# Eurovision: am I on my own?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-am-i-on-my-own/245303>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 15, 2004, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-am-i-on-my-own/245303 "2004-05-15T19:06:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Galanthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Galanthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galanthus)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-am-i-on-my-own/245303/201 "2004-05-15T21:43:38Z")

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I liked Serbia too … would have voted for them if Xena hadn’t been singing for Ukraine.

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**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-am-i-on-my-own/245303/202 "2004-05-15T21:44:56Z")

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All is not lost. Xena is winning.

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**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-am-i-on-my-own/245303/203 "2004-05-15T21:45:13Z")

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Monaco? Yowza.

Next up: Vatican City. “Good evening, Your Holiness!”

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**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-am-i-on-my-own/245303/204 "2004-05-15T21:45:20Z")

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Fucking hell. Last time I saw a face like that, Garius had told us to bet on it.

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**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-am-i-on-my-own/245303/205 "2004-05-15T21:45:39Z")

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Galanthus, I heard Kleenex was Ukraines biggest export.

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**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-am-i-on-my-own/245303/206 "2004-05-15T21:47:21Z")

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someone give Norway a point. It was a rather good song.

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**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-am-i-on-my-own/245303/207 "2004-05-15T21:48:47Z")

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> [@TwistofFate](#):
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> someone give Norway a point. It was a rather good song.

Yeah, Norway looks a little lonely down there with 0 points.

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**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-am-i-on-my-own/245303/208 "2004-05-15T21:49:23Z")

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Hello, my little Malteser!

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**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-am-i-on-my-own/245303/209 "2004-05-15T21:49:41Z")

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Wasny.

BTW why doesn’t the FYROM just change their name to a squiggle?

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**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-am-i-on-my-own/245303/210 "2004-05-15T21:50:58Z")

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> [@ruadh](#):
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> Wasny.

was ya bam!

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**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-am-i-on-my-own/245303/211 "2004-05-15T21:52:27Z")

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> [@ruadh](#):
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> BTW why doesn’t the FYROM just change their name to a squiggle?

Because then they’d be TCFKAFYROM.

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**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-am-i-on-my-own/245303/212 "2004-05-15T21:53:27Z")

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Irelands knackered, Sweden’s 12 points go to Norway…

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**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-am-i-on-my-own/245303/213 "2004-05-15T21:53:50Z")

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Is the Polish fella a tv presenter, or did they just grab an accountant on his way home?

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**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-am-i-on-my-own/245303/214 "2004-05-15T21:54:53Z")

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> [@Gyrate](#):
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> Because then they’d be TCFKAFYROM.

sounds like an albanian brand of coffee…

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**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-am-i-on-my-own/245303/215 "2004-05-15T21:55:22Z")

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> [@Kal](#):
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> Is the Polish fella a tv presenter, or did they just grab an accountant on his way home?

Either way, he scares me.

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**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-am-i-on-my-own/245303/216 "2004-05-15T21:56:54Z")

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I bet he scared that Ukrainian woman too.

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**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-am-i-on-my-own/245303/217 "2004-05-15T21:56:58Z")

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> [@TwistofFate](#):
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> Sweden’s 12 points go to Norway…

Not likely in **this** universe…

Q. What does Sweden have that Norway doesn’t?  
A. Good neighbors.

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**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-am-i-on-my-own/245303/218 "2004-05-15T21:57:45Z")

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this isn’t real life, It’s Eurovision.

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**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-am-i-on-my-own/245303/219 "2004-05-15T21:59:49Z")

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Sweden got an undertaker on his way home.

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**Author:** ![Galanthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Galanthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galanthus)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-am-i-on-my-own/245303/220 "2004-05-15T22:00:04Z")

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🙂

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