# Czechoslovakia **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 21, 2013, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czechoslovakia/656346 "2013-04-21T23:23:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czechoslovakia/656346/21 "2013-04-22T03:34:43Z")
And how are you supposed to figure out which one is Slovakia and which one is Slovenia? It’s like they did it deliberately just to confuse us. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czechoslovakia/656346/22 "2013-04-22T03:38:38Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > And how are you supposed to figure out which one is Slovakia and which one is Slovenia? It’s like they did it deliberately just to confuse us. Kansas, Arkansas? Say, what exactly are you tricksters up to anyway? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czechoslovakia/656346/23 "2013-04-22T03:39:18Z")
> [@3trew](#): > > What the hell would an admitted Leaf fan know about fine hockey players? Hey hey now! The leafs just made the playoffs! I hear the fans are confused though, and not sure what is supposed to happen next. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czechoslovakia/656346/24 "2013-04-22T03:44:49Z")
> [@3trew](#): > > What the hell would an admitted Leaf fan know about fine hockey players? > [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Hey hey now! The leafs just made the playoffs! I hear the fans are confused though, and not sure what is supposed to happen next. Hey, come on. We’ll be drinking out of the Grey Cup soon enough. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czechoslovakia/656346/25 "2013-04-22T03:48:13Z")
I heard Czechoslovakia killed a 13 year old girl back in the 80s. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czechoslovakia/656346/26 "2013-04-22T03:52:06Z")
> [@R.P.McMurphy](#): > > Who do they think they are? … Wrong question. To understand them we have to ask who do they thing they **aren’t**. The answer is – Slovakians. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czechoslovakia/656346/27 "2013-04-22T04:07:01Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I heard Czechoslovakia killed a 13 year old girl back in the 80s. Wait a minute… if a criminal splits like an amoeba which one gets charged with the crime? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czechoslovakia/656346/28 "2013-04-22T04:20:05Z")
I’m sick of the Swiss! ---
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czechoslovakia/656346/29 "2013-04-22T04:56:57Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Hey, come on. We’ll be drinking out of the Grey Cup soon enough. Pfft. My beloved Roughriders will win the Stanley Cup long before that. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czechoslovakia/656346/30 "2013-04-22T05:11:08Z")
Moved to MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czechoslovakia/656346/31 "2013-04-22T05:11:54Z")
Stupid satelite states! I prefer cable states! ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czechoslovakia/656346/32 "2013-04-22T05:17:11Z")
Well, at least we know that, because it’s in Eastern Europe, there’s no Soviet domination there. That’s something we can all rely on. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czechoslovakia/656346/33 "2013-04-22T07:05:26Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Kansas, Arkansas? Say, what exactly are you tricksters up to anyway? 😕 Don’t get me started on stupid Dakota Territory. They had the gall to split into North Dakota and South Dakota, but wouldn’t even tell us which is the 39th state and which is the 40th. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czechoslovakia/656346/34 "2013-04-22T09:48:41Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Kansas, Arkansas? Say, what exactly are you tricksters up to anyway? 😕 Arkansas isn’t a real place. It is just Kansas for pirates. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czechoslovakia/656346/35 "2013-04-22T10:01:48Z")
In heard North Dakota wanted to change its state name to Dakota. Just Dakota. Because the other sounded like the place was too cold. Maybe they should have proposed South Manitoba. ---
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czechoslovakia/656346/36 "2013-04-22T11:37:41Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > The bastards won’t even use a simple name, like Czechia or something. No, they make us say “Republic” too. Fucking time wasters. In English, yes. Not necessarily in other languages. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czechoslovakia/656346/37 "2013-04-22T12:19:47Z")
> [@mkecane](#): > > In 3rd or 4th grade, my school had class olympics, and my suggested name for our “country” was Checkerslovakia. Our flag was a checkers board. I was really proud of my achievement. King me! ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czechoslovakia/656346/38 "2013-04-22T12:20:57Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#): > > In heard North Dakota wanted to change its state name to Dakota. > Just Dakota. Because the other sounded like the place was too cold. > > Maybe they should have proposed South Manitoba. South Saskatchewan has a better ring to it, won’t you agree? ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czechoslovakia/656346/39 "2013-04-22T12:44:42Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I’m sick of the Swiss! Hey! Got a problem with that Belgium? ---
**Author:** ![bahimes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@bahimes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bahimes)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czechoslovakia/656346/40 "2013-04-22T13:21:55Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > And how are you supposed to figure out which one is Slovakia and which one is Slovenia? It’s like they did it deliberately just to confuse us. From here I turn left for Slovakia and right for Slovenia. For Czechistan I do a u-turn. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czechoslovakia/656346.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czechoslovakia/656346.md?page=3)