# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/121 "2011-07-22T10:14:31Z")
Incompatibility ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/122 "2011-07-22T12:57:54Z")
My daughter and husband (both Danes) ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/123 "2011-07-22T13:00:47Z")
Hamlet ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/124 "2011-07-22T13:01:45Z")
Victor Borge. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/125 "2011-07-22T13:20:24Z")
Danmark ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/126 "2011-07-22T13:35:38Z")
Cheese. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/127 "2011-07-22T13:36:43Z")
> [@rachelellogram](#): > > cheese danish :3 Maybe THAT’S why I thought “cheese”! ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/128 "2011-07-22T15:04:48Z")
The stone elephants at the Carlsburg brewery. ---
**Author:** ![RoniaBorkason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9dc877/32.png) [@RoniaBorkason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RoniaBorkason)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/129 "2011-07-22T15:16:20Z")
Hamlet ---
**Author:** ![Buddinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ce7236/32.png) [@Buddinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buddinge)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/130 "2011-07-22T16:37:28Z")
Love the stuff so far! Come 'em coming. > [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > I wonder if this perception has anything to do with the fact that Denmark had no laws against kiddie porn until about 20 years ago? > > I know it sounds like an Urban Legend, and I am not sure of the details, but I am pretty certain that I read (possibly right here in SDMB?) that until fairly recently, there were legitimate, legal Danish publishers that were openly selling child porn (not sure if it was of tiny children or young teen type stuff), without breaking any national laws that were on the books at the time… Not true, thank God. Sometime in the early 70’s, Denmark was the first country in the world to legalize pornography, though the law required that all “actors” had to be of legal age, i.e. 18+. In some of the flicks, though, the actors dressed up in pink frilly skirts and whatnot - “barely legal”, that kind of thing. But again: They were all above the age of 18. No kiddie porn in Denmark, no sirree. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/131 "2011-07-22T16:39:01Z")
Danny Kaye ---
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Danish modern furniture ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/133 "2011-07-22T17:20:14Z")
[Lars Ulrich](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_Ulrich). ---
**Author:** ![curious11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ac91a4/32.png) [@curious11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curious11)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/134 "2011-07-22T17:55:12Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Elephant There are no elephants in Denmark ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/135 "2011-07-22T18:15:53Z")
Splunge! ---
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Schmeichel - [The Great Dane himself](http://dnausers.d-n-a.net/dnetmQXk/legends/smechsavelarge.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![MrSquishy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@MrSquishy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSquishy)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/137 "2011-07-22T18:36:41Z")
Either pipes or Lego. They both hit me about the same time. ---
**Author:** ![Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hypnagogic_jerk/32/4252_2.png) [@Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypnagogic_Jerk)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/138 "2011-07-22T20:19:12Z")
> [@Punoqllads](#): > > Djibouti. Followed shortly thereafter by Dominica and Dominican Republic. When I was asked to do the little test **Sampiro** linked to earlier (11 years ago), the words that came to my mind were “Djibouti” and “iguana”. The guy I was talking to said something about “koalas” and “Denmark” and I had no idea what he was talking about. When I told him what my words were he thought I’d heard the joke before and had deliberately chosen something different. ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/139 "2011-07-22T20:46:48Z")
Herring. (yum) ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/140 "2011-07-22T21:04:16Z")
> [@Hypnagogic\_Jerk](#): > > When I was asked to do the little test **Sampiro** linked to earlier (11 years ago), the words that came to my mind were “Djibouti” and “iguana”. I came up with “Djibouti” and “ibex”, hence my question about fruit starting with an “x”. [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=6) [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=8)