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What do comes to your mind when you hear name of a country? - Black Urum - Nov 8, 2010 Pretty simple, Write country first, then add next to it the first things that come to your mind. Afghanistan: drugs, Taliban, burga Albania: Poverty Argentina: football, Maradona, meat Armenia: lahmacun, big noses Australia: criminal Britons, kagaroos, desert, aboriginies Austria: Mozart, croissants, Ottomans Azerbaijan: oil Belarus: potatoes, villages Belgium: non-existent, beer, paedophiles Bosnia Herzegovina: Muslims, mass-graves Brazil: football, samba, Rio, favelas, Cristo Redentor Bulgaria: goat cheese, green pepper Canada: peaceful, bacon, roadkill, good health system Chile: Andes, miners China: communism, massive population, great wall Colombia: drugs, Escobars, FARC Croatia: war, nazis, Adriatic Cuba: Fidel, communism, cigars, Guantanamo Bay Cyprus: island, last European divided capital, halloumi, donkeys Czech Republic: beer consumption, deer meat Denmark: agrotourism, rain, Faroe isles Egypt: Pyramids, camels, bad traffic and drivers Estonia: slow people, cold Finland: suicide, cold, bath, vodka France: wine, baguette, shampagne, cheese Georgia: mountains, spicy food, wine Germany: hard working people, Hitler, World wars, Berlin Greece: riots, lazy people, Parthenon, philosophy, basketball, olive oil Iceland: cold, progressive, small India: poverty, massive population, Taj Mahal Indonesia: muslims, islands, East Timor, Bali Iran: twitter, Persia Iraq: American invasion, Saddam Ireland: cheddar, clover, Catholics, Celtic Israel: David star, Palestine, Maccabi Italy: pizza, Vatican, fashion, pasta Japan: weird people, work, suicide, technology Kazakhstan: Borat Korea North: Kim Il Jong, communism, South Korea Korea South: demonstrations, fights, cars Latvia: best looking women, Riga Lebanon: Phoenicia, pastirma Lithuania: basketball, cold, green Montenegro: black mountain, Adriatic, Pekovic Netherlands: tall people, mayonaise, chips, bicycles, beer Norway: cold, snow, Vikings Poland: religion, Pope Portugal: Atlantic ocean, wine, cork Russian: vodka, big, cold, Moscow Saudi Arabia: primitive, Wahhabism, beheadings Serbia: war crimes, sports, basketball, orthodoxy Singapore: great place Slovenia: mountains and sea, cefurs South Africa: Mandela, apartheid Spain: civil war, football, olive oil Switzerland: Germans, Italians, clocks, swiss knive, chocolate, neutral, gold, bank, money, Alpes, rich Thailand: sexotourism Turkey: Kebab, Ottomans, Istanbul Ukraine: sluts, good looking women United Kingdom: bad teeth, tea, bad weather United States: religion, science, Hollywood Uruguay: football, meat Vietnam: American invasion, Vietkongs, war films So what comes to your mind? What do comes to your mind when you hear name of a country? - stefans - Nov 9, 2010 For most I agree.My changes. Albania: Poverty,mafia Argentina: football, Maradona, meat,tango Austria: Mozart, croissants, Ottomans,skiing Azerbaijan: oil,In cold war with Jermens Bosnia Herzegovina: Muslims, mass-graves,multi-ethnic Brazil: football, samba, Rio, favelas, Cristo Redentor,Beautiful Brazilian girls, coffee,beach Canada: peaceful, bacon, roadkill, good health system,Close to North Pole China: communism, massive population, great wall,Bad quality of goods with plastic "Made in China" Croatia: war, nazis, Adriatic,complexes of Serbs Cuba: Fidel, communism, cigars, Guantanamo Bay,tourism Cyprus: island, last European divided capital, halloumi, donkeys,Marcos Baghdatis Czech Republic: beer consumption, deer meat,Prag beautiful city Egypt: Pyramids, camels, bad traffic and drivers,sand France: wine, baguette, shampagne, cheese,David Guetta Georgia: mountains, spicy food, wine,Giorgi Shermadini Germany: hard working people, Hitler, World wars, Berlin,persistence,Bayern Munchen,German technology Greece: riots, lazy people, Parthenon, philosophy, basketball, olive oil,Beautiful coast,Greek Gods Iceland: cold, progressive, small,country of volcanos Iran: twitter, Persia,Nuclear cold "war" Iraq: American invasion, Saddam,oil Italy: pizza, Vatican, fashion, pasta,Vatican Japan: weird people, work, suicide, technology,Hiroshima,Nagasaki Montenegro: black mountain, Adriatic, Pekovic,tycoons, mafia Netherlands: tall people, mayonaise, chips, bicycles, beer,Amsterdam, hookers, weed Norway: cold, snow, Vikings,Night in Winter Portugal: Atlantic ocean, wine, cork,Cristiano Ronaldo Russian: vodka, big, cold, Moscow,Vladimir Putin, Space shuttle Serbia: war crimes, sports, basketball, orthodoxy, poor, stupid politicians Slovenia: mountains and sea, cefurs,Most rich republic of Ex-Yugo South Africa: Mandela, apartheid,World Cup, vuvuzela Spain: civil war, football, olive oil,bullfighter Switzerland: Germans, Italians, clocks, swiss knive, chocolate, neutral, gold, bank, money, Alpes, rich,swiss cheese Thailand: sexotourism,Bangkok Turkey: Kebab, Ottomans, Istanbul,hospitable Ukraine: sluts, good looking women,Andriy Shevchenko, brothers Klichko United Kingdom: bad teeth, tea, bad weather,football, hooligans United States: religion, science, Hollywood,Las Vegas, bombing Serbs(ME), Kosovo , Too much What do comes to your mind when you hear name of a country? - MaccabiTA - Nov 9, 2010 wow.. that's one hell of a mission XD Afghanistan:terror, Taliban, American invasion Albania: cool flag Argentina: football, meat, Ginobili Armenia: Yavruyan (some football player from Armenia that played in Israel for long time ) Australia:Kangaroo,funny accent,Maric Austria: Hitler, shnitzel Azerbaijan: nothing Belarus: nothing Belgium: waffle Bosnia Herzegovina: wth is Herzegovina? Brazil: football, carnival Bulgaria: nothing Canada: south park Chile: chili China: great wall, tank man Colombia: drugs Croatia: Vujcic Cuba: Fidel, Herold&Kumar escape from guantanamo bay Cyprus: not too creative flag Czech Republic: Nedved Denmark: nothing Egypt: Pyramids, Pharaoh Estonia: nothing Finland: finlandia France: Napoleon, baguette Georgia: confusion with the American state Germany: world wars, Hitler, holocaust Greece: Basketball, sofo, ancient greece Iceland: volcano India: 1 billion,Taj Mahal Indonesia: nothing Iran: ahmadinejad Iraq: Saddam Ireland: nothing Israel: Home, MACCABI Italy: Pizza, Luigi Lamonica, Rome Japan: nukes Kazakhstan: Borat Korea North: crazy dude with nukes Korea South: sane side of Korea Latvia: nothing Lebanon: Hezbollah Lithuania: basketball, Saras Montenegro: nothing Netherlands: Amsterdam, Ajax Norway: nothing Poland: nothing Portugal: Cristiano Ronaldo Russian: vodka, Putin,cold as f*ck Saudi Arabia: no women rights Serbia: basketball Singapore: nothing Slovenia: nothing South Africa: Mandela, apartheid, vuvuzela Spain: Real Madrid, Raul Switzerland: clocks, bank Thailand: nothing Turkey: good food Ukraine: nothing United Kingdom: never dying queen, football United States: Bush, science Uruguay: nothing Vietnam: American invasion What do comes to your mind when you hear name of a country? - rikhardur - Nov 9, 2010 I'll just add Sweden to the list: blondes, ecology, development. What do comes to your mind when you hear name of a country? - Black Urum - Nov 10, 2010 Well, well, if it isn't mr rikhardur What do comes to your mind when you hear name of a country? - straight forward - Nov 20, 2010 (Nov 9, 2010, 8:28 pm)rikhardur Wrote: I'll just add Sweden to the list: blondes, ecology, development. If we are talking about Sweden than - Welfare State - has to be mentioned Even if situation changing now a little bit. |