# Quick, what's the first thing that pops into your head when you hear the word "Denmark"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 21, 2011, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880 "2011-07-21T17:35:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/101 "2011-07-22T03:17:05Z")
[Bicycles.](http://www.carloratti.com/publications/on_us/20081121Wired_files/copenhagen.jpg) Billions and billions of 'em. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/102 "2011-07-22T03:20:21Z")
Hamlet. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/103 "2011-07-22T03:26:05Z")
> [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#): > > [Bicycles.](http://www.carloratti.com/publications/on_us/20081121Wired_files/copenhagen.jpg) Billions and billions of 'em. Good lord, they must have spotted an icelander! (Sorry, I’ll go away now.) ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/104 "2011-07-22T03:26:29Z")
Djibouti. Followed shortly thereafter by Dominica and Dominican Republic. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/105 "2011-07-22T03:29:36Z")
Danmark (as in, the name of the place in Danish). Then, really, pictures before words–I lived there for over a year. So maybe that was my brain switching gears into Danish. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/106 "2011-07-22T03:33:06Z")
Lego. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/107 "2011-07-22T03:42:07Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > A kangaroo eating an orange. > [Really.](http://www.mathnews.uwaterloo.ca/Issues/mn8901/MOW2.php) Kangaroo, too! ---
**Author:** ![Gleena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b3f665/32.png) [@Gleena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gleena)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/108 "2011-07-22T04:11:29Z")
Our Mary. She’s from Tasmania, you know. ---
**Author:** ![RedWood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f08c70/32.png) [@RedWood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedWood)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/109 "2011-07-22T04:19:45Z")
Hagar the Horrible… whose creator says he’s a Norwegian:smack: ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/110 "2011-07-22T04:24:05Z")
Hamlet. ---
**Author:** ![maplekiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@maplekiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maplekiwi)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/111 "2011-07-22T04:29:57Z")
badminton.& Peter Gade among other great players. ---
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/112 "2011-07-22T04:36:24Z")
Something is rotten in Denmark. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/113 "2011-07-22T04:52:13Z")
A friend of mine, who hails from Denmark. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/114 "2011-07-22T05:01:37Z")
The country itself, as seen on my maps in kindergarten. It is yellow, and, for some reason, completely devoid of any surrounding countries. That takes a couple seconds. That pretty much goes for any country. I think of what it looks like on a map (including what color it was in kindergarten or first grade), and then the location of that country. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/115 "2011-07-22T05:18:29Z")
> [@Gleena](#): > > Our Mary. She’s from Tasmania, you know. I didn’t realize she was a Tazzie–my best friend in our group was from West Hobart.Funny that… ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/116 "2011-07-22T05:42:55Z")
Roland the Headless Thompson gunner. ---
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/117 "2011-07-22T07:04:00Z")
**Bendtner.** Sure, I should have said something smarter than an Arsenal footballer, like “Hamlet” or “Hans Christian Andersen”, but you did ask for the first thing… ---
**Author:** ![Kiwi\_Fruit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kiwi_fruit/32/12_2.png) [@Kiwi\_Fruit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiwi_Fruit)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/118 "2011-07-22T07:45:59Z")
Hamlet ---
**Author:** ![Panurge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/119 "2011-07-22T08:46:59Z")
København (where I live). ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/120 "2011-07-22T09:55:04Z")
Hamlet (something rotten in the state of…) Very closely followed by Sandi Toksvig, chair of [The News Quiz](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_News_Quiz) on BBC Radio 4 - probably not quite so well known here. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880.md?page=7)