Countries/provinces that look cool on the map - Page 2

SlowwHand · April 30, 2003, 15:52

The roads, Azazel. That perimeter the area.
Looks like what's short for Richard.

Japher · April 30, 2003, 15:56

I like the shape of Wyoming; it's like someone got real clever and creative with the drawing of them lines!

I also think anything with a panhandle is cool.

Also, California looks cool, because everything about California is sweet

Clear Skies · April 30, 2003, 16:02

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Originally posted by SlowwHand
The roads, Azazel. That perimeter the area.
Looks like what's short for Richard.

Wow. My dirty mind fails me for the first time ever. I saw a guy on a bicycle...

SlowwHand · April 30, 2003, 16:07

You won't see a guy on a bicycle again, will you ?

gsmoove23 · April 30, 2003, 16:08

Alaska has got to be the coolest shaped state.

I tend to like old country borders like pre-WW I Germany with Prussia stretching out to the northeast.

Stefu · April 30, 2003, 16:12

Saskatchewan looks silly. It's got the boring box-like look of some American states, but manages to bugger even that up by being unfeasibly long in the north-south direction. In general, annoying part about North America is the way the Canadian provinces and US states don't match. Someone should definitely change something.

SlowwHand · April 30, 2003, 16:14

How is that? Why stop there? Do something about Mexico.
And Peru. Hell. Just breal out a massive cookie-cutter and be done with it.

Az · April 30, 2003, 16:27

I see it.

GePap · April 30, 2003, 16:40

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Originally posted by Azazel
Little love lost? Oh, you mean petty warlordish squabbling over no real issues? I don't see any basis for cultural, or religious xenophobia in South America. I understand that the continent is heterogenous, but there is much more in common for them to unite, than for the EU, for example.

Not really. For example, Argentines and many chileans see themselves as Europeans in exile, specially the argentines. Most Bolivians and Peruvians, plus a fair number of Ecuatorians are Indigenous people, the remnants of the Inca empire, and for many of them Spanish is a second language. Colombians and Venezuelans are a mix, and Paraguayians, well, remember the thread about them...

Latin America had two main liberators, Bolivar and San Marti, and for a while there were less states, but they all broke apart. In general, they have less reason to unite than europe, also given the rel;ative physical isolation of these states to one another.

Az · April 30, 2003, 16:45

Ahh, I've noticed what you said about Argentina and Chile, and the more northen countries.

San Marti? He's not the guy from Cuba, right? ( expects a slap from GePap )

Oerdin · April 30, 2003, 16:50

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Originally posted by Big Crunch
Finland and Sweden make a great combo.

I always thought they look like a flacid penis and a scrotum but maybe that's just me.

Hot Mustard · April 30, 2003, 17:12

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Originally posted by Sava
I've always liked the shape of Australia. I don't know why.

Any chance you're a dog person? (Terriers, specifically.)

Oerdin · April 30, 2003, 17:27

Austalia kind of does look like a terrier taking a poop doesn't it? It's almost like Tasmania is the turd falling out.

Iran kind of looks like a legless Turkey or a gainst snail.

Britain looks alittle like a troll or something which is about eat Ireland.

Mongolia sort of resembles a potato with a few rootes growing on it.

Yeman has more then a passing resembablence to a smoke pipe.

The Congo looks like a male elephant with tusks.

Niger kind of looks like a flounder.

Greenland looks a little like a sharks tooth especially since it is all white.

The island of New Guinea look like a vulture.

Panama looks alittle bit like a snake since it is long and narrow with a couple of curves in it.

That's all I can think of right now but I'll try to come up with a few more later.

Gangerolf · April 30, 2003, 17:29

The Baltic Sea looks like a man holding a chainsaw. Or a man with an enormous willy

GePap · April 30, 2003, 17:30

No, you are right, i misspelled San Martin the liberator of the South, san Marti was from Cuba.

Az · April 30, 2003, 17:33

"san", does that mean he's a saint or something?

I thought his name was Jose Marti.

Gangerolf · April 30, 2003, 17:34

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Originally posted by Winston
If you take Norway, Sweden and Finland together and turn them upside down, you've got the front half of a camel.

I'm not entirely sure whether there's hidden symbolism in that.

I can't see it

Finland is the hump?

GePap · April 30, 2003, 17:35

Well, depends who you want to make a "saint". Its not like San Martin was a saint either.

it was Jose Marti, what people want to call him besides that, well, whatever. Marti was an inspirational figure-got himself killed rahter quickly by the Spaniards.

Az · April 30, 2003, 17:44

I know that. It was this other dude, A general (?) that led to Cuban independence, right? (eyes shut... must stay awake ..)

GePap · April 30, 2003, 17:50

Just go to sleep, and dream of the "ladies of a united Latin America".....

As for the Cuban general, I don;t know who. They don;t really matter, as wel all know it was the gringos that did their "liberation".

gsmoove23 · April 30, 2003, 18:06

Something to change forever how you think of England.

P.S. Could someone walk me through how to attach an image from my PC to a post? I'm having trouble with it.

Kuciwalker · April 30, 2003, 18:16

The US up to the Missouri river would be pretty cool

VJ · April 30, 2003, 18:19

I liked the Thatcher-image more than that, gsm.

Giant_Squid · April 30, 2003, 18:24

Algeria is kind of interesting, jumping outward when you don't expect it to.

Australia to me looks more like some sort of giant lizard or pointy-nosed rodent having curled itself up, with Tasmania as the tail.

Kazakhstan looks kinda like a sea turtle, or, from the other direction, a fish.

thinkingamer · April 30, 2003, 18:31

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Originally posted by Azazel
which raises a fair question: why won't south america unite? ( except Brasil ). They already share the most important thing: language and religion.

The only reason for S. American to unite: beat Brazil in Soccer

Besides that I really see no other reason to unite.

optimus2861 · April 30, 2003, 18:34

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JCG · April 30, 2003, 19:23

Spain's somewhat to blame, indirectly...The colonial structure was rather loose and localized (in the New World itself, obviously everyone answered directly to Madrid...in theory), promoting the development of regional power groups/classes which grew to dislike each other. A more centralized colonial administration could have done wonders for stability and economic development...

IMHO, if Bolivar/San Martin/some of the other "liberators" were resurrected, they'd kill themselves at the sight of the squabbling mess South America has become....

PS: Israel/Palestine (whatever you want to call it, PC or un-PC) looks neat on the map, as well as pre-WW1 Germany and the original Roman Empire....

Buck Birdseed · April 30, 2003, 19:31

Nova Scotia looks disturbingly like Sörmland.

Er, I like the shape of Tanzania. Nicely skull-like.

Plan Austral · April 30, 2003, 20:02

Am I the only one who believes that Denmark looks like just ready to penetrate Sweden in the map?

Plan Austral · April 30, 2003, 20:07

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Originally posted by Tuomerehu
I liked the Thatcher-image more than that, gsm.

Please, post that image..