Well TIRE's this pretty well sums it up !!

[Roamy]

2396

[Eki]

I thought you Americans like everything big. Your map is so small I can't even read it. Here's a bigger one, and in color:

http://blog.mikerandrup.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/the-world-according-to-americans.jpg

[Roamy]

Thanks EKI I knew I could count on you.

[A.F.F.]

I can't see Fousto's map ?

[Roamy]

look at EKI's
he is supporting us now

[A.F.F.]

Ok.


I knew it. I'm a pussy.

[Roamy]

well to admit is half the battle - so we respect you.


We obviously won't ask you to do anything involving firearms ! :)

[A.F.F.]

Thanks. :)

I don't mind them being so heavy. But they're so darn loud.

[Daniel]

The funny thing is that the person who made that map is actually making fun of Americans and their ignorance. Seems Fousto fell into the trap? :)

[Drew]

America were number 1 !!11!!!

[Eki]

The funny thing is that the person who made that map is actually making fun of Americans and their ignorance. Seems Fousto fell into the trap? :)
Australia is still like "WTF?"

http://pictureisunrelated.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/wtf-pics-kangaroo-creeps.jpg

[schmenke]

Apperently I don't exist :mark: :D

[edv]

I wonder what Arizona's economy would be like without the 100,000+ snowbirds visiting for 5 months each year (from uninhabited nether-world)

[steve_spackman]

I thought you Americans like everything big. Your map is so small I can't even read it. Here's a bigger one, and in color:

http://blog.mikerandrup.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/the-world-according-to-americans.jpg

Dont be too proud of this Fousto. This is the kind of thing that gives your country a bad name and makes it the laughing stock of the world

[schmenke]

Sarcasm is obviously lost on you Steve :mark:

[steve_spackman]

Sarcasm is obviously lost on you Steve :mark:

Not at all

Sad to say, but this is the attitude of alot of Americans i have talked too..... :(

[Eki]

Not at all

Sad to say, but this is the attitude of alot of Americans i have talked too..... :(
I once met an elderly couple in Cambridege, MA who had a shop selling goods from the developing countries. They asked if there were any wars in Finland. In Scranton, PA I met an elderly man who told me how he as a kid followed news from the Winter War of 1939-1940 between Finland and the Soviet Union. They all seemed like nice well-meaning people whose news just don't cover Finland that much. A lot has happened in Finland since 1940.

[Rollo]

Welcome to Fousto's world of unfunny and cliched jokes.

The map which he originally presented is an "update" of this which did the rounds in 2005:
http://www.geocities.com/dspichtinger/fun/america.gif

This itself was a dumbed down copy of this also unfunny map which appeared in 2002:
http://strangemaps.files.wordpress.com/2006/12/298202156_73e54012fa_b.jpg

But as always, even this was a dumbed down copy of something which originally appeared in the New Yorker on 12th August of 1999:
http://i.current.com/images/asset/889/002/32/mOn1Rf.jpg

But to prove that all of these jokes are poor copies of a very old joke indeed, here is as far as I can tell, the original, which first saw the light of day in 1983:
http://humor.beecy.net/misc/world/world-according-to-regan.gif

I now ask you, are old jokes the best? Or is something which had it's origins more than 25 years ago and is still unfunny, past it's prime?

[Roamy]

Spackman you have a huge chip on your shoulder - probably a camel chip

[Dave B]

Hey don't knock fousto's chain emails that he posts! It's like when old people go on the internet for the first time and call you over shouting, "Look! Loads of hamsters dancing in a line! Isn't the internet amazing?!". Bless.

[Daniel]

Hey don't knock fousto's chain emails that he posts! It's like when old people go on the internet for the first time and call you over shouting, "Look! Loads of hamsters dancing in a line! Isn't the internet amazing?!". Bless.
:rotflmao:

As Homer would say..... It's funny cos it's true :)

[BDunnell]

They all seemed like nice well-meaning people whose news just don't cover Finland that much.

To be fair, 'my' news doesn't cover Finland that much either.

[A.F.F.]

To be fair, 'my' news doesn't cover Finland that much either.

We the Finns are pretty much like my cat. We tend to have huge ego conserning the fact how big of an influence we make to the enviroment. The truth of course is nada, which we in some sick way refuse to accept.

I wouldn't imagine Finland covering any news internationally. :)

[Eki]

To be fair, 'my' news doesn't cover Finland that much either.
It's like Michel Palin sang about Finland: "You're so sadly neglected
And often ignored,"


Monty Python: Finland

Finland, Finland, Finland,
The country where I want to be,
Pony trekking or camping,
Or just watching TV.
Finland, Finland, Finland.
It's the country for me.

You're so near to Russia,
So far from Japan,
Quite a long way from Cairo,
Lots of miles from Vietnam.

Finland, Finland, Finland,
The country where I want to be,
Eating breakfast or dinner,
Or snack lunch in the hall.
Finland, Finland, Finland.
Finland has it all.

You're so sadly neglected
And often ignored,
A poor second to Belgium,
When going abroad.

Finland, Finland, Finland,
The country where I quite want to be,
Your mountains so lofty,
Your treetops so tall.
Finland, Finland, Finland.
Finland has it all.

Finland, Finland, Finland,
The country where I quite want to be,
Your mountains so lofty,
Your treetops so tall.
Finland, Finland, Finland.
Finland has it all.

Finland has it all.

[Daniel]

It's like Michel Palin sang about Finland: "You're so sadly neglected
And often ignored,"
So true. My dad likes going to Norway (seriously wtf?) and I keep on telling him he should go to Finland and how great it is. Then my brother went to Finland...... FOR ONE DAY!!!! Really what's with that?

Everyone should go to Finland!

[Dave B]

I, on the other hand, like Chinese.

[Dave B]

Oh, and traffic lights, but only when they're green.

[A.F.F.]

My dad likes going to Norway (seriously wtf?)


Norway is the best. The scenery in northern Norway is absolutely beautiful. I have been there two times and waiting for a third. I love it there.

[Daniel]

Norway is the best. The scenery in northern Norway is absolutely beautiful. I have been there two times and waiting for a third. I love it there.
Yeah but.... NORWEGIANS :mark: