Sunday, June 14, 2009

Mottos that countries COULD have used, but probably won't:

Canada: 
  • A Whole Lotta Space and Not A Whole Lotta People.
  • Where the Ice Age never really left

Belgium:
  • We have cool waffles named after us
  • We're the speed bump between Germany and France.

Russia:
  • We like our letters backwards.
  • Sometimes we just like to beat ourselves up, OK?

Italy:
  • It's more than wine and pasta. We have good bread, too.
  • We've got more statues than New Zealand has sheep

New Zealand:
  • No, we've got more sheep than Italy has statues
  • Gandalf slept here.

Greece:
  • Come watch us crumble
  • We used to have more gods than New Zealand has statues and Italy has sheep.

Australia:
  • We're a country AND a continent. Beat THAT!
  • Our wildlife is weird. Really.

Switzerland:
  • You want mountains? Oh, we got your mountains.
  • For a nation known for its neutrality, we make some killer knives.

Germany:
  • Well, OK, so we occasionally lose a World War.
  • Respect us. We brought you Oktoberfest.

Kyrgyzstan:
  • Yeah, we can't spell it either.
  • If placed correctly, we're worth, like, 3,000 points in Scrabble

Iceland:
  • We grow glaciers, then melt them.
  • This is what happens when you get a bunch of Vikings together on a small island.

Sweden:
  • A Saab story
  • We play Winter Games in June.

Denmark:
  • Getting past Hamlet-gate one year at a time.
  • We own Greenland. Not really sure why.

Nepal:
  • We could really use some oxygen up here.
  • Geez, who's idea what it to put a country in the Himalayas anyway?

Japan:
  • We lost the war, and we took over the world.
  • Careful, we know Godzirra.

Myanmar:
  • Come see what kind of government we have this week!
  • Monsoons: They really hate us.

India:
  • It's like a Frat House prank: See how many millions of people you can squeeze into a country.
  • Oh, we'll get that phone call for you.

Chile:
  • A thousand miles long, ten yards wide.
  • Keeping the Pacific Ocean from attacking Argentina for hundreds of years.

Bolivia:
  • Sure, we don't have ocean beaches, but we do have Lake Titicaca.
  • We're so cool, we have TWO capitols.

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