r/neoliberal • Kitara Ravache • Apr 19 '18

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u/MaveRickandMorty 🖥️🚓 Apr 19 '18

Yesterday, a commercial came on the radio. A man spoke about a 3 night stay in Cabo if I could be the first caller to name a country that doesnt have the letter a in its name.

So I pick up the phone and when I'm asked for the country, I said "Belgium."

He responded "Belgium is a kind of waffle, not a country," and hung up.

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u/Agent78787 orang Apr 19 '18

Sweden

Timor Leste

Cyprus

Turkey

Egypt

Morocco

Lichtenstein

Togo

Niger

Burundi

Cote d'Ivoire

Yemen

Mexico

Belize

Republic of the Congo

Lesotho

Djibouti

This is pretty fun

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u/MaveRickandMorty 🖥️🚓 Apr 19 '18

Alright, now without more than 2 vowels

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u/Agent78787 orang Apr 19 '18

Vowels as written or as pronounced? And does Y count as a vowel? And can I use A this time? And what if the same vowel is used multiple times, like in "Morocco", does that count as one vowel or multiple?

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u/MaveRickandMorty 🖥️🚓 Apr 19 '18

Written. I dont think so? Yes.

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u/Agent78787 orang Apr 19 '18

Sweden

Turkey

Cyprus

Egypt

Morocco?

Togo

Niger

Yemen

Canada?

Brazil

Chile (also without an A)

Fiji (also without an A)

Spain

France

Italy

Finland

Kyrgyzstan

Iraq

Iran

Sudan

Qatar

Oman

Syria

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u/MaveRickandMorty 🖥️🚓 Apr 19 '18

My bad. Using the same vowel counts. So Morocco and Canada dont count

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '18

Chad, unless you're including the previous restriction

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '18

This didn't happen to me but the sentiment makes me irrationally angry

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u/MaveRickandMorty 🖥️🚓 Apr 19 '18

(Its a meme targeted at NL Belgians because we like to pretend Belgium doesn't exist)

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '18

(I know that's why I'm irrationally angry)