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mikemoto [TotalFark]
2011-11-02 07:09:37 PM
Does NOT agree: Link (new window)
 
ecmoRandomNumbers [TotalFark]
2011-11-02 07:45:07 PM
Je suis le president du Burundi.
 
markie_farkie [TotalFark]
2011-11-02 07:54:15 PM
Their women give me Norwegian wood.
 
brap [TotalFark]
2011-11-02 08:01:34 PM
I often wonder why grandpappy Iver got on a boat and moved to the U.S. maybe he was pining to get away from the fjords.
 
Ghastly [TotalFark]
2011-11-02 08:18:12 PM
They don't have lions and tigers. Norway? More like snoreway.
 
bighasbeen [TotalFark]
2011-11-02 08:36:20 PM
brap: I often wonder why grandpappy Iver got on a boat and moved to the U.S. maybe he was pining to get away from the fjords.

Just say Nazis.
 
AlwaysRightBoy [TotalFark]
2011-11-02 09:40:05 PM
markie_farkie: Their women give me Norwegian wood.

I have a good friend from Norway (who really loves her country) that was a Scandinavian Airlines stewardess and representative for many years (she has two blonde daughters.. mid twenties). When they come to visit the NYC metro area and stay at my house, it's called American wood.

/I have no idea why my wife stays so close to me when they visit!
 
bighasbeen [TotalFark]
2011-11-02 09:51:25 PM
AlwaysRightBoy: /I have no idea why my wife stays so close to me when they visit!

She's trying to tell you to ask them for a four-way. Dude, pick up on signals already.
 
ertznay
2011-11-02 09:58:58 PM
It's a physical impossibility for the happiest place on earth to be in Orange County.
 
m2313
2011-11-02 10:00:33 PM
mikemoto: Does NOT agree: Link (new window)

Far right psychopaths don't agree with living in the first world in a civilized manner. No surprise.
 
Englebert Slaptyback
2011-11-02 10:01:21 PM

Norway beats up Disneyland to retain title as the happiest place on earth


on general principle
 
Woolwine
2011-11-02 10:09:28 PM
m2313: mikemoto: Does NOT agree: Link (new window)

Far right Any psychopath don't agree with living in the first world in a civilized manner. No surprise.

FTFY
 
m2313
2011-11-02 10:12:08 PM
Woolwine: m2313: mikemoto: Does NOT agree: Link (new window)

Far right Any psychopath don't agree with living in the first world in a civilized manner. No surprise.

FTFY

Oh I agree.
I was just responding to the example given.
 
brantgoose [TotalFark]
2011-11-02 10:14:44 PM
Let me see:

Norway
Australia
Netherlands
New Zealand and
You (SA)

What kind of state makes its people happy?
 
BigNumber12 [TotalFark]
2011-11-02 10:23:02 PM
Wow - and, the pie chart at Link (new window) earns a big

USA! USA! USA! USA! USA!

Suck it, European microstates. Come back and talk when you've beat the game on 'Hard.'
 
AlwaysRightBoy [TotalFark]
2011-11-02 10:23:32 PM
bighasbeen: AlwaysRightBoy: /I have no idea why my wife stays so close to me when they visit!

She's trying to tell you to ask them for a four-way. Dude, pick up on signals already.

Don't worry, I'll snap out of this sooner rather than later as the wife is due home shorty...
 
Pointy Tail of Satan [TotalFark]
2011-11-02 10:27:34 PM
They invented the Norouija board.
 
angrycrank
2011-11-02 10:32:06 PM
ertznay: It's a physical impossibility for the happiest place on earth to be in Orange County.

True. But Blizzard Entertainment comes reasonably close.
 
shivashakti
2011-11-02 10:32:38 PM
Comparatively, the United States also performs poorly when it comes to income equality and health care.
>

Shocking....
 
Pro Zack
2011-11-02 10:35:25 PM
And now, for a five minute film on Norway!
 
blackmtnmantheonly
2011-11-02 10:44:19 PM
I'll stay in Colorado. The U.N. can't find their ass with 50 hands.
 
mirth_in_a_jiffy
2011-11-02 10:46:56 PM
Pro Zack: And now, for a five minute film on Norway!

Just keep walking!
 
aurorous
2011-11-02 10:52:13 PM
I can agree with norway. Look at their Criminal Justice system, theoretically if you rape her, you get sent here (new window) seriously what is the downside?

How good must it be for non criminals?
 
bighasbeen [TotalFark]
2011-11-02 10:58:30 PM
aurorous: I can agree with norway. Look at their Criminal Justice system, theoretically if you rape her, you get sent here (new window) seriously what is the downside?

How good must it be for non criminals?

Well, they only have a tenth the prisoners per 100,000 people the US does, so they can splurge a little.

And the downside? Uh, freedom to come and go as you please not mean anything to you?
 
jclaggett
2011-11-02 11:01:17 PM
mirth_in_a_jiffy: Pro Zack: And now, for a five minute film on Norway!

Just keep walking!

Good to see the Epcot love in here. Even if it is at The Most Magical Place on Earth.
 
LouDobbsAwaaaay [TotalFark]
2011-11-02 11:09:05 PM
Socialist countries are principally concerned with making sure people are living happy lives. Capitalist countries are principally concerned with making sure they don't become socialist countries.
 
darkscout
2011-11-02 11:09:49 PM
BigNumber12: Wow - and, the pie chart at Link (new window) earns a big

2010 Very High HDI nations, by population size.

Me thinks you need to go back and learn to read pie charts.


1 Norway 0.943 ()
2 Australia 0.929 ()
3 Netherlands 0.910 ( 4)
4 United States 0.910 ()
5 New Zealand 0.908 ( 2)
6 Canada 0.908 ( 2)
7 Ireland 0.908 ( 2)
8 Liechtenstein 0.905 ( 2)
9 Germany 0.905 ( 1)
10 Sweden 0.904 ( 1)
 
WeenerGord
2011-11-02 11:10:03 PM
brap: I often wonder why grandpappy Iver got on a boat and moved to the U.S. maybe he was pining to get away from the fjords.


I hear that the Norse would rather import lots of violent Muslims to share their wealth and women with, than allow back any of the grandchildren of those who left Norway for the United States last century.

Not to mention the food and booze is extremely expensive and farmland is scarce, and also probably expensive.
 
Wardrobe_Malfunction
2011-11-02 11:10:04 PM
Ever notice how the countries with great national healthcare and strong social programs always rank best/happiest/etc.?
 
Twin 40s
2011-11-02 11:13:22 PM
Wardrobe_Malfunction: Ever notice how the countries with great national healthcare and strong social programs always rank best/happiest/etc.?

That can't be, socialism is socialist.
 
mongbiohazard
2011-11-02 11:20:06 PM
aurorous: I can agree with norway. Look at their Criminal Justice system, theoretically if you rape her, you get sent here (new window) seriously what is the downside?

How good must it be for non criminals?

And if I'm not mistaken, aren't their prisons a lot more effective than ours?

/googles

Yup. Looks that way.

Interesting country. Love what they decided to do with their oil wealth, which basically let them beat the oil curse.
 
aurorous
2011-11-02 11:21:48 PM
bighasbeen: aurorous: I can agree with norway. Look at their Criminal Justice system, theoretically if you rape her, you get sent here (new window) seriously what is the downside?

How good must it be for non criminals?

Well, they only have a tenth the prisoners per 100,000 people the US does, so they can splurge a little.

And the downside? Uh, freedom to come and go as you please not mean anything to you?


Put a computer in that room and your farker/internet addict has everything they have now.
 
SageC
2011-11-02 11:52:32 PM
Personally I prefer brunettes and redheads, but I'd cross a few time zones for this:
media.mademan.com
Meet Norwegian athlete/honey, Rachel Nordtømme.
 
EditorialSpace
2011-11-02 11:57:28 PM
Well, Disney is too expensive for most people. So is traveling to Norway. So, what do we have left? It sure isn't a bunch of kids. Sorry Disney...you are the weakest link.
 
fn129
2011-11-03 12:02:13 AM
brantgoose: Let me see:

Norway
Australia
Netherlands
New Zealand and
You (SA)

What kind of state makes its people happy?

If only NZ and us switched spots, and then Yemen took our spot. That would be puntastic!

/would give my left nut for Norwegian citizenship.
//Same for Australia if thir climate didn't suck.
///Snow FTW!
 
tetheredswimming
2011-11-03 12:11:59 AM
www.alicia-logic.com
 
BigNumber12 [TotalFark]
2011-11-03 12:25:55 AM
darkscout: 2010 Very High HDI nations, by population size.

That's my point. We're doing this well with a population many, many times that of any of those European nations.


darkscout: Me thinks you need to go back and learn to read pie charts.

I know all about charts and graphs. My degree is in Engineering. What's yours in?
 
Dick_Hertz
2011-11-03 12:27:15 AM
Wardrobe_Malfunction: Ever notice how the countries with great national healthcare and strong social programs fewest number of BLACK people always rank best/happiest/etc.?


-- FTFY
 
ciderczar
2011-11-03 12:27:18 AM
Note: Does not apply to gold thieves.

www.chicagoreader.com
 
darkscout
2011-11-03 12:29:38 AM
BigNumber12: I know all about charts and graphs. My degree is in Engineering. What's yours in?

Mechanical Engineering. I guess I don't see the point of pointing out our size.
 
BigNumber12 [TotalFark]
2011-11-03 12:37:24 AM
darkscout: BigNumber12: I know all about charts and graphs. My degree is in Engineering. What's yours in?

Mechanical Engineering. I guess I don't see the point of pointing out our size.


Small populations are easier to manage and spoil, assuming your country isn't a complete basket case in the first place.

Not many engineers here on Fark (that admit to it, anyway). Except in 9/11 threads, in which case everyone is either a structural or aeronautical engineer.
 
ciderczar
2011-11-03 12:41:41 AM
BigNumber12: darkscout: BigNumber12: I know all about charts and graphs. My degree is in Engineering. What's yours in?

Mechanical Engineering. I guess I don't see the point of pointing out our size.


Small populations are easier to manage and spoil, assuming your country isn't a complete basket case in the first place.

Not many engineers here on Fark (that admit to it, anyway). Except in 9/11 threads, in which case everyone is either a structural or aeronautical engineer.

I'm an engineer, but I don't see how knowing how to drive a train helps with graph-finding-behinding.
 
AbiNormal
2011-11-03 12:43:40 AM
I spent 3 weeks in Norway last year. Great scenery, great food, and great people, best 3 weeks of my life.
 
porkloin
2011-11-03 12:55:01 AM
I think Australia came in second because it is flammable or inflammable. One of those.
 
Greymalkin
2011-11-03 12:56:48 AM
Dick_Hertz: Wardrobe_Malfunction: Ever notice how the countries with great national healthcare and strong social programs fewest number of BLACK people always rank best/happiest/etc.?


-- FTFY

Wow you have managed to be here since 2007 and not get kicked for that kind of idiocy?

The future must be a scary place for you as the UN is projecting a lot more melanin getting into top lists than you may be able to handle.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_future_Human_Devel op ment_Index_projections_of_the_United_Nations (new window)
 
thrasherrr
2011-11-03 12:59:53 AM
ciderczar: BigNumber12: darkscout: BigNumber12: I know all about charts and graphs. My degree is in Engineering. What's yours in?

Mechanical Engineering. I guess I don't see the point of pointing out our size.


Small populations are easier to manage and spoil, assuming your country isn't a complete basket case in the first place.

Not many engineers here on Fark (that admit to it, anyway). Except in 9/11 threads, in which case everyone is either a structural or aeronautical engineer.

I'm an engineer, but I don't see how knowing how to drive a train helps with graph-finding-behinding.

Since trains don't need steering, their hands are free to rotate the pages once it is pointed out the graph is upside down.
 
bighasbeen [TotalFark]
2011-11-03 01:04:49 AM
porkloin: I think Australia came in second because it is flammable or inflammable. One of those.

www.archeradvice.com

I learned flammable and inflammable mean the same thing.
 
KenShabby
2011-11-03 01:16:13 AM
Dick_Hertz: Wardrobe_Malfunction: Ever notice how the countries with great national healthcare and strong social programs fewest number of BLACK people always rank best/happiest/etc.?


-- FTFY

www.sonic.net
 
KrispyKritter
2011-11-03 01:23:36 AM
AbiNormal: I spent 3 weeks in Norway last year. Great scenery, great food, and great people, best 3 weeks of my life.

vacation? everything is sweet in vacation mode. a buddy & his wife visit her son in Norway every few years. messes them up hard every time. talk of selling everything, moving, Norway nomnomnom, you know the drill.
 
wont_eat_bugs [TotalFark]
2011-11-03 01:24:38 AM
Ahh, I see the population of Lesurnameville grew by one tonight. Favorited in grey 1 so I can scroll past the stupid.

Not going to quote the trole troll. He doesn't deserve it.
 
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