What's your country best in the world at?

[Mig]

Ok, let's get a war going here. Name something that you think your country is the best in the world at. I'll start:

British humour is unrivalled.

I saw the US version of The Office and it wasn't anywhere near as sharp. They couldn't resist making it just slightly over-the-top and missing the point. Obviously, it's because it needs to be accessible by the US audience - which says it all.

[Tizmo]

Germany - bread. :)

[Zach]

USA - Pissing people off

[MidnightRider]

British humour is unrivalled.
You have no argument there, Benny Hill all the way. Dont forget Monty Python

Germany - bread.

thougth that was beer?

USA - Pissing people off

We are the most arrogent for sure, but we do back it up.

[Tizmo]

thougth that was beer?

That is also true. I totally forgot about that oops. So, for Germany, bread and beer!!!:icon_cool: :icon_cool:

[Oshiri]

the British ability to que indefinatly

[Dascoo]

Canada - Women

[Mig]

Canada - Women
Now that is highly debatable.

Personally, I go with Sweden or Denmark.

[Mig]

That is also true. I totally forgot about that oops. So, for Germany, bread and beer!!!:icon_cool: :icon_cool:
Tizmo, I used to eat this really nice stuff when I was younger, and I'm not sure if it's of German or Danish origin. Literally translated, it is called beer bread, and it's like a dark brown grain which you cook with water to form like a porridge. You eat it with milk.

In Danish it's called øle brød ("beer bread")

[Tizmo]

I would guess that it is of danish origin.

[MidnightRider]

Now that is highly debatable.

Personally, I go with Sweden or Denmark.
Us Americans have the highest mix of women with diff background. We have women of all cultures here, but i got to say i love an english accent on a woman although there is something to be said about a latino woman, but i like em fisty.

[Oshiri]

fisty? ø_Ø

[MidnightRider]

Feisty, sorry typo. means umm tough sorta, firey i guess.

Feisty: adjective

Definition:

1. spirited: characterized by spirited, sometimes aggressive, behavior

[Dascoo]

Now that is highly debatable.

Personally, I go with Sweden or Denmark.

Aaaah but you see Mig, Canada is an international country, taking women from allover the world......

[MidnightRider]

Aaaah but you see Mig, Canada is an international country, taking women from allover the world......
see prior post beat ya to it }: P

[Dascoo]

Aaaaaah so women on Jerry Springer are not what most american women look like? Fat Elephants. Serisouly, I went down to the united states and they were all giant Manatees. Canada only has a few manatees though......

[catman]

Drinking*

[Tizmo]

Finland is also good at drinking.

[MidnightRider]

Aaaaaah so women on Jerry Springer are not what most american women look like? Fat Elephants. Serisouly, I went down to the united states and they were all giant Manatees. Canada only has a few manatees though......
No not even close to all of them, and Jerry Springer ... pffft

[Mig]

Russia wins the drinking. The amount of vodka they drink as a nation is ridiculous. I read a statistic somewhere like they drink 140 bottles a year, per person. Maybe more, I can't remember.

Czech Republic consumes the most beer per person.

[Oshiri]

Feisty, sorry typo. means umm tough sorta, firey i guess.

Feisty: adjective

Definition:

1. spirited: characterized by spirited, sometimes aggressive, behavior

yes i know what Feisty is.. but when i first read Fisty i was like: errm eh?



Wow russia drinks that much? :O

[Mig]

Yeah I think the total came to something like 7 bottles per person, per month.

It is an insane amount.

[Savage]

i would say irish for comedy. and i duno wat australia does i recon it would be austrialains are the best for being loyal to each other. just look at many of the fighting examples: galipei (cant spell it) , the rats of torbuk, long tan in vitinam

[Tizmo]

i would say irish for comedy. and i duno wat australia does i recon it would be austrialains are the best for being loyal to each other. just look at many of the fighting examples: galipei (cant spell it) , the rats of torbuk, long tan in vitinam
Do you mean Galipoli, the world war 1 movie?

[Wookiesa]

Scotland - Whiskey

[PZIV]

Hey midnight I got an other F word for you for America...

Fat...

Don't forget arrogant...

...or ignorant

[MidnightRider]

Thats called natural selection. Those ppl will do themselfs in. The patriotic core of America is still there, at least in my heart.

[Mig]

I don't know about real patriotic people. I mean everyone likes their own country, that's fine, but people who are really over-the-top patriotic are just a bit too much for me.

I find them annoying, arrogant, ignorant and normally they're convinced their country is the center of the world. Sorry to say, it's mainly Americans, although every country has them in some way or another. England has some disgusting hooligans when it comes to football and stuff.

[MidnightRider]

There is a diff between being a patriot and being a fanitic.

[Ocagire]

Germany Is good For-Bread-Beer And Chocolate:)

[Mig]

Yeah but the people I am talking about are patriotic.

There was this TV series in the UK once, I don't know if they showed it elsewhere, but it was an experiment into different countries' cultures and attitudes to each other.

They got different families from Britain, Germany, Japan and America. None of them knew it was an experimental show or that they were being monitored and secretly filmed. They got them to stay in a hotel and they thought they were on like a country vs. country game show or something.

They conducted experiments like when the family came downstairs, there would be their national flag burning on the ground outside. The Japanese were like really reserved and non-confrontational, but the Americans were like in hysterics and crying that someone would "burn the beautiful flag of the greatest country in the world" and so on... it just really showed how the different nations differ.

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My cousins moved to the US about 5 years ago and they've really changed so much. They're so over the top about everything and have to be all super-friendly and kind of sickly and it's just really annoying sometimes. One of them stayed here because he was going to university and he hasn't changed at all, it's really odd.

That's the report I've had from most people who've been to America is that it gets a bit too much after a while because everything is so over the top and manufactured.

That's not meant to cause offense to anyone, of course. I've never been to the US yet but I hope to one day because I think it would be a great experience. I'm not judging anyone, I'm just sort of generalising my opinion for the sake of debate. I'd like to know what you guys think :)

[MidnightRider]

Being American and loveing what my country stands for (not what it has become) i do have to agree with you Mig. Many ppl are over the top about things that really dont matter that much. I see how Americans act, and to a degree i would say i act that way at times too. I dont think America is the greatest conutry on Earth as all the other countrys have their ouw cultrue to offer to the world, but this is the one place where pretty much everyone is wellcome to pratice their beleifs.

I think to many Americans try to push our feelings off on ppl that dont want them, and that is wrong as we tend to get pretty pissy when someone does the same to us. We expect everyone to love our flag as much as we do because we fail to understand why anyone else would want to live other than we do. We have such huge amounts of freedom here that it goes to ppls head. Saddly, such as in your example of the TV show, these were some of those ppl. This gives some of us such a bad name. Most of the ppl i know are the hardest working SOB's you will ever meet.

With the flag burnning issue you must understand a lil about American history. You see when we were in Vietman many of our men and women were fighting their asses off day after day in country, and here at home there are ppl buring Old Glory in protest of the war. This was a case of misguidence in the gen pop of the US at the time, as it was not to be directed at the service men, but at the politics that got those service men there. The sad reality is haterid begts haterid and this carried over to these fine men and women that severed their country in blood. This is why the burning of the American flag is such a sore point to most Americans. The over reaction is a guilty feeling of how we treated our own miltary personal after a bitter fight in the Nam.

[HoboJoe]

USA - Using 50% percent of the natural resources while every other country has to divide between the other 50%.

[PZIV]

Thats called natural selection. Those ppl will do themselfs in. The patriotic core of America is still there, at least in my heart.

Excuse my language....

No, it's F****D up...

Hobo: Amen...

[MidnightRider]

Der Totenkopf']Excuse my language....

No, it's F****D up...

Hobo: Amen...
No arugment here.

[Dascoo]

Fanatics.....

[Savage]

lol its kinda turned into wats wrong with america. america is not that powerful. they only reason is that get everything and then tell other countries that they cant have it and also they refuse to change their ways because it doesnt suit them. also the public was greatly misinformed about the war. it was to stop communist spreading but the large population didnt see it that way. people only belive wat the media tells them to belive. i mean ervery time some one see a bag left somewhere they think its a bomb.

[HoboJoe]

lol its kinda turned into wats wrong with america. america is not that powerful. they only reason is that get everything and then tell other countries that they cant have it and also they refuse to change their ways because it doesnt suit them. also the public was greatly misinformed about the war. it was to stop communist spreading but the large population didnt see it that way. people only belive wat the media tells them to belive. i mean ervery time some one see a bag left somewhere they think its a bomb.
But also you guys didn't have to deal with 9/11 like we did...

[Dascoo]

Well that's what happens when you piss off arabs....

[HoboJoe]

Lol, reminds me of the Monty Python song, "Never be Rude to an Arab".

[Dascoo]

Hahahaha

[Mig]

Aaaah but you see Mig, Canada is an international country, taking women from allover the world......
Yeah but you can't claim all the fit scandinavian chicks as your own!

[Mig]

But also you guys didn't have to deal with 9/11 like we did...
Yeah 9/11 was pretty horrific. When you see the actual footage of people with home video cameras on the ground, completely unaware and then they see something in the sky and film a plane plough into the tower, helpless but to watch...

[Savage]

Australia is best at being australian. None of u other ppls can be as good as that

[Ghengis]

When you have a board comprised of mainly Canadians and Europeans, pretty much turns into "We hate America" forum.

[DFC COL TAZZ]

making perogies.

[Dascoo]

How many canadians?

[Mig]

When you have a board comprised of mainly Canadians and Europeans, pretty much turns into "We hate America" forum.
I think actually the majority at CoDboards are from America, as would be expected with almost anywhere on the net.

[DFC COL TAZZ]

i'm american living in canada.

[DFC COL TAZZ]

When you have a board comprised of mainly Canadians and Europeans, pretty much turns into "We hate America" forum.

i dont know were you got your info?

[MidnightRider]

In most cases i have yet to see a "hate America" comment made. I think here at CoDboards most of us look past race and nationality and view a persons comments for what they are, that persons thoughts and opinions. This is easy to do on the net simply cuz you dont know much physicaly about the person(s) you are chating with.

[Dascoo]

Well some people don't like there countries for some reasons, for example canada's law system is a joke. I could go out, kill a baby, and be out in 5 years for good behaviour, except I wouldn't because then my family would hate me and I couldn't become an engineer.

Unless you fanatically love america then haha

[Alpha_Pasta]

The UK's legal system needs to pull its socks up a bit too.

[Savage]

pft all western laws need to get their ass into gear. also with racism and stuff we dont know the colour of the people posting. BUT! im sure it would not affect anyones view of anyone else. it wouldnt bother me if i found out wat colour people were. its just a colour of the rainbow.....

[Alpha_Pasta]

I despise rascism, and as a moderator I certainly wouldn't tolerate anything of it here.

I guess you guys are right, all we see is text, not really any of the pictures of people - or much of their personality.

[Br0ken]

Now that is highly debatable.

Personally, I go with Sweden or Denmark.



Ugh....dont say it again it gives me the wooly's If u didn't know Finn's HATE Swede's..I was at a Finnish concert this summer and the special guest was a swede....As soon as she came on the stage and sang like everyone left....Litteraly...


Finland is best at Hockey.,,,even tho sweden beat em at the olympics but finland lost 1 time and won 7 when sweden won 6 and lost 2 times and i think finlands the best at hockey

[emery_]

Finland has the best Hi-NRG dance music DJ:s :icon_biggrin: namely DJ proteus and Kevin Energy

not that anyone cares :P

[Mig]

I never knew Finns hated the Swedish.

[Yoghurt]

Ireland - Drunken stoned 8 year olds (seriously, they're everywhere)

[Flarius]

Canadians-pwn at hockey
-pwn at women
-pwn at health (free health care)
-pwn at hydro power (manitoba)

[MFKR]

Ok, let's get a war going here. Name something that you think your country is the best in the world at. I'll start:

British humour is unrivalled.

I saw the US version of The Office and it wasn't anywhere near as sharp. They couldn't resist making it just slightly over-the-top and missing the point. Obviously, it's because it needs to be accessible by the US audience - which says it all.

America is really good at consuming, and crapping all over everyone else. Put that in yer pipe and smoke it.

EDIT - We know we completely piss off the rest of the world, but we just think its funny. We just kick ass like that i guess.

[Banach]

Poland has the most honour in their nation.
Look through history and you'll see we never backed down from the impossible fights to keep our nation independant.

Suck that Britain and France ;)

[Dascoo]

We Invaded America

[Mig]

Who did?

[BodySnatchers]

We Invaded America

lolol total win

Australia is best at.... gosh... im stumped O.O" there are things we're GOOD at, but as far as hands down..gosh... probably swimmers worldwide...
'Melbourne is one of the most livable and cleanest cities in the world'

'sexiest accent?' 'most commonly used phrases worldwide?'
'hottest surfer boys?'
'deadliest animals in the world'?

[Hook3724]

What about the US and its wealth. By far the wealthiest nation in the world. I forget the actual stats but i think it was the USA has only 35-40% of the world population and 75% of the world income. But look that up those stats might and are prob wrong.

Also I would have to say the US has some of the more creative minds of the modern world.

What about us playing world police? You all know the world is a better place with out Saddam in power. I think this also covers backing up what our big mouths say.

[Laz]

Just saw this thread for the first time. I'm a Dane and I live in Sweden, so I guess women is on my list of what my country does best.

Other things we are best at: Equality between sexes, rooting out discriminatory behaviour, building chopper's, making rod's (take a look at any really good rod building company in the states and there is at least one swede working there), health care and making safe, yet fun cars.
we are pretty good at drinking too much, and we know the Finns hate's us. We just dont care...

Øllebrød, Mig, is of Danish origin and it is actually rather nice, although really strange.

As to the US being a world police, yes, in many ways it is acting as such, but it is unfortunately now reaping the seeds of former administrations politics. The old Enemy of my enemy-politics have swung back and is not so nice any more.
The 9/11 and terrorist problems in large are a result of US foreign politics, bot open and covert, during many years.
The US I have met is hospitable, friendly and trustworthy. Unfortunately it is not the average American that sits on Capitol Hill.
Too many lobbyists and a civil law system that totally missed it's point, but I'm sure that eventually it will be reformed.

[GreenEggs&Death]

Apparently, from reading all of these posts, NONE of these countries have an exclusive hold on ARROGANCE. or IGNORANCE.

Here's something this American is best at: not givin' a dang about what people from other countries think about America, especially people that have never even been here. Do YOU care what I think about YOUR country from what I see on tv and read about in newspapers, magazines and the internet? I thought not. I HOPE not. :icon_eek:

[Mig]

Øllebrød, Mig, is of Danish origin and it is actually rather nice, although really strange.
Cool. Yeah, it's really nice :essen:

My mum's family is Danish/German (German technically, by blood, but lived in a Danish community near the border) so I grew up with most of that stuff. I'd say some cool stuff to you in Danish but I stopped speaking it when I was younger and have forgotten most of it. Smør? lol. I still call my mum 'Ma' to this day, because I couldn't say 'Mor' when I was learning to speak. My Grandma is still Mor Mor though.

we know the Finns hate's us. We just dont care...
I have always been under the impression that Finns aren't quite the same as the other Scandinavians. Maybe something to do with them being further away and bordered with Russia, closer to Estonia, etc.

Apparently, from reading all of these posts, NONE of these countries have an exclusive hold on ARROGANCE. or IGNORANCE.
They sure don't. It is admittedly a pointless thread.

P.S. I have been to America and I know a few Americans.

[Tizmo]

I think the main reason why Finland is not really like the other Scandinavian contries is the language. Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Iceland all have the same roots for the language, Germanic. Finland is completely different.

[Laz]

The only country in the world that share the roots of language with Finland is Hungary. It is called Finnish-Ugrisk and it is very hard to understand But it is pronounced exactly as it is spelled, so to say something is not that hard.

I think that being a. from a different base of language and origin and B. having been under foreign government for century's are why the Finns are different from the rest of the Nordic people. They are more quiet than the rest of us but they are also though and when they have to do something they bite down and carry on till it is finished. Sisu.

GEaD, Arrogance and stupidity are unfortunately universal among us humans.
The good thing is that those of us that have met people from different parts of the world realizes that people are generally much nicer than their reputation.
And mostly good to others. I have been treated with hospitality in every single country I have ever visited in the world.
When it comes to US I think it is because the US is given a lot of bad press. I have to say that I have only met one or two Americans I did not like. And I have for sure met a lot more europeans I did not care for.

[Alpha_Pasta]

I think our country is best at: binge drinking, queuing, being patient and being reserved.

[MidnightRider]

I think our country is best at: binge drinking, queuing, being patient and being reserved.

I think the Scots and Irish have you beat on the binge drinking personaly.

Patient and reserved? Stuffy more like lol. Im only teaseing.

This is pretty much a moot thread in my eyes, everyone has something good or bad about their country. But hey, thats what makes it fun right...

[Peter]

Canada-Maple syrup and pancakes. Oh yeah, and hockey.

[0ddball]

France's best at :
- Wine,
- Food,
- (talking about) sex,
- Loosing wars...
:icon_biggrin:

[Mig]

Yeah I'm sure that's part of it but I think Finland as a country/culture is kind of different. My g/f has some Finnish family friends who came over last year and they were different to how my Danish family is in their manner/sense of humour/interests, etc.

[Tizmo]

Actually, a language that is FAR closer to Finnish than Hungarian is Estonian. Finland indeed shares roots with two countries instead of one.

[Alpha_Pasta]

France's best at :
- Wine,
- Food,
- (talking about) sex,
- Loosing wars...
:icon_biggrin:

Lol, I cannot disagree with 1 and 2, but I bet some English people could give you a run for your money for point 3.

[Tizmo]

Welcome to the boards Oddball!

[Hook3724]

Lol, I cannot disagree with 1 and 2, but I bet some English people could give you a run for your money for point 3.

Ha does anyone else think about the french guy from talladega nights with this post about the french people. LMAO

[Peter]

Haha! So true Hook. He's the perfect French stereotype. Plus, every time I think of him I think of him I think of Borat which just leads to more laughs. But yeah, I'll admit that I like the French language and I'm slowly picking it up. Right now I'm able to kind of understand the French version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire (Which I'm proud of)

[Mig]

I think our country is best at: binge drinking, queuing, being patient and being reserved.
I think Japan would beat us at being patient and reserved.

[0ddball]

Welcome to the boards Oddball!
Thanks...:icon_biggrin:

Ha does anyone else think about the french guy from talladega nights with this post about the french people. LMAO

A pity that this film hasn't been distributed in France (don't know why :icon_biggrin: ) 'cause I love Sacha Baron Cohen !

He's the perfect French stereotype
As said above I didn't see the film but be aware of "stereotypes":
For instance, that may surprise you but not EVERY French driver are gay...:icon_eek:

I'll admit that I like the French language and I'm slowly picking it up.
Bon courage, mon ami !
BTW you didn't choose the easiest language to learn (as a lot of native French people don't know it after years of learning !)...

Well, it's time for me now to a have good meal of Confit de canard avec ses pommes de terre salardaises with some Saint Emilion wine, talking about sex with a bunch of French (drunkards) mates...:icon_biggrin:

[Peter]

Ok, something about the fruit of the Earth. I know that not all French people are gay, drink wine, wear berets etc...That's why it's a stereotype.

[Laz]

Oddball that sounds delicious. Ducks legs with Potatoe salad. And the wine is great too.

[PuppyRocket]

Philippines- bartending, singing, dancing, humour

[NumB004]

which country is better at golf? lol

[vex10]

UK - Binge drinking

[Wookiesa]

Most Scots are good Story Tellers.

[Mig]

Philippines- bartending
lol wut? Congrats.

[Peter]

OOh, and I forgot to add. Lacrosse and we're also very good at picking the worst prime ministers.