Who has the best capitol?

[saxitoxin]

AoG's winning the 2 miles fastest poll.
That makes him CC's fastest troll.

p.s. why am I not an option? 11:30

I dunno why AOG is winning, I've actually seen him run. Just the other weekend he was running away from my van. I had 3 big sacks of free candy in the back weighing me down and I still almost caught him.

[natty dread]

someone plz vote for me or my feelins will be hurt

once they are hurt they can't be unhurt you know

[saxitoxin]

ENOUGH FUN & GAMES, WE HAVE BUSINESS WITH WHICH TO ATTEND.

(Timminz was declared fastest on CC.)

[saxitoxin]

GREECE


vs.

FINLAND

[GreecePwns]

Saxi, I think you've reversed the pictures. Clearly the one with the columns is the one that houses a statue of Zeus.

Finland has been reported to the appropriate mods for plagiarism.

[saxitoxin]

Voting now is also open in the "Who Has the Best Official Residence?" competition.

The first round is "United States"; La Fortaleza is beating the competition with Iolani Palace coming a close second and the White House and Drumthwacket trailing.

The second round is "Canader", followed by "Europe" and then more ...

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[Fircoal]

ENOUGH FUN & GAMES, WE HAVE BUSINESS WITH WHICH TO ATTEND.

(Timminz was declared fastest on CC.)

How the ffffffffffffff is Scotland still alive in this? >:C That building looks like an ugly piece of garbage. (Just like most recent buildings)

[InkL0sed]

It's really not fair that Scotland and Finland are in the same bracket. They should face each other in the finals.

[shieldgenerator7]

I was going to vote for Greece but then saw that the grass around the fountain was whithered so I decided to vote for Finland. Then I looked at Finland's picture and saw only one lonely person standing there and then saw greece with lively communities so Greece won back my vote. congrats Greece.

[notyou2]

Finland's building could withstand a Russian assault.

[InkL0sed]

Guys, guys. I see Finland is losing.

Look, I understand why you might dislike the architecture. It's a huge, scary, ugly block. With columns. I realize that.

But Greece? Greece's building is just kinda... there. Oh, and there's a fountain. Whoop-de-fucking-doo. What I'm trying to say is, the Greek architecture is a prime example of artistic cowardice. Seriously, what is there to say about it? There's nothing to say about it. I'm trying to find another sentence to describe its blandness, but this is the best I can come up with. Need I say more?

By contrast, the Finnish are making a fucking statement with that building. That building says, "Don't even think about fucking with this."

You know, the Russians probably didn't pay much attention to the attitude of Finnish architecture when they invaded in 1939. In case you're not aware of how that turned out for Russia, just look at the statistics:


That building says "Finland: Be afraid. Be very afraid." You don't need to speak Finnish to understand that.

[notyou2]

The Finnish building is more in the line of classic Greek architecture than the Greek capital is. Wut?

[natty dread]

You know, the Russians probably didn't pay much attention to the attitude of Finnish architecture when they invaded in 1939. In case you're not aware of how that turned out for Russia, just look at the statistics:

The Russians tried to bomb Helsinki once, during the war. What we did was turn off all the lights in the city, and put up torches a bit to the east from the city (actually, close to where I live now - the city has grown since then) so when the Russian bombers came, most of their bombs were dropped harmlessly in the forest. Russians were a bit daft at the time.

Some bombs did find the right target though, you can still find some old buildings in Helsinki with marks from the bombings. The parliament house was one of their main targets, as I recall.

It never got a scratch.

[thegreekdog]

The Finnish building is more in the line of classic Greek architecture than the Greek capital is. Wut?

So I suppose the Finns' capital should just be considered the Greek capital... thus Greece wins.

Any building with columns is trademarked by Greece.

[thegreekdog]

Guys, guys. I see Finland is losing.

Look, I understand why you might dislike the architecture. It's a huge, scary, ugly block. With columns. I realize that.

But Greece? Greece's building is just kinda... there. Oh, and there's a fountain. Whoop-de-fucking-doo. What I'm trying to say is, the Greek architecture is a prime example of artistic cowardice. Seriously, what is there to say about it? There's nothing to say about it. I'm trying to find another sentence to describe its blandness, but this is the best I can come up with. Need I say more?

By contrast, the Finnish are making a fucking statement with that building. That building says, "Don't even think about fucking with this."

You know, the Russians probably didn't pay much attention to the attitude of Finnish architecture when they invaded in 1939. In case you're not aware of how that turned out for Russia, just look at the statistics:


That building says "Finland: Be afraid. Be very afraid." You don't need to speak Finnish to understand that.

Oh yeah?!?!?!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Greece

Germany + Italy (better armies than the Soviet Union) - 1,245,000 men, 1200+ tanks, 1100+ aircraft
Greece + British - 492,000 men, 100 tanks (British), 300 aircraft (British)

Casualties:

Italy - 101K
Germany - 5K
Bulgaria - 400
106,000

Greece - 77K
British - 16K (14k Captured)
93,000

One of Hitler's friends said, "if the Italians hadn't attacked Greece and needed our help, the war would have taken a different course. We could have anticipated the Russian cold by weeks and conquered Leningrad and Moscow. There would have been no Stalingrad."

Hitler said, "Historical justice obliges me to state that of the enemies who took up positions against us, the Greek soldier particularly fought with the highest courage. He capitulated only when further resistance had become impossible and useless."

Churchill said, "Hence we will not say that Greeks fight like heroes, but that heroes fight like Greeks."