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Australia gets the nod over Norway just because the language is (more or less) the same. Yes, I know they speak English in Australia and the US, but every country has their own odd sayings. Canada is tempting because it's only like 6 hours away, but Australia gets the nod thanks to its whacky dakkadakka members!

PARIS (AFP) – Norway takes the number one spot in the annual United Nations human development index released Monday but China has made the biggest strides in improving the well-being of its citizens.
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The top ten countries listed on the index are: Norway, Australia, Iceland, Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden, France, Switzerland and Japan.

The United States ranks 13th, down one spot from last year.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091005/ts_afp/undevelopmentpoverty_20091005115324

haha and I think moneys tight here.. must really suck overseas.

Us aussies gotta look out for each other. Anything could happen out here in the bush.

*stab stab*

I'm surprised Japan is that high up when they are 56th and diving on the women's rights register.

Why is it of the ten, from six to arguably eight have extremely cold temperatures. I think we have a temperaturist here. Temperaturist!

Frazzled top five
Brazil
Italy
Maui
Tennessee
Australia

Remember that Norway was aligned with the Axis powers during WWII.

Frazzled wrote:Why is it of the ten, from six to arguably eight have extremely cold temperatures. I think we have a temperaturist here. Temperaturist!

Frazzled top five
Brazil
Italy
Maui
Tennessee
Australia

Tennesse--well skin me and run me up the mountain!

@Afrikan Blonde: And that's relevant because???

Sixth place, take that fethface!


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Afrikan Blonde wrote:Remember that Norway was aligned with the Axis powers during WWII.

Oppressed and occupied, not aligned.

Afrikan Blonde wrote:Remember that Norway was aligned with the Axis powers during WWII.

Who is this Norway person?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reification_%28fallacy%29

I find it interesting since it's not well known.

Quisling is just like Mussert, a puppet.

Afrikan Blonde wrote:Remember that Norway was aligned with the Axis powers during WWII.

Look up the fate of the German Cruiser Blucher. Obliterated by Norwegian Coastal Defence on it's way to occupy Oslo.

Good song by Kamelot too.

Where abouts in Oz? Sydney I'm presuming, cause that is where almost 1/5 of ourpopulation lives...

Come to the Capital! We're not ALL public Servants and Pollies!

Yep, Sydney should be the capital.


Canberra is the official one though. Also, nothing ever happens in South Australia


America, you've gone down a rank...

Afrikan Blonde wrote:I find it interesting since it's not well known.

It's not well known because it's not well true.

Frazzled wrote:Why is it of the ten, from six to arguably eight have extremely cold temperatures. I think we have a temperaturist here. Temperaturist!

Frazzled top five
Brazil
Italy
Maui
Tennessee
Australia

i find my home state an odd choice there for some reason, i guess frazz likes bbq and country music or something

greenskin lynn wrote:

Frazzled wrote:Why is it of the ten, from six to arguably eight have extremely cold temperatures. I think we have a temperaturist here. Temperaturist!

Frazzled top five
Brazil
Italy
Maui
Tennessee
Australia

i find my home state an odd choice there for some reason, i guess frazz likes bbq and country music or something

ding ding ding!
1. slight seasons. From the land where the seasons are unbearably hot and steamy, and GODAWFUL HOT AND STEAMY this is a change of pace.
2. Rolling smoke drenched mountains, speaks to my soul.
3. barbeque almost as good as here.
4. no Go ing hurricanes.

Also, Tennesse women have that wonderful southern accent. As someone once said, "How is it that it can make a woman sound so sexy, but make a man sound so dumb?"

You are of course aware that everything in Australia is highly venomous and poisonous yes?

I'm married, so I'm used to that!

After the Crocodile Hunter was murdered in cold blood I almost moved to Australia to join the anti-Sting Ray Crusade.

Afrikan Blonde wrote:Remember that Norway was aligned with the Axis powers during WWII.

Just out of curiosity, where did you study history?

Frazzled wrote:

greenskin lynn wrote:

Frazzled wrote:Why is it of the ten, from six to arguably eight have extremely cold temperatures. I think we have a temperaturist here. Temperaturist!

Frazzled top five
Brazil
Italy
Maui
Tennessee
Australia

i find my home state an odd choice there for some reason, i guess frazz likes bbq and country music or something

ding ding ding!
1. slight seasons. From the land where the seasons are unbearably hot and steamy, and GODAWFUL HOT AND STEAMY this is a change of pace.
the weather is nice, though it only takes an inch or two of snow to shut down my county

2. Rolling smoke drenched mountains, speaks to my soul.
the smoky mountains are something

3. barbeque almost as good as here.
you people bbq beef, though i guess you do have to do something with the rest of the cow after harvesting the horns for your cars, i'll stick with proper tennessee bbq, or in a pinch something from the carolinas

4. no Go ing hurricanes.

i think we might have had a tornado once.......but that was probably just because a trailer park reached critical mass

Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:You are of course aware that everything in Australia is highly venomous and poisonous yes?

Makes it hilarious that we're number 2 then.

n0t_u wrote:Yep, Sydney should be the capital.
Canberra is the official one though. Also, nothing ever happens in South Australia

Except for the freaks, mutants and axe murderers.
(They don't all live in Tasmania).
If, however, you do find yourself in SA, do please pour yourself a glass of nice, chewy 'water' and enjoy.

Don't you dare suggest that Adelaide water isn't pure. Like the Ankh, anything that's been through that many sets of kidneys HAS to be pure.

Sydney's nice. Except for the volvo driving spankers.

What I love about Australia is the way we make decisions.
When Sydney and Melbourne argued over which was going to be the capital we picked "Somewhere in the middle."

Emperors Faithful wrote:

Us aussies gotta look out for each other. Anything could happen out here in the bush.

*stab stab*

Bloody city kids...

Our economy is certainly doing relatively well. We've actually just had an interest rate hike, and didn't cut it drastically during the early stages of this worldwiderecessionbullshit. The fact that China is strengthening and the USD is stumbling has helped somewhat.

Yes I laugh at the story about the A.C.T as well.


For non-Australians: When we needed to decide on the capital, New South Wales said Sydney should be the capital while Victoria said Melbourne should be. In the end a new state was made somewhere in between the two cities called Australian Capital Teritory (A.C.T), then they made Canberra there and it was made the capital.


We're a first world country that's relying on a 3rd world economic model (what I learnt in Economics, one of the few times I was actually paying attention). All or most other first world countries export electronics and other items like that as their main income, where as we export mostly natural resources like coal and products from farming. So if a country like America starts to decline, but a new country demands more resources we're usually not that effected by it. We still are, but not as bad as what it could be.

Problem is that I'd expect that we would probably go into a recession if the world went green, so there would need to be a transition to another main source of income before this happens.

I was under the impression that the phrase "nothing happens in South Australia" was a joke reffering to all that stuff
Maybe it's just a NSW thing.

No. S.A. consists of hours of boring as hell desert. Then you get to a boring as hell City (Adelaide) where the only interesting thing is that it seems to be a haven for Serial Killers.

Come to Canberra, but avoid Charnwood...

A Kangaroo just went past my house, and I'm actually closer to Sydney (Campbelltown area, closer to the city itself).
I always thought that Kangaroos being everywhere was just a joke