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Originally posted by darvlay
The Dutch or the Scots?
The Scots obviously. What on earth makes you think I'm Dutch?

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Originally posted by shavixmir
My fellow countrymen have the highest homicide rate, highest suicide rate and the lowest life expectancy in Europe.

I hardly think they're anywhere near intelligent.
Even lower than Russia's rates of life expectancy for men, which is 54?

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Originally posted by shavixmir
The Scots obviously. What on earth makes you think I'm Dutch?
I thought you were Dutch too.

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Originally posted by der schwarze Ritter
I thought you were Dutch too.
Maybe it's because the high drug consumption.

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Originally posted by der schwarze Ritter
So you're saying you believe that the IQs of people who people who work for a living are the same as those who sit around all day and collect benefits?
Certainly.
Or would you even dare suggest chess grand masters are working for a living then?

Other than that, yes. Yes and yes again.
Just because someone opts not to participate and/or wants to live in near poverty and/or can figure a way of getting money for doing nothing doesn't mean that he's less intelligent.

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Originally posted by shavixmir
The Scots obviously. What on earth makes you think I'm Dutch?
I don't, but a lot of people here probably do.

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Originally posted by der schwarze Ritter
I thought you were Dutch too.
Well...maybe just a little then.

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Originally posted by shavixmir
Certainly.
Or would you even dare suggest chess grand masters are working for a living then?

Other than that, yes. Yes and yes again.
Just because someone opts not to participate and/or wants to live in near poverty and/or can figure a way of getting money for doing nothing doesn't mean that he's less intelligent.
That has to be the only country in the world where the recipients of welfare are as intelligent as those that are employed .

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Originally posted by Rajk999
That has to be the only country in the world where the recipients of welfare are as intelligent as those that are employed .
Or as dumb, maybe?

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"For 104 of the 185 nations, no studies were available. In those cases, the authors have used an estimated value by taking averages of the IQs of neighboring or comparable nations. For example, the authors arrived at a figure of 84 for El Salvador by averaging their calculations of 79 for Guatemala and 88 for Colombia. Including those estimated IQs, the correlation of IQ and GDP is 0.62."

As amusing as it is to bash selected nations, I lost interest after reading that paragraph.

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Originally posted by Rajk999
That has to be the only country in the world where the recipients of welfare are as intelligent as those that are employed .
That's only true because you have to be stupid to keep a job. You're working for nothing. You'll earn the same or less than the people you support with your taxes.
Sit home, act hurt, be a victim .. make the same money.
Smoke dope all day while ranting and raving about America being the reason that your misirable existence sucks the bigone.

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Originally posted by Merk
Or as dumb, maybe?
LOL .... Nice one.

ALthough I would wont classify all of Holland dumb as I know only ONE dumb Dutchman.

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Originally posted by shavixmir
The Scots obviously. What on earth makes you think I'm Dutch?
I thought you were from the sewers of Holland.

Still it explains why you hate the English so much.

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Originally posted by petrosianpupil
I thought you were from the sewers of Holland.

Still it explains why you hate the English so much.
Hate the English? I've lived in Crawley, Wakefield and Manchester.
Why on earth do you think I hate the English.

Oh. Wait. You mean I disagree with their government on Iraq.... yeah... it's not quite the same as actually HATING the English, though, is it?

No.

Right. Shut up.

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Originally posted by shavixmir
Hate the English? I've lived in Crawley, Wakefield and Manchester.
Why on earth do you think I hate the English.

Oh. Wait. You mean I disagree with their government on Iraq.... yeah... it's not quite the same as actually HATING the English, though, is it?

No.

Right. Shut up.
No it isn't because you disagree with the British government.

If you had a brain you would relise that I do too.

Its because you continually post derogatory remarks about English people and their culture. It is a VERY common theme. I am amazed that you deny it.

Still it is obvious that you are touchy about it.