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| 17 OCT 2003 at 8:33pm |
Lucien21Guild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Belinda (17 OCT 2003 8:25pm)
Take a guess: How many countries in the world start with the letter W? And how many of these countries can you name?
No fair looking it up anywhere either.
Since West Germany no longer exists I am going to say there a NO countries that start with W
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| 17 OCT 2003 at 8:40pm |
BelindaSchattenjger
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| 17 OCT 2003 at 10:40pm |
Lucien21Guild Master
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Being from the UK I should know there is at least one :
Hopefully nobody on this board is from Wales :-[
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| 18 OCT 2003 at 12:58am |
ElfstoneGuild Master
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Status : Online | Without looking any further:
Wales...uhm...Waikiki?...are you sure there's more than one?...West Samoa...ah, West Germany! ...no sorry, no longer true...Wladiwostok...is that a country?...I'm done.
You just got a scripted insight into my brain. :
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| 18 OCT 2003 at 5:09am |
| Deleted User | W stands for What in the World has the United States Wondered about? Why there is a W in government. He certainly wasn't elected. Why? Who, Where, When. All the W words.
Let's substitute O as the operative vowel.
Oil. Oh.
O my god. O I am caught.
Oxymoron, Moron for anyone who voted for him.
Ouch, my vice president is smarter than me and controls all the Oil.
Out of bounds of campaign finance reform.
Oh god. God wants me to raise all these funds
Off the books. Oh I am really special after all.
Out of my way, you world. I am a Bush.
Off with their little spoiled heads. Feed the rich. Kill the working class. Take their jobs overseas.
Oaf.
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| 18 OCT 2003 at 5:22am |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By Belinda (17 OCT 2003 8:25pm)
Take a guess: How many countries in the world start with the letter W? And how many of these countries can you name?
No fair looking it up anywhere either.
Now that I got my rant over I can answer your question about what countries start with W.
I suppose we all can use history to our advantage and name a country that actually existed while we lived here on this little planet.
West Germany.
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| 18 OCT 2003 at 5:26am |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By Lucien21 (17 OCT 2003 8:32pm)
Since West Germany no longer exists I am going to say there a NO countries that start with W
If you think West Germany doesn't exist you need to read and find out more about the German mindset. :
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| 18 OCT 2003 at 5:39am |
| Deleted User | I know a country that starts with W.
WithoutbushLand
It is a large country in fact. It lies between two seas.
Convenient because it's leader lies between two seers. Seas or seers, take your pick. Either way you get a bad leader.
One seer preaches lies to him. The other seer teaches him how to speak lies.
Between the two of the seers, the W steers the country and the world so off course and into debt beyond any could imagine.
Take your pick. A country with or without a W. I would pick one without.
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| 18 OCT 2003 at 8:01am |
Lucien21Guild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Daryl (18 OCT 2003 5:25am)
If you think West Germany doesn't exist you need to read and find out more about the German mindset. :
Doesn't appear on the map though West Germans can fantasize all they want about the return of their country
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| 18 OCT 2003 at 9:22pm |
| Deleted User | Western Samoa? I dunno, its hard enough to find countries with W anywhere in the name,
Norway, Kuwait, Taiwan, Sweden...and that's it I think
Or is this some kind of trick question and Im just not getting the trick?
...incidentally, I dont think a riddle thread in an adventure game forum is the best place to spout politically, but that's just me.
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| 21 OCT 2003 at 1:47am |
BelindaSchattenjger
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Status : Online | The answer is only 1, and that is West Samoa.
Elfstone is the only one that thought of it. Good job Elf !
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| 21 OCT 2003 at 2:15pm |
AnneGuild Master
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Status : Online | Tell that to the welsh.
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| 21 OCT 2003 at 8:57pm |
ElfstoneGuild Master
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Status : Online | Is there no other "West something" in the world?
Btw, is there an East Samoa? Never heard of it.
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| 23 OCT 2003 at 9:01pm |
Lucien21Guild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Belinda (21 OCT 2003 1:47am)
The answer is only 1, and that is West Samoa.
Elfstone is the only one that thought of it. Good job Elf !
Wales is Definatly a country. Just not a very good one
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| 24 OCT 2003 at 1:21am |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Lucien21 (23 OCT 2003 9:01pm)
Wales is Definatly a country. Just not a very good one
Hmm, I read that as "Wales is Defiantly a country. Maybe that sums it up?
I forgot my sig.
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| 28 OCT 2003 at 7:53pm |
EvaGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Wallis and Futuna.
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| 27 NOV 2003 at 10:03pm |
RevliskciPrivate Detective
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That is two!
And Wales is not a country. It is part of the United kingdom, which is a country!
Wales not a member of the UN, doesn't take part in the Olympics, is not independent, doesn't need a passport to enter and many other reasons why it's not a country...
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| 27 NOV 2003 at 10:37pm |
Lucien21Guild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Revliskci (27 NOV 2003 10:02pm)
Yay for Eva!
That is two!
And Wales is not a country. It is part of the United kingdom, which is a country!
Wales not a member of the UN, doesn't take part in the Olympics, is not independent, doesn't need a passport to enter and many other reasons why it's not a country...
Tell that to the member of the Welsh Assembly who govern Wales.
The point of the United Kingdom is 4 seperate COUNTRIES with a joint agreement. Doesn't make Wales any less of a country. It has it's own national anthem and Flag.
They have their own international Rugby and Football teams. They choose to join forces for other sports like the Olympics.
Most countries in Europe don't require a passport to visit doesn't mean France and Germany are the same country.
As a member of the United Kingdom I see myself as Scottish first of all British secondary and will take umbrage if anyone suggest Scotland or Wales are not seperate countries.
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| 28 NOV 2003 at 6:45pm |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Lucien21 (27 NOV 2003 10:37pm)
The point of the United Kingdom is 4 seperate COUNTRIES with a joint agreement. Doesn't make Wales any less of a country. It has it's own national anthem and Flag.
So the US is 50 different countries too?
Most countries in Europe don't require a passport to visit doesn't mean France and Germany are the same country.
All countries in Europe do require a passport to visit for non-EU citizens.
Anyway France or Germany issue their own passports. Correct me if I'm wrong, but Welsh and Scots use the same old UK passports.
As a member of the United Kingdom I see myself as Scottish first of all British secondary and will take umbrage if anyone suggest Scotland or Wales are not seperate countries.
Taking umbrage does not make Scotland or Wales independent countries
I forgot my sig.
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| 3 DEC 2003 at 10:04pm |
Lucien21Guild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By MichalN (28 NOV 2003 6:45pm)
So the US is 50 different countries too?
No
All countries in Europe do require a passport to visit for non-EU citizens.
Anyway France or Germany issue their own passports. Correct me if I'm wrong, but Welsh and Scots use the same old UK passports.
No its a European passport that allows free travel between the countries. Therefore Europe is now one big country by your standard. You don't even require a passport to cross between countries just an ID card.
Europe is now controlled centrally so therefore France and Germany etc must cease to be countries :-X
The United Kingdom is a smaller version of the European union in that it is seperate countries who jointly agree to a union of power.
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