# 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:** 16\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czechoslovakia/656346/61 "2013-04-22T23:11:27Z")
I’ve been to Prague. It’s a lovely city full of red roofs and good beer. I think everyone should Czech it out. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czechoslovakia/656346/62 "2013-04-23T05:53:34Z")
Whenever I’m not sure where I am, I go to the window and make sure Laibach isn’t stomping around outside. Sometimes, there’s no window. But I can feel them out there. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czechoslovakia/656346/63 "2013-04-23T13:28:29Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > And it’s possible to verify this. If you look online you can see a substantial percentage of Czech women naked. And they would each like to be your Czech mate. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czechoslovakia/656346/64 "2013-04-23T13:49:38Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > And they would each like to be your Czech mate. You try that, you get p@wn’d. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czechoslovakia/656346/65 "2013-04-23T17:26:51Z")
> [@Darth\_Nader](#): > > Whenever I’m not sure where I am, I go to the window and make sure Laibach isn’t stomping around outside. Sometimes, there’s no window. But I can feel them out there. Yeah, you can’t give Laibach even the slightest opening, or they’ll let themselves in. Kinda like the slightest opening you just gave me to [link this.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIVgRGsRvdQ) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czechoslovakia/656346/66 "2013-04-23T17:45:17Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > I’ve been to Prague. It’s a lovely city full of red roofs and good beer. > > I think everyone should Czech it out. Go take your pils, would you? ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czechoslovakia/656346/67 "2013-04-24T22:05:54Z")
> [@MOIDALIZE](#): > > I’ve had enough of their bullshit. Hang on to your seats, they’re sending us even more! [Czechs to send funds to blast-hit Texas town](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=689111) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czechoslovakia/656346/68 "2013-04-24T23:11:42Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > Yeah, fuck Czechoslovakia. How dare they split into two independent countries, each taking half of the name. So what is it now, Czech-OH!-Slovakia? ---
**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 24, 2013, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czechoslovakia/656346/69 "2013-04-24T23:23:49Z")
Czechs sends checks to Tex after wrecks. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czechoslovakia/656346/70 "2013-04-24T23:28:15Z")
Now it’s Istanbul, not Czechoslovakia ---
**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czechoslovakia/656346/71 "2013-04-24T23:38:14Z")
> [@Darth\_Nader](#): > > Whenever I’m not sure where I am, I go to the window and make sure Laibach isn’t stomping around outside. Sometimes, there’s no window. But I can feel them out there. I would stay away from windows in Prague. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2013, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czechoslovakia/656346/72 "2013-04-25T03:03:08Z")
> [@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. It’s easy! In one, they speak Slovenčina. In the other they speak Slovenščina. Easy! (Or slovenský jazyk/slovenski jezik if you prefer.) > [@MOIDALIZE](#): > > Yeah, you can’t give Laibach even the slightest opening, or they’ll let themselves in. > > Kinda like the slightest opening you just gave me to [link this.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIVgRGsRvdQ) You could have done more with that opening, I’d say. [This one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwdOX19_ETI) might be more relevant to the thread. Damn ParsiNazis. > [@Saltire](#): > > I would stay away from windows in Prague. Ha! I get your obscure reference. From back in the days when religious conflicts knew how to kill/maim with panache. ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2013, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czechoslovakia/656346/73 "2013-04-25T03:53:53Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > That’s the Former Yugoslav Republic of Self-Styled So-Called Macedonia!!! The Skopje Entity must never be allowed to appropriate the glorious cultural heritage and symbols of Greece!!! Waste of time anyway. They’re just a bunch of shopworn spaniards. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2013, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czechoslovakia/656346/74 "2013-04-25T06:44:12Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I heard Czechoslovakia killed a 13 year old girl back in the 80s. Was he an interior decorator? ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czechoslovakia/656346/75 "2013-04-26T13:18:43Z")
You may know it as the Czech Republic, but it will always be Chechnya to me. ---
**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 26, 2013, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czechoslovakia/656346/76 "2013-04-26T13:29:26Z")
The place is a time bomb waiting to go off – a real pressure cooker. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czechoslovakia/656346.md?page=3)