Symbols of a Nation

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Zombie_King

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I recently got clearance from a mod to make this thread, so shoo, gremlins! *whipcrack*
Here's how it works. You pick a country, and you either tell us what you think defines it, or post some pictures. Example: Switzerland


Got the idea? I'm an American, so I'm gonna choose good ol' U.S. of A.


America's economy is practically centered around fast food, and what's more American than McDonalds?


What American doesn't have some type of car?


Almost every American plays some type of sport, be it football, baseball, soccer or whatever.

I'm done, now you all try it out. Keep the pictures small, and don't post too many of them.
 

Maet

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Canada (although I prefer almost any beer over it)


Bob and Doug McKenzie (Back off, hosers!)


Rush
 

PedroSteckecilo

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Switzerland

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2XTuc6i1Uo

(I kid, I'm fine with Switzerland, but this is what I think of)

America

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPWFupNHhs
 

Dudemeister

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England:
[http://media.photobucket.com/image/beefeater/tpbpa/beefeater.jpg?o=11]

[http://media.photobucket.com/image/soccer%20ball/djfastfreddy/soccer-ball-over-sky.jpg?o=8]

[http://media.photobucket.com/image/churchill/mrs_finney/random%20beauty/churchill.jpg?o=1]

[http://media.photobucket.com/image/the%20beatles/KatieMalakar/beatles.jpg?o=18]
 

fulano

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Meexico:

http://marioblog26.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/mexico.jpg

That's football related and speaks volumes of mexicans' unrequited love with the nation's football team.

aaaand:

http://aunmundo.com/vim/albums/userpics/10063/talancon_gq_1.jpg

tat's Ana Claudia Talancon, an actress. I chose her 'cuz she's regional looking and, well, for obvious reasons...
note:she's actually a very good actress despite her obvious bodaciousness.
 

Mythbhavd

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Japan:
http://images.kbench.com:8080/kbench/article/2007_02/k38473p1n1.jpg

Canada:
http://adweek.blogs.com/adfreak/images/nhl_logo.jpg

France:
http://a1259.g.akamai.net/f/1259/5586/5d/images.art.com/images/-/Looney-Tunes---Pepe--C10006250.jpeg

England:
http://www.scheibenwelt-romane.de/_img/terry_pratchett.jpg

USA (our obsession):
http://www.dvdverdict.com/images/covers/scandal.jpg

Germany:
http://agodamongmen.com/ecards/pictures/hasselhoff-9.jpg

Ireland:
http://www.slowdownrelax.net/assets/images/photo/ireland.jpg

Scotland:
http://www.celevs.com/s/sean-connery/sean-connery1.jpg

Italy:
http://www.allthingssicilian.com/links/italian_food_forever.jpg

Spain:
http://www.passporttoadventure.com/img/running-of-the-bulls.jpg

Australia:
http://www.nndb.com/people/020/000023948/hogan2.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2151/2061391096_e1ad6da1a7.jpg?v=0
 

PedroSteckecilo

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Well here's some for home that haven't been done yet...


The Kids in the Hall


Bioware


Ubisoft Montreal
 

The Iron Ninja

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My country has some pretty stupid symbols

For example this is our national bird
[http://imageshack.us]
It's flightless... go us! We're easier for introduced pretators to catch!

And for some reason this is considered an icon of my country (don't ask me why because I have no idea)

[http://imageshack.us]

Also, men running around in black shorts and t-shirts while tackling each other would be considered a symbol of my country too.
 

HuntingWolf_01

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Ladies and gentleman, the Great Brtish Empire!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/British_Empire_Anachronous_8.png
 

TheVoyager

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HuntingWolf_01 post=18.70361.689642 said:
Ladies and gentleman, the Great Brtish Empire!
YEAH! WERE NUMBER ONE! WERE NUMBER ONE!

(note the lack of apostrophe)
 

Thaliur

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Mythbhavd post=18.70361.689166 said:
England:
http://www.scheibenwelt-romane.de/_img/terry_pratchett.jpg
I really hope you are female, because I think I just fell in love with you for that choice ^^


I'll try a sarcastic approach on my home country now :)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Eisbein-2.jpg/180px-Eisbein-2.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/VW-Logo.png/140px-VW-Logo.png
"Umpimp The Auto!"

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Lemke_dunkel_beer_in_glass.jpg/140px-Lemke_dunkel_beer_in_glass.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Albert_Einstein_Head.jpg/225px-Albert_Einstein_Head.jpg

And most people probably won't recognize this guy, but I really admire him for inventing one of the most elegant and beautiful (from an engineer's point of view) internal combustion engines:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Diesel_1883.jpg/150px-Diesel_1883.jpg

I think that's enough. Just the most prominent icons