Do you believe in Croatia?

Daegerty · 22-06-2011 09:15PM #1

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 · 22-06-2011 09:17PM

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 · 22-06-2011 09:18PM

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

RichieC · 22-06-2011 09:18PM

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

policarp · 22-06-2011 09:20PM

Are you Martial Tito?

flutterflye · 22-06-2011 09:22PM

I was there - beautiful place.

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

PK2008 · 22-06-2011 09:22PM

Magical Croatia:

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

rossie1977 · 22-06-2011 09:25PM

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 · 22-06-2011 09:29PM

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

Daegerty · 22-06-2011 09:30PM

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

Not even barriers at this one I think

For Forks Sake · 22-06-2011 09:31PM

Cool_CM wrote: »

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

We were invited. Cake was served.

cml387 · 22-06-2011 09:32PM

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 · 22-06-2011 09:33PM

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

Mark200 · 22-06-2011 09:36PM

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

SparkyTech · 22-06-2011 09:49PM

Is Croatia, lioke, a deity now?

number10a · 22-06-2011 09:54PM

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 · 22-06-2011 09:54PM

blame croatia
blame croatia

its not even a real country anyway

Pherekydes · 22-06-2011 10:06PM

mmmm Prosek. Motovun, unbelievable. Nyom nyom Palacinkes.

Beautiful place.

Mickeroo · 23-06-2011 12:43AM

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

Daegerty · 23-06-2011 01:26AM

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 · 23-06-2011 01:29AM

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 · 23-06-2011 01:30AM

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 · 23-06-2011 01:33AM

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

ejmaztec · 23-06-2011 01:34AM

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 · 23-06-2011 01:38AM

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 · 23-06-2011 01:39AM

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 · 23-06-2011 01:39AM

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 · 23-06-2011 01:41AM

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

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

Daegerty · 23-06-2011 01:41AM

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 · 23-06-2011 01:41AM

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 · 23-06-2011 01:45AM

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

Do you believe in Croatia?

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