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[–] 208 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It's not even fair. Bosina and Herzegovina has to play against 50 states at the same time.

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  • [–] 49 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Also funny: Bosnia and Herzegovina has almost exactly a 100th of the population of the USA.

    3,412,000 vs. 341,784,857

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    That's almost the same population ratio as Cape Verde (526,000) and Argentina (46 million).

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  • [–] 118 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    It would be so fucking funny if B&H could play with 22 players because of some airbud like loophole in the rulebook.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    This is the first time i saw someone write B&H for Bosnia.

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    [–] 72 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 child)

    Two old men sitting on a bench. One asks: "Are you going to watch the football game tonight?"
    "Who's playing," the other asks back.
    "Austria-Hungary," the first man answers.
    "And who will they play against?"

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  • [–] 55 points 2 months ago

    50 countries in a trench coat.

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  • [–] 44 points 2 months ago (8 children)

    oNlY 90s kIDs WiLl rEmEMbER

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    [–] 39 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 child)

    Why do 50 states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico and some unincorporated islands play against a country.

    That sounds very unfair...

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  • [–] 34 points 2 months ago

    Replace the US with Trinidad and Tobago and it should be an equal match.

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  • [–] 26 points 2 months ago*

    Mediveal kings declaring war against Austria-Hungary and Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth be like:

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  • [–] 24 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Wars have been fought over that 'and'

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  • [–] 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

    As a Czech, you already know that but the brief democratic Czecho—Slovak Federation (1989-1992) also had a "Hyphen war" (actually just an argument) where Slovakia was not content with the longest dash available and wanted an "and" in the middle, breaking grammatical rules. Greater disagreements later resulted in the countries' peaceful dissolution on New Year's Eve 1992.

    But the languages are different enough to be distinct despite being largely mutually understandable (you can use Slovak in Czech courts to this day). This means there is no embarrassing doubling or tripling of legally required text like with Slovenian & Not Slovenian & Legally Distinct Not Slovenian.

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    [+] 21 points 2 months ago (4 children)
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    Antigua and Barbuda, São Tomé and Principe, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago.

    Bosnia and Herzegowina is also not an unknown country.

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    [–] 21 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    And the UK plays as four separate teams.

    More, if you include Isle of Man, Gibraltar, etc...

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    The isle of man must be shit considering they have such a small population to pick from

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    [–] 20 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Wait till they find out B&H has 3 presidents their mind will be blown.

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    [–] 17 points 2 months ago* (6 children)

    I really try to reach beyond my mediocre American education on international affairs. I'm ashamed to say this one will be a Google for me.

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    [–] 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    I am from Bosnia, take me to Herzegovina

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    [–] 9 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    So it will be 11 vs. 22? Or will there be three nets on the field in a triangle?

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    [–] 8 points 2 months ago

    It checks out.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago (1 child)
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    [–] 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    How about Trinidad and Tobago, though?

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    [–] 7 points 2 months ago

    United states? Man how many states they gotta play against?

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    If other countries wanted a better chance against the US they wouldn't allow us to compete as one and would make us compete as states.

    In which case FL and CA would take over everything.

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