# Is there any country we haven't recieved a post from? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 23, 2019, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-country-we-havent-recieved-a-post-from/843846 "2019-11-23T00:45:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-country-we-havent-recieved-a-post-from/843846/21 "2019-11-25T20:14:57Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > That said, I would be very surprised if any of them were from the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. I’ve probably at least read the boards while travelling in a vehicle that they help fund… ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-country-we-havent-recieved-a-post-from/843846/22 "2019-11-25T20:27:13Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > In Soviet union, they send you to posts–and nail you to them! We’ve had several former Soviet Republics and there was one guy active for a fair bit who was basically a unrepentant Soviet even after the Union broke up. And about Malta ---- that I don’t recall but there was one Austrian who used to post when he was on business in either the Isle of Man or somewhere close. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-country-we-havent-recieved-a-post-from/843846/23 "2019-11-25T20:32:35Z")
The SDMB being in english language is going to limit its appeal. If non-english speaking nations access the dope it is most likely americans on vacation. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-country-we-havent-recieved-a-post-from/843846/24 "2019-11-25T20:39:55Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > that I don’t recall but there was one Austrian who used to post when he was on business in either the Isle of Man or somewhere close. There was a fairly regular poster who lived on the Isle of Man back when I first joined. Can’t remember his name, alas. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-country-we-havent-recieved-a-post-from/843846/25 "2019-11-25T22:46:19Z")
> [@kanicbird](#): > > The SDMB being in english language is going to limit its appeal. If non-english speaking nations access the dope it is most likely americans on vacation. That’s not really true. We have contingents of French, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish and German posters and numerous from some other countries. Not everyone here has English as their first language. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-country-we-havent-recieved-a-post-from/843846/26 "2019-11-26T05:54:31Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I don’t imagine there are many North Korean Dopers. I hear there are only eight websites, and seven of them are Dear Leader’s speeches, but cannot confirm. > [@PlaceboTarget](#): > > I doubt that even all the states and territories of the United States are represented on this board. I posted from Guam a couple of times while on vacation. What territory is less likely? (Some of the extended Hawaiian Islands are uninhabited, so maybe those…) ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-country-we-havent-recieved-a-post-from/843846/27 "2019-11-26T06:06:36Z")
> [@Horatio\_Hellpop](#): > > I posted from Guam a couple of times while on vacation. What territory is less likely? Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station? ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-country-we-havent-recieved-a-post-from/843846/28 "2019-11-26T06:41:03Z")
> [@Horatio\_Hellpop](#): > > I posted from Guam a couple of times while on vacation. What territory is less likely? (Some of the extended Hawaiian Islands are uninhabited, so maybe those…) I may have misunderstood the OP but I thought we were talking about posters from different countries, not one poster traveling all over the world. ---
**Author:** ![Wrenching\_Spanners](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecb155/32.png) [@Wrenching\_Spanners](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wrenching_Spanners)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-country-we-havent-recieved-a-post-from/843846/29 "2019-11-26T07:15:46Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station? If you count Antarctica as a territory, then there was a poster who did an “Ask me” thread while working a season on that continent. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-country-we-havent-recieved-a-post-from/843846/30 "2019-11-26T07:17:09Z")
I’d be surprised if we have complete coverage from the Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of Palau, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-country-we-havent-recieved-a-post-from/843846/31 "2019-11-26T07:48:24Z")
> [@Wrenching\_Spanners](#): > > If you count Antarctica as a territory, then there was a poster who did an “Ask me” thread while working a season on that continent. IIRC they were at McMurdo, which is a lot less impressive, being that much larger. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-country-we-havent-recieved-a-post-from/843846/32 "2019-11-26T11:34:59Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > There was a fairly regular poster who lived on the Isle of Man back when I first joined. Can’t remember his name, alas. Indeed, likewise I can’t remember his name except I think I recall it being a single word starting with a lower case letter - which doesn’t really narrow it down enough… ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-country-we-havent-recieved-a-post-from/843846/33 "2019-11-26T11:49:48Z")
Too late to edit - I was only half right, but the chap’s handle was Lobsang - last posted just over 4 years ago, but last regular activity was over 18 months prior to that. I seem to recall enjoying his posts. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-country-we-havent-recieved-a-post-from/843846/34 "2019-11-26T15:44:29Z")
> [@PlaceboTarget](#): > > I may have misunderstood the OP but I thought we were talking about posters from different countries, not one poster traveling all over the world. That’s not clear in the OP, but it does say “countries” rather than posters from different countries. I believe I’ve posted from Bolivia, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia, and Indonesia in the past few years. I can’t recall other posts from those countries. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-country-we-havent-recieved-a-post-from/843846/35 "2019-11-26T15:49:09Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > That’s not clear in the OP, but it does say “countries” rather than posters from different countries. I meant the latter, but the former is o.k. too. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-country-we-havent-recieved-a-post-from/843846/36 "2019-11-26T17:49:43Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > I’d be surprised if we have complete coverage from the Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of Palau, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Heck, we have a bunch of Marshall Islanders in Arkansas. There are at least four Arkansans on the board. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-country-we-havent-recieved-a-post-from/843846/37 "2019-11-26T20:42:19Z")
> [@PlaceboTarget](#): > > I may have misunderstood the OP but I thought we were talking about posters from different countries, not one poster traveling all over the world. But like a lot of things, us Dopers can make it a little gray. The one guy/girl/never knew which was on the road internationally for business and only in the Homeland (which I believe was Germany?) maybe one week a year. I tried to talk them into the MMP once so the weather reports from **Swampy** had some competition and so we could name them “Waldo”. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-country-we-havent-recieved-a-post-from/843846/38 "2019-11-26T23:10:36Z")
To be clear, I was referring to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, not Malta. The latter is small enough already, but the former exists only as an embassy within Vatican City (and when you’re entirely within Vatican City, you know you’re small). ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-country-we-havent-recieved-a-post-from/843846/39 "2019-11-26T23:14:47Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > I’d agree. And the total is probably boosted by anonymizers. We’ve received very few posts from Africa, or from most of Latin America, with the exception of Panama;), Mexico, and Argentina. I know I’ve posted from Chile and Guatemala. Maybe Ecuador too, but I’m not sure there. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-country-we-havent-recieved-a-post-from/843846/40 "2019-11-26T23:37:17Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > That’s not clear in the OP, but it does say “countries” rather than posters from different countries. > > I believe I’ve posted from Bolivia, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia, and Indonesia in the past few years. I can’t recall other posts from those countries. I posted from Indonesia from 2008 until 2017. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-country-we-havent-recieved-a-post-from/843846.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-country-we-havent-recieved-a-post-from/843846.md?page=3)