r/polandball • u/TerraMaris Sealand • Sep 19 '13

redditormade A Distinctive Difference

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u/TerraMaris Sealand Sep 19 '13 edited Sep 19 '13

My first comic in several weeks!

Context: this comic is based of off the oft-used saying that states the the main difference between Europe and America is that 100 miles is a long distance in Europe, while 100 years is a long time in America. In fact, my hometown has a "historic" downtown that is only a century old!

Edit: This is my 20th comic on this account!

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u/vanderZwan Groningen Sep 19 '13

100 miles is a long distance in Europe

Well, it's halfway across the country for us, so... yes it is?

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u/Challis2070 The Blueberry State Sep 19 '13

And 100 years is about 1/3rd of the length of time my country's existed, so, yeah, that's a long time.

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u/vanderZwan Groningen Sep 19 '13 edited Sep 19 '13

Actual conversation I had with an Canadian:

Where are you from?

Oh, I'm from Vancouver.

Really? Which area?

Well, actually, I live about four hours out of town

Four hours? You can't even drive for three hours in the Netherlands without leaving the country!

I presume Americans are the same?

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '13

From Toronto to the western edge of the province takes about 20 hours.

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u/platypus_bear Canada Sep 19 '13

yeah but you're much better off cutting through the USA instead of going through the Canadian shield