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A map of the land areas of your planet, with the
portions vulnerable to
hurricanes, typhoons, tsunami, volcanic eruptions,
earthquakes, wildfires, flooding,
Democratic presidents and other unavoidable
natural disasters clearly
marked in a contrasting colour scheme.
The legend indicates
the contrasting coloured area
as being" where the
stupid people choose to live"
Those living outside the designated areas are, de
facto, the intelligent
ones (even if only marginally so).
Saipan
http://en.wikipedia...federal_regulations
[not_morrison_rm, May 18 2012]
The Disaster Center Ranking of Tornado Risk by State
http://www.disaster...om/tornado/rank.htm
Goes somewhat against the popular notions [Klaatu, May 19 2012]
Volcano in Chile shuts down air travel in Australia and NZ
http://www.news.com...rfq80-1226073731601
[AusCan531, May 23 2012]
Krakatau
http://www.volcanod...y.com/krakatau.html
[UnaBubba, May 23 2012]
trailer park massacre
http://media.photob...ridaTrailerPark.jpg
[xandram, May 23 2012]
[link]
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A couple more criteria needs to be added to your list:
Overcrowding
Pollution
Slushy/icy roads
Week after week after week of gray, drizzling overcast
gloomy skies (after week after week). |
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Of course wales will be included. |
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If you include blizzard, drought, and famine, that cuts it
down to England, Wales, and West Virginia. |
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//famine, that cuts it down to England, |
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not if you include Turkey Twizzlers |
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As opposed to the Intelligence/stupidity
Genealogical Map, which points out where your
ancestors came from, highlighting those who were
too stupid to leave what was already a dank,
overcrowded wallow. |
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This is getting a bit Uk/Australia criminal ancestors debate-ish. |
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Uk person says to Au person "all your ancestors were criminals" Au persson -possibly a Finnish ancestor in there somewhere but, I digress. Anyway, back at the Au person (or persson) who says "Ah, but the Uk didn't deport all the criminals, so a lot of them remained in the Uk and contributed to your parentage". |
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And so the "whose ancestors were criminals" debate tends to rattle on.. |
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It's not actually like that at all. |
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To have convict ancestors in Australia is actually
quite something of a coup. Apart from anything
else it means that your family have been here
longer than most other immigrant Australian
bloodlines. |
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It's pretty amusing to hear Poms calling us
"convicts" and "criminals" and thinking that it's an
insult. |
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I was actually referring to [AusCan]'s observation
about his native Canada... though it's not exactly
overcrowded. |
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Sorry but I remain dubious of any weather / intelligence correlation, noting that the weather's usually pretty pleasant in both Tennessee and Greece, Mt. Vesuvius not withstanding. |
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History tells me that the only difference between an English king and a Australian petty convict is the order of magnitude in the number of people he's robbed. |
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Frankly, those of use who fall outside the polarity of the current Australian / UK cold war here want a new meme. |
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I can insult 4 nations in one shot: |
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Canada could have had a blend of British culture, French
cuisine and American technology. Instead, we ended up
with American culture, British cooking and French
technology. |
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The worse thing about Aussies isn't that many of them are
descended from convicts, it's that some of them are the
offspring of British jailers. - Peter Ustinov |
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...and the best thing about Peter Ustinov is... I'll
have to get back to you on that. |
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The best analogy of Australia, Canada and America
is from a Simpsons episode. All hail from mother
England, but America went on to make the big
money, Australia was the tough kid who always got
into trouble and Canada, as old as it is, still
doesn't have a girlfriend, if you catch my meaning. |
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If we can abolish the persistent, loud-trousers-
wearing, braying-voiced, look-at-me-I-can-tie-my-
shoes, American meme while we're at it. |
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My observations were more about the UK rather than Canada, although it has some crappy weather alright. I like William Gibson's line about Vancouver in Burning Chrome: |
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"It rains a lot, up here; there are winter days when it doesn't really get light at all, only a bright, indeterinmate gray. But then there are days when it's like they whip aside a curtain to flash you three minutes of sun- lit, suspended mountain, the trademark at the start of God's own movie" |
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I recall reading that Seattle has an average of 84 days
sunshine a year. |
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To be fair, the days ARE longer in the higher latitudes. On the rainy days, they just seem longer. |
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//84 days sunshine a year. |
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84 days! That's exactly 84 more days than the UK, how do they manage with all the skin cancers? |
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//Mother England has been begging us to let her move into our basement |
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that would be Saipan, unless it has changed rather radically. |
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I see, the quest for esoteric superiority resulting from insecurity is simply part of the national identity. Carry on, then. |
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You also need to factor in tornadoes. <link> |
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I don't know why superiority among the Commonwealth is
such an important delusion for the Brits. Why is it so hard
to accept that the children have outgrown the parent? |
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**Fine Citizens of England, Wales, most of Scotland, and a
good-sized portion of Ireland, but mostly just England:** |
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**The kids are alright.** |
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Too many Boys' Own and Biggles stories, I suspect. |
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The unavoidable natural disasters are more
interesting than living in some form of soul-
destroying geological suburbia. I speak as a total
shutterbug. |
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Storm-chasing is great, when it's you doing
the chasing. The same goes for volcanoes. It'
just nice to be able to go home afterwards,
rather than watching the whole event from
the shortly-to-be-erased comfort of your
living room… |
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You have to die of something sometime. |
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Frankly, I'd rather live in an extreme-climate area (which I
do) than live somewhere 'safe' and die of boredom. |
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I'm not certain whether boredom has ever killed
anyone. It seems like an unlikely coroner's finding. |
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Thus speaks a man who's never been to Swindon. |
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// Storm-chasing is great, when it's you doing the chasing. The same goes for volcanoes. |
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Chasing volcanoes seems a little unsporting? It's not like they can get away. |
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It is true that their habits are almost entirely sedentary; on the other hand, they are quite difficult to injure, and few human adversaries have the ability to release millions of tons of white-hot gas and rock in a fraction of a second, incinerating everything in the immediate vicinity. |
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Living in an area geographically distant from volcanos doesn't necessarily protect you from them as they can get fired up and reach across vast distances. [link] |
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Krakatau will rise and explode again. Apparently that
was a really messy one, back in 1883. |
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//It is true that their habits are almost entirely sedentary; |
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It's a pity it's not sedimentary <laughs at own joke, a very bad sign> |
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Assuming this map is on the net, and seeing as there actually is no way to measure intelligence, surely the data for the map would best be drawn from the locations of where most people look at from? |
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You could add to it with "I'm Nigerian prince who needs help moving money out of the country.." and/or "Tony Blair, greatest ever prime minister, click here to vote yes" I'm sure you can think of a few more.. |
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