Most of my Chinese friends explain their country as shaped like a rooster. I think this is taught in their schools, because several different sources have used the image to help me place their hometown location.
Haha, oh crap you're right! But nah, I was talking about a slang term for a bit of female anatomy. The only people I've heard use it were Aussies, but I don't actually know if it's their thing or not, or even how popular it is. I just know it's far and away one of my favorite metaphors for something you might find "down under."
The Amanda Palmer reference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-GQ63NStxk She communicates it much more creatively than I could. And it's a lot like China and the rooster. It's almost impossible to stop seeing it.
Lolll I never thought Mexico was shaped like a shrimp. At school they tought me Mexico means "lugar del ombligo de la luna" so its shape is nothing to do with the moon :)
Love your work, but I wonder do you realise how offensive your map of Ireland is to Irish people? What you have drawn is the republic of Ireland. 'Ireland' means the entire island. A map of the island would rather ruin your joke, but it would show respect to those of us Irish people who live in the north of the island.
I always thought North America (as a whole) looked like a slightly-distorted Renaissance-Italian opera guy:
Ellesmere Island - helmet Greenland - helmet-plume Queen Elizabeth Islands - dude's face Banks Island - bearded chin Alaska - hand extended theatrically Canada - chest - maybe hefting a "Canadian Shield" in his off-hand "lower 48" minus Florida - motley pantaloons Mexico and Florida - fancy boots (Florida is further away, or a wooden leg, maybe severely deformed) Central America - a decorative tassel trailing from his boot...or maybe just a trail of toilet paper.
Austria: guitar. And I have seen Sweden compared to other things (especially as it appears on euro coins).
ReplyDeleteI find it incredible that there are no Austria-shaped guitars out there.
DeleteTo me Austria kinda looks like a head without body and only one foot.
DeleteThis guy made one (link in German).
DeleteBut he made it the wrong way around...
A Schnitzel! And Slovenia is a chicken.
DeleteGood save.
ReplyDelete*whew*
DeleteHow come Australia gets to be a pair of undies...
ReplyDeleteDown-Underwear.
DeleteThe Philippines look like a donkey's head and neck
ReplyDeleteAustralia actually looks like Scooby-Doo.
ReplyDeleteTrue, but I don't want to get a call from any Hanna-Barbara lawyers...
DeleteHave you not seen any the wonderful country of Slovenia?!? Shaped like a chicken..
ReplyDeleteHa! It does look like a chicken. I'll save that one for part 2 of this comic...
DeleteWales is a pig's head, possibly being swallowed whole by a crocodile shaped England.
ReplyDeleteDude, you left out the North of Ireland, which would have completed the teddy bear!
ReplyDeleteTrue - but it's a different country. I guess so are Sweden and Finland...
DeleteMost of my Chinese friends explain their country as shaped like a rooster. I think this is taught in their schools, because several different sources have used the image to help me place their hometown location.
ReplyDeleteOh, definitely. Now I can't unsee it.
DeleteCroatia looks like a flying dragon seen from the side
ReplyDeleteKiiiiiiind of...
DeleteGreat Britain looks like a rabbit.
ReplyDeleteThe one for Vietnam is crazy inventive. How the hell does that make sense, I love it.
ReplyDeleteThe one for Vietnam is ridiculously inventive, I love it.
ReplyDeleteAw, was hoping for Romania! Always thought the country looked like a wide fish.
ReplyDeleteIf you turn Australia sideways it looks like a anthropomorphic-pig's head wearing a hard-hat.
ReplyDeletePapua New Guinea as a camel.
ReplyDeleteI'm really really really late on this one, but um . . . how did you miss Tasmania? Amanda Palmer would be so pissed.
ReplyDeleteTasmania is there!
DeleteI must be missing a part one or something? Unless Tasmania is being covered by Australia.
DeleteIsn't Tasmania the little drop off the underpants?
DeleteHaha, oh crap you're right! But nah, I was talking about a slang term for a bit of female anatomy. The only people I've heard use it were Aussies, but I don't actually know if it's their thing or not, or even how popular it is. I just know it's far and away one of my favorite metaphors for something you might find "down under."
DeleteThe Amanda Palmer reference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-GQ63NStxk
She communicates it much more creatively than I could. And it's a lot like China and the rooster. It's almost impossible to stop seeing it.
Lolll I never thought Mexico was shaped like a shrimp. At school they tought me Mexico means "lugar del ombligo de la luna" so its shape is nothing to do with the moon :)
ReplyDeleteTaiwan is shaped like a sweet potato! Proof: https://www.instagram.com/p/BIpjqMQgLvx/
ReplyDeleteLove your work, but I wonder do you realise how offensive your map of Ireland is to Irish people? What you have drawn is the republic of Ireland. 'Ireland' means the entire island. A map of the island would rather ruin your joke, but it would show respect to those of us Irish people who live in the north of the island.
ReplyDeleteI always thought North America (as a whole) looked like a slightly-distorted Renaissance-Italian opera guy:
ReplyDeleteEllesmere Island - helmet
Greenland - helmet-plume
Queen Elizabeth Islands - dude's face
Banks Island - bearded chin
Alaska - hand extended theatrically
Canada - chest - maybe hefting a "Canadian Shield" in his off-hand
"lower 48" minus Florida - motley pantaloons
Mexico and Florida - fancy boots (Florida is further away, or a wooden leg, maybe severely deformed)
Central America - a decorative tassel trailing from his boot...or maybe just a trail of toilet paper.
Hahaha, I never thought Mexico looked like a shrimp. Now I'm going to show these drawings to our Spanish students.
ReplyDeletePlease do!
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