Rest of U2 Survivor: Passengers - Round 7

[coolian2]

So should my middle-of-the-night snack be Trader Joe's Red, Yellow, or Green Curry Tuna? Or oatmeal and a pear?

Pears suck, so go with the Yellow.

 

[Varitek]

The beach is completely over-rated. My friend dragged me there in November last year because she wanted to go and didn't want to do so alone, so I just sat there reading Dostoevsky and looking like a fool in my suit trousers and neatly pressed shirt. Libraries are such better places to be.

But geography rocks. I'm pretty sure I could identify every single country on a map and place its capital (and in most cases, other major cities) with a fair degree of accuracy. As for cool country names, Djibouti is awesome but has nothing on Kyrgyzstan.

I now have an image of you in a tuxedo and tophat everywhere you go. I am personally a fan of lying in the sun reading instead of sitting in a library reading, but I can understand your aversion to the beach.

I'm revising anyway, I'd go to Dublin, then skiing (because if I had that plane, I'm sure I could make enough money for skis and lift tickets), then to the beach. Because despite it being winter here I last went to the beach 1.5 months ago and skiing 15 months ago.

I can't do capitals, but I can do other major cities and sites. Have you discovered Traveller IQ on facebook? and I normally shun facebook applications. I made a U2 one a while back that like 5 people have played.

Djibouti kicks Kyrgyztan's ass. Djibouti Djibouti Djibouti Djibouti Djibouti. It sends me into fits of deliciously juvenile giggles.

 

[Varitek]

Though for the record, I don't like any Elvis era at all.

I don't listen to him often but you have to recognize his creativity and roll in the rest of 20th century music.

Anything yellow has to be good. Except the Coldplay song.

2 votes for yellow, yellow it is.

(Normally I prefer green, then red, then yellow, but I've only ever had the red one of these.)

 

[coolian2]

Who can't love the fair city of Ougadougou?

 

[Axver]

I now have an image of you in a tuxedo and tophat everywhere you go. I am personally a fan of lying in the sun reading instead of sitting in a library reading, but I can understand your aversion to the beach.

I don't look quite that ridiculous, don't worry.

I can't do capitals, but I can do other major cities and sites. Have you discovered Traveller IQ on facebook? and I normally shun facebook applications. I made a U2 one a while back that like 5 people have played.

I despise Facebook and refuse to use it, so no. But there was some really long geography test website that I've now lost the link to that I managed to blitz through. It was incredible fun.

 

[Axver]

Who can't love the fair city of Ougadougou?

Tongue-tied people?

Definitely the best capital city name in the world.

 

[coolian2]

I don't look quite that ridiculous, don't worry.

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The best place to read, by a huge margin, is in the sun on the hill at a quiet cricket ground.

Heaven.

 

[Axver]

Ian, I presume that was a joke that just sailed right over my head.

 

[coolian2]

Apparently so.

Damn.

 

[Varitek]

Pears suck, so go with the Yellow.

I like pears a lot. Though not as much as grapefruits and kiwis. Or pineapples or most berries. But they're up there.

The curry's good

 

[Axver]

Wait, is that a very veiled reference to Sideshow Bob's hair?

 

[Axver]

I like pears a lot. Though not as much as grapefruits and kiwis.

Kiwifruit. Adorable little flightless birds are kiwis.

 

[Varitek]

Enjoy Axver - it's highly addictive. In fact, I might take a break from not writing my paper due in 7 hours to play a few rounds...

http://www.travelpod.com/traveler-iq

But you can't access the ones individuals have made on facebook, so you are not only missing out on my U2 quiz but I'm sure on some random stuff about trains and en-zee.

 

[Aardvark747]

united colours

...Native going already?

 

[Axver]

Enjoy Axver - it's highly addictive. In fact, I might take a break from not writing my paper due in 7 hours to play a few rounds...

http://www.travelpod.com/traveler-iq

Ah yes, that's the one I was thinking of. Might give it another go once I've cooked dinner, which I really should tear myself away from Interference and do.

 

[Varitek]

Kiwifruit. Adorable little flightless birds are kiwis.

That youtube video was awesome.

Kiwibirds are among the many awesome sounding animals I'd like to see in Australia - Wallabees, Dingos, Kangaroos, Koalas, Kiwis, Wombats, Canberras...

 

[coolian2]

I like pears a lot. Though not as much as grapefruits and kiwis. Or pineapples or most berries. But they're up there.

Pears are way down the list. Way, way down in fact.

Wait, is that a very veiled reference to Sideshow Bob's hair?

Actually it was a reference to a character who wears a suit everywhere.




I thought i had the Traveler IQ application but it seems to be a Where Have You Been Application

 

[Varitek]

united colours

...Native going already?

It should be a mercy by morning.

 

[Axver]

Actually it was a reference to a character who wears a suit everywhere.

Ah, right. Because my unkempt hair seems to stand in stark contrast to my manner of dress.

Anyhow, keep the thread warm while I cook dinner.

 

[coolian2]

Tie me kangaroo down sport, tie me kangaroo down....

 

[Varitek]

I thought i had the Traveler IQ application but it seems to be a Where Have You Been Application

Yeah I have both. Those and scrabbulus are the only 3 I have, because I like showing off where I've travelled and I'm a horrible time-waster. But I don't share my Traveler IQ stats for fear someone would realize just how many times I've played it.

Are you in the interference facebook group?

Who can't love the fair city of Ougadougou?

I see you Ougadougou and I raise you Tegucigalpa. Also, the capital of Djibouti is still Djibouti, though Uranus might be a good guess.

edit: I also nominate Pyongyang, Minsk, Nouakchott, Skopje, Ljubljana, Mbabane, Paramaribo, Ashgabat, Reykjavik, and Ulaanbaatar.

 

[coolian2]

Yeah I have both. Those and scrabbulus are the only 3 I have, because I like showing off where I've travelled and I'm a horrible time-waster. But I don't share my Traveler IQ stats for fear someone would realize just how many times I've played it.

Are you in the interference facebook group?

I see you Ougadougou and I raise you Tegucigalpa. Also, the capital of Djibouti is still Djibouti, though Uranus might be a good guess.

I'm in the "Interference Facebook" group, i presume that's the only one.

Hehe, Traveler IQ just asked me to find Djibouti.

Tegucigalpa seems to roll off the tongue a bit better that Ouagadougou.

 

[coolian2]

I like Brasília. I love manufactured captial cities with unoriginal names.

God i miss my geography classes at school.

 

[coolian2]

Damn, 45,283. That's because i kept thinking of Male instead of Mali and my crappy mouse had me clicking in the Indian Ocean for Karachi.

 

[Varitek]

Get current.

-How I Met Your Mohter, the second-best live acted American comedy after Arrested Development.

 

[Varitek]

Americans don't have geography classes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww

 

[coolian2]

Fuck the present, kiss the past [/mangled Bonoism]

 

[coolian2]

Americans don't have geography classes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww

Every time i see that i feel drunk - just how i feel whenever someone talks incomprensible gibberish.

 

[Varitek]

Damn, 45,283. That's because i kept thinking of Male instead of Mali and my crappy mouse had me clicking in the Indian Ocean for Karachi.

On which challenge? My high on normal world is level 12, 597,583. I have 2 friends higher than me and both are from Asian-Pacific Islands and therefor have an extremely unfair advantage.

I'm winning Africa and I'd be doing a lot better if I could get more of the damn bonus round.

 

[Varitek]

Fuck the present, kiss the past [/mangled Bonoism]

If you wanna kiss the past you better learn how to kneel, on your knees boy [/mangled bonoism free association]