# If the World Were a Village of 100 People... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 16, 2000, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-world-were-a-village-of-100-people/41513 "2000-11-16T20:58:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@ren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ren)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2000, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-world-were-a-village-of-100-people/41513/21 "2000-11-17T21:49:52Z")
Whew! Got here just in time! I’ll take a Theraveda and an American (U.S.) to go, please. ---
**Author:** ![Jester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jester/32/8223_2.png) [@Jester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jester)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2000, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-world-were-a-village-of-100-people/41513/22 "2000-11-17T22:31:14Z")
I’ll be an American “Ethnic Religionist”, whatever the hell that is. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-world-were-a-village-of-100-people/41513/23 "2000-11-18T03:51:05Z")
By the way… I don’t think that Canadian figure is right. There definitely aren’t 60 million Canadians. And much as I’d like to be prime minister… ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-world-were-a-village-of-100-people/41513/24 "2000-11-18T04:04:45Z")
Non-believer Pole checking in. I’ll let someone else be the last American. (Majority of my ethnic heritage is Polish, since Czech is not listed.) ---
**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:** [November 19, 2000, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-world-were-a-village-of-100-people/41513/25 "2000-11-19T06:37:42Z")
> [@](#): > > By the way… I don’t think that Canadian figure is right. There definitely aren’t 60 million Canadians. And much as I’d like to be prime minister… I don’t have my original figures and I’m not going to try to recreate them. However, I do recall that Canada and Kenya were right on the edge of having half a villager, so I rounded them up to one. > [@](#): > > I’ll be an American “Ethnic Religionist”, whatever the hell that is. I’m not really sure. I was going by the statistics in my almanac. But I’d guess “ethnic religion” is a term for various forms of tribal animism. And “new religion” is probably a neutral term for what many people call cults. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2000, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-world-were-a-village-of-100-people/41513/26 "2000-11-19T06:50:13Z")
I’m callinng Egypt and surrounding my land with barbed wire and guard outposts. Granted, I’m the only guy around to man my guard outposts. ---
**Author:** ![Ura-Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/51bf81/32.png) [@Ura-Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ura-Maru)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2000, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-world-were-a-village-of-100-people/41513/27 "2000-11-19T14:55:46Z")
I would be 1.6666667 X10[super]-5[/super] of a person, more or less. Knowing my luck, I’d end up as a bit of flesh in one of the nastier parts of the small intestine . . . ---
**Author:** ![Talkinsquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f6c823/32.png) [@Talkinsquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talkinsquirrel)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2000, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-world-were-a-village-of-100-people/41513/28 "2000-11-19T20:39:19Z")
I wanna be an Eskimo! A jewish eskimo. That speaks Mandarin. And I call Brazil. So I would be a jewish Eskimo that speaks Mandarin living in Brazil. I’m a confused little eskimo… ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2000, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-world-were-a-village-of-100-people/41513/29 "2000-11-19T21:34:17Z")
At least the five North Americans would have an easier time counting their votes. ---
**Author:** ![Welfy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e56c9b/32.png) [@Welfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Welfy)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2000, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-world-were-a-village-of-100-people/41513/30 "2000-11-19T23:44:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Finagle \* > \*\*At least the five North Americans would have an easier time counting their votes. \*\* There are three kinds of people: those who can count, and those who can’t. _ducking and running away_ Hey! I’m not from Florida! I voted the right way! ---
**Author:** ![fierra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58956e/32.png) [@fierra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fierra)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2000, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-world-were-a-village-of-100-people/41513/31 "2000-11-20T01:16:14Z")
I call the Brit…and there definitely are 60mill of us, so I get to be prime minister and bomb the millennium dome! Hurray!!! (I’m sure I’ll think of better things to do with my power later, but this is high on the list…maybe invest in a numeracy programme for those poor colonials stuck in Florida? I’m kidding, I can’t fight 5 of you at once…) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-world-were-a-village-of-100-people/41513.md?page=1)