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mistaT
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I realized that there are an incredibly wide array of people on this site....so I got to thinking it could be cool to write questions for specific nationalities or regions (South, West or East of NA).

So for all you Swedes out there - what beer do you typically drink? What is a good Swedish beer?
Jan 12 2012 6:57PM
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PJS.
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Belgians: Does your country eat as much waffles as I believe you do?
Jan 16 2012 7:36PM
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Elg
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Americans, do you think god created war so that you gus could learn geography? oh snap..

Norway rep, come at me!


And i like you guys btw!
Jan 16 2012 7:59PM
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AHSkier
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It's not. a better question would be "American's Is your choice of food for the most part McDonalds? and the answer to that would be no I have McDonald's like once every six months.

Im from Oregon
Jan 16 2012 9:41PM
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corona
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US citizens, have you ever tried what we call Smarties in Canada? And if so, do you think they are superior or inferior to M and M's??


Smarties in Canada:

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Jan 16 2012 9:45PM
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Kangbang
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Smarties > M&M's any day
Jan 16 2012 9:47PM
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Slowbro
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It's occasionally very cold. Calgary's landscape is boring and contains many cows, but it is a good place to live. Vancouver is awesome, I love it there. The Okanogan area is very good for waterskiing/wakeboarding/wakesurfing and has great cliff jumping (check out my buddy Alex Hayden-Luck's summer edit on Vimeo) has some good skiing in the winter, and doesn't get very cold, but in the summer it gets really really hot, like 40ºC sometimes. Canada is also one of the best places for a skier to live as long as you are somewhere around Calgary, Golden, Whistler, Rossland or the very many other places to ski.
Jan 16 2012 10:31PM
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Kangbang
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The Okanagan is awesome. I don't think it has ever gotten 40ºC in the summer in the past 4 years I've lived here, but it does get up to 35ºC and no humidity. Doesn't rain that often here too. Here was one week in Kelowna.

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Jan 16 2012 10:35PM
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ORDEAL
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You spelled "smarties suck dick" wrong
Jan 16 2012 10:43PM
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PJS.
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BOOM. M&Ms 4 lyf
Jan 16 2012 10:44PM
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ORDEAL
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This, smarties are like 90% shell. No good
Jan 16 2012 10:45PM
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PJS.
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m&ms allow for maximum chocolate acquisition.
Jan 16 2012 10:48PM
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Slowbro
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I spend summers in Vernon, and it has gotten over 40º a few times in the 5 summers i've spent there. Maybe Kelowna and Vernon have slightly different weather?
Jan 16 2012 11:02PM
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Kangbang
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I was talking about Kelowna. I have been to Osoyoos, It gets hot as fuck there.
Jan 16 2012 11:32PM
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extravert
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Europeans: why do you dress bicuriously?
Jan 16 2012 11:45PM
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cobra_commander
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Norwegians, did God create Nazis so you could surrender and abandon all your jews to the Holocaust?

American G.I.'s - The reason the whole world doesn't speak Japanese, German, or Russian.
Jan 16 2012 11:49PM
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cobra_commander
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Meh, with out heavy U.S. aid to both USSR, and England, Germany would have neutralized England to ineffectiveness, and been able to devote their entire war making effort into Southern Russia, seizing oil fields, and delivering a crushing blow to the USSR. Whether they would have taken Moscow, I don't know, Russia has a good natural defense known as winter.
Jan 17 2012 1:12AM
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cobra_commander
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They did not need to invade England, just keep them penned in with minimal effort and starve them.

German U-boats were making trans-Atlantic passage very risky and expensive in 1941.

With the full might of the German war machine focused on Stalin, Hilter could have punched through and taken control of Moscow's access to Oil, which would bring the USSR to it's knees. and then set up defensives for the winter, and conducted bombing raids on cities, where the USSR had the most control. Also, with control of Russian Oil fields, Hilter could have ended the Russian-Japanese treaty.
Jan 17 2012 1:32AM
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mistaT
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Interesting turn in this thread - good reads you two.

Still want to know if any Swedes know any 'Swallings' or 'Svallings'?
Jan 17 2012 2:32AM
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Mike-O
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I don't know, we as Europeans just decided to unify our codecs on uniformity when it comes to clothing, however, sometimes people decide to step out of the game:

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Jan 17 2012 5:56AM
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Kjell
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http://cdn.buzznet.com/media/jj1/2009/06/bruno-gq/bruno-gq-magazine-july-2009-05.jpg
I honestly have no idea what you're takling about.
Jan 17 2012 6:56AM
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I_Am_Mod
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nah man, just breakfast, lunch and dinner ....
(with belgian chocolates as dessert)
Jan 17 2012 7:28AM
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Yossarian
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mmmm belgian chocolate...
Jan 17 2012 7:41AM
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I_Am_Mod
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sure!




Jan 17 2012 7:56AM
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maximiliaan
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true that! and dont forget "die klostertaler - bang boom bang"
Jan 17 2012 8:00AM
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I_Am_Mod
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so good!

Jan 17 2012 8:09AM
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AMcT
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Whenever I vist my american cousins we have to take down a year supply of smarty's, there is no comparison
Jan 17 2012 8:56AM
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Steve-Brown
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haven't read the thread so im not sure if its one huge arguement or not yet....so

I'm Ethiopian and Polish, I was adopted from Russia and now live with my folks who are in Whitefish, Montana....so pretty uniquish and i shit you not, im half black and not russian haha

Jan 17 2012 9:01AM
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Elg
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Probably, i´ve never met a jew in norway. Well, i might have, but they probably kept it a secret. Or they´re not here anymore because the germans took them. I´m really not sure.
Jan 17 2012 11:28AM
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Bateman
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do you have something against the norwegian people?
Jan 17 2012 12:00PM
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Shireshredder
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I would just like to point out that smarties are of British creation despite the fact nestle bought them and now produce them.
Jan 17 2012 12:04PM
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Drail
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so this has nothing to do with the topic at hand. you fail.




to keep things on topic:

Hawaii: How many of you have actually skied on Mauna Kea? If you haven't, why not?
Jan 17 2012 12:08PM
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Jane6
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Sorry, nope. Searched on FB and found a guy I had one mutual friend with the last name Svalling though
Jan 17 2012 12:33PM
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Elg
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i think he was just getting back at me.
Jan 18 2012 1:27PM
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Mike-O
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They are the 99%.
Jan 18 2012 1:38PM
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Vilitin
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In finland, we have english lessons at school starting at third grade, and if you download movies, you cant always have subtitles, so you have to understand english. And I've always wanted to know, swedes, are you all gay?
Jan 18 2012 2:38PM
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Vilitin
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This fucking phone did not quote, i tried to answer to panda with guns question on first page. So fuck the phone. And the police.
Jan 18 2012 2:41PM
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ORDEAL
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Finns: how many of you are like mike-o
Jan 18 2012 3:45PM
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Jane6
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haha the amount of hot girls in sweden is actually ridiculous.



Americans, is west coast the best coast?
Jan 18 2012 3:52PM
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KravtZ
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false. the East coast is definatly better overall. There are some awsome west coast areas thought don't get me wrong but the east can't be beat. NYC, Philly, Boston, and countless other awsome little towns. The west coast is dope but not nearly as awsome as the east besides for the skiing and weather
Jan 18 2012 3:56PM
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daskis
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I can answer any questions geared towards Russia or Russians... (I probably just got myself into shit by saying that, but whatever) I'm Russian and though I obviously don't live there, I have stayed there for about a month and have family there haha.
Jan 18 2012 4:12PM
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PASKIINGSUCKS
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What the fuck is this shit????



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Jan 18 2012 4:13PM
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daskis
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Privet comrade
Jan 18 2012 4:17PM
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cobra_commander
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Ya, they don't send all their hot womenz to the USFKNA!
Jan 18 2012 4:17PM
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.Hugo.
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I'm neutral because I am from the midwest and can say with confidence that the west coast is indeed the best.
Jan 18 2012 4:19PM
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.Midwest
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Wisconsinians: Do you people really call drinking fountains "bubblers"?


Everybody: What do you call this?
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Jan 18 2012 4:33PM
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cobra_commander
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A rubber band.
Jan 18 2012 4:35PM
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bdowning
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People out of the country may not realize how small the city is or how big the state of NY is. A little much there.
Jan 18 2012 4:36PM
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.Hugo.
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Rubber band/binder

Used binder when I was younger but now say rubber band
Jan 18 2012 4:45PM
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Mike-O
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This is a binder.

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The fuck.
Jan 18 2012 4:49PM
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.Hugo.
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idk different regions have different names for things

Jan 18 2012 4:52PM
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