[Rolling Bones]

'TOP TEN COUNTRIES'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4020523.stm

What about Poland?!

1 Ireland

2 Switzerland

3 Norway

4 Luxembourg

5 Sweden

6 Australia

7 Iceland

8 Italy

9 Denmark

10 Spain

[d4nth3m4n]

or holland?

[im_noahselby]

I don't understand. Where is Canada? We should be one of the top three!

Noah

[TETENAL]

The researchers said although the UK achieved high income per head, it had high levels of social and family breakdown.

So this is why Ireland ranked first.

However I don't consider catholicism a quality of life.

[Rolling Bones]

Originally posted by TETENAL:
quote:
The researchers said although the UK achieved high income per head, it had high levels of social and family breakdown.


So this is why Ireland ranked first.

However I don't consider catholicism a quality of life.

"high income per head"

Nor expensive oral sex.

[PurpleGiant]

Originally posted by TETENAL:
So this is why Ireland ranked first.

However I don't consider catholicism a quality of life.

What has catholicism got to do with your quoted text? Would you say that 'social and family breakdown' is the mark of a 'most livable city'? Or that we should judge livability based on income only, and disregard social and family issues?

[TETENAL]

Originally posted by PurpleGiant:
Would you say that 'social and family breakdown' is the mark of a 'most livable city'?

I would say that just because people don't get a divorce, doesn't mean they have a happy life.

[MilkmanDan]

How about Japan... they have tons of fun raw fish.

[d.fine]

BELGIUM !! 350+ kinds of beer, plus the best fries and chocolate in the world

[Ω]

Originally posted by d.fine:
BELGIUM !! 350+ kinds of beer, plus the best fries and chocolate in the world

The greedy decadent ****s!

[voodoo]

Checks list:

Mhmm, Spain, Iceland and Norway - yep all there

Best three IMO

[brutal]

Damn! Norway was on first place last year..

[Oranges for Six]

All Nordic countries but Finland are in that list. Wonder why that is. I mean, shouldn't Santa count for something?

[Oisín]

Originally posted by Oranges for Six:
All Nordic countries but Finland are in that list. Wonder why that is. I mean, shouldn't Santa count for something?

But Santa lives on Greenland, ie. Denmark, so he's counted already.

But somehow, I can't figure how Ireland can be number one, and the mere presence of Italy and Spain (as well as the absence of Canada) in the top 10 sort of puzzles me...

[brutal]

No no no, Santa lives on the North Pole. But it seems he's still Danish, though.

[paully dub]

Originally posted by d4nth3m4n:
or holland?

Exactly.

Santa lives in Lapland idiots, and they may have a nice Ice Hotel in Kiruna, Sweden and I love the reindeer meat and the goosebery liquor or whatever, but c'mon....

[Oranges for Six]

Originally posted by Oisín:
But Santa lives on Greenland, ie. Denmark, so he's counted already.

I beg to differ. Everyone knows Santa lives on Korvatunturi

[nath]

Originally posted by voodoo:
Checks list:

Mhmm, Spain, Iceland and Norway - yep all there

Best three IMO

i want to move to spain...around the basque country somewhere.

despite the racist football fans

[itai195]

Hmm, Switzerland... I could be quite happy there.

[brapper]

oh wtf, how is it that Canada typically ranks #1 on these lists, and yet doesn't make the top ten on the Economist's list.

[TheBadgerHunter]

Originally posted by brapper:
oh wtf, how is it that Canada typically ranks #1 on these lists, and yet doesn't make the top ten on the Economist's list.

Yeah.. I mean Iceland? Come on.

[The Windozer]

I can't remember having seen Canada on any such list... I've only seen three, though. Anyway, any list where Norway isn't on top is WRONG!

(Why, yes, I am Norwegian. How did you guess?)

[wdlove]

The United States is still the country with the most freedom and least government control.

[Spliffdaddy]

Whew.

That was a close one.

Every year, just before that top-10 list is released, Americans get uneasy. See, we already have too many mofos coming into the country. The last thing we need to do is promote a global image of Americans enjoying 'the good life'.

Seriously, no matter what we do - people keep coming here. We could pass a law requiring every 3rd immigrant to be executed by lethal injection...and it wouldn't stem the flow of immigrants one bit.

Kudos to the panel of judges that create the top-10 list !!

Apparently, bribery was successful yet again.

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Stay where you are, folks...because it really sucks here.

[hayesk]

Originally posted by wdlove:
The United States is still the country with the most freedom and least government control.

What freedom does the US have that many other countries don't?

[Spliffdaddy]

Originally posted by hayesk:
What freedom does the US have that many other countries don't?

The freedom to kick other countries' asses without having to ask the UN's permission beforehand.

[BasketofPuppies]

Uh, France does that too.

[paully dub]

Originally posted by wdlove:

The United States is still the country with the most freedom and least government control.

No, loads of countries beat the US in that department, Somalia for instance.

[Spliffdaddy]

Originally posted by BasketofPuppies:
Uh, France does that too.

I don't see France on the top-10 list, either.

[Sherwin]

I'm going with the one where it's still legal to drive at 200 MPH on a public road with a loaded handgun on the dash and all the money that you didn't pay in tax in the glovebox:

[TheBadgerHunter]

Originally posted by wdlove:
The United States is still the country with the most freedom and least government control.

[Hawkeye_a]

Originally posted by wdlove:
The United States is still the country with the most freedom and least government control.

... why ? because u hear on your TV everyday ?

[Scifience]

Originally posted by MilkmanDan:
How about Japan... they have tons of fun raw fish.

I'd pick Japan over any of the places that are listed there. Mmm...sushi!

[cenutrio]

Originally posted by nath:
i want to move to spain...around the basque country somewhere.

despite the racist football fans

It is funny you mention that, I've been reading about it lately and got me worried.

You can bet there are racists among spaniards and that the percentage increases among football radical fans. However, if I have to name a profesional within the Spanish league that I would never believe to be a racist that would be Aragones.

The UK media got the Henry situation out of hand. This is just my opinion.

If you like the Basque area give Santander or Navarra a try.

[mitchell_pgh]

Originally posted by TETENAL:
I would say that just because people don't get a divorce, doesn't mean they have a happy life.

I would like to say that getting a divorce also doesn't mean that they have a happy life.

[turtle777]

Originally posted by wdlove:
The United States is still the country with the most freedom and least government control.

Mwaahahahahaha

-t

[nath]

Originally posted by cenutrio:
It is funny you mention that, I've been reading about it lately and got me worried.

You can bet there are racists among spaniards and that the percentage increases among football radical fans. However, if I have to name a profesional within the Spanish league that I would never believe to be a racist that would be Aragones.

The UK media got the Henry situation out of hand. This is just my opinion.

If you like the Basque area give Santander or Navarra a try.

Yeah, i discovered a place called Estella in Navarra a couple of years ago in Navarra and loved it. Maybe San Sebastian though

I was thinking more of the monkey noises that were chanted at the black players during the game last night. We haven't had that in the UK since the late 70s / early 80s so it was a bit of a shock.

I understand that the translation of the Henry/Reyes exchange didn't do the Spanish coach many favours, English is more nuanced than Spanish when directly translated, which makes a lot of Spanish phrases sound very blunt!

[villalobos]

Originally posted by cenutrio:


If you like the Basque area give Santander or Navarra a try.

Actually try the French side, it is safer.

[nica]

quote:
Originally posted by wdlove:
The United States is still the country with the most freedom and least government control.



Mwaahahahahaha

-t

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LOL "In the US nothing is free"

[d4nth3m4n]

in soviet russia...

[Rolling Bones]

Originally posted by Spliffdaddy:
Whew.

That was a close one.

Every year, just before that top-10 list is released, Americans get uneasy. See, we already have too many mofos coming into the country. The last thing we need to do is promote a global image of Americans enjoying 'the good life'.

Seriously, no matter what we do - people keep coming here. We could pass a law requiring every 3rd immigrant to be executed by lethal injection...and it wouldn't stem the flow of immigrants one bit.

Kudos to the panel of judges that create the top-10 list !!

Apparently, bribery was successful yet again.

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Stay where you are, folks...because it really sucks here.

You must be speaking of the Mexicans. Anything is better than a Mexican slum...even an American trash trailer park.

Let the diablo hordes continue to invade.

Mexico will be an empire again!!!

"Faith and begorrah"

[jcadam]

Originally posted by Rolling Bones:
You must be speaking of the Mexicans. Anything is better than a Mexican slum...even an American trash trailer park.

Let the diablo hordes continue to invade.

Mexico will be an empire again!!!

"Faith and begorrah"

*yawns*
*scratches self*

Well, I guess it's time to teach Mexico a lesson again. Losing half of their territory during the first war wasn't enough I guess. I say we take Baja, and the Yucatan peninsula. They can keep the interior.

[The Windozer]

Originally posted by Sherwin:
I'm going with the one where it's still legal to drive at 200 MPH on a public road with a loaded handgun on the dash and all the money that you didn't pay in tax in the glovebox:

Isle of Man?

[Brass]

Originally posted by wdlove:
The United States is still the country with the most freedom and least government control.

Americans often think that, because that's what the government wants them to think.

If ever there was a Big Brother, it would have to be Uncle Sam.

[Feathers]

Ireland my arse!

One of the most expensive countries in the world.

It rains about seven months of the year.

The women are butt ugly (well, most of them).

It's bloody freezing most of the time.

Lousy public transport system.

Appalling hospital waiting lists.

21% V.A.T. (sales tax)

No smoking anywhere!

A nanny state where just about everything is being or about to be banned!

I would love to know what the attraction is?

Oh, and did I mention that most of the women are butt ugly and dress like sh1t?

[TETENAL]

Originally posted by mitchell_pgh:
I would like to say that getting a divorce also doesn't mean that they have a happy life.

Exactly, but that's exactly the numbers they looked it. They saw that Irish don't divorce as often than British so they concluded they have a happier family life. What they didn't consider was that it is more difficult to divorce in Ireland than in the UK. The ranking is flawed.

[digiology2]

Yeah, I agree with feathers. Ireland shouldn't have won, being Irish I should know.
The women are not ugly though, certainly not as good looking as the women I see in Spain or france though. As for 21% tax, this is a good thing. It keeps poverty under control, everyone can get a degree in college for free plus if your poor enough your entitled to up to €3000 a year spending money while your in college!
I get €1000 a year and a four year Computer Science degree for free!
Also going to hospital is free!
The way I see it, its like communism because our wealth is shared more evenly and everyone (within reason) has equal opportunities_.
As for the weather, it is bad, but only really in the winter does it bother anyone.

[digiology2]

Originally posted by wdlove:
The United States is still the country with the most freedom and least government control.

I don't know if your being sarcastic or not, but thats complete ********. Ok you can get your hands on a gun quite easily, so therefore you have complete freedom? yeah right.
What about economic freedom and educational freedom?What's minimum wage over in the US may I ask? Remember when protests in new york against the war in iraq were banned (http://www.freedomforum.org/template...cumentID=17552)?

[paully dub]

I like Irish girls, perhaps a little fleshier and pasty thighed than most, but good for a laugh usually in my experience. Ireland's a wonderful country- a tad grey and culturally backward in my own experience, but nice just the same.

[BasketofPuppies]

Originally posted by Brass:
If ever there was a Big Brother, it would have to be Uncle Sam.

And what happens when you choose not to vote?