# 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:** 8
**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, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/141 "2011-07-22T21:15:27Z")
> [@curious11](#): > > There are no elephants in Denmark Yes, there are! I took [this picture](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3006/5817949304_b798356780_o.jpg) about two monts ago in Odense. ---
**Author:** ![gurujulp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba9def/32.png) [@gurujulp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gurujulp)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/142 "2011-07-22T21:29:30Z")
King. ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/143 "2011-07-22T21:42:29Z")
> [@Buddinge](#): > > . No kiddie porn in Denmark, no sirree. Well, according to Wikipedia, child pornography WAS indeed legal up until 1980, and there was at least major company that specialized in it’s production (apparently this was mostly 14, 15, and 16 year-old girls, not tiny children, but still…) Sweden didn’t criminalize child porn until 1980 as well. ---
**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, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/144 "2011-07-22T21:47:51Z")
> [@curious11](#): > > There are no elephants in Denmark I can’t tell if [you’re joking](http://www.copenhagendenmark.co.uk/i/carlsbergbrewery.jpg) or not. Oh, and i totally don’t know the orange, kangarro/elephant joke mentioned upthread. ---
**Author:** ![Telperion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telperion/32/509_2.png) [@Telperion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperion)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/145 "2011-07-22T21:57:32Z")
Holger Danske. ---
**Author:** ![malm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/278dde/32.png) [@malm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malm)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/146 "2011-07-22T22:28:14Z")
[http://satwcomic.com/porn-for-everybody](http://satwcomic.com/porn-for-everybody) ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/147 "2011-07-22T22:59:03Z")
Viggo Mortensen. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/148 "2011-07-23T00:10:01Z")
> [@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”. 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. My favorite answer was aubergine koala. (This was in a version that asked for color rather than a fruit.) There was a restaurant in a small college town in Georgia I lived called “The Orange Kangaroo”, but I think Aubergine Koala would work better for a bar. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/149 "2011-07-23T00:16:38Z")
Burma! ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/150 "2011-07-23T00:28:41Z")
Canute. I have always thought it was a great name, just sounds like a badass, but at the same time a great dude to have a bear with. ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/151 "2011-07-23T01:00:17Z")
[Danish pecan rings/kringle](http://www.google.com/search?q=danish+pecan+ring&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=1458&bih=949#um=1&hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US%3Aofficial&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=danish+kringle&pbx=1&oq=danish+kringle&aq=f&aqi=g2g-m1&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=35053l36274l0l36448l8l7l0l0l0l0l271l1264l0.5.2l7&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=db0b67667cc1b54d&biw=1458&bih=949) ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/152 "2011-07-23T01:13:58Z")
Pastry ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/153 "2011-07-23T01:45:05Z")
“Ten thousand Swedes ran through the reeds, Chased by one Norwegian. Ten thousand more ran to the shore, In the battle of Copenhagen.” ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/154 "2011-07-23T01:50:23Z")
[Christiania](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freetown_Christiania) ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/155 "2011-07-23T04:35:25Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > Canute. > > I have always thought it was a great name, just sounds like a badass, but at the same time a great dude to have a bear with. Great typo. Or is it one? It’s just me, Canute, a Polar bear, a case of beer, and a horn of mead. Oh, and [here is such a bear](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knut_%28polar_bear%29). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Cornholio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed8c4c/32.png) [@The\_Great\_Cornholio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Cornholio)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/156 "2011-07-23T13:16:17Z")
1. Sandi Toksvig. 2. Porn. 3. Carlsberg 4. Bacon. Numbers 1 and 2 are NOT linked, even with copious amounts of no 3. ---
**Author:** ![Mops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mops/32/16494_2.png) [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/157 "2011-07-23T13:30:41Z")
Hot dogs. ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/158 "2011-07-23T14:33:19Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > Great typo. Or is it one? It’s just me, Canute, a Polar bear, a case of beer, and a horn of mead. > > Oh, and [here is such a bear](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knut_%28polar_bear%29). I saw Canute and thought of [these guys](http://cgi.ebay.com/Curly-Canute-Lovable-Iceland-s-Friendly-Warrior-NEW-/300545341468). We had them around the house as a kid, in addition to some other “typically Icelandic” retro souvenirs. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/159 "2011-07-23T16:41:18Z")
The first thing that I thought of was Christine Jorgensen [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine\_Jorgensen](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_Jorgensen) and the old 60s meme "Banned in Denmark’ adverts for porn. Then, of course, Hamlet. Best wishes, hh ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-the-first-thing-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-word-denmark/589880/160 "2011-07-23T18:39:57Z")
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