It’s probably one of the best countries to live in but also comes with a big tradeoff in the form of a bad climate. People keep to themselves and avoid interacting with strangers. We’re also known for being quiet, humble and honest.
Finland
Correct
Slartibartfast won an award for something that is literally right outside my bedroom window.
Norway?
Yup
Must be a room with a great view!
We had the highest sheep:human ratio of any country. I think we still do, but I’m not sure.
New Zealand? Iceland?
NZ
Every easter, we go from door to door and beat girl’s backs with a whip made of braided rods. They give us sweets and alcohol for exchange.
Czech or Slovakia.
It’s Czechia, indeed
We allow a marmot to predict our weather.
If there’s water to be manipulated in a way to either keep it out, or to make land appear where water once was, they are going to hire people from here.
Netherlands? Or Denmark.
Ding ding ding! Netherlands indeed.
Swamp Germany!
GRANDPA’S CHEESE BARN
There’s a word coined in this town’s specific dialect that means “catty corner, kitty corner, or diagonal”.
Hint: the first two syllables of that word are “anti”, though the “t” is not a full fricative stop.
The only possible word that comes to mind is “anticlockwise” used in (some parts of?) the UK instead of “counterclockwise”… but that doesn’t exactly match “diagonally”. Is it the word though?
The word is “antigogglin’”, pronounced: any-goggln. 🤓
Bonus hint: the area fought for the North in the Civil War.
North Carolina in the US?
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This one is too tough for me!
We’ve got one of the oldest, largest, and most used transit systems in the world.
New York City?
Yessir.
London?
There’s a catholic cathedral that was designed by a protestant and a protestant cathedral that was designed by a catholic.
Our first ever ruler from when we became an independent nation was known to carry pieces of roasted chicken in his suit pockets to sneak in snacks during the day.
What the hell? 😂
He was a bit of
A character
History remembers him as a buffoon. History is wrong. He was a sly old fox and his bumbling antics were masking quite the sharp mind.
A century ago, we had a disaster caused by a tsunami of molasses 25 ft high, going 35 mph
One of the worlds most useless canals goes through my town (on it’s path to crossing the entire width of the country). It was built largely with russian POW’s. However, roughly eight years before it was completed, steam locomitives became a thing, making it obsolete.
root beer flavored milk for $0.25 a cup among other flavors like chocolate and banana
We have a local legend who plays bagpipes while riding a unicycle