How Good is Your Geographic? [4]

[pino]

How about a new question ? ;)

[Tazio]

How about a new question ? ;)

The answer is Parallel Universe! Your Q Pino ;)

[pino]

I was the one who started this thread 10 years ago :eek: can't find any more questions sorry ;)

[Tazio]

OK then I'll pass to my precious little cupcake....... gadjo_dilo :s mokin:

[gadjo_dilo]

OK then I'll pass to my precious little cupcake....... gadjo_dilo :s mokin:

Stop playing this disgusting knight Galahad game to me....
Anyway, due to my work ethics I reject any unfair advantages.

And before calling "cupcake" a woman you've never seen, read the first chapter of the novel "La tía Julia y el escribidor". :laugh:

[Tazio]

Stop playing this disgusting knight Galahad game to me....
Anyway, due to my work ethics I reject any unfair advantages.

And before calling "cupcake" a woman you've never seen, read the first chapter of the novel "La tía Julia y el escribidor". :laugh:

I don't care much for soap operas. However I will suggest to you that read an American Masterpiece:
"Rappaccini's Daughter" (Hawthorne) (http://www.shsu.edu/~eng_wpf/authors/Hawthorne/Rappaccini.htm)
and maybe get a sense of humor ;)
I'll pass to janvanvurpa

[gadjo_dilo]

I don't care much for soap operas. However I will suggest to you that read an American Masterpiece:
"Rappaccini's Daughter" (Hawthorne) (http://www.shsu.edu/~eng_wpf/authors/Hawthorne/Rappaccini.htm)
and maybe get a sense of humor ;)


Thanks . Just printed the text and I'll try to read it tomorrow as the electricity will be cut between 8-15. Hope it worth it. No offence but I'm not a fan of any form of american art. Anyway I'll give it a try. I'm probably stupid but not stupid enough to reject a book from the start.
As for the sense of humour, I'm sorry but my style is still "Aunt Julia..." and M.V. Llosa is one of my fav authors. De gustibus.....

[schmenke]

...
I'll pass to janvanvurpa

No thanks.
Allow me to jump in with a quickie...


Does anybody here like mangos? :)
I love fresh mangos although they’re not easy to find in my neck of the woods :(

Although the largest cultivator of mangos, at close to 14 million tons annually ( :eek: ), India accounts for only about 5% of the world's exports of the tasty fruit, ranking it 5th in the share of global exports.

What are the other top 4 countries?

[Tazio]

Thanks . Just printed the text and I'll try to read it tomorrow as the electricity will be cut between 8-15. Hope it worth it. No offence but I'm not a fan of any form of american art. Anyway I'll give it a try. I'm probably stupid but not stupid enough to reject a book from the start.
As for the sense of humour, I'm sorry but my style is still "Aunt Julia..." and M.V. Llosa is one of my fav authors. De gustibus.....I also meant no offence. Women in the US are emancipated to the point that they (the ones I associate with) would consider that a back-handed compliment. I should know that other cultures would see it as an insult. Nothing wrong with Llosa, in fact it shows that you have good taste.
:s ailor: Peace

[Tazio]

I know that Mexicans introduced into the US a particular tasty version (dried with cayene pepper). Is Mexico one of the top 4?

[schmenke]

Yep. Mexico is the top exporter.
Three more to go.

[Tazio]

Brazil?

[schmenke]

Keep 'em coming Doc. Two more :)

[Tazio]

Thanks . Just printed the text and I'll try to read it tomorrow as the electricity will be cut between 8-15. Hope it worth it. I think you will Hawthorne IMO is the greatest American Author. BTW I saw the opera performed by The Mexico City Opera Company. Schmenke the rest will be my usual wild guesses. Let’s try the Philippines, and the USA

[janvanvurpa]

I don't care much for soap operas. However I will suggest to you that read an American Masterpiece:
"Rappaccini's Daughter" (Hawthorne) (http://www.shsu.edu/%7Eeng_wpf/authors/Hawthorne/Rappaccini.htm)
and maybe get a sense of humor ;)
I'll pass to janvanvurpa

Me? What did I do now?

last I knew I had pissed off several people with a motorsport related geographic question..

Heaven forfend i should pose another.

[Tazio]

last I knew I had pissed off several people
Why do you think I passed it to you? :s pinhead: :dozey: :s mokin:

[schmenke]

Mexico
Philippines
Mystery Country
Brazil
India

[Tazio]

Wow a little surprised with Philippines, I know that they, Hawaii, and Florida Grow a lot of Papaya, and those two (Mango) kind of go hand in hand. Of course we are probably the biggest consumers of Mexican Mangos, (they pronounce them Mawngos) so the US is kind of silly answer (where do we rank?) How about Peru for the Grand Salami?

[edv]

Indonesia?

[schmenke]

Nope, not Indonesia.


Doc, the USA, according to my source, does not even rank in the top 10. Peru is 7th.

[Tazio]

How about Honduras?

[Tazio]

Ok then Argentina?

[Storm]

Does anybody here like mangos? :)
I love fresh mangos although they’re not easy to find in my neck of the woods :(

Visit us in mid to late April. Best time and best quality alphonso mangoes are waiting for you!



Although the largest cultivator of mangos, at close to 14 million tons annually ( :eek: ), India accounts for only about 5% of the world's exports of the tasty fruit, ranking it 5th in the share of global exports.


Yeah, well we need our damn mangoes!
already they are too pricey thanks to exports to the Gulf, we don't want any more exports to you gringos :hmph: :p :

as to the question, I knew only about Mexico. (and those don't have anything on real alphonso from the Konkan coast - about 200 miles from where I live)

[gadjo_dilo]

I think you will Hawthorne IMO is the greatest American Author. BTW I saw the opera performed by The Mexico City Opera Company.

Is he?!!!!?!?
Wasn't sure yesterday but when I got home just checked my personal library. And found out I've read in the past another of his short stories: Dr. Heidegger's experiment. The kind of lecture I liked in my twenties. Anyway, lots of doctors in his work......


I also meant no offence. Women in the US are emancipated to the point that they (the ones I associate with) would consider that a back-handed compliment. I should know that other cultures would see it as an insult.

Well, fair to say I'm not the kind who's "too led to the church" but at least you should have noticed the " :laugh: " at the end of my post.
Otherwise you should read that passage about Josephina Sanchez's real look.

Back to the mangos.....
Don't think I ever tasted one but I remember some mango juice ( or was it compote? )tins that "decorated" our communist shops. I think the tins were chinese and since China is near India....

[schmenke]

Nope, although like India as Storm points out, the exports from the Mystery Country are largely to the gulf nations.

[gadjo_dilo]

If China is not, then ....Thailand?

[Tazio]

Is he?!!!!?!?
Wasn't sure yesterday but when I got home just checked my personal library. And found out I've read in the past another of his short stories: Dr. Heidegger's experiment. The kind of lecture I liked in my twenties. Anyway, lots of doctors in his work......


Well, fair to say I'm not the kind who's "too led to the church" but at least you should have noticed the " :laugh: " at the end of my post.
Otherwise you should read that passage about Josephina Sanchez's real look.

Back to the mangos.....
Don't think I ever tasted one but I remember some mango juice ( or was it compote? )tins that "decorated" our communist shops. I think the tins were chinese and since China is near India....

More to the point science, like in "The Birthmark" Science was a very romantic notion in the mid 19th century, that is if you understand the meaning of "romantic", (Poe played around with it quite a bit as well see; The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar/Edgar Allan Poe (http://www.sff.net/people/doylemacdonald/l_valdem.htm)) but the vast majority of his work did not. "The Haunted Mind", "The Ambitious Guest", "The Hollow of the Three Hills", The House of the Seven Gables, The Blithedale Romance, nor his most highly acclaimed novel "The Scarlet Letter" has as prominent to the story doctors, or science. Much of his work was affected by the fact that his great great great grandfather was a judge at the Salem witch trials. He is remembered for ordering the whipping of Ann Coleman, Both in "Main Street" and in "The Custom House" Hawthorne refers to this ancestor as a persecutor of Quakers, and he is referred to indirectly in "Young Goodman Brown." and this abomination is a prominent theme in "The House of the Seven Gables". Not that I am an authority, but I did major in English Lit, with my area of specialization being "The American Romantics" Among other things Hawthorne is revered for his unmatched use of allegory in his narratives
Did you read the story you printed? I'd prefer to wait until you have before we discuss him any further.
Also I stated IMO when referring to him as the greatest American Author. I'm sure many if not most scholars do not :bulb:

Let’s try Viet Nam for the Salami, and all expense paid fly-in Muskie fishing trip in Northeastern Ontario

[schmenke]

Nope.

See posts no.s 1056 & 1058 for a hint.

[Tazio]

Afghanistan? :dozey:

[Tazio]

How about D.R. Congo?

[schmenke]

Afghanistan? :dozey:

Close!

[Tazio]

Pakistan?

[Tazio]

Iran :confused:

[schmenke]

Pakistan?

:up:

[Tazio]

Do I still get the Muskie fishing trip? :mark:

I thought my Q about Parallel Universe was a good one but C'est la vie!

I have one that ought to be fun, and a good vehicle for making broad generalizations about America and Americans, while simultaneously ripping us a new arsehole :laugh:
The Mars Chocolate Company of North America, specifically COMBOS® snacks has come out with its annual list of the 50 manliest cities in the U.S.
# 5 is Birmingham Alabama. Give me the rest of the top 5.
As a bonus what are San Diego, and San Francisco ranked.

http://i.somethingawful.com/u/dannymanic/combos.jpg

[janvanvurpa]

Do I still get the Muskie fishing trip? :mark:

I thought my Q about Parallel Universe was a good one but C'est la vie!

I have one that ought to be fun, and a good vehicle for making broad generalizations about America and Americans, while simultaneously ripping us a new arsehole :laugh:
The Mars Chocolate Company of North America, specifically COMBOS® snacks has come out with its annual list of the 50 manliest cities in the U.S.
# 5 is Birmingham Alabama. Give me the rest of the top 5.
As a bonus what are San Diego, and San Francisco ranked.

http://i.somethingawful.com/u/dannymanic/combos.jpg

Caro Dottore,
very funny, really. No! this isn't a complaint , more a puzzled 'observation'.
This question, like many here, is really in no way "geographic".
And the only way a person could answer this is if they had stumbled onto the same really rather hilarious 'study'.
It's really a 'study' of 'various consumer habits' in its own words.
the last was not "geographic" but agricultural and its often that way...

Now I'm all for situation and pondering the geographic distribution of soocial and political and cultural phenomenon, but as i say, nobody could know this even if they were genius of geography like you are a genius of the medical field, caro dottore.

Just an observation, you guys can all pretend that you don't research the answers, and we can have a good laugh at the criteria of the study that this company paid for...

[Tazio]

Does this mean I'm off your Christmas list? :confused:

[janvanvurpa]

Does this mean I'm off your Christmas list? :confused:

Oh not at all, the "study" which was the basis was hilarious and as I said a worthy subject of discussion...

(as a curious side note, I use that very phrase ^, or "Christmas Card list" when referring to people who are say raging 2%!&*+ holes "You're ratcheting slowly down the Christmas card list...tsk tsk" Them "Wha? WHA? No way Grrrr Obama grrr grr freedom grrrrr fagotte!

Tsk tsk"

[Tazio]

Oh not at all, the "study" which was the basis was hilarious and as I said a worthy subject of discussion...

(as a curious side note, I use that very phrase ^, or "Christmas Card list" when referring to people who are say raging 2%!&*+ holes "You're ratcheting slowly down the Christmas card list...tsk tsk" Them "Wha? WHA? No way Grrrr Obama grrr grr freedom grrrrr fagotte!

Tsk tsk"
Your previous point is well taken, and I expect Pino to come along to ask for a new one. That is how I ended up here.

You can take some satisfaction to know that Seattle is holding fast at #41 ;)
I do find it a little amusing that the city associated with Navy SEAL training, Marine Corp. Air Station Miramar, Camp Pendleton Marine Base. The birthplace of (along wit L.A.) U.S. dirt bike racing, and it's champions including Supercross (Not to take anything away from the UK, Sweeden, Spain, France, Italy, Husky, Penton, Montessa, Cagiva,or Bultaco), and the home of the king of NASCAR, Jimmy Johnson, is ranked 50th, and Oakland a hotbed of Hell’s Angels and a city that Chuck Norris wouldn’t walk the streets alone is #47.
;)

[Tazio]

One other thing, you have me at a disadvantage as I don't speak Italian. :uhoh:

[janvanvurpa]

Your previous point is well taken, and I expect Pino to come along to ask for a new one. That is how I ended up here.

You can take some satisfaction to know that Seattle is holding fast at #41 ;)
I do find it a little amusing that the city associated with Navy SEAL training, Marine Corp. Air Station Miramar, Camp Pendleton Marine Base. The birthplace of modern Motocross racing (Not to take anything away from Husky, Penton, Montessa, or Bultaco), and the home of the king of NASCAR, Jimmy Johnson, is ranked 50th, and Oakland a hotbed of Hell’s Angels and a city that Chuck Norris wouldn’t walk the streets alone is #47.
;)


Eeer um, er er UM, ERRR EEER UM.......

Birthplace of modern moto-cross? Mille perdone dottore are you alluding to "the Stupor Bowl of Moto-Cross" in ---bearing in mind this is GEOGRAPHIA---LA Colesium way back in 1972 are you?
Not this race:
http://image.motorcyclistonline.com/f/features/17908341++w760+ar1/122_0903_14_z+the_first_supercross+marty_tripes_th orlief_hansen.jpg

Shirley you cannot be serious.


EDIT, Dottore Rappaccini you dunna spica Italian!!!! Que?

Well I don't either, I just read it and fake it from French par example: doctor=doctuer=dottore
its kina like 'bad" Spanish/French mix and you should always have dark glasses and a cigarette with this much ash, and put brain in 'movie tough guy' mode, like you're too cool to bother saying troublesome letters in the middle of words like obtain=obtenir (Fr)= ottenere

[schmenke]

Well this once was an enjoyable thread :s

[Tazio]

As usual San Diego is overshadowed by L.A. especially when it comes to dirt bike racing. I'm sure you have seen this one. Just out of curiosity do you know how many champions came from S.D. County in the late 70's, and 80's? I'll bet more than any other county in the U.S. with the possible exception of San Bernardino. and maybe L.A.
A truly historic venue in S.D. County


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhKl6-9n7lA

[Tazio]

At any rate John these guys were not my heroes, Baseball was my game. However I did have a couple dirt bikes growing up. Between 1968 and 1970 I had a Yamaha 100 and a Kawasaki 120 Roadrunner. You are a pro and a bit of an Aficionado, perhaps you can help with a question or even better an image. We used to ride our bikes from where I lived near Montgomery Air Field though Murphy Canyon, and Camp Elliot, the latter being a bombing range, still littered with unexploded ordinance up to a massive complex of trails and hills near Cowles Mountain. There was one hill the steeper hard surface side called "The wall' which I could make on my 120cc, and the other side "Powder Hill" very loose, twice as long but only as steep at the top 20 ft or so. The only bikes I remember seeing make the top were Bultaco, Montessa, and Husky, and that was about 1 out of 20 tries, depending on how good the rider was.
I know your experience was in Europe, but if you have any archival info about that place please send it to me. It was in the community of San Carlos, City of S.D. CA. I’m also going to try to dig some up. :up:

[Tazio]

Ok here is a proper Geography question :bulb:
What are we looking at on this map?



http://a2.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/61/9d17861729db410f8c8fb0b394fe75b1/l.png

The image is small sorry about that The legend says:
green 100
yellow 10
red 1

[janvanvurpa]

Ok here is a proper Geography question :bulb:
What are we looking at on this map?



http://a2.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/61/9d17861729db410f8c8fb0b394fe75b1/l.png

The image is small sorry about that The legend says:
green 100
yellow 10
red 1

Reported cases of bird-flu?

[gadjo_dilo]

..... that is if you understand the meaning of "romantic", ......

Merciful heaven! Another confirmation I behave like a retard.....
(

Did you read the story you printed? I'd prefer to wait until you have before we discuss him any further.
Also I stated IMO when referring to him as the greatest American Author. I'm sure many if not most scholars do not :bulb:



Only the first 4 pages ( from 24 ). I hadn't time and it's also difficult to read in a language which is not my mother's. Not to mention that I exceeded the age when I could enjoy romantic stories. However I have a strange feeling that I know the story - maybe I read it before.

[Storm]

What could be common between Delhi, Madrid and NY? :erm:

[pino]

Guys this thread is about Geographic, so can we please stick to that and discuss other topics via pm or by starting others threads...

Thanks :)

Ps not referring at you Storm

[Tazio]

Merciful heaven! Another confirmation I behave like a retard.....
(

I tried to PM this to you but your In box is full.

Romanticism An artistic and intellectual movement originating in Europe in the late 18th century and characterized by a heightened interest in nature, emphasis on the individual's expression of emotion and imagination, departure from the attitudes and forms of classicism, and rebellion against established social rules and conventions.
This genre also included the English Romantics; Robert Burns (Scottish) William Wordsworth, John Coleridge, Lord Byron, John Keats, and Percy Bythe Shelly, to name a few.
American Authors of the Romantic Movement included; Edgar Allen Poe, Herman Melville, Nathanial Hawthorne, and also including the Transcendentalists’; Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Elisa May Alcott, and Emily Dickenson to name a few.
I also might think you may find this of interest as it has to do with own country specifically Transylvania:

http://www.watershedonline.ca/literature/frankensteindracula/taleof2monsters.html
“I considered the being whom I had cast among mankind, and endowed with the will and power to effect purposes of horror - my own vampire.” (Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, 73)

Their origins can be traced to the famous literary gathering on the shores of Lake Geneva. The story is well known. In the summer of 1816, Lord Byron and his doctor, John Polidori, were residing at the Villa Diodati where they were visited by Percy Shelley, Mary Godwin (who would soon become Mary Shelley) and Claire Claremont. One evening, after a collective reading of ghost stories, Byron suggested that each member of the party write a story of their own. Two tales that changed the face of Gothic fiction were inspired by this challenge. Mary Shelley began Frankenstein, while Byron wrote a fragment about a nobleman named Augustus Darvell who contrives to return from the dead. Later that year, Polidori used his employer’s unfinished work as the basis of a novella: Lord Ruthven -- who bears an intentional resemblance to the notorious Lord Byron -- is a jaded, charismatic nobleman who must feed upon the blood of the living in order to continue his unnatural existence. Polidori’s creation became the prototype for most subsequent literary vampires, ranging from Count Dracula to Lestat.

Both Frankenstein and “The Vampyre” were initially ascribed to different authors. The fact that the first edition of Frankenstein was published anonymously led many readers to assume that it had been written by Percy Shelley. The story of the debut of “The Vampyre” is more dramatic. When it appeared in The New Monthly Magazine on 1 April 1819, it carried the by-line “A Tale by Lord Byron.” Polidori was outraged and Byron tried, unsuccessfully, to disassociate himself from it. “The Vampyre” was an immediate and phenomenal success. Five more editions were published in London, and it was translated into French and Italian. There is little doubt that the success of Polidori’s story was due to the fact that most people believed it had been written by his employer; even Goethe considered it Byron’s best work.
Literature: Dracula and Frankenstein[/url]
At any rate I am hopelessly enamored with the Classics English language writers. However; of the more contemporary writers I really like the existentialists Albert Camus and especially Jean Paul Sartre I highly recommend The Wall (1939) | Jean-Paul Sartre (http://chabrieres.pagesperso-orange.fr/texts/sartre_thewall.html) and Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/5200/5200-h/5200-h.htm)
I also like Eco, Irving, Steinbeck, and Kurt Vonnegut. If you found Rappaccini’s Daughter hard to follow try reading “Beowulf”, or two of my favorite poems:
Israfel by Edgar Allan Poe (http://www.online-literature.com/poe/2155/), and John Donne: The Ecstacy. (http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/donne/ecstacy.htm)
I’m sorry if I was out of line with you, I get carried away sometimes. ;)

[Tazio]

Reported cases of bird-flu?

:up:

[gadjo_dilo]

Dottore, stop talking literature on a geographic thread. I don't want to upset Mr. Pino.
I'll try to make some space in my Inbox.

Now I'm obliged to say something related to geography although I don't have a clue about what have in common Delhi, Madrid and NY.
Fruits maybe....
NY is known as the Big Apple
Madrid has a madroño tree as a heraldic symbol
Delhi - the home of mango eaters.

[donKey jote]

What could be common between Delhi, Madrid and NY? :erm:

latitude?

[janvanvurpa]

:up:

что?
Я?

[Tazio]

что?
Я?No, but an excellent educated guess!

[Storm]

lol, I wasn't asking a Q, I was actually thinking aloud (or typing!) from the map posted by Dr R about the coloured dots/cities.
can we have another proper question now if the answer is done and dusted?

[janvanvurpa]

lol, I wasn't asking a Q, I was actually thinking aloud (or typing!) from the map posted by Dr R about the coloured dots/cities.
can we have another proper question now if the answer is done and dusted?

It isn't done yet...The Fat lady hasn't sung.

Il Caro Dottore said it was an excellent and educated guess.

And probably the exact right answer....just to a different question and that's not my fault.

So where is whoever who needs to lament that this was a good thread, once?

[Tazio]

Mark,
May I change my screen name to....:"The Almighty Anarchist"? :champion:

[edv]

Haha!
Bill O'Reilly profiled the 'Manliest Cities' last night, as a lark.
Manliest: Oklahoma City, followed by Columbia SC and Memphis TN.
Who would've known?

But sadly......for Herr Doktor.....the least manliest city is.......SAN DIEGO!

LOL

[Tazio]

I knew this Q would be fun!!!!!!!!! :dork:
Just a note of clarification, withstanding what a joke that list was San Diego was listed 50th. There are roughly 19,000 municipal governments throughout the US, but as many as 30,000 incorporated cities.
Saanap

BTW shouldn't you be listening to Rachel Maddow ;)

[Storm]

It isn't done yet...The Fat lady hasn't sung.

Il Caro Dottore said it was an excellent and educated guess.

Well I kind of guessed that, but what with multiple sub-threads and different languages and contexts, who is replying to what isn't that clear.

[schmenke]

Stop hijacking this thread Storm :p :

[Tazio]

This bubble map shows the global distribution of (natural) honey output in 2005 as a percentage of the top producer (China - 298,000 tons).
I'm not sure what unnatural honey is?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/2005honey_%28natural%29.PNG/800px-2005honey_%28natural%29.PNG

I'm done and dusted, plus I'm late to an apointment with my shrink. I reliquish the Q to anyone that wants to ask one.
See you in the funny papers :s pinhead:

[janvanvurpa]

This bubble map shows the global distribution of (natural) honey output in 2005 as a percentage of the top producer (China - 298,000 tons).
I'm not sure what unnatural honey is?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/2005honey_%28natural%29.PNG/800px-2005honey_%28natural%29.PNG

I'm done and dusted, plus I'm late to an apointment with my shrink. I reliquish the Q to anyone that wants to ask one.
See you in the funny papers :s pinhead:

Well I have been to many of the areas on the map and I have to agree that right about where that big green dot is that the Chinese make an unusually high number of natural honeys...I married one!
Although she comes from closer to Hong Kong that where the dot is slightly north of Shanhg Hai--is it Suzhou?

She's still the sweetest honey I have ever known....

[janvanvurpa]

Well I kind of guessed that, but what with multiple sub-threads and different languages and contexts, who is replying to what isn't that clear.

As I think in the context of people of dozens of countries , and scores of cultures any reasonable gathering and conversation should be ;)

[D-Type]

Would someone care to re-launch this by asking a sensible question please?

[janvanvurpa]

Would someone care to re-launch this by asking a sensible question please?

Nostra caro Dottore said OK somebody take it, so why don't you?

Maybe you could make it a geographic question rather than an economics or products type question...

[janvanvurpa]

You have, so far, contributed nothing of value to the thread. So maybe you could just butt out and let those who wish to continue to play do so?


Still acting like the tough guy moderataor I see.
Tell me "Starter' what have you contributed "of value"to this forum?

Nothing. I see.
What did your persoan attack above contribute "of value"?
Nothing.
No question just bitter complaining. No value

I won Rappacini's questuion and the collective "geographic heroes" couldn't answer a simple geo/motorsport related question, so you and a couple of other pout..


You're not a moderator any more so who are you to tell anybody to butt out?
Ask a question yourself, bub.

[D-Type]

If you insist on being told by a moderator, I endorse what Starter has said.

[janvanvurpa]

Correct, I'm not a mod anymore. That means I don't have to be overly nice to some people anymore. :)

Already have, several times earlier in the thread. I haven't contributed recently for the same reason I resigned as a mod - my time is taken up with other things these days.


Oh but you have time--and the inclination---to come and whine and complain about others..

Yeah, right.

I'll ask an easy question:
Which country produces the most biased and hypocritical and unethical "Moderators" on this forum?

[Tazio]

Oh but you have time--and the inclination---to come and whine and complain about others..

Yeah, right.

I'll ask an easy question:
Which country produces the most biased and hypocritical and unethical "Moderators" on this forum?Uranus?
What do I win? :confused:

[janvanvurpa]

Uranus?
What do I win? :confused:

You get to ask a good question, but be careful you don't ruffle any feathers! try to make it totally unrelated to motorsports, the fan-boys don't like those.

[pino]

Are we done with this rubbish ? To those who have nothing constructive to post...please stay off here! Not going to ask this again.

[janvanvurpa]

Are we done with this rubbish ? To those who have nothing constructive to post...please stay off here! Not going to ask this again.

Pino: I have answered questions correctly and as "winner" I posed what I thought were OK questions.
Schmenke and this troublemaker/complainer "Starter" have come here whined and complained vague complaints and contributed nothing.

I suggest: Make clear who you are threatening.
Make clear what is, in your friends view,----(THINK now Pino and remember this is a GAME)---what a "constructive" geography game question is to them, because I don't know..
I know a lot of geography, but I don't know what question they want to get asked so they can "win".

Why not ask a geographic question yourself while you're here?
And discipline those who only complain.

[Tazio]

You get to ask a good question

What are; "Tennessee Pink", "Rosso Verona", and "Afyon Gri"?

[gadjo_dilo]

Roses?

[pino]

Wines ?

[gadjo_dilo]

Shades of faiance and sandstone? :laugh:

[Storm]

You get to ask a good question, but be careful you don't ruffle any feathers! try to make it totally unrelated to motorsports, the fan-boys don't like those.
this part of the forum is by definition unrelated to motorsports( as is this thread), not that we mind anything asked related to motorsport (as has been done quite a few times)
I have no idea who you mean by fanboys here though!

edit: and no I have no idea what those 3 types are dr rapa...can only guess wildly so won't

[Tazio]

Shades of faiance and sandstone? :laugh:


That's close enough gadgi, they are specific types (or colors) of marble, taken from they area they suggest, Afyon (Afyonkarahisar) Turkey. I don't find anything funny about it ;)
Your Q :)

[gadjo_dilo]

Really? I was just joking....

Since I had a terrible fight a few hours ago I'll ask an easy Q:

Which is the city with the highest density of boors/square km?


P.S. For me it's funny because people at work keep talking about such boring things -I mean faiance and sandstone..

[Tazio]

Probably a lot of Gypsies between Afyon and Verona! (not that they could rival your homeland) ;)

Johannesburg, South Africa?

[schmenke]

Subjective question, isn't it? Define "boor". :mark:

[gadjo_dilo]

Boor - a churlish, rude, or unmannerly person.
Or cad.

The ones from Johannesburg are boers.

[schmenke]

Boor - a churlish, rude, or unmannerly person.
Or cad. ....

Still subjective as it relates to personal characteristics of individuals.

I have a couple of good mates who, after a pint or two, may be consider boors by some :p :

[gadjo_dilo]

Two of them just left the room: my boss and my manager.

OOps! They're back!!!!!

[Tazio]

Still subjective as it relates to personal characteristics of individuals.

I have a couple of good mates who, after a pint or two, may be consider boors by some :p :An insult pointed at me born out of misplaced affection. I totally understand, and find it funny regardless of its superficial implication. :dozey:

[gadjo_dilo]

Come on! Name the city! It's easy.

[Tazio]

It's easy.
Uranus?

[gadjo_dilo]

No. It's on Earth.

[donKey jote]

Buck arsed

[gadjo_dilo]

Buck arsed
I'm disappointed. I thought you're able of better combinations.....

[schmenke]

So, how about a fresh donkey Q... :dozey:

[gadjo_dilo]

Donkey didn't give the right answer. There is no city named Buck arsed.

There is a "Book a rest" which is always confused with "Bud - a pest".

Or if you prefer the romanian version: "Boo!!! Cur ești !" ( no offence, it's not addressed to any of you.....:laugh :)

[gadjo_dilo]

Where are you?

[Storm]

time for a new Q I think to revive this thread!

[gadjo_dilo]

Where in this world is a community where you'll feel like Gulliver in Lilliput because all inhabitants are dwarves?

[big_sw2000]

Where in this world is a community where you'll feel like Gulliver in Lilliput because all inhabitants are dwarves?
I know this, but see if anyone else can get it. As i cant think of a question.
The Laron dwarfs

Steve

[gadjo_dilo]

I know this, but see if anyone else can get it. As i cant think of a question.
The Laron dwarfs

Steve
But you may answer and then ask somebody else to ask a question.

[big_sw2000]

But you may answer and then ask somebody else to ask a question.

Ok then, Is it Ecudore. Or is my memory playing tricks on me

Steve

[gadjo_dilo]

To be honest until now I've never heard about this community in Ecuador. I had other guys in my mind but I can also aprove your answer. If you don't have a Q then let's see if the others know my variant.

[big_sw2000]

To be honest until now I've never heard about this community in Ecuador. I had other guys in my mind but I can also aprove your answer. If you don't have a Q then let's see if the others know my variant.

There is a community some where in China as well. Dont ask me how i rember this about dwarfs. I know nothing else about them lol



Steve

[gadjo_dilo]

Yes. These chinese were in my mind.

Dwarf theme park opens in China for tourists | Mail Online (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-1217380/Dwarf-theme-park-opens-China-tourists.html)

Anybody's free to ask a new Q.

[gadjo_dilo]

Looks like I'm playing with myself here. Let's try another Q:

Where is the strait known as the Gate of Grief ?

[D-Type]

No idea - somewhere on the northwest passage?

[donKey jote]

Looks like I'm playing with myself here

:eek: :erm: :p imp: :bandit: :andrea:

[janvanvurpa]

Looks like I'm playing with myself here.

Well it is just a bit off-putting when you answer correctly and pose what should be a pretty easy question to a well versed motorsport enthusiast, and then get yell at first, then threatened by Moderators demanding "no more nonsense, ask a proper" question!

Screw it, who need that crap?

[Tazio]

Looks like I'm playing with myself here. Let's try another Q:

Where is the the Gate of Grief ?
I know this one!! :s ailor:
The Gate of Greif is on donkeys missus' britches :p : Well that is what Billy-Bob told me :s pin: :angel: ;)

[janvanvurpa]

I know this one!! :s ailor:
The Gate of Greif is on donkeys missus' britches :p : Well that is what Billy-Bob told me :s pin: :andrea: ;)

Isn't that the Stairway to Heaven?
I must be mistaken.

[schmenke]

This thread was once enjoyable, but seems to have been recently forgotten amongst the serious discussions on presidential candidates, mobile devices and footie.

Shall we give it another go...?

[janvanvurpa]

This thread was once enjoyable, but seems to have been recently forgotten amongst the serious discussions on presidential candidates, mobile devices and footie.

Shall we give it another go...?

It sorta was. I don't believe that people were knowing the minute details of icredibly obscure things without looking up things, but it was OK for learning the obscure things, but it turned stinky when some people began breaking the bigger rules like "you answer correctly , you get to pose the next question" and posting insulting things like "

http://www.motorsportforums.com/images/misc/quote_icon.png Originally Posted by Starter http://www.motorsportforums.com/images/buttons/viewpost-right.png (http://www.motorsportforums.com/showthread.php?p=1047664#post1047664)

You have, so far, contributed nothing of value to the thread. So maybe you could just butt out and let those who wish to continue to play do so?'



And then not-so-moderate moderators coming round threatening demerits and bans...and shouting "Resistance is Futile!"

Ironically when you consider somebody had answered the previous question, posted a motorsport related GEOGRAPHIC question and thrown the towel in in response to the bitter complaining..and said "somebody post the next.

So screw it.

[schmenke]

Sigh... forget it.

[gadjo_dilo]

....So screw it.

I'm happy even with the " motorsport related GEOGRAPHIC questions " (which is a bit weird as I obviously don't know the answers).
So let's go on.