Archives for May 7th, 2004

Kurier.at has some cartoons poking fun at the incoming EU members. The jokes about Slovenia are:

* Slovenia is a gas station on the way to Croatia
* The coast is big enough to comfortably fit a single ice cream stand
* Thanks to the country’s size, you can ski into the ocean
* Slovenes are horse thieves…
* who obnoxiously change the names of their towns to match their stolen loot (refers to a dispute over Lipizzan horses.)
* they are famous for their "lovely" wine

I don’t know. I think a lot of this would be a bit more funny if, say, 47% of Austrians didn’t once admit to "some degree of racism" or if 70% didn’t say there would be problems in Austria if the minority population increased. (source) The fact that many Austrians really do look down on Easterlings makes it difficult for things like this to come across as the friendly poke-in-the-ribs it was (probably) intended to be.

Also, the Estonia page is flat-out stupid.

(Links via the excellent Vidmar.net)