You're Spain!
You like rain on the plain, as well as interesting architecture and
a diverse number of races and religions. You like to explore a lot, but sailing,
especially in large groups, never really seems to work out for you. Beware of pirates
and dictators bearing bombs. And for heavens' sake, stop running around bulls!
It's just not safe!
Take the Country Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid
I am Spain with Jane and Paul, in the rain, staying mainly in the plain. Paul, your name doesn't work with the rhyme scheme.
It said I was Texas. I think that can't be right. I want to be the United Nations, with Ed. (pouts). I've been to the United Nations, anyway.
ReplyDeleteI was Egypt. Kinda cool. But, on second thouht, really sphinx.
ReplyDeleteWay cool! Or rather, hot hot hot!
ReplyDeleteI wanna be the UN too!
ReplyDeleteUzbekistan???
The Pentitent
I am the United Nations. It said I like New York. I've never been there - just a small town woman at heart (Saskatoon is a big enough city for me - Vancouver and Montreal are fun to visit but that's about it.) I'm invited to a wedding in New York this fall but don't think I can arrange the time off so will miss my one and only chance to visit.
ReplyDeleteDiane, Texas? The Republic of Texas?
ReplyDeleteRick, you da sphinx!
Johnieb, Uzbekistan?
Lapin, who forces you to take them? Are they irresistible? I would not want to be North Korea! What kind of answers did you give?
Anne Marie, if you can get the time off, you should go to the wedding. I love New York. We may go in the fall.
I see that you're a nice UN lady.
¡Yo soy España también!
ReplyDeletePadre Mickey, glad to have you at the party, but you know your name messes up the rhyme, too. In truth, my name doesn't rhyme, but then, this is my place.
ReplyDeleteIt's either/or questions like "which animal is more sacred, the pig or the cow?" that are particularly fallacious, not to say flat-out stupid. To me - and probably to just about everyone else in these parts - the answer is "neither", but "neither" is not an option.
ReplyDeleteThen there's the sheer subtlety of the thought that goes into this - if you say "Cow" you end up in India: if you say "Pig" in Pakistan! The morons who throw these things together evidently think that pigs are sacred to Moslems!!
Lapin, you should make up a quiz, and do it right. There could be money in it.
ReplyDeleteI hope my readers know THIS IS ALL IN FUN.
Well, I also go by Pablito, which does not fit the rhyme scheme either but is at least more appropriate.
ReplyDeleteI got this diminutive from my first Spanish teacher, Miss Irons, in the 8th grade. She was a very small woman and I a very large boy, so all were amused when she tilted her neck to look up and called me that. I have not gotten any smaller over the years (tall and "husky"), so it still seems like a joke. Still, I may not realize I am being spoken to if one says "Pablo," but instantly respond to "Pablito."
I doubt any of us will rhyme when considering:
La lluvia en España queda, en gran parte, en la llanura. I leave it to native speakers with a poetic flare to provide far better translations.
No no no, Grandmère, my name does work, you just have to sing it, just like in My Fair Lady. My name goes in the "I think she's got it" part.
ReplyDelete¨The rain is Spain falls mainly on Mimi, and Jane
(and Padre Mickey!) da dump The rain in Spain falls mainly on Paul and Jane (and Padre Mickey!) da-dan!
See?
Padre Mickey, I don't see, but you made me laugh out loud, so all is cool. I do like the da dump and da-dan.
ReplyDeletePablito, maybe we could work your name into the Spanish version.
I've forgotten what this thread is about. I'd best hush.
Ha! I am Canada. Geez.
ReplyDeleteYou're Canada!
People make fun of you a lot, but they're stupid because you've got a much better life than they do. In fact, they're probably just jealous. You believe in crazy things like human rights and health care and not dying in the streets, and you end up securing these rights for yourself and others. If it weren't for your weird affection for ice hockey, you'd be the perfect person.
Dan! I don't believe it! You're Canada! You're the first I know of to be the country that you actually live in.
ReplyDeleteGee, I wonder what answers you have to give to be the US.