot is the Merlion, a half lion, half fish mythical beast. Interestingly, this beast was a modern invention and had no roots in history. Our national flower is an orchid, called "Vanda Miss Joaquim".

The island was called Temasek a long time ago. It was once part of the territory of the Johore empire, the Riau-Lingga Sultanate, and probably Majapahit and Sri Vijaya, amongst others. Then, came the British in the 19th century, followed by the Japanese (rather unpleasent 3yrs 8mths during WWII), then the British came back again, and left, again, and after a brief merger with Malaysia, we became an independent sovereign nation on 9 Aug 1965.

Our current prime minister, Mr Lee Hsien Loong, is the son of the great Mr Lee Kuan Yew (I think he deserves to be called great for turning Singapore from a 3rd-world country to a developed nation, in the face of great adversity).

We are a well-integrated multi-racial society with the main ethnic groups being Chinese, Malay, Indian and Eurasian.

If you have been to Singapore, you would probably have heard about "Singlish", and words/phrases like "kiasu", "shiok", "don't play play".

The people here are so pre-occupied with food that everywhere you go, you see... restaurants! From Thai to Vietnamese, Indonesian to Nepalese, African to American, French to German, Italian to Spanish, Korean to Japanese, and of course, Chinese, Malay, Indian. :)

Our national anthem is in Malay: "Majulah Singapura!" - Onward Singapore! :)

Battara 4th June 2006 08:35 PM

Don't know about country (US) but I perpetually live in the state of confusion. :confused: ( :D )

yuanzhumin 5th June 2006 05:35 PM

Well, I have two countries, I would say.
The one I'm coming from and the one where I live in.
The first is the country of paradox, a country that everybody loves and hates at the same time. For example, last year, this country had the world record for the number of burned cars in its streets and at the same time was the most visited for tourism purpose. It seems that I'm a compatriot of Galvano.
My other country, where I've been living in for nearly 15 years now, has no unions strikes, the stores are always open, even during the night or the week ends. In this island, the people are the nicest in the world but there are also daily earthquakes (we only feel the biggest tremors every two or three months). Another particularity : it is also a country that is still living under the threats of a thousand missiles pointed at it by a very big and "friendly" neighbour. Should I say it is Taiwan?

Freddy 5th June 2006 06:36 PM

I'm from Belgium....more particularly the Flemish part of Belgium. In the past, we were governed by most other European countries, but we're still around !
Like Mapico1 said : the land of the best beer and tons of African stuff (if you can find it) ;)

Freddy

Angren 5th June 2006 11:14 PM

Home of the vikings, Gustav Vasa, the carolins, the midsummer, and the Dala horse ;) And the artic winter here in the north, Sweden ;)

But I lived in Laos for a few years.


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