Do you believe in Croatia?

Daegerty

I don't. The only time you ever hear about the place is when that Eurotripe song contest comes on. So I simply refuse to acknowledge that it exists and serves merely as a filler contestant made up of supposedly talented singers from randomly selected countries that didn't quite make it to the final in their own country.

I know there is a blob of land slightly to the right of Italy but that belongs to Russia, Greece or one of those troublesome countries over there that draws a new border every day. Even if Croatia was real today it could be gone tomorrow, like Yugoslavia.

arybvtcw0eolkf

I believe ('cause I seen it with my own three eyes, if you count the Jap) that its got some amazingly beautiful women!.

Cool_CM

In the early 90's in Balkans, erm.. nothing happened...

RichieC

Of course not, nor do I believe in the easterbunny, god and Slash.

policarp

Are you Martial Tito?

flutterflye

I was there - beautiful place.

People were a bit standoffish until they realised we weren't English though.

PK2008

Magical Croatia:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGAU7Ap4rrs

rossie1977

stunning country, lucky to have visited there

funny thing about the airport in zadar, one of the roads into town crosses the airport runway so when a plane is taxiing in they have to bring down the barriers ala a railway crossing

edit that road has now closed since my visit http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Zadar_Airport_Road_Crossing.jpg

abouttobebanned

I'll be honest. I chuckled at the thread title. Kudos to you the OP.

Daegerty

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3135/2634349649_796b7d5fda.jpg

Not even barriers at this one I think

For Forks Sake

Cool_CM wrote: »

In the early 90's in Balkans, erm.. nothing happened...

We were invited. Cake was served.

cml387

Daegerty wrote: »

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3135/2634349649_796b7d5fda.jpg

Not even barriers at this one I think

AHHHH.The threads are crossing!

rossie1977

plitvice lakes national park in northern croatia http://beautifulplacestovisit.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Plitvice-Lake-Croatia.jpg

Mark200

I've been there so I'm 90% confident that it's real.

SparkyTech

Is Croatia, lioke, a deity now?

number10a

rossie1977 wrote: »

plitvice lakes national park in northern croatia http://beautifulplacestovisit.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Plitvice-Lake-Croatia.jpg

I was there and probably have never been anywhere so amazing in all my life!

As a side, I would have understood a "Do you believe in Liechtenstein/Moldova/San Marino/[insert other obscure country]?". But Croatia???

airyChinesekid

blame croatia
blame croatia

its not even a real country anyway

Pherekydes

mmmm Prosek. Motovun, unbelievable. Nyom nyom Palacinkes.

Beautiful place.

Mickeroo

Didn't Richard Dawkins write a whole book about how silly people who believe in Croatia are?

Daegerty

Mickeroo wrote: »

Didn't Richard Dawkins write a whole book about how silly people who believe in Croatia are?

Yes indeed I must go off on a tangent about how the place doesn't exist and how anyone who suggests it does is an inferior human being whenever Croatia is mentioned.

As well as weekly AH threads to remind everyone.

Then I'm off to troll the travel forum and tear into anyone who claims to be going there, tell them they're deluded and to go to a shrink before buying a ticket. But it wouldn't really be trolling, just annoying the sh1t out of everyone while meticulously sticking to the forum rules and laying off for a few weeks if the mods start to get on my case

Daegerty

Pherekydes wrote: »

mmmm Prosek. Motovun, unbelievable. Nyom nyom Palacinkes.

They're so great because they're figments of your imagination. Your mind made them up in an effort of self preservation. To make you think you have something to live for basically

ejmaztec

There's probably some sad individual in Croatia telling everyone that Ireland doesn't exist, and I'd be inclined to agree with him.

WoollyRedHat

We just played them in an U21 World cup match, jesus, how did you not know this O.P

ejmaztec

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

We just played them in an U21 World cup match, jesus, how did you not know this O.P

Did we win by default when they didn't show up?

WoollyRedHat

ejmaztec wrote: »

Did we win by default when they didn't show up?

Reliable sources have told me that such a match as stated above never took place....

So yeah, Croatia's not a real country yea...

Kojak

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

We just played them in an U21 World cup match, jesus, how did you not know this O.P

But if the country doesn't exist, how the hell were Ireland playing them.

maybe they got mixed up between Croatia (fictional place) and Canada (real place, just about)

Daegerty

ejmaztec wrote: »

There's probably some sad individual in Croatia telling everyone that Ireland doesn't exist, and I'd be inclined to agree with him.

I always wonder about this, what is the perception of Ireland to outsiders in Europe who havn't been here. What was it like for them 20 years ago before we were in the news for all the wrong reasons? were they curios about the place, negative or just never thought about.

Capt'n Midnight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCCdqKkBODU

Hmmm, the song is in English , they could at least have tried putting on an accent

Daegerty

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

We just played them in an U21 World cup match, jesus, how did you not know this O.P

Croatia = virtual team for reasonably talented players whose home country wouldn't take them or if they were after pulling a Roy Keane they could go away and play for Croatia

Mickeroo

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

We just played them in an U21 World cup match, jesus, how did you not know this O.P

The U21 World Cup doesn't exist.

Disleksic

Of course Croatia is real. Jim Corr has a holiday home there. Or has he?

Kojak

While we have started not believing in countries anymore, may I say that I don't believe in France or Germany and their IMF/EU crap.....

Capt'n Midnight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSxAdMHLYQw

Now Serbia are doing it right,

True the song could have come from the 1960s' but it does sound like a foreign language and slavic at that.

Rumour has it that a while back the tourist board there had a catchy marketing plan so that everyone would remember the existance of Serbia. Aparantly it went very well and 1914 was a bumper year for visitors.

Mickeroo

Disleksic wrote: »

Of course Croatia is real. Jim Corr has a holiday home there. Or has he?

Jim Corr was abducted and probed by Croatians from Space. Allegedly.

Capt'n Midnight

It's as real as North Dakota or Roscommon.


Oh wait, I see what you mean :eek:

chucken1

Daegerty wrote: »

I don't. The only time you ever hear about the place is when that Eurotripe song contest comes on. So I simply refuse to acknowledge that it exists and serves merely as a filler contestant made up of supposedly talented singers from randomly selected countries that didn't quite make it to the final in their own country.

I know there is a blob of land slightly to the right of Italy but that belongs to Russia, Greece or one of those troublesome countries over there that draws a new border every day. Even if Croatia was real today it could be gone tomorrow, like Yugoslavia.

Dont get out much? Do you?

General General

Disleksic wrote: »

Of course Croatia is real. Jim Corr has a holiday home there. Or has he?

Mickeroo wrote: »

Jim Corr was abducted and probed by Croatians from Space. Allegedly.

You believe in Jim Corr????????????

Daegerty

chucken1 wrote: »

Dont get out much? Do you?

I have to go to places that don't exist before I'm considered to 'get out much' now? Feck it in my day when someone went to London you'd expect to never see em again only a letter at Christmas they'd send to the mammy

chucken1

Daegerty wrote: »

I have to go to places that don't exist before I'm considered to 'get out much' now? Feck it in my day when someone went to London you'd expect to never see em again only a letter at Christmas they'd send to the mammy

Hmmmm..in your day eh?

Well in my day...A 'Corr' was the middle of an apple (robbed obviously)

Locker10a

Ahh ya Croatia is real alrite ! Was there! But Azerbjian is deffo not!!

evercloserunion

I first heard about Croatia when they came outta nowhere to grab third place in the 1998 World Cup. Davor Suker was the top scorer of the tournament IIRC, what a legend. Since then I've always been kinda interested in Croatia, though I've never been. In general I am supportive of Croatian accession to the EU, but recently I had second thoughts about that when a load of them protested against the EU because we tried to bring one of their genocidal nutjob war criminals to justice. Cheek of us like. Still, it's a really fascinating country and I will definitely go there one day.

Wait, did I just answer this thread seriously?

deathrider

It's one of those fairy tale places, like the one where Peter Pan lives. What's it called again?... Ah,yes- The Netherlands.

Pdfile

being the one of the few paddys to be their... its ok... but like all eastern countrys.... their all just depressing unless your drunk ( european style dinners with 4-6 beers ftw )


worth a visit lads, namely if your single :cool:

mcmoustache

It's still a bit run by organised crime. Which is fine until you end up assaulted by a gang, report it to the police, see the perps laughing with the cops and then be told that they found nothing and can't help.

It's a bit like bulgaria (DEN, DEN, DEN, DEN...) except beside Italy.

AgileMyth

evercloserunion wrote: »

I first heard about Croatia when they came outta nowhere to grab third place in the 1998 World Cup. Davor Suker was the top scorer of the tournament IIRC, what a legend.

Were you actually at the tournament? I've been reliably informed that the whole thing was a sham, Suker was actually a fictional character, played by Jason Segel.
http://footballteamplayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/suker1.jpg

mcmoustache

I can't believe that people still believe in Croatia after all these years. FFS people, it's just made up. There's no such thing. You're not going to heaven and you'll never get to Croatia.

IT'S ALL MADE UP.

Elmidena

Isn't Croatia another word for unicorn?

Daegerty

Sunshine! wrote: »

Isn't Croatia another word for unicorn?

Croatia means unicorn in Croatian (a language that doens't exist)

AeoNGriM

policarp wrote: »

Are you Martial Tito?

/facepalm

pickarooney

They invented the necktie. It might as well not exist for all the use it is.

Alter-Ego

rossie1977 wrote: »

plitvice lakes national park in northern croatia http://beautifulplacestovisit.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Plitvice-Lake-Croatia.jpg

That place looks like and absolute fcuking kip! Where's the McDonalds?