I was thinking about random things the other day and suddenly Portugal popped into my head. Then I asked myself, “Crooked, when was the last time anyone heard anything about Portugal?”
The last time I remember hearing about it was in 1993 in the movie Sneakers when Sidney Poitier (I hope I spelled it right) wanted to go to Lisbon.
So I realize that Portugal may as well be annexed by Spain since no one ever mentions it anyway. So honestly, how many cities in Portugal can you name? (If you’re from any other country besides the US you must induce a handicap of 3 cities. So if you can name 4, it would be equivalent to 4-3=1. This is because the school system in the US isterribly arrogant and thinks that learning even our own state capitals is pointless.)
No cheating either. But really, what claim to fame does Portugal have since Vasco de Gama? It’s not that I’m anti-Portugal. I just think they are the forgotten, red-headed stepchild of Western Europe. Even Lichtenstein gets more attention and I drove through that in about an hour.
eskmos are real!!! what are you gonna tell me next, that santa doesnt exist?!
bah!
ive been in Areyougay…nice place, colourful, bad place to drop your soap in a public shower…
the only article of interest that i can conjure in my mind about that sad little country called Portugal is the fact that hundreds of years ago they had a nautical school in which many of our greatest explorers attended in order to find exotic locales. But other than that piece of interest…Portugal sucks and I have no intention of going there nor do I want to even take time out of my day to find another city other than Lisbon upon a map. Thank you for this revelation
portugal, in competition with greece and ireland, and possibly soon italy, are the whores of western europe.
italy has a shitty economy, and if it weren’t for the hot girls within driving distance of germany, they would not have enough to buy food. ireland has a better economy but still shitty, and if it weren’t for all the people trying to learn english, they couldnt buy booze.
portugal and greece are a class of their own tho. with practically no economy to speak of and inhabited by some of the laziest people in europe (much like sicily) they are simply the european capitals of shit. think mississippi and uhhh…possibly utah.
only thing they got going is distant history (the portugese are the reason there is a christian comunity in japan, for instance, and also the historical reason for guantanamo, they gave the brits the idea for what was to become the extrateritoriality principle) and as such, i suppose we could say “they are like a wax museum with a pulse”.
Only reason greece is not just like egypt right now (great sights, barbaric inhabitants) is because it’s closer. anyway, enough ranting for now
I must say, I can’t even name all of the state capitals of our country …and afterall, what would be the point besides impressing someone? Isn’t it enough to be able to sing all the states in alphabetical order in a school choir?
Last I recall, Christopher Columbus was Portugese…
you have a friend that routinely goes to the bathroom in the streets?
and they had to tell you about it? I would think you’d be more involved with your friends than that… I mean how much of a friend are they if they had to tell you about what they do in the streets…
