Sweden rules Finland according to the BBC

Faram · Post by **Faram** » 2003-06-11 12:52pm

Sure to tick off some of out eastern neighbors

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2003-06-11 12:59pm

LMFAO!
Denmark and Norway better watch out, cuz those crazy Sweedes are on the roll!

Post by **Vympel** » 2003-06-11 01:06pm

Idiots. Where's Edi?

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-06-11 01:59pm

Niiice one, BBC.

Pablo Sanchez · Post by **Pablo Sanchez** » 2003-06-11 03:26pm

In their defense, it was true three hundred years ago

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-06-11 05:25pm

Reminds me of another media screw-up when they got a couple of nations the wrong way or something. Think it was Fox.

Yuri Prime · Post by **Yuri Prime** » 2003-06-11 05:25pm

Reminds me of when CNN moved Switzerland.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-06-11 05:26pm

Yuri Prime wrote:Reminds me of when CNN moved Switzerland.

THAT'S IT!

That's what I thought of.

Smurf v2.0 · Post by **Smurf v2.0** » 2003-06-11 05:27pm

*hisssssssss* the red X of death.

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-06-11 06:36pm

I remember the time CNN misspelled the last name of a man. His last name was "Niger".

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-06-11 06:41pm

Dalton wrote:I remember the time CNN misspelled the last name of a man. His last name was "Niger".

Or their famous "18 times the speed of light" for Columbia.

Oberleutnant · Post by **Oberleutnant** » 2003-06-13 09:39am

Unfortunately the picture is not visible right now, but I seriously wonder if their geographic books are up to date? Perhaps they are using the year 1809 edition?

Post by **fgalkin** » 2003-06-14 06:20pm

Erm...what was on the picture?

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-06-14 06:50pm

I wasn't aware Scandinavia looked like the red x of doom.

Pablo Sanchez · Post by **Pablo Sanchez** » 2003-06-14 08:24pm

Sea Skimmer wrote:I wasn't aware Scandinavia looked like the red x of doom.

When it was originally posted it was a functional picture of Northern Europe, wherein Sweden and Finland were marked as a single nation (and in fact, the writing that indicating the name of the country pointed at Finland.