Insomnia

"Gabor Vajda (@Gabor_V)" (gaborvajda) 11/20/2013 at 18:03 • Filed to: None

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Just a random post. I think I drank too much coffee during the day and slept too much. It's midnight here and can't sleep. Spent the last hour counting the states of the US. Never had to learn them, and on the other side of the planet I never had to know them in the first place - especially when not being a native English-speaker. Nevertheless I was actually quite proud of the fact that I could recall 40 of them. If I had thought hard enough, might have come up with 4-5 more.

So yeah, still can't sleep and I am supposed to wake up in four and a half hours.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Gabor Vajda (@Gabor_V) 11/20/2013 at 18:07

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So where in central Europe do you live then? ;)

PatBateman > Gabor Vajda (@Gabor_V) 11/20/2013 at 18:08

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Don't forget about Texas.

Gabor Vajda (@Gabor_V) > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh 11/20/2013 at 18:08

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Hungary.

Gabor Vajda (@Gabor_V) > PatBateman 11/20/2013 at 18:12

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Haha!

There were some I missed that deserved some facepalm moments after I checked (New Jersey and Wisconsin) and there were two I had not known they were states (no offence, but Vermont and Rhode Island).

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Gabor Vajda (@Gabor_V) 11/20/2013 at 18:12

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I'll have a beer for you here in Norway.. so.. uhm... thinking hard now... uhh.. egészségedre? (or is that bless you?)

ttyymmnn > Gabor Vajda (@Gabor_V) 11/20/2013 at 18:13

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This is actually a lot tougher than it sounds. I consider myself rather geographically literate, and I was challenged when I tried to list all 50. I dare say you will find many Americans who would fare worse than you did. Much worse.

Gabor Vajda (@Gabor_V) > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh 11/20/2013 at 18:15

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Correct :)

Unfortunately I cannot speak a word in Norwegian. I had a Norwegian-pattern jumper (aka Atari-reindeer) and when I had that on I used to talk gibberish to my wife that kinda sounded like Norwegian and it always meant "I love you". :)

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Gabor Vajda (@Gabor_V) 11/20/2013 at 18:18

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Hehe... Just say "jeg elsker deg" (or Jai elskar dai) That's norwegian for I love you.

Gabor Vajda (@Gabor_V) > ttyymmnn 11/20/2013 at 18:19

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I guess so, since there's 50 of them. Most of the Europeans couldn't list all European countries either (which heavily include such "oddballs" as Andorra, the Vatican, San Marino, Monaco, etc.)

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Gabor Vajda (@Gabor_V) 11/20/2013 at 18:31

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Andorra and San Marino are the oddballs people tend to remember... I'd say Montenegro and Moldova are more often forgotten.

Gabor Vajda (@Gabor_V) > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh 11/20/2013 at 18:36

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From my experience for quite a few people in Western Europe, Eastern Europe is quite a blur (by default everybody is Polish coming from the East).

But then I have a hard time distinguishing most of the "-stan" ending countries in Asia.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Gabor Vajda (@Gabor_V) 11/20/2013 at 18:40

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Eastern Europe is rather Easy for us Norwegians, a lot of people come from there to seek work :) Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus (white russia), Poland.. you name it :) There is a reason I understand a bit of each language :) I used to drive a lorry/truck..

desertdog5051 > Gabor Vajda (@Gabor_V) 11/20/2013 at 19:06

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OK, now you have to name the state capitals of all 50 and then you can go to sleep. Bonus sleep time if you can name the capitals of all the Canadian Provinces.