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Originally posted by Nordlys
Ha ha! That reminds me of Knut Nærum's book "Krig!" ("War!" ). It starts out with the World Championship in skating, where a Norwegian skater falls and pulls the Dutch skater who is about to win down with him, and it eventually leads to Norway declaring war towards The Netherlands. A hilarious and thought-provoking satire, which unfortunately hasn't been translated to English (there's only a Dutch translation).
I think there was an English version with Zola Budd and Mary Decker and it was the summer olympics...

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Points:
3 for Gold
2 for Silver
1 for Bronze

Country - Gold - Silver - Bronze - Total Weighted Score

Russia 4 3 2 20
United States 5 2 0 19
Norway 1 5 5 18
Germany 4 1 2 16
China 0 2 3 7

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Originally posted by Phlabibit
Points:
3 for Gold
2 for Silver
1 for Bronze

Country - Gold - Silver - Bronze - Total Weighted Score

Russia 4 3 2 20
United States 5 2 0 19
Norway 1 5 5 18
Germany 4 1 2 16
China 0 2 3 7
I'm sure if you play with those numbers some more you'd be able to get the US in 1st place and you'd all feel better.

How about adding the number of letters in your country's name to the score?

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Originally posted by Crowley
I'm sure if you play with those numbers some more you'd be able to get the US in 1st place and you'd all feel better.

How about adding the number of letters in your country's name to the score?
2 bonus points for coolest flag!

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Originally posted by Phlabibit
2 bonus points for coolest flag!

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The Americans do have a pretty cool flag. You gotta give 'em that.

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Originally posted by Phlabibit
Points:
3 for Gold
2 for Silver
1 for Bronze

Country - Gold - Silver - Bronze - Total Weighted Score

Russia 4 3 2 20
United States 5 2 0 19
Norway 1 5 5 18
Germany 4 1 2 16
China 0 2 3 7
Winners:

Country - Wins Total

United States 5
Russia 4
Germany 4
Norway 1
China 0

I suggest that a silver and a bronze is not equal to a gold
no matter how you "way" it.

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Originally posted by xs
Winners:

Country - Wins Total

United States 5
Russia 4
Germany 4
Norway 1
China 0

I suggest that a silver and a bronze is not equal to a gold
no matter how you "way" it.
5 for Gold
3 for Silver
1 for Bronze?

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Originally posted by Phlabibit
5 for Gold
3 for Silver
1 for Bronze?

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I guess that might work.

I'd like to see more medals for other placers.
For instance:

4th....Iron
5th....Clay
6th....couple of Canadian coins

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Originally posted by xs
6th....couple of Canadian coins
You can still use them in cigarette machines...

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Originally posted by Phlabibit
Points:
Norwegian newspapers has always used this system for counting Olympic points - 7, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 (i.e. points for the 6 first). Is that only common here?

Example:
http://www.vg.no/sport/ol/2006/
Scroll halfway down to "Poengoversikt".

(and guess who is on the top of that table?)

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I only want to add that: Norway 1 gold
Sweden 2 golds

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Originally posted by darvlay
You can still use them in cigarette machines...
You guys get all excited when you see a US coin in your stash?

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Originally posted by NicklasPersson
I only want to add that: Norway 1 gold
Sweden 2 golds
We ain't done yet...

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Originally posted by Phlabibit
You guys get all excited when you see a US coin in your stash?

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Of course! It's not every day that you get to see real-life slave owners on currency.

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Could someone fill this in for me?

Swedes see Norwegians as ________, Finns as ________ and Danes as _______.

Norwegians see Swedes as ________, Finns as ________ and Danes as __________.

Finns see Swedes as _______, Norwegians as _________ and Danes as ________.

And Danes see Swedes as ________, Norwegians as _________ and Finns as _________.


Someone (Norwegian) once told me you could basically put "thick drunkards" in every _________. But then he had issues.