Is Europe a country?
by Volker Weber
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I liked "I'm listening to what your saying, but, I only hear what I want to"
My favourite:
"...hung(a)ry?...I've heared of turkey!..." - Ouch!
This one would fall into the same category: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJuNgBkloFE
I've never watched the show, but OMG!
All I can say is it's a good thing that gal can sing, because she's clearly not even smart enough to get by on her looks.
Sure. And German, Hugarian, Italian, and French are dialects. Isn't that our goal? One Europe. Without borders.
Actually, the primary goal is to remove all liberty rights first and unite the languages later.
I don't know this lady, but I'd love to see her puzzled look when I tell her that Switzerland's not part of Europe. =) =) =)
Philipp, I think she'd have a brain explosion when you explain to her that while Switzerland is part of Europe, it's not part of the European Union. Muaha!
Are you guys aware, that Switzerland has moved six years ago?
Patrick, she wouldn't have a clue what the European Union is, let alone where Switzerland is!
Mitch
Ever heard of Tianjin, Dhaka, Shenyang, Fortaleza? These are megacities. Some of them have a larger population then Switzerland. Each. So don't make fun of a blond head who is not familiar with your own cultural context.
I like her. The show would be less fun if she had just given the correct answer.
Also, the Hungry/Turkey thing is rather brilliant :-) Hungary Americans having turkey in Turkey for thanksgiving...
As a Swiss, I have also learned in the US that Swaziland, Sweden and Switzerland are all the same :)
No kidding !
And despite the fact that telling her about Switzerland or the European Union would confuse her, how on earth would she have a brain explosion? Which brain?
Ragnar, wie wär's damit:
Ausgangs-Gehirn -> Weißer Zwerg -> Supernova? (ok, ein Ausgangs-Gehirn mit einer Masse von mehr bis zu 8 Sonnenmassen dürfte selten sein, aber ...)
ROTFL at that CNN map. If we stopped moving around like crazy, people would've less trouble locating us on a map.
@Cem: so who will be left to make fun of? At least until we get denied this right as well, we should have fun as much as we get.
@Andy: are you implying that they're not? :grin
@Ragnar: you're right. I should have said head explosion. Two braincells to rub together don't result in a noticeable explosion. :)
I think, she is acting! If you didn't know Budapest, how could you assert that they speak French there? The showmaster's female/male jokes appear rehearsed, he is pronouncing Hungary intentionally like "hungry". And then out of the blue she is witty enough to associate Hung(a)ry and Turkey?
Stupid Americans!
Hardly, Franz. There is a small boy, also American, who has no difficulty answering the question in a split second. If you did not see him, I could say "blind Austrians".
@Patrick, best to make fun of are always people who think they are smart, important, better... you get the idea.
@Stefan,
Depends on which books you are reading. "Accelerando" by Charles Stross envisiones matrioshka brains engulfing entire star systems...
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrioshka_brain)
@Cem,
you do have a point there. We are living in a society in which the need to know specific details has been greatly diminished by some of the tools that we elect to use.
Mobiles know phone numbers, organizers know dates, navigation systems know locations and google knows everything ;-).
"Accelerando" also touches upon this and envisions a future where man and his gadgets blend into an enhanced persona.
We are not there yet, but getting closer.
