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  1. December 26, 2009, 12:43 PM #1
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    Default What's your dream country?

    Mine is Qatar! Listed in the very high development index. It's also an Arab country.

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    Both male and female walruses have tusks and have been observed using these overgrown teeth to help pull themselves out of the water.

    The mustached and long-tusked walrus is most often found near the Arctic Circle, lying on the ice with hundreds of companions. These marine mammals are extremely sociable, prone to loudly bellowing and snorting at one another, but are aggressive during mating season. With wrinkled brown and pink hides, walruses are distinguished by their long white tusks, grizzly whiskers, flat flipper, and bodies full of blubber.
    Walruses use their iconic long tusks for a variety of reasons, each of which makes their lives in the Arctic a bit easier. They use them to haul their enormous bodies out of frigid waters, thus their "tooth-walking" label, and to break breathing holes into ice from below. Their tusks, which are found on both males and females, can extend to about three feet (one meter), and are, in fact, large canine teeth, which grow throughout their lives. Male walruses, or bulls, also employ their tusks aggressively to maintain territory and, during mating season, to protect their harems of females, or cows.
    The walrus' other characteristic features are equally useful. As their favorite meals, particularly shellfish, are found near the dark ocean floor, walruses use their extremely sensitive whiskers, called mustacial vibrissae, as detection devices. Their blubbery bodies allow them to live comfortably in the Arctic region—walruses are capable of slowing their heartbeats in order to withstand the polar temperatures of the surrounding waters.
    The two subspecies of walrus are divided geographically. Atlantic walruses inhabit coastal areas from northeastern Canada to Greenland, while Pacific walruses inhabit the northern seas off Russia and Alaska, migrating seasonally from their southern range in the Bering Sea—where they are found on the pack ice in winter—to the Chukchi Sea. Female Pacific walruses give birth to calves during the spring migration north.
    Only Native Americans are currently allowed to hunt walruses, as the species' survival was threatened by past overhunting. Their tusks, oil, skin, and meat were so sought after in the 18th and 19th centuries that the walrus was hunted to extinction in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and around Sable Island, off the coast of Nova Scotia.
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  3. December 26, 2009, 04:21 PM #3
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    Scotland with hot weather. Paradise, truly. And it becomes real for a few short hours once every 50 years on midsummer's day, when it goes above 20 degrees.
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    Norge (Norway for those who can't get the etymological link):

    Nature
    Well-payed
    Nice language
    Good Food
    Sea & land
    ...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Taxandrius View Post
    Norge (Norway for those who can't get the etymological link):

    Nature
    Well-payed
    Nice language
    Good Food
    Sea & land
    ...
    Pretty spot on except the food, it's horrible.


    Et sekund er som et minutt her inne
    Minutt som en time. Time som et døgn
    Og du trur du ser ting å så klart
    Eg seier ikkje ett ord til før eg får en advokat
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    A picture is worth a thousand words:

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  7. December 26, 2009, 05:40 PM #7
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    Pretty spot on except the food, it's horrible.
    you said ?


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  8. December 26, 2009, 10:20 PM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by Monopolist View Post
    Mine is Qatar! Listed in the very high development index. It's also an Arab country.

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    Dude Qatar sucks, all they have is oil, just like most other arab countries

    and btw, why does them being arab have to do with anything?

    My dream country is turkey. Muslim, Democratic, progressive, and prosperous

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  9. December 26, 2009, 11:00 PM #9
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    Arab's are cool, And they smell good

    Qatar has a better human living condition then Turkey BTW.

    But Norway would be my second.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Monopolist View Post
    Arab's are cool, And they smell good
    Lol, Arabs are definitely not cool, why do you think they are?
    And that's cuz they use too much perfume, especially the men.

    Quote Originally Posted by Monopolist View Post
    Qatar has a better human living condition then Turkey BTW.
    HDI isn't the only thing that matters. For example, what is Qatar's economy based on? Oil. Turkey on the other hand, produces everything from Textiles to high-tech cellphones and TV's. Their country is democratic, progressive, liberal, and most important of all, secular. Can't say the same about Qatar.

    And have you ever been to Qatar?

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    But Norway would be my second.
    Norway has oil.
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  11. December 27, 2009, 11:40 AM #11
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    Hm, Canada or the US. Australia would be fun.
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  12. December 27, 2009, 11:43 AM #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by Taxandrius View Post
    you said ?


    So a man slags our cuisine and you show him that generic crap?

    Fårikål, my good man! Awesome food!
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    So a man slags our cuisine and you show him that generic crap?
    well, I wouldn't if he had a counter argument
    like his cuisine could beat the Norwegian pride
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    Quote Originally Posted by pspguy123 View Post
    Lol, Arabs are definitely not cool, why do you think they are?




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    Quote Originally Posted by Taxandrius View Post
    Norge (Norway for those who can't get the etymological link):

    Nature
    Well-payed
    Nice language
    Good Food
    Sea & land
    ...
    really...





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    That's a lot better then our national dish


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    Quote Originally Posted by pspguy123 View Post
    My dream country is turkey. Muslim, Democratic, progressive, and prosperous
    We would welcome you with open arms.
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    Turkey is nice, but... It has no soul, as we say in Britain.

    Italy has soul. Britain. India. The USA to a certain extent, even.

    But Turkey, the nouveau-riche emirates, China, France, don't.
    A new mobile phone tower went up in a town in the USA, and the local newspaper asked a number of people what they thought of it. Some said they noticed their cellphone reception was better. Some said they noticed the tower was affecting their health.

    A local administrator was asked to comment. He nodded sagely, and said simply: "Wow. And think about how much more pronounced these effects will be once the tower is actually operational."
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    Quote Originally Posted by Copperknickers II View Post
    Turkey is nice, but... It has no soul, as we say in Britain.

    Italy has soul. Britain. India. The USA to a certain extent, even.

    But Turkey, the nouveau-riche emirates, China, France, don't.
    Actually, the soul and buzz about Turkey is what I love about it. It's Britain and London which I find so soulless, particularly the suburbs. In Turkey, even the suburbs (their version) have buzz and excitement.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pallantides View Post
    really...





    PINNAKJØTT! PINNAKJØTT!!!! Aaah, I love pinnakjøtt! I should dig up some leftovers from the Christmas dinner, we still have lots left.

    Not to mention lots of Ribbe left! Ah.. yummy yummy
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