What's your country's "national" specialty that is mostly exported?

Started by Martinus, August 03, 2011, 05:02:55 PM

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DGuller

#15
August 03, 2011, 06:35:12 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on August 03, 2011, 06:34:22 PM
Quote from: grumbler on August 03, 2011, 06:22:34 PM
McDonald's.  I see lots of people at the ones overseas, but hardly see anyone going there here in America.

Don't really care for McDonald's myself.
:yes: I'm a fan of Triple Stackers myself.

MadImmortalMan

#16
August 03, 2011, 06:38:00 PM
Now that you mention it, every McDonald's I've ever seen overseas was packed with people.
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Ideologue

#17
August 03, 2011, 07:26:53 PM
Hegemony.  It's pretty sweet.
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HVC

#18
August 03, 2011, 08:35:34 PM
Quote from: Barrister on August 03, 2011, 05:14:32 PM
Maple syrup.  Labatt's Blue.
and weed. you forgot weed.
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#20
August 03, 2011, 09:00:31 PM
Quote from: katmai on August 03, 2011, 06:05:14 PM
CdM does mention him and Rush alot....
Everyone loves Rush.

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HVC

#21
August 03, 2011, 09:02:27 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on August 03, 2011, 08:51:20 PM
Quote from: HVC on August 03, 2011, 08:35:34 PM
and weed. you forgot weed.

Hey High Times, did you read the question?
no, no i did not. But canadians eat maple syrup too so BB fails as well :lol:
Being lazy is bad; unless you still get what you want, then it's called "patience".
Hubris must be punished. Severely.

Razgovory

#22
August 03, 2011, 10:03:08 PM
Freedom.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

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Monoriu

#23
August 03, 2011, 10:27:26 PM
The stuff that you guys consume in many Chinese take-aways isn't really consumed in China.

Razgovory

#24
August 03, 2011, 10:35:07 PM
It will be.  It will be.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Syt

#25
August 04, 2011, 12:31:33 AM
Quote from: Martinus on August 03, 2011, 05:02:55 PM
Is there any specialty [. . .] that is considered worldwide to be your country specialty, but is not that popular among the locals?

Couldn't come up with food/drink, but for Germany: weapons and weapons technology. Unpopular in Germany (like most things military), popular with regimes around the world.
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Mr.Penguin

#26
August 04, 2011, 12:52:11 AM
Pork, pork and more pork...
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Martinus

#28
August 04, 2011, 01:21:06 AM
Quote from: Ideologue on August 03, 2011, 07:26:53 PM
Hegemony.  It's pretty sweet.

I think it's more the case of a monopoly. McDonald's (and to a lesser extent, Burger King) is probably the only restaurant of that type (I guess you could also count stuff like KFC or Subway but they are somewhat different) that we get here - we don't get dozens of burger chains. So if people (mostly kids) want to eat some shit like that, they go to McDonald's.

Norgy

#29
August 04, 2011, 01:53:37 AM
World peace. Barring that, oil with less guilt.

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