# Countries represented on the SDMB **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 20, 2003, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countries-represented-on-the-sdmb/202875 "2003-09-20T23:53:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countries-represented-on-the-sdmb/202875/1 "2003-09-20T23:53:46Z")
I’m trying to compile all of the countries where we have regular posters. I think we’ve got somebody in every state in the **U. S.** , and many all across **Canada**. One reg is in **Puerto Rico**. We used to have a reg in **Mexico** City, but I don’t know what’s happened with him. Several are in **England** , including our lonely correspondent on the **Isle of Man** , and **Ireland** and there’s at least one in **Scotland**. There’s at least one regular poster in Paris, **France** , several in **Germany** , a few in **the Netherlands** , and we have at least one each in **Rumania** and **Hungary**. Our outpost in **Iceland** reports in in an irregular fashion. We used to have one in Barcelona, **Spain** , but I haven’t seen him around in a bit. For the time being, **radar ralf** is posting from **Georgia**. I can think of posters in **Saudi Arabia** and the **United Arab Emirates**. And I know I’ve seen posts from **Israel** - do we have a reg there? Can’t think of one on the African continent. We’ve several in **India**. We’ve got’em scattered all over **Australia** and there’s one tireless contributor in **New Zealand**. Several report in from **Japan** , mostly from around Tokyo, I believe. We have at least one in **China** and we _had_ a couple on **Taiwan** (don’t know if they’re still around or not) as well as a couple in **Hong Kong**. Now that **astroboy** has moved, is anybody posting from **Korea**? I know we’ve got people in **Panama** , **Argentina** and **Colombia** , also. So, who’d I miss? Can you think of anybody in the rest of Europe? Russia? Africa, perhaps? Other Arab countries? Asia? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countries-represented-on-the-sdmb/202875/2 "2003-09-21T00:26:44Z")
I declared a 2’ x 3’ square of land behind my garage the Socialist Republic of Lendevedder. Unfortunately, public services are somewhat non-existant in this nation, so I can’t post from there. I’m thinking of making a trip over there shortly. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countries-represented-on-the-sdmb/202875/3 "2003-09-21T01:33:54Z")
OK! Just spotted a poster who, from registration date and post count appears to be well on the way to becoming a regular, and posts from Tel Aviv, **Israel**. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countries-represented-on-the-sdmb/202875/4 "2003-09-21T02:12:07Z")
> [@](#): > > _Orig. by Ringo_ > … and there’s one tireless contributor in New Zealand. Which one? ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countries-represented-on-the-sdmb/202875/5 "2003-09-21T02:14:00Z")
Actually, I recall a poster around about from **Rwanda** in Africa. ---
**Author:** ![eman77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f04885/32.png) [@eman77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eman77)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countries-represented-on-the-sdmb/202875/6 "2003-09-21T02:30:59Z")
I posted a couple times from **Latvia** during the summer but I’m not sure if that counts. ---
**Author:** ![Netbrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71e660/32.png) [@Netbrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Netbrian)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countries-represented-on-the-sdmb/202875/7 "2003-09-21T02:50:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ice Wolf \* > \*\*Which one? \*\* Calm Kiwi I believe. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countries-represented-on-the-sdmb/202875/8 "2003-09-21T02:55:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ringo \* > \*\* > There’s at least one regular poster in Paris, **France** , several in **Germany** , a few in **the Netherlands** , and we have at least one each in **Rumania** and **Hungary**. Our outpost in **Iceland** reports in in an irregular fashion. > > So, who’d I miss? Can you think of anybody in the rest of Europe? \*\* Norway – **flodnak** , for one Sweden – **iteki** and others Finland – someone whose screen name I can’t recall ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countries-represented-on-the-sdmb/202875/9 "2003-09-21T02:59:49Z")
I’m in China–Guangzhou–right now! (But I live in Colorado.) **ChinaBoy** is in China somewhere–Shanghai, I think. ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countries-represented-on-the-sdmb/202875/10 "2003-09-21T03:03:26Z")
**Chinaguy** is in Shanghai, I dunno about **ChinaBoy**! green\_bladder - in HK. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countries-represented-on-the-sdmb/202875/11 "2003-09-21T05:02:23Z")
> [@](#): > > Our outpost in Iceland reports in in an irregular fashion. Anyone else amused by this wording? I know we have at least a couple people posting from Israel, and one from the West Bank. There was someone posting from Rwanda a while ago, but I haven’t seen him in a while. There are also a couple of African ex-pats - a Moroccan in Florida and a South African in England. Which reminds me, other parts of the UK were represented, so I’ll note that I’ve seen someone posting from Wales (can’t remember who it is, but the location reads “Cardiff, EU”) lately. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countries-represented-on-the-sdmb/202875/12 "2003-09-21T06:12:38Z")
> [@](#): > > _Orig. by Ice Wolf_ > Which one? > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Netbrian \* > > \*\*Calm Kiwi I believe. \*\* Thought so. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countries-represented-on-the-sdmb/202875/13 "2003-09-21T06:24:42Z")
Nice wooosh **Ice Wolf** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Aankh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@Aankh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aankh)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countries-represented-on-the-sdmb/202875/14 "2003-09-21T06:25:04Z")
Singapore too, if this place qualifies as a country. More a city-state. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countries-represented-on-the-sdmb/202875/15 "2003-09-21T06:30:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ringo \* > \*\*OK! Just spotted a poster who, from registration date and post count appears to be well on the way to becoming a regular, and posts from Tel Aviv, **Israel**. \*\* Hi, Mom! 😃 (waves at the camera) ---
**Author:** ![Eli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@Eli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eli)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countries-represented-on-the-sdmb/202875/16 "2003-09-21T10:54:07Z")
**Alessan** is a regular Israeli, I think. And i’m just a lurker. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![chattywine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5daacb/32.png) [@chattywine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chattywine)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countries-represented-on-the-sdmb/202875/17 "2003-09-21T10:56:45Z")
Hey don’t forget Italy! ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countries-represented-on-the-sdmb/202875/18 "2003-09-21T11:13:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by aasna \* > \*\*Singapore too, if this place qualifies as a country. More a city-state. \*\* Of course it’s a country! Don’t put yourself down. 🙂 I believe there are some contributors from the Caribbean too. **Henry B** is Finnish, but I believe he’s living in Siberia at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countries-represented-on-the-sdmb/202875/19 "2003-09-21T11:15:02Z")
Oh, and **Tomcat** is in the **Czech Republic**. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countries-represented-on-the-sdmb/202875/20 "2003-09-21T11:16:24Z")
What I would find fun would be to get a good sized black and white map in jpg or gif form and paint in all the countries that are represented in black leaving all the remaining ones in brilliant white. I do that to keep track of what census indexes I’m looking forward to the completion of. It’s more fun then any nerd should rightly have. You’d probably have to break the maps down by continents. It’s like a coloring book only with purpose. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countries-represented-on-the-sdmb/202875.md?page=2)