[Outdated, please look at pinned post] Casual Conversation

It's probably one of the best countries to live in but also comes with a big tradeoff in the form of a bad climate. People keep to themselves and avoid interacting with strangers. We're also known for being quiet, humble and honest.

Slartibartfast won an award for something that is literally right outside my bedroom window.

We had the highest sheep:human ratio of any country. I think we still do, but I'm not sure.

we've been the cause of two world wars

If there's water to be manipulated in a way to either keep it out, or to make land appear where water once was, they are going to hire people from here.

Every easter, we go from door to door and beat girl's backs with a whip made of braided rods. They give us sweets and alcohol for exchange.

We lost a land war against birds.

Nice try fed won't get my location that easily

There's a word coined in this town's specific dialect that means "catty corner, kitty corner, or diagonal".

Hint: the first two syllables of that word are "anti", though the "t" is not a full fricative stop.

In the city where I live there are two train stations, next to each other, and with different track gauges.

We have scammers

We have a small desert with cactii in a region that has snow 6 months, extreme cold for 2 months of the year.

We allow a marmot to predict our weather.

We've got one of the oldest, largest, and most used transit systems in the world.

We had a tea party during the revolutionary war, no not that tea party.

Our first ever ruler from when we became an independent nation was known to carry pieces of roasted chicken in his suit pockets to sneak in snacks during the day.

We have two animals on our coat of arms neither of which can walk backwards.

We have a 1/2 scale copy of the Leaning Tower of Pisa

We don't call them steamed hams.

One of our sports teams shocked the world in 2016 by doing the impossible.

The team in question wasn't the Tigers.

A century ago, we had a disaster caused by a tsunami of molasses 25 ft high, going 35 mph

We have a local legend who plays bagpipes while riding a unicycle

A song from my country is used in Hollywood, in instrumental form, as an exotic romantic dance. It's actually, according to the lyrics, about a gambling addict comparing his horse race obsession with the intense nature of his romantic infatuations.