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Mike__M

(1,052 posts)
5. They probably know some Danes though
Mon Mar 21, 2016, 01:33 PM
Mar 2016

Just a guess. They might even talk with them. May even have some idea how their lives are going, what makes them among the happiest people on the planet. Irrelevant stuff like that.

matt819

(10,749 posts)
2. Thank goodness we are not Denmark
Mon Mar 21, 2016, 01:28 PM
Mar 2016

Because, if we were, I don't speak Danish and so could never find a bathroom.

Mike__M

(1,052 posts)
6. I think they have access to Google translate over there
Mon Mar 21, 2016, 01:33 PM
Mar 2016

Try this:
"Øllet er god. Hvor er toilettet?"

matt819

(10,749 posts)
11. Thank goodness
Mon Mar 21, 2016, 07:55 PM
Mar 2016

Then I vote for being Denmark and being forced to speak Danish or in a generic Scandinavian accent.

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
14. Just think of Danish as a form of Old English
Mon Mar 21, 2016, 08:10 PM
Mar 2016

It's probably one of the easiest languages for an English speaker to learn.

 

phleshdef

(11,936 posts)
8. When I hear that, what I really here is "we can't do it as good as or better than other countries".
Mon Mar 21, 2016, 01:36 PM
Mar 2016

Its such a lack of vision.

socialist_n_TN

(11,481 posts)
12. Yep, that was my take on it when HRC spoke that line in the first debate.......
Mon Mar 21, 2016, 08:00 PM
Mar 2016

So we can't have nice things like Denmark?

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