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m8 ******

Such an eloquent turn of phrase

sage & onion wrote:Such an eloquent turn of phrase

the m8 motorway do you homework

Nothing more to say

mraph33 wrote:

^ian^ wrote:

the_zooter wrote:

175bpm wrote:scotland of course it counts

Ok, I have to say that if Scotland counts as a country, then so would each of the Emirates would count as a country!
You just can't count Scotland as seperate!!

But here's a question. Would you count Gibraltar as a seperate country?? (for those who don't know, Gibraltar is a small "country" on the south coast of Spain which belongs to Britain.

I think we should apply the rule if it has a cricket or a Rugby team, then it should count as a country. Scotland almost has a cricket team, and they do have a rugby team.

If you're going to go by that rule - pick a real sport. Cricket??? That's right up there with curling.

Hey curling is a real sport!

PrettyPenny wrote:

mraph33 wrote:

^ian^ wrote:

the_zooter wrote:

175bpm wrote:scotland of course it counts

Ok, I have to say that if Scotland counts as a country, then so would each of the Emirates would count as a country!
You just can't count Scotland as seperate!!

But here's a question. Would you count Gibraltar as a seperate country?? (for those who don't know, Gibraltar is a small "country" on the south coast of Spain which belongs to Britain.

I think we should apply the rule if it has a cricket or a Rugby team, then it should count as a country. Scotland almost has a cricket team, and they do have a rugby team.

If you're going to go by that rule - pick a real sport. Cricket??? That's right up there with curling.

Hey curling is a real sport!

I'd rather watch paint dry.

Says someone who has no clue what a bonspiel is

Bonspiel???

fayz wrote:Says someone who has no clue what a bonspiel is

And proud of it!

mraph33 wrote:

fayz wrote:Says someone who has no clue what a bonspiel is

And proud of it!

HAHAHA i'm actually ashamed that i know what one is but hey I've participated in one before and there is satisfaction when yelling Sweep HAAAARRRRDDDD at you ex. lol

this thread is soooo-not-for-meeee, what you guys talking about? I will come back here after 6 yrs to contribute

easternjewel wrote:this thread is soooo-not-for-meeee, what you guys talking about? I will come back here after 6 yrs to contribute

If I'm still talking about bonspiels in 6 years, do me a favor....shoot me!!!

mraph33 wrote:

easternjewel wrote:this thread is soooo-not-for-meeee, what you guys talking about? I will come back here after 6 yrs to contribute

If I'm still talking about bonspiels in 6 years, do me a favor....shoot me!!!

I was talking bout "More countries then you are years old" deal.

easternjewel wrote:

mraph33 wrote:

easternjewel wrote:this thread is soooo-not-for-meeee, what you guys talking about? I will come back here after 6 yrs to contribute

If I'm still talking about bonspiels in 6 years, do me a favor....shoot me!!!

I was talking bout "More countries then you are years old" deal.

Ahhh....no problem. But my request still stands

US of A
India
Nepal
Burma
Bangladesh
Thailand
Cambodia
Singapore
Hong kong
Malaysia
Phillippines
UAE
Indonesia
Bhutan
Macau


places on the top of my wishlist

TOKYO
spain -valencia madrid
transelvania...(just coz i can)
timbaktoo (wanna ride a donkey thru the rocky roads)
route 66 (wanna try the roadside cafes, get lost and drive a mustang)
amstradam (leave it to the imagination)

You've been to Macau? kewl, That is one place I've really wanted to go to, well so many actually. although I don't know if I count that as a seperate country.

I think we should have really sat down at the beginning of this thread to decide what constitutes a country, and what counts as a province of a country.
For example, are England & Scotland seperate countries, or is the country Great Britain (because thats what my passport says!).

this was meant as a light hearted thread considering we've had so many heavy ones recently.

I guess I should have qualified this more. So we'll use ISO standards, if the country is listed here and you've been in the country (airports do not count) then you count it.

http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-service ... t-en1.html

fayz wrote:You've been to Macau? kewl, That is one place I've really wanted to go to, well so many actually. although I don't know if I count that as a seperate country.

technically you are right...as china has made hk and macau a S.A.R region...(special administrative region)...but it still considers itself autonomous and pretty much self sufficient...i guess having all the casinos there is making Macau a serious contender with the tourist dollars...

just checked and macao is a seperate country...

Aargh...I need to travel more:

Malaysia
Singapore
Brunei Darussalam
UAE
Thailand
Australia
Greece
Macedonia
United Kingdom
India

Planned vacation for the next 12 months (as have been invited):
South Africa
Botswana
Korea
Japan
Spain
Italy
Russia
Austria

constantine wrote:US of A



places on the top of my wishlist

TOKYO
spain -valencia madrid
transelvania...(just coz i can)
timbaktoo (wanna ride a donkey thru the rocky roads)
route 66 (wanna try the roadside cafes, get lost and drive a mustang)
amstradam (leave it to the imagination)

with this new avatar im sure u can and be welcomed

raidah wrote:

constantine wrote:US of A



places on the top of my wishlist

TOKYO
spain -valencia madrid
transelvania...(just coz i can)
timbaktoo (wanna ride a donkey thru the rocky roads)
route 66 (wanna try the roadside cafes, get lost and drive a mustang)
amstradam (leave it to the imagination)

with this new avatar im sure u can and be welcomed

welcome to the dark side....yeah been getting a fair amount of comment (flak) for it...its actually by one of my fav authors...and it stands for DREAM...if he were a person...

Austria
Germany
Switzerland
Luxembourg
Ireland
UK
Sweden
Denmark
Belgium
Netherlands
France
Spain
Italy
Monaco
Greece
Turkey
Poland
USA
Canada
Mexico
India
Lebanon
UAE
Dominican Republic

That's 24 and I have plane tickets for another 3 countries in September, so I'm coming close to my age

Good thing that countries in Europe are so tiny...I once did 5 countries in one day. Does that count for extra points?

constantine wrote:

raidah wrote:

constantine wrote:US of A



places on the top of my wishlist

TOKYO
spain -valencia madrid
transelvania...(just coz i can)
timbaktoo (wanna ride a donkey thru the rocky roads)
route 66 (wanna try the roadside cafes, get lost and drive a mustang)
amstradam (leave it to the imagination)

with this new avatar im sure u can and be welcomed

welcome to the dark side....yeah been getting a fair amount of comment (flak) for it...its actually by one of my fav authors...and it stands for DREAM...if he were a person...

i am already on the dark side, remember?

raidah wrote:

constantine wrote:US of A


places on the top of my wishlist

TOKYO
spain -valencia madrid
transelvania...(just coz i can)
timbaktoo (wanna ride a donkey thru the rocky roads)
route 66 (wanna try the roadside cafes, get lost and drive a mustang)
amstradam (leave it to the imagination)

with this new avatar im sure u can and be welcomed

raidah! i'm sure we could say the same of your avtar

dbxsoul wrote:

raidah wrote:

constantine wrote:US of A


places on the top of my wishlist

TOKYO
spain -valencia madrid
transelvania...(just coz i can)
timbaktoo (wanna ride a donkey thru the rocky roads)
route 66 (wanna try the roadside cafes, get lost and drive a mustang)
amstradam (leave it to the imagination)

with this new avatar im sure u can and be welcomed

raidah! i'm sure we could say the same of your avtar

like it, huh?

very nice!
nothing like adding a little class to the forum

where are all the regulars???? hibernating?

actually i was thinking of spicing my spider avtar up, you know... putting it in a state of relaxed repose... then i realised it's already au natural