# 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:** 12\ **Page:** 4
**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:** [March 28, 2002, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-get-left-with-the-crummy-ones-reserve-your-personal-invaded-country-today/100154/61 "2002-03-28T17:52:29Z")
I claim Slovenija!!! Nice little out-of-the-way country, not too large, great scenery, gorgeous women, a nice little chunk of Adriatic seacoast to get that import-export thing going, and convenient-yet-easily-defended access to all of central Europe for my hordes of mutant ninja hacker commandos… 😃 Baltic States, here I come!!! ---
**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 28, 2002, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-get-left-with-the-crummy-ones-reserve-your-personal-invaded-country-today/100154/62 "2002-03-28T19:28:37Z")
You can have Baltic, **Sunspace** , but I claim Boardwalk and Park Place. :d&r: ---
**Author:** ![RiverRunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/977dab/32.png) [@RiverRunner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RiverRunner)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-get-left-with-the-crummy-ones-reserve-your-personal-invaded-country-today/100154/63 "2002-03-28T20:18:57Z")
Hmmm. I claim Switzerland. All those bank accounts, plus Lindt chocolate. Mmmmmmm. Plus, can you ever really have too many cuckoo clocks? RR ---
**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, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-get-left-with-the-crummy-ones-reserve-your-personal-invaded-country-today/100154/64 "2002-03-28T21:34:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BiblioCat \* > \*\*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. 😃 \*\* Well, little did you know that Sean Connery is my super spy. He has been equipped with many a neat gadget and at this very moment he has U2 in his 1961 Austin Martin/submarine car (sadly, Bono had to ride in the trunk). Take that Haggis boy. ---
**Author:** ![Orual](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orual](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orual)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-get-left-with-the-crummy-ones-reserve-your-personal-invaded-country-today/100154/65 "2002-03-28T21:47:47Z")
Ireland…? dang. Scotland…? _dang_ _sigh_ OK, gimme Wales. It has everything I need. (i.e. castles. lots of castles). Since it’s so small can I have Corwall too? I dig the rocky coastline. And Tintagel. ---
**Author:** ![Pucette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/278dde/32.png) [@Pucette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pucette)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-get-left-with-the-crummy-ones-reserve-your-personal-invaded-country-today/100154/66 "2002-03-28T22:10:48Z")
Madegascar. ---
**Author:** ![Pucette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/278dde/32.png) [@Pucette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pucette)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-get-left-with-the-crummy-ones-reserve-your-personal-invaded-country-today/100154/67 "2002-03-28T22:12:10Z")
Once I take over, they’ll teach me how to spell it correctly. Mad **a** gascar. ---
**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, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-get-left-with-the-crummy-ones-reserve-your-personal-invaded-country-today/100154/68 "2002-03-28T22:16:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Seven \* > \*\* > > Well, little did you know that Sean Connery is my super spy. He has been equipped with many a neat gadget and at this very moment he has U2 in his 1961 Austin Martin/submarine car (sadly, Bono had to ride in the trunk). > > Take that Haggis boy. \*\* Sorry, I’m keeping Bono for my own **personal** enjoyment, if you know what I mean. He’s tied up in the tower of one of my castles. And Sean Connery’s tied up in another tower for when Bono’s too tired. And it’s Haggis **Girl** , thank you very much. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![PatrickM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7feea3/32.png) [@PatrickM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickM)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-get-left-with-the-crummy-ones-reserve-your-personal-invaded-country-today/100154/69 "2002-03-28T22:40:31Z")
Give me the Dominican Republic, so that I’ll control all of the world’s potential major league shortstops. Then call Donald Fehr (the head of the baseball players’ union) and tell him he works for me now. 😃 ---
**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, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-get-left-with-the-crummy-ones-reserve-your-personal-invaded-country-today/100154/70 "2002-03-28T22:40:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BiblioCat \* > \*\*Sorry, I’m keeping Bono for my own **personal** enjoyment, if you know what I mean. He’s tied up in the tower of one of my castles. And Sean Connery’s tied up in another tower for when Bono’s too tired. > > And it’s Haggis **Girl** , thank you very much. 😉 \*\* Opps. Sorry. I mean Haggis GIRL. Well, I hate to to this but, until Bono is returned, I must declare war on you. I have called in an airstrike and soon we will be carpet bombing your country. We have loaded up the planes with some nice rolls of 1970’s shag in a burnt orange colour. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-get-left-with-the-crummy-ones-reserve-your-personal-invaded-country-today/100154/71 "2002-03-29T00:57:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Seven \* > \*\* > > Opps. Sorry. I mean Haggis GIRL. > > Well, I hate to to this but, until Bono is returned, I must declare war on you. > > I have called in an airstrike and soon we will be carpet bombing your country. We have loaded up the planes with some nice rolls of 1970’s shag in a burnt orange colour. \*\* Orange Shag? What kind of horrible person are you?!? Fine, be that way. You can have Bono back. Could I borrow him for a weekend sometime? I’ve got friends visiting, and a concert would be great. I’ve got Ewan MacGregor anyway, and NO ONE’S taking him away. ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-get-left-with-the-crummy-ones-reserve-your-personal-invaded-country-today/100154/72 "2002-03-29T01:51:01Z")
All countries buckle under Irish orange shag carpet bombing!!! 😃 Ok. you can have Bono every other week-end and we’ll split up the holidays. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-get-left-with-the-crummy-ones-reserve-your-personal-invaded-country-today/100154.md?page=3)