Tuesday, October 02, 2007
AfghanistanThe bad news is, there's a new article about everyone farming opium.
The good news is, you can't read.
AlbaniaThe perfect getaway for people who love Kosovo, but hate the working phone service.
AlgeriaIt took you eight years to beat France.
AndorraHow does it feel, being Luxembourg's bitch?
AngolaHey, call me when your life expectancy catches up with your inflation rate.
AzerbaijanBelieve it or not, you can use oil for more than just killing seals.
BahamasIt takes a lot of rum to forget your major export is crawfish.
BahrainA thriving center of trade and culture... until 2000 BC!
BangladeshIf you can hear this, your television isn't underwater. Congratulations!
BarbadosThere simply isn't a more beautiful island... to sail by on your way to Jamaica.
BelarusClay, sand, and chalk: Your richest natural resources are what a toddler throws up after a big day at preschool.
BelgiumThe only European country to never successfully invade Belgium.
BelizeGet your camera; they're paving a road!
BeninKeep practicing those voodoo spells and maybe someday you'll be as rich as Rwanda.
BhutanSo they took away your freedom of the press? Who needs it when your only headline is "Bhutan Continues to Suck?"
BoliviaRemember kids, you must be at least nine years old to overthrow the goverment.
Bosnia & HerzegovinaNothing spells a bright future like signing your peace accord in Dayton, Ohio.
BotswanaDiamonds are forever; too bad your people check out at 35.
BrazilHome to more than 800 species of unregulated breast implants.
BruneiIf there was ever an argument for the death penalty, it's chicken smuggling.
BulgariaSo what if you misplaced a little weapons-grade uranium? The important thing is keeping track of all those hand-made doileys and goat hair rugs.
Burkina FasoIn the traditional tribal language, that's Burkina for "land of" and Faso for "people who want to get the hell out of Burkina Faso."
BurmaThe bad news is, you've got rampant malaria.
The good news is, it doesn't stop the kids from making those shirts.
BurundiAll that coffee in a country with no reason to wake up.
CambodiaHow many temples does it take before you guys realize God isn't listening?
CameroonNot to be mistaken with the macaroon, a small, chewy cookie... with a longer life expectancy!
CanadaWith massive overpopulation threatening the globe, Canadians maintain a population of less than 35 million. How do they do it? Zero sex appeal!
Cape VerdeMillions visit your island nation... to refuel their planes!
Central African RepublicSo bad, the gorillas learn sign language for "Poach me."
ChadGood news: Ustad Ali Khan is headlining the Locust Plague Festival.
ChileThe good news is, it's finally legal to get a divorce.
The bad news is, who gets the active volcano and who gets the 55,000 square miles of lifeless desert?
ChinaIf you're gonna be in prison, it might as well be for no reason.
ColombiaYou'll come for the enticing beauty of the Caribbean Sea. You'll stay because you've been kidnapped and locked in the trunk of a Dodge Dart.
ComorosOn a list of the world's purchasing power, you're ranked 222. Did I mention there are only 190 countries?
Democratic Republic of CongoWhere even a poor boy with no prospects can grow up to be run over by a presidential motorcade.
Republic of CongoWithout you, who would the elephants trample?
Costa RicaThanks for giving us a place to dump our potheads.
Cote D'IvoireCocoa, sugar, and mass killings. Are you a country or a Willy Wonka nightmare?
CroatiaCongratulations on your candidacy for the European Union. Imagine, if that comes through, it could employ two, maybe three people.
CubaWhere "high-tech" means you've got a radio on your homemade raft.
CyprusWhere the Mediterranean climate makes it a joy to spend each day mining asbestos.
Czech RepublicThe country that explains why Kafka never wrote a happy story.
DenmarkToo bad you can't build a warm, sunny day out of Legos.
DjiboutiImagine how great life would be if you had the rich natural resources of Ethiopia.
DominicaWhere the national catchphrase is "I'm sorry, officer, I didn't mean to interrupt your armed robbery."
Dominican RepublicThe perfect place for anyone who's ever asked themself "Where'd my car go?"
East TimorIt takes a lot to admit you live on the bad side of Timor.
EcuadorStreet crime is on the rise, so keep your ransom note in an inside pocket.
EgyptWhere priceless ancient statues and mummies are so close, you can fly to London and see them at the British Museum.
El SalvadorWhere no resumé is complete without the phrase "Supervised six-person death squad."
Equatorial GuineaCongratulations, you just discovered vast oil reserves... I mean, we just discovered vast oil reserves. *evil laugh*
EritreaYou only have one TV station, but cheer up - it's got locust reports on the eights!
EstoniaHome of the European flying squirrel, the only Estonian mammal that's not an alcoholic.
EthiopiaI can't do this one, let's move on.
FijiIf you're visiting Fiji, you have to go snorkeling, 'cause it's the best way to flee cannibals.
FinlandWe're so dumb, we can't wait to be insulted to send a meaningless postcard with a tire on the front.
You've had over 5,000 years of culture, and the world's most famous Finn is still Huckleberry.
FranceYou gave us the term "deja vu," as in "Wow, I have this weird feeling you've been obnoxious and arrogant before. Deja vu!"
(Wait a miniute, this is France, so I think I can't do just one.)
FranceRimbaud, Baudelaire, Gauguin, Manet: You're number one when it comes to great minds that died of syphillis.
GabonYou have to question a country that grants five terms to a man called "President Bongo."
The GambiaThe only nation brave enough to say "Let those offshore oil reserves wait. We've got a good thing going with these peanuts and palm kernels."
GeorgiaWhere Europe meets Asia and says "Hey, why don't we both dump our crap here?"
GermanyThe great 20th-century power that said, "Ditch Einstein, get Hasselhoff."
GhanaThe 'h' is silent, like a room full of people after you ask "What's worthwhile about Ghana?"
GreeceBig news: Historians now think the first marathon took place in August 490 BC, not September. That means nothing good has come out of Greece for a month longer than previously believed.
GrenadaWhen you're at the end of a grueling fifteen-hour day peeling the husks off nutmeg, remember this: without you, the world would have to sprinkle its eggnog with cinnamon.
GuatemalaWhere the Mayans invented the zero, as in "What are the chances this shirt was made by someone over the age of eight? Zero!"
GuineaEven guinea pigs have the good sense to claim they're actually from Peru.
Guinea-BissauThe only book that mentions it is The Audubon Guide to Locusts.
GuyanaThe Eskimos have sixty words for "snow." The Guyanans have eighty words for "dysentery."
HaitiYou just celebrated two hundred years of independence. Congratulations. Now make a wish and blow out your burning pile of tires.
HungarySure, your next-door neighbour Austria was home to Mozart, Beethoven, Strauss, Schubert, and Freud, but don't forget, you make pretty good stuffed cabbage.
IcelandI'm amazed you don't have a military. How do you protect your 85,000 square miles of uninhabitable land?
IndiaA nation so richly diverse, you can walk into a single neighborhood and find cholera, dengue fever, malaria, typhoid, and plague.
IndonesiaThis year marks the fiftieth anniversary of your first democratic election, in which apparently, everyone voted to never have another democratic election.
IranJust two more years 'til you have a nuclear warhead, and two years and a day 'til you use it on a woman holding a beer.
IrelandYou know, there's a wonderful old Irish legend that goes something like this: Once upon a time, many years ago, there was an Irishman who could hold down a job.
IsraelHey, remember when life in Israel was vibrant and carefree? Man, that was the day.
ItalyThe newspapers are reporting a miracle. Apparently, a statue of Mary moved her hand and said, "I just worked harder than 80% of your workforce."
JamaicaOf course you've got an astronomical murder rate. You've had "No Woman No Cry" on repeat for 25 years.
JapanLast century, you brutally defeated China and Russia. This century, you make Hello Kitty toasters.
JordanThanks to your country's progress in human rights, now your citizens can choose which hand you cut off.
KenyaIt's a beautiful place to grow old, assuming you're one of the 2.3% of Kenyans who live to 65.
South KoreaYour biggest natural resource is coal, which gives dog a nice, smokey flavour.
KuwaitWe saved your ass from Saddam. Now make with the oil, bitch.
KyrgystanIf your country could afford vowels, you could spell "this place sucks."
LaosYou'll come for the early Asian ruins. You'll stay 'cause you've been stricken with avian bird flu.
LatviaYour leading industries are textiles, heavy machinery production, and trading your daughters for second-hand American blue jeans.
LiberiaAre you bummed out 'cause your country has only 120 miles of paved road? Well, cheer up! Your 41-year life expectancy should give you plenty of time to see all of it.
LuxembourgCome visit our country, but make sure you also have an afternoon activity.
MalawiJust like Florida, except without the electricity, phones, drinkable water, or protection from roaming death squads.
MalaysiaWhere the police cane you first, then ask for a bribe.
MaldivesYou'll come for the tropical climate. You'll stay 'cause you've been eaten by tiger sharks.
MaliWhat's that noise? People arguing in tribal languages over the last pile of ground nuts!
MaltaBrimming with culture, history, and mustachioed Sicilian hookers.
Marshall IslandsTo write a joke about your country, we Googled it. No results were found.
MexicoLook, there's an honest policeman! No, wait, they got him.
MonacoWhere Eurotrash goes to gamble away their facelift money.
MongoliaWhere Chinese freedom meets Siberian comfort.
MozambiqueThe good news is, you only have the fourteenth highest death rate in the world.
The bad news is, you border numbers one, three, four, and seven.
MyanmarRemember when your government was almost toppled by a pair of cigarette-smoking twelve-year-old twins who you thought were immortal? Man, you sure have come a long way since 2001.
NepalHome to eight of the world's highest peaks; nine if you count your unemployment rate.
The NetherlandsCongratulations, you've turned 500 years of culture into a pot joke.
New CaledoniaStill a world leader in beach erosion.
NicaraguaCome learn about the heritage of your nanny.
NigeriaWhere children come first... in the draft.
NorwaySweden has Ikea, Finland has Nokia... Hey Norway, what do you have? Nothing-kia!
OmanAs in "Oh man, I can't believe you cut my hand off for stealing an orange!"
PakistanGuess what? You're not worth jack-istan!
PalauHow do you enter Palau? Arrive in a national airport.
How do you leave Palau? Through a shark's colon.
PanamaCongratulations, you have the second-busiest canal after Paris Hilton.
PhilippinesMi casa es su landfill.
PolandWe'd write an insult about Poland, but they'd just send themselves the hate mail.
RomaniaCome see our museum of the Middle Ages. We call it "Romania."
RussiaThe perfect marriage of rampant corruption and tacky track suits.
St. Kitts & NevisYou know, after you get through the shrinking population and the low birth rate, there's almost no one left to die during hurricane season.
SamoaKind of like Fiji, but without all the reasons to go there.
Saudi ArabiaYou'll come for the history, you'll stay because they arrested your wife for accidentally showing her ankles.
SerbiaYou tried ethnic cleansing; how about cleaning your armpits?
Sierra LeoneYou fought for the British in World War I, now you're fighting for your first working toilet.
SlovakiaIn 1993, Czechoslovakia was split into two seperate parts: Slovakia, and the good part.
SomaliaPlagued by decades of civil war. Come on, guys, there's plenty of rubble for everyone!
SpainFive hundred years ago, you were a global superpower, and now you're not. Hmm, that's strange. Oh well, time for another four-hour nap!
SwedenYour contributions to the world: crappy furniture and
Stockholm Syndrome.
SyriaWe haven't bombed you yet. Still, I'd hold off on any major contruction projects.
TaiwanOh wait, you're not a real country. You're China's bitch!
TajikistanCongratulations, you're where Uzbekistanis go to feel better about themselves.
ThailandWhere you can have sex with a 14-year-old prostitute, if they're willing to come out of retirement.
TogoYou've got it all... and by "it all," I mean risk of both bacterial and protozoal diarrhea.
Trinidad & TobagoThe Siegfried & Roy of the Lesser Antilles.
TunisiaRemember that scene in Star Wars when they're on that desert planet and they go into that bar with all those weird creatures? Guess what, that was filmed in Tunisia, and those weren't actors!
TurkeyFormerly the Ottoman Empire, whose greatest achievement was inventing a piece of furniture to rest your feet on.
TurkmenistanWhy don't more people give their children Turkmen names? I don't know, let's ask President Gurbanguly Berdymuhammedov.
Turks & CaicosWhere the national library is housed under the reception desk of a Sandals Resort.
UgandaSituated right between Rwanda and the Sudan. Jealous?
United Arab EmiratesYou're remarkably tolerant on women's rights: you let them drive a car to their stoning.
United KingdomThe sun never sets on the United Kingdom, and it never rose on British dentistry.
UzbekistanYou've got a novel way to fight corruption: you don't have anything worth stealing!
VanuatuYou have more than a hundred local languages; in other words, over a hundred ways to say "Hey, remember when Survivor was here?"
VietnamCome and reunite your sneakers with the eight-year-olds who made them.
Virgin IslandsWell you wouldn't be, if you weren't so damn ugly.
Wallis & FortunaThe reason for your people's long lifespan? Not even Death knows where the hell you are!
YemenIf you think Yemen is too tough on shoplifters, raise your right stump.
ZambiaDon't let anyone tell you that you're dirt-poor. You've got plenty of dirt!
ZimbabweYou'll come for the country's pristine natural beauty. You'll stay because rogue soldiers have chained you to a burned-out jeep.
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