r/polandball • u/Medibee New York is BEST York • Feb 17 '13

redditormade Where is of ukraine?

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u/mickey_kneecaps Feb 17 '13

Germany is of rivers of blood?

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '13

Germany is of Empire

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u/Medibee Feb 17 '13

I'm glad I got in early.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '13

Found this http://i.imgur.com/5CIpRHp.png

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u/ZankerH Feb 17 '13 edited Feb 17 '13

The flag actually goes a lot further back. It's funny, the black-red-gold was supposed to represent the union of Prussia and the Hapsburg empire (ie, the Großdeutschland solution). That's why it was changed to black-white-red in 1871 instead - to represent the small-German solution - a Prussian-dominated country that excluded the Germans in Austria-Hungary. I have no idea why the Großdeutschland colours were picked in 1949 for a divided "Germany" that lacks most of its historical territories and still excludes Austrian, Luxembourgian and Swiss Germans.

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u/Biscotti_Manicotti Feb 17 '13

I'm finding the whole "Estonia BIG" thing way more funny than I should, and I'm okay with that.

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u/javacode Feb 17 '13 edited Feb 17 '13

Estonia BIG!

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u/Medibee Feb 17 '13

I feel so honored.

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u/767 Feb 17 '13

Haha, awesome!

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u/tisti Feb 17 '13

I also overly adore it, hope it doesn't get used too often though.

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u/Medibee Feb 17 '13

I tried to make Poland say "shit..." in polish but i'm not sure if I got the translation right. Can anyone tell me?

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u/DagdaEIR Feb 17 '13

Is gówno.

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u/Medibee Feb 17 '13

Thank you, what does Kurcze mean?

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u/suspiciously_calm Feb 17 '13

So that's the rationale behind the Ukranian flag.

Amber waves of grain.

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u/SchindetNemo Feb 17 '13

The Estonian flag in its natural habitat

Estonia COLD!

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u/TheActualAWdeV Feb 17 '13

Oh wow that's awesome.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '13

and BIG

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u/TheActualAWdeV Feb 17 '13

Does that represent an island in the sea?

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u/kabbinet Feb 17 '13

aha i understand its a play on landscapes.

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u/Yellowone1 Feb 17 '13

Where is Waldo?