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Started by Kleves, January 16, 2012, 11:20:46 PM

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What's your least favorite country: Italy or France?

Italy
15 (45.5%)
France
18 (54.5%)

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Kleves

January 16, 2012, 11:20:46 PM
No one ever says Italy.
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11B4V

#1
January 16, 2012, 11:33:03 PM
Frenchys
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Ideologue

#2
January 16, 2012, 11:37:10 PM Last Edit: January 16, 2012, 11:41:10 PM by Ideologue
Italy.  By a huge fucking margin.

Antiziganists? Check.
Berlusconi? Ugh.
Wrong side in World War II? Yeah.
Culturally useless since, at the latest, 1700? Basically.

Whereas France has got its problems, but more or less, ca va.
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Jacob

#3
January 16, 2012, 11:47:14 PM
That's a dumb question. Both countries are awesome.

garbon

#4
January 16, 2012, 11:47:45 PM
I don't understand.
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Ideologue

#5
January 16, 2012, 11:51:33 PM
Quote from: garbon on January 16, 2012, 11:47:45 PM
I don't understand.

It's from that Simpsons episode where Homer goes to work for a James Bond-esque villain named Hank Scorpio, who asks Homer--who never realizes that he's working for a science-terrorist--what his least favorite country is.  Homer says France, and Scorpio proceeds to attack it with a laser, shaking his head good-naturedly, and remarking "No one ever says Italy."

Which is silly, because Italy sucks.
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garbon

#6
January 16, 2012, 11:53:19 PM
Gotcha, well I'm going to go with what Jacob said. Countries with Florence and Paris can't be that awful.
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jimmy olsen

#7
January 16, 2012, 11:54:47 PM
This is way up there among my favorite episodes.

I struggled with this one, but eventually clicked France.
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CountDeMoney

#8
January 17, 2012, 12:47:09 AM
The problem with Italy is it's full of Italians.
The French rock.

That being said, I've never needed to travel to either country, as I can sufficiently rely upon WW2 movie caricatures to form my opinions of them both.

Barrister

#9
January 17, 2012, 02:23:00 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on January 17, 2012, 12:47:09 AM
The problem with Italy is it's full of Italians.

This really begs a rather obvious response...

I absolutely loved going to Italy.  I've never been to France, or really even Quebec, but I do have found memories of Hull...
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DGuller

#10
January 17, 2012, 02:33:57 AM
France may be constantly mocked, but it's still a highly functioning country at the end of the day, and has been a highly functional entity for many centuries.  Italy, on the other hand, has never managed to get out of its own way.

Capetan Mihali

#11
January 17, 2012, 02:51:41 AM
Quote from: Barrister on January 17, 2012, 02:23:00 AMbut I do have found memories of Hull...

All those lost memories of Hull found a home.  :hug:
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Josquius

#12
January 17, 2012, 03:01:54 AM
IIRC that was one of the first episodes I saw. Which was confusing (well, not as confusing as THE first episode being that weird showcase sketch show one with the alternative old Lisa...)

Anyway. As much as I want to say kill France and save Italy it is the most useful in the modern world.
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Eddie Teach

#13
January 17, 2012, 03:04:28 AM
Yemen. What a hell hole.
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Ideologue

#14
January 17, 2012, 03:16:25 AM
Quote from: Tyr on January 17, 2012, 03:01:54 AM
IIRC that was one of the first episodes I saw. Which was confusing (well, not as confusing as THE first episode being that weird showcase sketch show one with the alternative old Lisa...)

Anyway. As much as I want to say kill France and save Italy it is the most useful in the modern world.

Vive la difference, dude.
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