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TrollPie wrote:Great Britain:

-Founding North America

founding north america? that doesnt make any sense, because north america is a continent. And in the context of which i believe you meant it, it is partially true. Spain, France, Dutch, English all had a HUGE impact on North American countries and culture. To claim that England founded all north american countries is completely false. Spain colonized florida, mexico(spanish is spoken in mexico and is very common in the southern states), and much of the western parts of NA. France had the entire midwest and much of canada(french is still one of the main languages in canada). The Dutch started and controlled New York for a very long time and had holdings in much of the carribean. The English did hold most of the east cost and much of the ohio valley, and did eventually beat the french out of much of their land and may have with spain(i dont know), but to claim that they Founded North America all by themselves is simply absurd.

I think he means the United States, which isn't entirely true either.

This thread is fantastic.

dogma wrote:

Samus_aran115 wrote:
Implying India is a democracy. It's more like an Oligarchy. They still have a freaking caste system that holds down and oppresses its people. There's a bunch of people who hold positions of power while the rest of the masses rot in a ditch, cutting of their children's arms to make them better beggars.

I see someone watched Slumdog Millionaire.

That wasn't a documentary?

iproxtaco wrote:I think he means the United States, which isn't entirely true either.

To say the English had no influence or even a small influence in US culture would be completely erroneous, but to claim it belongs all to them is erroneous as well. So i agree with you.


also, i just wanted to use erroneous a couple times!

Aside from seeding a certain number of philosophies and tools, Great Britain provided a force to fight against more than anything else. Nothing brings unity better than tyranny, as the US saw GB as the force to fight against, the concept of no monarchy being a founding tenant.

Wow. its amusing to see that its almost only Brits/ Americans that post in ths topic, Maybe that says somethign about those nations, and as for my own home land? Well we have done a few good things and a few bad ones I guess

It says that both nations have done so much, and are so similar and intertwined, and that both are very patriotic, so there is a measure of disagreement over the specifics.

Texas
Best:
-Tex Mex (alternatively barbeque)
-Texas women
-Mexican women
-Our tolerance and permissive attitude in allowing the other states in the US to have a minor say despite their incredibly miniscule importance and total lack of knowledge of proper mesquite smoking techniques.

Worst:
-Jackalopes
-Texas criminals
-Texas politicians (wait I think I justy repeated myself)
-Our tolerance and permissive attitude in allowing the other states in the US to have a minor say despite their incredibly miniscule importance and total lack of knowledge of proper mesquite smoking techniques.

Frazzled wrote:Texas
Best:
-Tex Mex (alternatively barbeque)
-Texas women
-Mexican women
-Our tolerance and permissive attitude in allowing the other states in the US to have a minor say despite their incredibly miniscule importance and total lack of knowledge of proper mesquite smoking techniques.

Worst:
-Jackalopes
-Texas criminals
-Texas politicians (wait I think I justy repeated myself)
-Our tolerance and permissive attitude in allowing the other states in the US to have a minor say despite their incredibly miniscule importance and total lack of knowledge of proper mesquite smoking techniques.

I'm at the public library, and I'll admit that I was laughing really hard for a couple minutes. Whatever. That was hilarious

that was quite funny frazzled

Here's another British invention. Rick Rolling. Take it as you will.

lol,

Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you


You all just got rick rolled...sort of

Well for Australia here are its achievements
Great Country
Nice People
Very Small Debt
Has perserved some of its natural beauty
Great wages.

Worst Achievements..... Oh dear....
Hunted down the Aborigines
Kinda Racist
Boomerang politics
Ridicilious taxes
Stupid pointless racism
The Satirist's of the world.
Make lots of jokes when they are not needed
Horrible Military (ITs pathetic they only have 150 planes. what the hell.....)
Their Health, they are not up to date with cancer treatment.

Frazzled, what is your position on Chupacabras?

good point, key issue on the texas/mexico debate!

Monster Rain wrote:Frazzled, what is your position on Chupacabras?

Fried, not boiled.

Monster Rain wrote:
That wasn't a documentary?

It was going to be. The producers started shooting footage of daily life in India, but decided that 2 hours of dancing wouldn't interest Americans, so they made some stuff up about orphans and Who Wants to be a Millionaire.

Frazzled wrote:

Monster Rain wrote:Frazzled, what is your position on Chupacabras?

Fried, not boiled.

I suspect that Chupacabras are the real reason the government wants to build a wall on the Mexican Border. It won't stop all of them, but it'll stop some.

Chupacabras, chickens flying into my back yard...is there a connection?

Well, did you corner a chicken and hit it with your sword unmercifully for about 15 seconds?

I find that this brings in a lot of pissed off poultry.

better get a lawyer, chickens have been known to file class action law suits for such action!

dajobe wrote:better get a lawyer, chickens have been known to file class action law suits for such action!

Fortunately for me, wiener dogs and causcasian mountain dogs are self exempted from any chicken class action suits.

I did have to shove a fighting rooster out of the house with a broom about three months ago. That bird was huge in comparison to your average chicken.

I'd like to add to Cheesecat's earlier Canada list and mention Bob and Doug McKenzie

For the Netherlands...

The best:
1. Golden age through the good use of slavery and windmills!
2. We made one of the 7 modern world wonders. (Delta Works)
3. 25% of our country is stolen, from the sea.
4. We owned the 17th age.
5. Invented Microscope, submarines, Philishave!, artificial Kidneys, compact cassetes and compact discs.
6. Discovered New Zealand and Australia.

The worst:
1. One of the original members (and thus founders) of the EU.
2. Original founders of New York...
3. WWII, look it up, it's just emberassing
4. Invented stock markets and Traffic enforcement camera's.
5. Discovered bacteria.

metallifan wrote:I'd like to add to Cheesecat's earlier Canada list and mention Bob and Doug McKenzie

I sure hope you're adding to the "best" stuff.

Also, Mooshead is Canadian, right? Awesome beer. Also includes a moose.

United States:

Best:
World's largest Naval base.
United Nations
Marshall Plan
Spanish-American War
Theodore Roosevelt, best President ever and all around good guy.
Hollywood
Manhatten Project
Berlin Airlift
Assembly line production(it even works for food!)
Civil War
Revolutionary War
War of 1812
WWI
WWII
Melting Pot
Manifest Destiny

Worst:
Trail of Tears
Japanese Internment
Slavery
Great Depression
Deplacement of Natives(Although the French-Indian War and War of 1812 are factors, in both wars natives fought against the colonies and later the US).
Prohibition
Hollywood
Chicago and any Illinois politician

I don't think that US messed up as much as other places, but when it did mess up it messed up big time. Quantity over quality.

Ummm, hmm lessee. . .

Best
The edumacation sistem.

Uhhhhh. . . . can't think of anything else. Go USA.

Wait for a worst canada hasnt mentioned Bieber...and GB hasnt mentioned Ward.....Some people are in denial

Soladrin wrote:For the Netherlands...

The worst:
1. One of the original members (and thus founders) of the EU.
2. Original founders of New York...
3. WWII, look it up, it's just emberassing
4. Invented stock markets and Traffic enforcement camera's.
5. Discovered bacteria.

Why is discovering bacteria bad? the discovery has led to things like penicillin that can help cure disease. just because something has not been discovered does not mean it does not exist...

also, stock markets are bad? stock markets are one of the main reasons that businesses are able to function on the scale that they do, so im a little confused on that one as well.

New york is a cool city, wouldnt want to live there but alot goes on there.

overall, your worst for nederland left me

also, i plan on taking dutch next year in college and studying abroad in utrecht my junior year's summer!

I think that x country would count that everything they got right as what's best about them and everything they did wrong as what's worst.

I mean, everything America did right was the best and they were worst whenever they did something wrong.