What's the Coolest Nationality?

Agricola

All the happy people in the 'how cool are us guys' thread saying we're a nation of drunken losers, got me thinking.

What is the coolest nationality?

I'd say the Italians. They couple a healtly aversion to hardwork with a love of good food and fine wine (& women) They take the month of August off every year, love their football, dress well, look good etc etc.

Ok so theres some national stereotypes there but you get the general idea.

Who is coolest and why?

Hagar

Iceland. They just told the Brits and the Dutch to F-Off. Big Brass Balls.

redout

Jamaican.

Xavi6

Antartican

Fookin freezing down there

citizen_p

norweigan,swedish

Dudess

The English - because of all the cool stuff to come from there: music, film, TV, fashion, literature, theatre, newspapers, magazines, comedy, to a lesser extent football.

dolliemix

I think the Russians are s**t cool.

Dj Stiggie

Australian.

Ever hear a hot Australian chick talking about partying on the beach? In that accent? :cool:

Agricola

Dudess wrote: »

The English - because of all the cool stuff to come from there: music, film, TV, fashion, literature, theatre, newspapers, magazines, comedy, to a lesser extent football.

I hope RebelHeart is on a day off!

IrishManSaipan

This wont end well.

silverharp

Agricola wrote: »

I'd say the Italians.

have to agree, any nation that can pull off wearing shades at night gets my vote!

Robin Wren

The French, especially on the mediteranean coast,
cool, laid back, and sexy women.
Cafes, restaurants and nice weather.

ddef

Irish. No contest.

Xluna

"Cool"...umm...is'nt that one of those words which means absolutely nothing in objective reality?

Jimmyboss

Has to be the Dutch, fcuk yeah!!!!!!

Mint Sauce

greenland, have you seen the temperature there at the moment

gonnaplayrugby

you'd think it be americans but i find them to be very uncool.

Agricola

Xluna wrote: »

"Cool"...umm...is'nt that one of those words which means absolutely nothing in objective reality?

Yep, thats why I asked people to explain why they thought certain nationalities were cool.

The Pontiac

I'd say the Italians because of the way they look, the way they dress, the food they eat etc. The Swedish are pretty classy/cool as well.

rgt320q

The Atlanteans - they were too cool for this world so they sunk their own island. Beat that.

IrishManSaipan

Loose Czech women are very, ahem, cool.:)

ejmaztec

dolliemix wrote: »

I think the Russians are s**t cool.

As opposed to sh1t hot?

Paparazzo

ddef wrote: »

Irish. No contest.

I'm guessing you've never been at a GAA match?

Hank_Jones

I just said that we were like a drunk uncle and that people are cool, not nationalities...

dolliemix

ejmaztec wrote: »

As opposed to sh1t hot?

They're that as well!

Insect Overlord

Gingers.

If they can be their own race, they can be their own nationality too.

And they're cool...

Hank_Jones

Insect Overlord wrote: »

Gingers.

If they can be their own race, they can be their own nationality too.

And they're cool...

I would want to be president of that nation. (even though I'm not ginger)

It would easily be the worlds coolest nation.

Pompey Magnus

The Belgians.


























Nah, just kidding . Italians probably.

OutlawPete

Trinidad and Tabogiananiansaiannnaiais

People from Trinidad and Tabago.

jd007

The Chinese. A great bunch of lads. Look at them there.

Son Of A Vidic

Style, culture and great food, it's got to be the Italians alright.

twinytwo

medicman2009 wrote: »

Style, culture and great food, it's got to be the Italians alright.

Ever hear of natural born pussies?

If i wasnt irish id be the scotish..the rest can die in a hole

IrishManSaipan

medicman2009 wrote: »

Style, culture and great food, it's got to be the Italians alright.

Mad for the ould fascism as well.:pac:

gonnaplayrugby

ah cool country doesnt give a **** what others think...that immediately excludes the irish who are obsessed with the worlds interpration of them. ireland is too conservative and people not stylish enough to be cool

The Pontiac

And the French Canadian. I certainly thought so anyway when I went on holidays to Quebec City and Montreal. Classy people!

Rockee

Brazillians! Big happy samba dancing feckers with their footballing prowess to boot.

gonnaplayrugby

u should take a little stoll through a favella and see what walking around with a big smiley mug gets ya!!!! shot thats what

mikom

Agricola wrote: »

What's the Coolest Nationality?

Freisens from Saarland in Germany.

Rebelheart

Dudess wrote: »

The English - because of all the cool stuff to come from there: music, film, TV, fashion, literature, theatre, newspapers, magazines, comedy, to a lesser extent football.

Oh Jesus. Isn't it just an *amazing* coincidence that all the "cool stuff" in life happens to be in the only language you understand. Amazing. Wow. How on earth do the French, Russians, Italians, Austrians and Germans - among others - manage at all with such a paucity of music, literature, theatre, newspapers and the like.

Yeah, so there, Beethoven, Mozart, Vivaldi, Verdi, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Baudelaire, Hugo, Chekhov, Camus, Dumas, Von Karajan, Versace, Dolce, Gabbana, Armani, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, Sarte, Proust, Ravel, Dante ....

Truley

I think the Polish are pretty cool! Also i've always wanted to meet a real life Jamaican, I wonder if they are anything like the stereotype... probably not.

3hn2givr7mx1sc

Black Americans, from 'Da Hood, yo'.:cool:

3hn2givr7mx1sc

Truley wrote: »

I think the Polish are pretty cool! Also i've always wanted to meet a real life Jamaican, I wonder if they are anything like the stereotype... probably not.

Yeah, they're a lot more stabby and shooty than ya'd think.:(

biko

Italians

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PmuHWPZSkY

Rebelheart

Paparazzo wrote: »

I'm guessing you've never been at a GAA match?

hehe. Yeah, 'cool' is probably not the word. But GAA matches are definitely one of the very, very best things about Irish culture and society. Great craic, roguery, plámás, abuse, camaraderie and huge characters at every match. It's a great way to spend an evening. Brilliant fun above all else.

Rebelheart

Today, and for the past year at least, the Icelandic people - all 300,000 plus of them - are up at the very top of 'cool'.

We should set up an international solidarity group to support that tiny, tiny country.

minidazzler

Rebelheart wrote: »

Oh Jesus. Isn't it just an *amazing* coincidence that all the "cool stuff" in life happens to be in the only language you understand. Amazing. Wow. How on earth do the French, Russians, Italians, Austrians and Germans - among others - manage at all with such a paucity of music, literature, theatre, newspapers and the like.

Yeah, so there, Beethoven, Mozart, Vivaldi, Verdi, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Baudelaire, Hugo, Chekhov, Camus, Dumas, Von Karajan, Versace, Dolce, Gabbana, Armani, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, Sarte, Proust, Ravel, Dante ....

Assumption much?

Coolest Nationality, Jamaican, simply because saying "Beer Can" in a Jamaican accent sounds like "bacon". And my two favourite things are Beer and Bacon.

Eoin_Sheehy

The Swiss, French (for striking so often and being naturally stylish!) and the Singaporeans (for turning a country from a sh**hole into a world class country in less than 70 years!)

Dudess

Rebelheart wrote: »

Oh Jesus. Isn't it just an *amazing* coincidence that all the "cool stuff" in life happens to be in the only language you understand. Amazing. Wow. How on earth do the French, Russians, Italians, Austrians and Germans - among others - manage at all with such a paucity of music, literature, theatre, newspapers and the like.

Yeah, so there, Beethoven, Mozart, Vivaldi, Verdi, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Baudelaire, Hugo, Chekhov, Camus, Dumas, Von Karajan, Versace, Dolce, Gabbana, Armani, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, Sarte, Proust, Ravel, Dante ....

I really like the culture to come out of England - I like stuff to come out of other countries too, but the majority of what I'm into comes from England. I can't see where I said or even implied there's a dearth of culture from other countries.
As for the language thing, do YOU read Tolstoy in Russian? And I didn't know you needed the language of a particular composer to listen to their works...

But of course the above isn't actually what this is about - it's about your resentment of Britain for historical reasons... so much so that you'll even bring it into a thread which isn't serious and which has nothing to do with history or politics.

I like a load of stuff to come from England - I just do. The fact it's from England isn't anything to do with it. It doesn't mean I'm cowing to the Brits or that I've an inferiority complex about being Irish or that I'm anti republican or unaware of Ireland's history. Fucking deal with it.

Christ, if a person said they liked loads of music, film, literature etc to come out of Germany, that would be that. But replace Germany with England, and even though it's the very same thing, it has to be jumped on...

Such hatred and bitterness - what a miserable way to live...

M5

gonnaplayrugby wrote: »

you'd think it be americans but i find them to be very uncool.

dont be silly!

Rebelheart

Dudess wrote: »

I really like the culture to come out of England - I like stuff to come out of other countries too, but the majority of what I'm into comes from England. I can't see where I said or even implied there's a dearth of culture from other countries.
As for the language thing, do YOU read Tolstoy in Russian? And I didn't know you needed the language of a particular composer to listen to their works...

But of course the above isn't actually what this is about - it's about your resentment of Britain for historical reasons... so much so that you'll even bring it into a thread which isn't serious and which has nothing to do with history or politics.

I like a load of stuff to come from England - I just do. The fact it's from England isn't anything to do with it. It doesn't mean I'm cowing to the Brits or that I've an inferiority complex about being Irish or that I'm anti republican or unaware of Ireland's history. Fucking deal with it.

Christ, if a person said they liked loads of music, film, literature etc to come out of Germany, that would be that. But replace Germany with England, and even though it's the very same thing, it has to be jumped on...

Of course you are perfectly entitled to like whatever you want. However, it is more than ironic that for a poster who is always lecturing the rest of us about being narrow-minded that your cultural and intellectual world revolves around a single country, England. The hypocrisy is galling.

It's a big world out there and it is myopic in the extreme to shut that out and focus on the cultural output of a single country as you've done. To take one example of many, you are clearly not into classical music because if you were your cultural world would out of necessity be a lot larger than England. Open your mind.

Nodin

minidazzler wrote: »

Assumption much?

Coolest Nationality, Jamaican, simply because saying "Beer Can" in a Jamaican accent sounds like "bacon". And my two favourite things are Beer and Bacon.

Its either Jamaican or German for me....