“I didn’t know any successful actors in Kenya, so I felt like I could get away with going to college to study film more easily than I could with saying, ‘I want to be an actor.’ That’s what I did.” -Lupita Nyong’o
There's nothing that gets me excited quite like... completely fabricated, unnecessary bickering on the internet between two countries. I don't know why that is, but there's something both charming and addicting about the classic internet video where Kenya shoots jabs at Norway for no reason at all.
Image credit: screenshot from the original flash video at http://www.weebls-stuff.com/songs/kenya/.
And it's almost as hilarious for how bad it is, but also -- most probably -- for how satirically accurate it is as well.
Go check it out, and by all means, please, if you can: more unnecessary rivalries between countries!
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There are infinitely more lions and tigers in Norway than 0; both species are represented in the country's main zoo in Kristiansand.
And Norway's main export is not tree, but oil and gas from the North sea. I am aware that this does not help the argument, because oil and gas < Tree.
Burma!
That is nothing compared to the satirical Norway Song in a swedish TV program 1968, triggered by the frustration of Norway always getting all the medals in sports.
(Swedish language, the extreme rudeness is not translatable to English)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5bGaR2I4bI
Also, Spitting Image has a wonderfully rude German presentation of Britain that totally outshines this image.
...not to mention this gem: "Spitting Image - I've Never Met A Nice South Africa"n (With Lyrics) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxEweP2TiMk