it's not if your a whale.

e.g. american

no, a whale

that's a myth.

so will whales be in 10 years :(

mmmm..whale

I think they'll leave with the dolphins before the Earth gets demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass.

So long and thanks for all the plankton

oh I have suddenly turned into a flower pot.

Oh no, not again.

poland...

Who cares, it's cold up there. In Niger it's at least warm..

every now and then it'd be nice with a meal food tho...

Err, true.. ;-/

RASSSSISM!!!

What are you on about?

what the hell is it to you? did i reply to your post? no. go away please.

So you're just babling then.

babbling, idiotá.

Good boy.

babel fish?

racism, idiot.

Belgium owns heh

Except that everything costs a ton here

Iceland \o/

But obviously this is rigged as Norway sux :o

obviously!

it is. Has a lot of funny placings, like Albania in 72 and not probably last place. Hmmmm ... but maybe they count the fact that albanias can cross their borders easily and relocate to nearby countries. If you count that, Albania doesn't sux so much (unless u stay there).

I think any european country is pretty good to live in, and tbh 72th is not all that high.

2 ez

U.S.A. has dropped 30 ranks =)

so what, your pizza costs 125nok (more than €15). outrageous!

ive heard they have scandinavian pizzabagers tho, thats quite exotic.

Oh, we don't even have that!

pizza price

rofl

vaihelvete:OOOOO

And man they're not exactly trying to hide anything either... In sweden it says "4.90:- / hg" on candy f.e, but in Norway they go straight-out "139:- / kg", not only is it fucking much difference but... Why not just type what a ton costs while you're at it :/

lol :D

double that.

Your tax system still sucks donkeyballs, like ours. And your meat/beer prices :S

Tax system sucks? Explain please. Free medical care is nice though ;)

I'd gladly die dumb, poor and young with a sicilian red wine, salmon pasta and Ciabatta as my last meal on a warm summer evening in front of a red sunset.

sounds like heaven :)

i think its close.. being norwegian isnt all that bad if you're living not too far from the swedish border, i think you have to draw the dividing line somewhere and that would be it.

The swedish border?

but if you're poor, then u won't be able to afford good red wine, or even well bred salmon. If you're dumb, then u wouldn't appreciate those things either; and what's wrong with growing old (maturing!!!!) gracefully? :(

Probably not on a daily basis, no. I don't see why dumb people cannot be gourmets though.

best country my hairy ass - considering you cavemen jump the boarderfences and go on a candy and booze run every weekend norway must be _the_ place leeen

hahahaha

sweden should top that list.

10mbit for shitloads of people.

I've got ten times more bandwidth than that 8(

nice penis

You don't have to tame mine.

bigger than yours, punkass

Not quite everyone I'm afraid... :)

STILL POLAND

oh gosh, sweden was leading a few months ago :(

norway is very very expensive but it's worth it for the ladies <3

So is sweden and denmark :o

oh no >_<
most definately not :(

sweden is the hot grrl capital of the world?

Maybe just the skånnings are not then.
:p

oh swedish girls are just a bunch of stupid white blondes :(
Norwegian girls has got the character and looks to back it up <3

Alright, alright. Just pretend I just said denmark!

my ex was norwegian >8( fuckin slut!

I'm not Norwegian!

rofl @ these comments


do you really think they put "pizza prices" into this? hahah :D

Well, they probably do, be it indirectly.

i know what you mean but these comments are hilarious, like "norway sucks, the pizza is soo expensive!!11"

A PIZZA COSTS 100+ SWEDISH KRONOR!11
how can you NOT consider that? :(

we make more money, so we can afford the pizza's.

We cant :(
Neither the beer in the slopes :<

But it's a lovely country if you have the cash to sustain it :D

technically your oil do your money :)

I'd love to see teh løveli fjords and chicks in norway sometime. Hopefully I can use my broken danish to make a few people laugh there :P

Norway has Darkthrone...

...nuff said.

what's the point of this ranking. it's so stupid.

At a guess...

The Human Development Report (HDR) was first launched in 1990 with the single goal of putting people back at the center of the development process in terms of economic debate, policy and advocacy. The goal was both massive and simple, with far-ranging implications — going beyond income to assess the level of people’s long-term well-being. Bringing about development of the people, by the people, and for the people, and emphasizing that the goals of development are choices and freedoms.

Human development is about much more than the rise or fall of national incomes. It is about creating an environment in which people can develop their full potential and lead productive, creative lives in accord with their needs and interests. People are the real wealth of nations. Development is thus about expanding the choices people have to lead lives that they value. And it is thus about much more than economic growth, which is only a means —if a very important one —of enlarging people ’s choices.

In seeking that something else, human development shares a common vision with human rights. The goal is human freedom. And in pursuing capabilities and realizing rights, this freedom is vital. People must be free to exercise their choices and to participate in decision-making that affects their lives.

So in summary, the ranking gives people the freedom to assess where they want to live outside of just comparing something like average incomes, but also to compare the relative freedoms and qualities of life they experience with others around the world...

.. and something about pizza prices..

pity they speak some shitty language?? isn't norway in poland or something? the less i know about these little third world counties the better!!!!

Norway came top last year too.

http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2004/pdf/p...KE_HDI.pdf

i'm sure poland won

Poland 1 - Ultraviolet 0

Ignorance 1 - Sonic 0

YOU GOTS ME GUD

sure in norway everything is expensive, apartments, food etc. it's a very inpractical country, with all the mountains and shit. takes hours to drive across.


however, health care is nearly covered (like $30 per doctors visit / free hospitals if you're injured etc.).

college education is nearly covered (you have to pay like $150 a year).

every (non-working) student get a $10,000 grant (~$4000) + interest free loan (~$6000) per year.

salaries are sky high, GDP is around $40,000. average income at $50,000.

nature is beautiful with swordedged mountains with fjords on both sides etc. climate isn't all that bad, ranges from -5 to -10 C during winter and from 15 to 30 C during summer. rains alot on the west coast though :(

norway r00lz, come visit.

have to a rocket scientist to figure out this image thing. just forget it.

No, just put a [img1] where you want the image and upload it as a Place image, or inline if you just want it in the upper-right corner (big pictures will force the text to the sides though, so be careful).

Oh, and there was an error in your first upload, so I deleted the image as it was unuseable.

blah blah average GDP blah blah, I'd choose Italy or Spain any day

Denmark are lower ranked simply cause a beer costs 6 times less here. Otherwise we would be first for sure.

Yep, it's always the beerthing isn't it?

yeah i would've thought denmark would have done better :)

gas costs more than 1.50E per liter, cars and bikes are at least twice as expensive as here :(

Perhaps the roads are half as long?

-_-

Typisk norsk å være best.

Drammen was said to, by newspapers, to have Norway's best kebab, implicitly making it the best kebab in the world!

Twas alright~

Was it Snappy's or Sidney's kebab? :P

Snappy's I think, two years ago : )

Bislet kebab House :D

surprised to find china ranked so low.

kæmpe dritt! <3

dk :\

oh shit 8(

*kjempe

Don't whine, you understood well !

"In this business it is important to keep on top ... product, in fact, per capita,
people in Norway eat the most pizza in the world. ... ..."

More pizza than americans?

Then again the stuff they eat can hardly be considered 'Pizza' more like Cake dough soaked in oil.

Iceland second! na na na na!
Igloo power!

We'd be 1st if you'd move to norway.

[+}

the one u live in, darling

you forgot canada @ #5 :(

i love canada. i was in red dear for awhile. was old skool :X

POW!

I didn't consider Canada as one of the most represented countries on esr :P

blueman shall place a ban upon thou!

canada used to be #1 and norway #2, what happened?!?!

oil :=)

I haven't seen a single professional quaker from norway? Now how good is that?

then you havent searched for All*Nirvana :D

our pride and glory

rage*hell4nd is doing pretty good these days.

q2 top dueller Shubnigga was norwegian I think?

Yeah

Shub is ready!
Team A is ready!
Countdown started.
Maximum team size (maxplayers) locked at 1.
MethosCam: Good Luck Guys
Shub: gl swede
Blue: gl
Blue: norsk

upload the demo nigga

Hmm. No !

pretty please with sugar on top

I think I have it somewhere. Will send it to you when my adsl finally gets connected :o

he still is :P

they got primax!

and clains!

Well, its sorta ez with all that oil you got. A bit like haxing in quake..

P.S.: Norway is in the Top10 in the young male suicide statistics? gg

woah? link plz

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/hea_sui_rat_you_mal

whoops
where'd all that enthusiasm go? :)

pfft, that's only cuz we can afford drugs :P

true, true
i'd also like to have some and than throw myself out of a bridge or something, but i cannot afford such a great scenario :( im a poor Pole

Some people don't like the looooong nights :/

i dont gettit

Surely you do know that past the polar circle, there is practically no daylight half the year, and practically no nighttime the other half.
Now look at a map and locate scandinavia and the polar circle. Days get quite short in winter around copenhagen in denmark, so further up north (i.e Norway, or rather, closer to the polar circle), it does not get any better.

u made a point there :)

that's 13 years ago.

\o/ Switzerland #7

=)))))

my country is my favorite number (69), beat that norway suckers

gg pestilence :) thats sweet *cough* 69 *cough*

how much does it cost to make my country first?

Not even the entire polish population can steal that much money.

ok, than we'll just keep on stealing from suckers like u

My dad loves scandinavia and you know what, secretly I do too!

I see noone has mentioned that consequently, Oslo(Norway) and Reykjavík(Iceland) are one of the most expensive cities in the world to live in.

edit: Tokyo apparently is most expensive.

who is noon?

no-one

i know..but noone isnt even a word. Dont know why the feck people continue to write it. Its just "no one" or "none"

i know..but noone isnt even a word. Dont know why the feck people continue to write it. Its just "no one" or "none"

I is spelled with a capital I. "Isnt" is spelled either "isn't or "is not". Feck is not a word. "Its" is not a word either, use it's or it is.

You made four typos in two lines you lame hypocrite.

lol..there is difference between laziness and persisting to write a word wrong. I was actually being helpful you twat

Who is to say I wasn't being lazy? In any case, next time you try to be "helpful" (cynicism isn't being helpful) in relation to spelling errors, don't make your post unreadable due to kindegarten grammar on your own part, you lose credibility.

because twat, writing Oslo(Norway) and Reykjavík(Iceland) isnt being lazy..
and i can see how me asking "who is noone?" is cynical...god damn, thats some tough shit to be put up with.

It's cynical because you asked a "question" you already knew the answer to. I don't know your definition of "lazy" and just how laziness has *anything* to do with you being unable to spell properly.

no it's not you retard, look the word up in a dictionary. cant say im surprised you dont know shit..but hey! at least mr goodie goodie two shoes has an edit button so he can correct his grammar, because its fucking important to impress people on the interweb..

let me get this scenario right, you correct my slang "noone", I then in return correct four of your far more stupid grammatical mistakes just to show you how much of a dumb hypocrite you are, and you react by calling ME a retard and a twat? How childish.

jesus fucking christ. still you cant even comprehend why i started to flame you

nope

That's just not right man :=)

London is at least as expensive, and when u calculate in average income then both Oslo and Reykjaviik is pretty cheap cities.

nice *-* comment on Niger and the African Countries being last again, you could have left that out for us to see ourselves :P

I just wanted to take away the fun :<

Norway r0x so hard :D

whale meat tastes nice, seel dont deserve to live (seriously have u ever seen a seel terrorize a penguin? not that we have penguins in the north).

Yeah eat the wales and fuck australia!

I'm glad I'm not a Niger! 177 out of 177. That has to be one shit ass country.

SWEDEN RULEZ!!!!! DEATH TO NORWAY

Australia FTW