Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Chilly



You're Chile!

You're really skinny, and kind of bumpy in frame, but you're not as
rough a person as you used to be.  You like long, long, long walks on the beach and
avoiding having your rights violated, just like anybody else does.  You're even
willing to stand up to those with more power and influence than you, trying to bring them
to justice.  Fight the man!


Take the Country Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid

Posted by IOZ at 3:48 PM | email »

11 comments:

graeme said...

That thing's not bad, it had me pegged as Canada.

6:14 PM
Brian said...

I, alas, am the wimpy, well-meaning, ineffectual United Nations. Which makes sense, as I was actually somewhat offended by the idea of "Stopping traffic" over at Stop Me Before I Vote Again (partly because it's the peons, not the elite, that have to clean up the messes made by those merry, merry pranks.)

6:30 PM
IOZ said...

Uh-oh, brian. I think I just posted the offending passage.

For the record, I disagree with you. The peons, such as they are, who work in my line of exploitation grumble about everything, but they also recognize the silver lining in every institutional fuck-up, which goes by the name of time and a half.

6:33 PM
frijoles junior said...

Time and a half? Sure, when I used to work for the state. Have pity on those people stuck in low-salary jobs. Work 60 hours this week? Nothing to show for the extra half a week of work but feeling extra tired. Still, I'm with you on stopping traffic. I may be stuck cleaning up the mess but at least I can enjoy the sweet, sweet schadenfreude.

My country? The Sudan, where life is miserable and without relief. That thing is eerily accurate, it seems.

7:52 PM
IOZ said...

Pity the 31K per annum "exempt management employee." Or the WalMart "associate." Yes, indeed. But to the topic at hand, which is traffic, that's basically a state functionary gig, even if he is hourly. Ah, my youth: an old coal town in southwestern PA, and all the kids in the know knew you could 15 an hour flipping a stop/slow sign at a Pennsylvania DOT construction site. How not very far we have come.

I'm a little bit afraid of this test, now.

8:13 PM
Yave said...

Pity the "undocumented" worker who gets half pay for time and a half work and then gets deported for his efforts.

But what kind of a revolutionary am I, I turned out to be Costa Rica ...

No one really poses much of a threat to you and everything seems to work out, no matter how much violence and insanity rages all around you. So you relax and appreciate nature and culture while the rest of the world carries on their petty disagreements.

10:12 PM
hipparchia said...

You're Mozambique!

You're tired of fighting with yourself. For years, you fought battles with yourself over every little thing you could, but now it's finally time to move on. Just forgetting about it looks like the best way to move on, though you really like graphic representations of machine guns for some reason. Rebuilding yourself is going to be a challenge, but with the inner peace you feel now, it's looking like a possibility. Just take the machine gun off your flag.

but ... but ... but ... i like the machine gun!

11:20 PM
Anonymous said...

Ireland!!!! I always knew I was a mick misborn as a Wandering Yid, kind of like Stephen in reverse.

Plus, I always knew deep down that in the right hands, martinis are nothing more than cop-fighting juice.

11:43 PM
AlanSmithee said...

I'm Uzbekistan???

How can I be Uzbekistan??? I'm not even entirely sure where Uzbekistan is. And I'm looking at it on a map right now!

Anyone wanna trade? I'll take Thailand. Egypt? Paraguay?

Sandwich Islands?

10:16 AM
maximo said...

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!

note to self: decline invite to bahamas cruise.

11:06 AM
Anonymous said...

Is it time for a siesta yet?

You're Mexico!
While some people think you're poor and maybe a little corrupt, you know where it's at, enjoying good food and nice beaches. You like to take things a little slower than those around you, and you really wish the air were cleaner, but sometimes compromises must be made. For some reason, Chevrolet keeps trying to sell you Novas as well, even though they don't really go.

MB

12:57 PM

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