Another of My Own Friday Fives...

...since the other Friday Five sucks Balls (it was something to the effect of describe your home, did you have trouble waking up this morning, blah blah blah, crap crap crap...). Balls!

So in light of my previous post invovling people doing good things (and also in light of me seeing Borat last night), I'm gonna pick my five questions accordingly:

Where?

1) If you could own a country, which one would it be? Wow, good question. I mean, my heart is with Canada, but think of the possibilites. I could take over a third world country and try to fix it, or I could just do what I wanna do and move over to Europe...except owning and running a country is a lot of work so it's gonna have to be one that seems pretty easy to run. I've always liked Spain and they have a pretty liberal view of gay stuff and they do seem to stay out of political hot water for the most part so....Dave suggested a small island which doesn't necessarily seem like a bad idea. Like the Dominican Republic. Or Cuba. Except hurricane season really makes me rethink that...Mitch suggested Uruguay. Which also seems like a good idea....the mountains, the climate....Decisions, decisions...I'm gonna say Costa Rica. It's called the Switzerland of the Americas, I know of countless people who move down there for months at a time due ot it's lovely secenery and peaceful nature and the climate is excellent. So why the hell not? I'll make Costa Rica the New Gay Paradise. The marketing for tourism would be awesome!

2) If you could force two countries to co-exist Without any violence (let's pretend the populations are equal and each person gets an electrical shock if they try to hurt someone) which two would you choose? Easy for one....the States...and who would I make them learn about....Indonesia.....yeah! I'm so gonna put good 'ol Tex in the same room with some guy from one of the smaller islands who Actually Has to hunt and kill his own food with his bare hands (not to mention that Indonesia is the most populous Muslim-majority nation). Talk about expanding some minds! Good luck Tex!

3) Currently some of the richest countries in the world are Luxembourg, the United States and Japan. Turn the tables and pick three countries to strike it rich. They are: Canada, Ethiopia (one of the poorest African countries and also the one with the biggest population, so hopefully this could stimulate the entire surrounding African region...), and...let's say....New Zealand. Last time I checked, they didn't start any wars...

4) North America is sinking! And you need to move to a new country. Where would you go? (assuming most countries are accepting our sorry asses): I've always wanted to live in Spain. but what would I do for work? I don't even speak the language. And I also hafta assume that my friends and family will have to fend for themselves and that Kate would be coming with me....I'm probably going to say (don't kill me Kate) Australia. They have a film industry, english is their main language and apparently the weather's beautiful...Of course, if I wasn't worried about my job, I'd probably pick Spain...or Costa Rica...

5) Take one country, any country, right off the planet. As if it never existed (and yes it Sounds alot like Genocide, but we're talking about a hypothetical game, not wiping out an entire race with bloodshed...): Well Germany certainly hurt alot of people. And Italy before them....or England. But I'm talking today, as of right now. And as much as I may detest how the Americans view the rest of the world I'm still somewhat glad that it is Them who won the cold war and not the Russians. So if, as of today, I Had to make a country disappear?...wow....there really is no way for this not to seem offensive. For purely peaceful reasons, I'm gonna say Afghanistan. Or North Korea. But probably Afghanistan.

Tough questions, and certainly took a while for me to answer them. But it did make me look at a map a whole lot harder. Wow, now that I'm done thinking, I'm gonna go watch somethign on You Tube. Later!