Austria
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[[File:P1010166.JPG|thumb|From this height, the people of Vienna look like dots. Would you really feel any pity if one of those dots stopped moving forever?]] | [[File:P1010166.JPG|thumb|From this height, the people of Vienna look like dots. Would you really feel any pity if one of those dots stopped moving forever?]] | ||
| − | '''Austria''' is a country in [[Europe]]. The rural part of Austria is full of mountains, snow, [[goat]]s and the like. Carynthia is full of lakes. Vienna is the capital of Austria, and Vienna is full of people, music, culture, coffee houses and such things. The cutlet dish Wienerschnitzel is also named after Vienna (it comes from the city's German name). [[United States|Americans]] later ripped off the pork version of the dish (it was originally made with veal) in the form of pork tenderloin.<ref>Other countries have jumped on the Schnitzel bandwagon as well; see [[wp:schnitzel]].</ref> Sacher-Torte is also a famous Viennese recipe and closely connected with the | + | '''Austria''' is a country in [[Europe]]. The rural part of Austria is full of mountains, snow, [[goat]]s and the like. Carynthia is full of lakes. Vienna is the capital of Austria, and Vienna is full of people, music, culture, coffee houses and such things. The cutlet dish Wienerschnitzel is also named after Vienna (it comes from the city's German name). [[United States|Americans]] later ripped off the pork version of the dish (it was originally made with veal) in the form of pork tenderloin.<ref>Other countries have jumped on the Schnitzel bandwagon as well; see [[wp:schnitzel]].</ref> Sacher-Torte is also a famous Viennese recipe and closely connected with the Hotel Sacher in the city. [http://www.sacher.com/en-history-vienna.htm] |
Austria is also rife with [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholics]]. | Austria is also rife with [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholics]]. | ||
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Austrians speak German (and can even be understood by Germans to an extent, unlike speakers of Swiss German) and have a Germanic culture but the majority don't want to be part of [[Germany]]. | Austrians speak German (and can even be understood by Germans to an extent, unlike speakers of Swiss German) and have a Germanic culture but the majority don't want to be part of [[Germany]]. | ||
| − | Austria is occasionally the laughingstock/demon-harbinger of Europe, because they periodically elect a large proportion of right-wing | + | Austria is occasionally the laughingstock/demon-harbinger of [[Europe]], because they periodically elect a large proportion of [[right-wing]] [[racist]]s to power. In 2008, Jörg Haider's party (along with a rival right-wing party) sent a large enough delegation to parliament that the two parties could have ruled with a majority. A few weeks later, Haider died in a car crash, thus providing tentative proof for the existence of [[God]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7671885.stm Or perhaps that driving a speeding car while drunk is a pretty bad idea]</ref> |
Austria has a town called [[Fun:Fucking|Fucking]].<ref>Really. Wikipedia has [[wp:Fucking, Austria|its own Fucking article]]. ('''Warning''': May contain unintentional Fucking humor.)</ref><ref>[http://www.snopes.com/photos/signs/austria.asp Snopes joined in on all the Fucking fun, too.]</ref> | Austria has a town called [[Fun:Fucking|Fucking]].<ref>Really. Wikipedia has [[wp:Fucking, Austria|its own Fucking article]]. ('''Warning''': May contain unintentional Fucking humor.)</ref><ref>[http://www.snopes.com/photos/signs/austria.asp Snopes joined in on all the Fucking fun, too.]</ref> | ||
Revision as of 16:31, 24 January 2011
- Not to be confused with Australia, which is in a different hemisphere, on a different continent, and speaks a language users here can actually understand.
Austria is a country in Europe. The rural part of Austria is full of mountains, snow, goats and the like. Carynthia is full of lakes. Vienna is the capital of Austria, and Vienna is full of people, music, culture, coffee houses and such things. The cutlet dish Wienerschnitzel is also named after Vienna (it comes from the city's German name). Americans later ripped off the pork version of the dish (it was originally made with veal) in the form of pork tenderloin.[1] Sacher-Torte is also a famous Viennese recipe and closely connected with the Hotel Sacher in the city. [1]
Austria is also rife with Roman Catholics.
On occasion, people get mail addressed to Austria mixed up with Australia, making it a dicey proposition when somebody in Austria wins your eBay auction.
Austrians speak German (and can even be understood by Germans to an extent, unlike speakers of Swiss German) and have a Germanic culture but the majority don't want to be part of Germany.
Austria is occasionally the laughingstock/demon-harbinger of Europe, because they periodically elect a large proportion of right-wing racists to power. In 2008, Jörg Haider's party (along with a rival right-wing party) sent a large enough delegation to parliament that the two parties could have ruled with a majority. A few weeks later, Haider died in a car crash, thus providing tentative proof for the existence of God.[2]
Austria has a town called Fucking.[3][4]
In popular culture
“”I hope hees naht a toomah
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Famous people from Austria
- Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Adolf Hitler
- Ludwig von Mises
- Sigmund Freud
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Hans Asperger, namesake of the syndrome that has become known as "autism lite."
Footnotes
- ↑ Other countries have jumped on the Schnitzel bandwagon as well; see wp:schnitzel.
- ↑ Or perhaps that driving a speeding car while drunk is a pretty bad idea
- ↑ Really. Wikipedia has its own Fucking article. (Warning: May contain unintentional Fucking humor.)
- ↑ Snopes joined in on all the Fucking fun, too.