What's the Coolest Nationality?

Crann na Beatha · 07-03-2010 08:06PM

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IrishManSaipan · 07-03-2010 08:07PM

patneve2 wrote: »

-Stupid tv programs

Fawlty Towers, Royal Family, Early Doors, Only Fools & Horses...................

Big Nasty · 07-03-2010 08:10PM

Have to second the Dutch here:

Hard working, liberal, enjoy a pint and a bit of craic, relaxed attitudes to sex n' drugs, take no **** from immigrants (i.e. you want to live with us live like us).

My type of people!

Jesus Wept · 07-03-2010 08:11PM

Flowery Twats is one of the best tv programs ever.

dolliemix · 07-03-2010 08:14PM

Iolar wrote: »

русский :cool:

Oh Man!!! I've died and......:D

Millicent · 07-03-2010 08:25PM

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 ....

Music- Elgar, Purcell, Britten, Byrd, Lennon, Mc Carthy, Davies (Ray), Jagger, Richards, Pink Floyd, Mark Knopfler, Led Zeppelin, Queen.
Literature- Orwell, Bronte, Chaucer, Dickenson, Shakespeare, Golding, Smith, Ballard, etc.

Designers- Mc Cartney, Westwood, Mc Queen, Smith, Temperley, Williamson

Just because one is impressed by such great contributions of a nationality doesn't make that person some raging Anglophile.

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.

Note the "of"- it's important. No one said "all the cool stuff" came from there.

filthymcnasty · 07-03-2010 08:52PM

is contribution to the arts the only criteria for 'coolness'? not saying it shouldn't be but there should be more.

anyways i suggest the argentines:
they eat a lot of steak.
they drink a lot of wine.
they are laid back and have a healthy disrespect for work.
the current president is something of a milf.
maradona.
che guevara.
messi.
borges.
their flag has a cool-looking inca sun in the middle of it.

and just to stir sh!t: for having the balls to take on a much more formidable foe over islands they felt were rightfully theirs.

Agricola · 07-03-2010 08:56PM

filthymcnasty wrote: »

is contribution to the arts the only criteria for 'coolness'? not saying it shouldn't be but there should be more.

anyways i suggest the argentines:
they eat a lot of steak.
they drink a lot of wine.
they are laid back and have a healthy disrespect for work.
the current president is something of a milf.
maradona.
che guevara.
messi.
borges.
their flag has a cool-looking inca sun in the middle of it.

and just to stir sh!t: for having the balls to take on a much more formidable foe over islands they felt were rightfully theirs.

Yep. Their economy is also in a perpetual state of semi-failure. Too cool for skool imo!

SugarHigh · 07-03-2010 08:56PM

Rebelheart wrote: »

your cultural and intellectual world revolves around a single country, England. The hypocrisy is galling.

Do you not understand the thread?
"What's the Coolest Nationality?"
Answering the question doesn't mean your limited to that country it just means you prefer it.

SugarHigh · 07-03-2010 09:00PM

The-Rigger wrote: »

Didn't they tell them "We won't pay you the money that we owe you".
Nothing ballsy about that, welshing cúnts imo.

Iceland are going to be paying back that. They just refused the first deal and they already had a better offer from the Dutch before the referendum(which was based on the first deal)

Why would they ever say yes to an old deal when a better one was on the table ?

The referendum was pointless.

fizzynicenice · 07-03-2010 09:02PM

De Nederlandse FTW

El Siglo · 07-03-2010 09:09PM

patneve2 wrote: »

English culture??
-S*it food
-S*it clothes
-Can I have a battered mars bar please?
-C'mon lets go to the pub
-Stupid tv programs
-Few customs compared to countries such as Italy and France who make an effort to preserve their culture

Basically the same as Ireland.

I'm going to Italy.

This is Scottish, not English.;)

Coolest nationality?
The Dutch.
/thread.

df1985 · 07-03-2010 09:09PM

cubans-

cigars
mojitos
caprinhas
havana rum

or maybe im just a smoking alcoholic........

El Siglo · 07-03-2010 09:13PM

df1985 wrote: »

cubans-

cigars
mojitos
caprinhas
havana rum

or maybe im just a smoking alcoholic........

Don't forget communism, banana boats, and the finest automobiles.

dr gonzo · 07-03-2010 09:25PM

df1985 wrote: »

cubans-

cigars
mojitos
caprinhas
havana rum

or maybe im just a smoking alcoholic........

Caipirinha's are Brazilian but yeh i concur with your choice, Kooba for the win.

bonerm · 07-03-2010 09:29PM

Russians. They don't start wars, they just finish them!

dr gonzo · 07-03-2010 09:33PM

bonerm wrote: »

Russians. They don't start wars, they just finish them!

Any Afghan boards members might have something to say about that.

molloyjazz · 07-03-2010 09:38PM

Nigerians

SugarHigh · 07-03-2010 09:41PM

dr gonzo wrote: »

Any Afghan boards members might have something to say about that.

ALALALALALA!!!!

Agricola · 07-03-2010 09:50PM

molloyjazz wrote: »

Nigerians

Theres something not quite right about that pic!

HalloweenJack · 07-03-2010 09:52PM

gonnaplayrugby wrote: »

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

People that get so offended by the c-word aren't cool.

I'm going for Italians or Finns.

poisonated · 07-03-2010 10:38PM

either the Irish or the Americans.I think France is a cool country(nice weather,good food/wine,nice architecture,sexy women).The one thing that I don't like about France is that the people there are unbelievabley sleazy.Even the police there are complete sleezes.

ItsAWindUp · 07-03-2010 11:21PM

Italians hands down. Dutch, Jamaicans, Cubans are the runners up.

Hokuto · 08-03-2010 12:06AM

The Japanese

RonMexico · 08-03-2010 12:50AM

Them fellas...whatcha call em again... the Camaroonararians.

Son Of A Vidic · 08-03-2010 12:53AM

twinytwo wrote: »

Ever hear of natural born pussies?

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

The Scots sing 'Flower of Scotland' with gusto and yet still cling to the skirt of their English masters. If that's not 'Pussy' like what is?

Son Of A Vidic · 08-03-2010 12:55AM

IrishManSaipan wrote: »

Mad for the ould fascism as well.:pac:

And a country that has NAMA 'imposed' on it, is a democracy?

Dudess · 08-03-2010 12:59AM

It's still a million miles from a fascist dictatorship though - for starters we're free to bitch about it all we want here...

The Pontiac · 08-03-2010 01:03AM

medicman2009 wrote: »

And a country that has NAMA 'imposed' on it, is a democracy?

Democratic in the sense we elected the politicians to make these decisions on our behalf, so yes. We can't go to the ballot box for everything, even something as major as NAMA. It's just too complicated for the general public anyway, hence why our elected politicians make these decisions for us.

Soil Mechanic · 08-03-2010 02:39AM

Correct Answer:
IRISH.

....nuff said.;):D

What's the Coolest Nationality?

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