• What do other countries see as their 'heroes'?
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[QUOTE=Nerdrage;26220343][img_thumb]http://www.bikesandscooters.com.au/forum/attachments/off-topic-stuff/4100d1234171653-koala-bushfire-how-cute-koala.jpg[/img_thumb] and i'm actually serious. bothe the fireman and the koala are heroes. another one of our heroes was a robber. [img_thumb]http://www.studentsoftheworld.info/sites/country/img/3623_564858_large.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] Ned Kelley was the coolest fucking outlaw. He built himself an armoured suit
[QUOTE=JLea;26220358]Ned Kelley was the coolest fucking outlaw. He built himself an armoured suit[/QUOTE] Yeah man no one did that. btw don't look at the picture underneath this, it has nothing to do with anything. [img]http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/knight-8.gif[/img]
[QUOTE=Aries;26220436]Yeah man no one did that. btw don't look at the picture underneath this, it has nothing to do with anything. [img_thumb]http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/knight-8.gif[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] Hmmm a finely crafted suit purchased by the very wealthy + powerful, that can't stop a crossbow bolt VS a home made bullet proof suit.
[QUOTE=FHamster;26219660]George W Bush was a true American patriot.[/QUOTE] He was, he meant the best for everyone.
Kierkegaard, Tycho Brahe, and to some degree Niels Bohr are certainly of note. Though I must say I do hold a certain reverence for the mythical concept of king Dan, father of the nation.
[QUOTE=Tetracycline;26220498]He was, he meant the best for everyone.[/QUOTE] Except muslims. [editline]22nd November 2010[/editline] Also, hmm, Finnish heroes? I dunno, really. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urho_Kekkonen]Kekkonen[/url] was a cool guy.
[img]http://olivosp.wikispaces.com/file/view/Nelson_Mandela.jpg/31394285/Nelson_Mandela.jpg[/img] Nelson Mandela AKA Morgan Freeman.
Trond Bolle, Max Manus, Roald Amundsen, Kjell Aukrust are some of em. ishownomercy, grow some balls and get some natinal pride pride.
My favourites: 1. Simo Häyhä 2. C.G.E. Mannerheim 3. Finnish Maiden
[img]http://creativereview.co.uk/images/meerkat_0.jpg[/img] Brits will understand.
[QUOTE=esalaka;26220895]Except muslims. [editline]22nd November 2010[/editline] Also, hmm, Finnish heroes? I dunno, really. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urho_Kekkonen]Kekkonen[/url] was a cool guy.[/QUOTE] Mannerheim, Svinhuvud, Lonnrot, Sibelius...
[img]http://www.catchy-eyes.nl/hpf//images/fortuyn040502.jpg[/img] Pim Fortuyn
AW SKIPS! [img]http://glengarrypedia.wikispaces.com/file/view/Skippy-dvd.jpg/30229547/Skippy-dvd.jpg[/img]
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Mannerheim3.jpg[/img] Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
[QUOTE=johnkane46;26220209]Irish people are not British and Churchill is not my fucking hero, nor any "British" person.... FUCKING IDIOT![/QUOTE] Ah. Oliver Cromwell then?
Ozzy's my only hero.
[QUOTE=Catdaemon;26222401]Ah. Oliver Cromwell then?[/QUOTE] what
[QUOTE=Lizzrd;26220910]Trond Bolle, Max Manus, Roald Amundsen, Kjell Aukrust are some of em. ishownomercy, grow some balls and get some natinal pride pride.[/QUOTE] I completely forgot about Max Manus and Roald Amundsen. They are indeed national heroes. But I have no idea who Trond Bolle and Kjekk Aukrust is.
Since Estonia has no real heroes I'm just gonna go ahead and say [img]http://red-e.narod.ru/mels/l2/lenin.jpg[/img]
[img]http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/2421/chretienstranglingclenn.png[/img] :canada:
[QUOTE=johnkane46;26220158]St. Patrick Wolf Tone Michael Collins Brian o Driscoll all the good people of this emerald isle.[/QUOTE] Fuck off with your Brian O Driscoll, I can think of over a hundred better people than him rugby isn't even an Irish sport, it's played by D4 toffs and prods. Put Padraig Pearce or Daniel O Connell in there instead.
Muhammad
[QUOTE=ishownomercy;26220160]Vidkun Quisling [URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidkun_Quisling[/URL] [editline]22nd November 2010[/editline] Norway is boring. I don't think I know about any national heroes even..[/QUOTE] Max Manus?
markorepairs, the king of vcr and vhs
Denmark: [b]Ole Kirk Christiansen[/b] and Vikings
johnny the toaster [img]http://eatdrinkdatelaughpray.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/toaster2.jpg[/img]
Mel Gibson [media]http://www.doblu.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/braveheart12042.jpg[/media] :scotland:
[QUOTE=FPSMango;26223178]Max Manus?[/QUOTE] Yeah I know. Mentioned earlier. Also Fridtjof Nansen[B][/B]
[QUOTE=Scotty.;26223316]Mel Gibson [media]http://www.doblu.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/braveheart12042.jpg[/media] :scotland:[/QUOTE] he should portray a modern scotsman, who is obese, smokes 100 a day, drinks alcohol every hour, addicted to heroine and has a life expectancy of 40
I'd say this gives a pretty good list. [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Největší_Čech[/url]
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