# Don't get left with the crummy ones! Reserve YOUR personal invaded country today! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 26, 2002, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-get-left-with-the-crummy-ones-reserve-your-personal-invaded-country-today/100154 "2002-03-26T07:11:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-get-left-with-the-crummy-ones-reserve-your-personal-invaded-country-today/100154/41 "2002-03-27T13:40:11Z")
I see S. Korea is still unclaimed. Well, not anymore. It’s all mine! All the ex-pat Americans living there can have positions in the new government. We’ll all go party in Song Tan together. ---
**Author:** ![Efrem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@Efrem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Efrem)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-get-left-with-the-crummy-ones-reserve-your-personal-invaded-country-today/100154/42 "2002-03-27T14:02:34Z")
Sudan - I don’t need a reason. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-get-left-with-the-crummy-ones-reserve-your-personal-invaded-country-today/100154/43 "2002-03-27T14:46:44Z")
Nobody has called Australia yet? I’ll take that one. Home of one of my favourite brewpubs. Mmm…beer. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-get-left-with-the-crummy-ones-reserve-your-personal-invaded-country-today/100154/44 "2002-03-27T14:50:42Z")
While I’m at it, I’ll take Cape Verde and the Canary Islands as well. I’ll form my own triangle, and it’ll be BETTER than the Bermuda Triangle, and it’ll have blackjack, and hookers! Wait, forget the triangle. ---
**Author:** ![Re\_PT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a698b9/32.png) [@Re\_PT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Re_PT)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-get-left-with-the-crummy-ones-reserve-your-personal-invaded-country-today/100154/45 "2002-03-27T15:40:10Z")
Can I take England? I haven’t got time to leave home and invade a foreign country so I thought I’d just stage a coup d’etate. Actually, forget staging one, I want this one to be real! Army march passes in Hyde Park. **The** changing of the guard. Perhaps even a few, select executions? Okay, perhaps not… Propaganda over every channel - channel 5 destroyed. Worcestershire renamed Borsetshire. 🙂 PT ---
**Author:** ![Medea\_s\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Medea\_s\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medea_s_Child)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-get-left-with-the-crummy-ones-reserve-your-personal-invaded-country-today/100154/46 "2002-03-27T15:42:27Z")
Damnit, PT took England. Belize then. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-get-left-with-the-crummy-ones-reserve-your-personal-invaded-country-today/100154/47 "2002-03-27T15:54:37Z")
I claim the Abacos! It will be a clothing-optional sailing empire. No powerboats allowed. Hammocks for everyone! Kiss my ring before you go! ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-get-left-with-the-crummy-ones-reserve-your-personal-invaded-country-today/100154/48 "2002-03-27T16:09:58Z")
I bags Christmas Islands… Refugees, collect the entire set! I pity the fool who comes late and there is only the republic of Malta left. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-get-left-with-the-crummy-ones-reserve-your-personal-invaded-country-today/100154/49 "2002-03-27T16:39:11Z")
Don’t cry for me, I want Argentina. (Sorry Darwin’s Finch, you can’t have _all_ of S. America minus Brazil!) My homeland defenses will entirely consist of forcing people to crash into the Andes and eat themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Re\_PT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a698b9/32.png) [@Re\_PT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Re_PT)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-get-left-with-the-crummy-ones-reserve-your-personal-invaded-country-today/100154/50 "2002-03-27T16:46:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Medea’s Child \* > Damnit, PT took England. Hey, you can always have the Isle of Wight - I’m not using it. But only if you help me grab Finland when no one’s looking… PT ---
**Author:** ![MrVisible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@MrVisible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrVisible)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-get-left-with-the-crummy-ones-reserve-your-personal-invaded-country-today/100154/51 "2002-03-27T17:32:18Z")
I want Costa Rica. I really, really want Costa Rica. ---
**Author:** ![Re\_PT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a698b9/32.png) [@Re\_PT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Re_PT)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-get-left-with-the-crummy-ones-reserve-your-personal-invaded-country-today/100154/52 "2002-03-27T17:46:43Z")
Pssst! Hey, buddy! \ I got Columbian here if you want it. You won’t even miss Costa Rica after you’ve tried Columbia… …no? How about some Jamaican? \ Damn! Someone’s nicked it! \ PT ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-get-left-with-the-crummy-ones-reserve-your-personal-invaded-country-today/100154/53 "2002-03-27T18:56:05Z")
no way, **Derleth**! i invaded germany and then i used all of my resources (just like a proper invader should) and invaded austria too! you and your montana are relatively safe (for now! muahahaha!). ---
**Author:** ![Toaster52](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/50afbb/32.png) [@Toaster52](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toaster52)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-get-left-with-the-crummy-ones-reserve-your-personal-invaded-country-today/100154/54 "2002-03-27T20:05:29Z")
…frantically skims through the remaining countries…doesn’t want to get stuck with Mexico… AHA!!!..I dibs the Fiji Islands!!! Scuba diving by day, warm tropical maidens by night… ---
**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:** [March 28, 2002, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-get-left-with-the-crummy-ones-reserve-your-personal-invaded-country-today/100154/55 "2002-03-28T00:40:40Z")
I really must insist on seasonal countries. Indonesia, and all it really want out of it is Bali. Also, if anything is left of Krakatoa, east of Java, I need a heliport and boat docks. Switzerland will suffice for winter fun. ---
**Author:** ![fish\_in\_the\_sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ba0ec/32.png) [@fish\_in\_the\_sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fish_in_the_sky)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-get-left-with-the-crummy-ones-reserve-your-personal-invaded-country-today/100154/56 "2002-03-28T01:19:31Z")
Has anyone taken Spain yet? I want Spain. ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-get-left-with-the-crummy-ones-reserve-your-personal-invaded-country-today/100154/57 "2002-03-28T11:21:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BiblioCat \* > \*\*Well, I was going to claim Ireland, but since Seven beat me to it, I’ll take Scotland instead. > All your tartan belong to me. 😃 \*\* Always after me lucky charms. Stay away from my county of I’ll fund a U2/Sinead O’Connor world tour. Bwa-ha-ha!!! The world will be at my mercy! ---
**Author:** ![Osakadave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f07891/32.png) [@Osakadave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osakadave)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-get-left-with-the-crummy-ones-reserve-your-personal-invaded-country-today/100154/58 "2002-03-28T12:45:46Z")
Dao, I’m making a historical claim on the Ryukyu kingdom (Okinawa for all you history ignorant types). Sun, sand, beautiful women, and the best part of the American bases (including the “non existant” _ahem, cough, cough, wink, wink_ nuclear arsenal). If not, I’ll take Singapore, if you please. Nice tropical place sitting ontop of the worlds trade routes choke point. And if we’re going to allow grabbing multiple countries, I’ll take the two above plus Brunei. You may call me Sultan Dave. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-get-left-with-the-crummy-ones-reserve-your-personal-invaded-country-today/100154/59 "2002-03-28T13:18:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Seven \* > \*\* > > Always after me lucky charms. > > Stay away from my county of I’ll fund a U2/Sinead O’Connor world tour. > > Bwa-ha-ha!!! > > The world will be at my mercy! \*\* I don’t want your Lucky Charms. Or Sinead O’Connor. I have however, just kidnapped U2 and am holding them in my dungeon for my personal enjoyment. I figure they can play at dinner time. And cook-outs. That’ll be pretty cool. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-get-left-with-the-crummy-ones-reserve-your-personal-invaded-country-today/100154/60 "2002-03-28T16:38:19Z")
I’ll take France, not that it would be that damn hard but I’ll take it. Heck I don’t even need an army, I’ll just pretend I’m Germany and take over. Hey I’m only going for the women. Plus the bonus is that since most of the world is being taken over by the SDMB I’ll just threaten to distroy the Louve if anyone attacks! I’ll let you in to see it, but don’t come attacking me or it’s gone. Hey, I’ve got nothing else to barter with so give me a brake. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-get-left-with-the-crummy-ones-reserve-your-personal-invaded-country-today/100154.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-get-left-with-the-crummy-ones-reserve-your-personal-invaded-country-today/100154.md?page=4)