Which Country Should We Join?

shankespony

Given our politicians are useless and cost too much money, which country if given a choice should we join?

Nemeses

Could be not be our own country? Oh wait.. we already are..

Next please.

Hande hoche!

One with very healthy oil deposits, somewhere like Norway.

Fr_Dougal

Why are the results hidden?

Renegade Mechanic

If I say England, how killed will I get?

jam_mac_jam

France, can we have their weather too, not too hot, not too cold.

RikkFlair

We should start forming an alliance with Jamaica mon.

El Siglo

Germany. Since they pretty much paid for the country they should have it.

harry Bailey esq

north Korea of course,the krauts wouldn't be so quick to give us sh1te then

The Backwards Man

Far away grass looks green.

Mr.Prodston

Geographically speaking the UK would be closest and easiest to join up with. However there is a striking resemblance with the Basque region.

I wouldn't get your hopes up just yet as it'll take several million years before the plates will realign us with mainland Eurasia. So for now let's just enjoy being our own funny little island, eh?

not yet

Renegade Mechanic wrote: »

If I say England, how killed will I get?

Proper deaded.

For Forks Sake

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

Why are the results hidden?

The NSA have intercepted them. Run for your life....

CINCLANTFLT

"The results are hidden"?

Zebra3

El Siglo wrote: »

Germany. Since they pretty much paid for the country they should have it.

No, they haven't.

They lent the Irish state money to give for free to German banks.

Amazing how many people still don't understand this. :rolleyes:

Gran Hermano

CINCLANTFLT wrote: »

"The results are hidden"?

We're teaming up with the island from Lost.

Peregrine

None. We'll make this country great again

We'll start off with invading the Isle of Man, nothing gets people working more than an invasion.

Then we take Greenland, change the name to EmeraldGreenland and make it warmer somehow. We will base our weapons there.

At this stage we already own about 15% of the earth's land.

Then we launch a sneaky back door assault on Iceland + the Scandinavian countries and onwards to Russia. Voila! We own a third of the earth, then we'll just rob anything they make while we sit on our arses all day.


This might not work

kraggy

El Siglo wrote: »

Germany. Since they pretty much paid for the country they should have it.

You've got that the wrong way around. They're going to make a killing off us in the long run.

We didn't get a bail out. We got a huge fúcking loan that needs paying back.

wolfpawnat

shankespony wrote: »

Given our politicians are useless and cost too much money, which country if given a choice should we join?

Because no other country in the world has this problem, especially the ones on the poll :rolleyes:

lucylu

Grand Cayman :cool:

OneArt

Germany purely for standard of living... Unless of course they decide to put the entire population of Ireland to work underground turning the big wheels.

Definitely not the f*cking USA. Their health insurance companies are insane and medical bills are through the roof whether or not you have insurance. From what I've heard from Americans, the standard of living is atrocious.

lertsnim

El Siglo wrote: »

Germany. Since they pretty much paid for the country they should have it.

Oh really. So we don't have to pay any of it back? That's grand so

Celly Smunt

Norway.

harry Bailey esq

Nimrod 7 wrote: »

None. We'll make this country great again

We'll start off with invading the Isle of Man, nothing gets people working more than an invasion.

Then we take Greenland, change the name to EmeraldGreenland and make it warmer somehow. We will base our weapons there.

At this stage we already own about 15% of the earth's land.

Then we launch a sneaky back door assault on Iceland + the Scandinavian countries and onwards to Russia. Voila! We own a third of the earth, then we'll just rob anything they make while we sit on our arses all day.


This might not work

it might....

Karl Stein

Israel

caustic 1

Correct me if I am wrong, (ohh how quick that happens in AH), Iceland, did they not have a huge problem with their banks and turned the whole thing around again on their own.

Nemeses

caustic 1 wrote: »

Correct me if I am wrong, (ohh how quick that happens in AH), Iceland, did they not have a huge problem with their banks and turned the whole thing around again on their own.

Of the people, by the people, for the people.

Dostoevsky

Zebra3 wrote: »

No, they haven't.

They lent the Irish state money to give for free to German banks.

Amazing how many people still don't understand this. :rolleyes:

Both of these statements are true. Just as the British state loaned this state billions to bail out their financial institutions who had recklessly gambled in this economy. At the time, some particularly obtuse people on this website, with an inferiority complex to everything British, thought the British were helping us.

When the last syllable of all this debate is uttered, the Irish people as a collective have only themselves to blame. They will not organise and protest in their hundreds of thousands against what has happened/is happening. By such organisation, things will only change. They will change not because we are a large state - we patently are not - but because if such mass demonstrations succeed here, they would inspire other EU states to do similar. Call it the 'falling domino' theory. That peaceful mass demonstration is the only pathway I can see to the Irish people redeeming themselves and their pride as a people and making them an inspiration to other nations rather than the source of international contempt which they now are.

For Forks Sake

caustic 1 wrote: »

Correct me if I am wrong, (ohh how quick that happens in AH), Iceland, did they not have a huge problem with their banks and turned the whole thing around again on their own.

You're wrong, have a read of this http://studiotendra.com/2012/12/29/what-is-actually-going-on-in-iceland/

club goldgrain

For Forks Sake wrote: »

You're wrong, have a read of this http://studiotendra.com/2012/12/29/what-is-actually-going-on-in-iceland/

well that didn't take long (caust 1 stand corrected)

shankespony

Sorry folks meant to show results here they are so far!

Germany 14 25.45%
UK 11 20.00%
France 5 9.09%
Greece 4 7.27%
USA 11 20.00%
Other 10 18.18%

caustic 1

Jeez I am not reading all that, I'll take your word for it, I was wrong. Not often that happens.

club goldgrain

caustic 1 wrote: »

Jeez I am not reading all that, I'll take your word for it, I was wrong. Not often that happens.

you must be a woman so

R P McMurphy

OneArt wrote: »

Germany purely for standard of living... Unless of course they decide to put the entire population of Ireland to work underground turning the big wheels.

Definitely not the f*cking USA. Their health insurance companies are insane and medical bills are through the roof whether or not you have insurance. From what I've heard from Americans, the standard of living is atrocious.

The standard of living in the usa? I think they were taking the piss. The standard of living in the states is unreal. If someone is willing to work at all in that country they can have a terrific standard of living.

wolfpawnat

Cathal Cloch wrote: »

Israel

Where we can have an apartheid state, take peoples homes and land from them, treat them like dirt, kill them for no reason and call it self-defence and have the US as our buddies, sticking up for us if anyone says boo...... pass.

caustic 1

Of course Club Goldgrain

wolfpawnat

R P McMurphy wrote: »

The standard of living in the usa? I think they were taking the piss. The standard of living in the states is unreal. If someone is willing to work at all in that country they can have a terrific standard of living.

As long as they can afford their extortionate education costs to get into college first of course. There are many hard workers in that country that would put any CEO to shame with their work ethic, but because of social restraints they are not given the same rewards by society.

club goldgrain

caustic 1 wrote: »

Of course Club Goldgrain

ah ah..
i don't have much opinion on these things ,only yes the country is messed up, governments are useless, but it's ours let just stay and not join anyone.

PizzamanIRL

'The results are hidden'

OP, you would be great in the Irish government.

General General

USA! USA! USA! NASA! Chance of becoming an astronaut.. chance of possibly being President one day... possibility of free movement to Guam.

MonkieSocks

Vietnam (Nobody’s ever beaten them: Colin Farrell)

Actually anywhere except Canada :mad:

I'd be interested to read the reasoning for people selecting the US.

shankespony

Sorry PizzamanIRL i agree with you, id make a great irish politician ask you all what you want then do nothing, but i will post results periodically if thats ok . Looks like its lederhosen and shalaylees!!!

Germany 18 25.00%
UK 12 16.67%
France 6 8.33%
Greece 4 5.56%
USA 14 19.44%
Other 18 25.00%

Freddy Smelly

Mr.Prodston wrote: »

Geographically speaking the UK would be closest and easiest to join up with. However there is a striking resemblance with the Basque region.

I wouldn't get your hopes up just yet as it'll take several million years before the plates will realign us with mainland Eurasia. So for now let's just enjoy being our own funny little island, eh?

we will be part of greenland long before we head south

ireland originated in the southern hemisphere before moving north over billions of years

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Ireland

camel jockey

No option for North Korea?

camel jockey

Deleted User wrote: »

I'd be interested to read the reasoning for people selecting the US.

Why exactly?

OneArt

R P McMurphy wrote: »

The standard of living in the usa? I think they were taking the piss. The standard of living in the states is unreal. If someone is willing to work at all in that country they can have a terrific standard of living.

I haven't lived in the USA so I can't say for certain. I'm going by what several Americans have told me. I know two who moved to Germany for health reasons. One had MS and no insurance company would take her. The other would've ended up bankrupt due to the mass of health issues that she has.

It would also vary from state to state I'd imagine. It's cheap to build a house out in the middle of Idaho or Indiana. New York City seems fun, but considering the sky-high rents, ordinary people have a hard time getting by despite the hours they are working. Also consider the fact that most Americans drive and therefore have to pay for gas, insurance, extra medical bills etc... I don't see the point in working 70 hours a week as a single person if you are just doing it to stay afloat.

Don't get me wrong, I'd love to visit the place and I am planning on going for a month next year. My main gripe with the US has always been the disgusting way health insurance companies treat their customers.

Karl Stein

wolfpawnat wrote: »

Where we can have an apartheid state, take peoples homes and land from them, treat them like dirt, kill them for no reason and call it self-defence and have the US as our buddies, sticking up for us if anyone says boo...... pass.

Don't be so anti semitic. Stop hurting Jews.

camel jockey

USA, but if they won't have us then the UK. Otherwise stay as is.

camel jockey

camel jockey wrote: »

Why exactly?

People complain about politicians here, but would be happy enough to join the US circus?


Bewildering.

WanabeOlympian

One of the scandinavian countries, because of the viking settlement thing we had going on in Ireland a while back ;-)