It would be so fucking funny if B&H could play with 22 players because of some airbud like loophole in the rulebook.
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It's not even fair. Bosina and Herzegovina has to play against 50 states at the same time.
Also funny: Bosnia and Herzegovina has almost exactly a 100th of the population of the USA.
3,412,000 vs. 341,784,857
That's almost the same population ratio as Cape Verde (526,000) and Argentina (46 million).
Amazing. Here's more crazy statistics: that's almost exactly the ratio of the annual fuel energy consumption of a Cummins 6.7 (93,600 MJ) to your mom's yearly cig intake (88 MJ).
oNlY 90s kIDs WiLl rEmEMbER
pouring out a Tito's vodka... 🥲
No jesus was a bit earlier than the 90s.
Two old men sitting on a bench. One asks: "Are you going to watch the football game tonight?"
"Who's playing," the other asks back.
"Austria-Hungary," the first man answers.
"And who will they play against?"
Mediveal kings declaring war against Austria-Hungary and Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth be like:
Wars have been fought over that 'and'
Wait till they find out B&H has 3 presidents their mind will be blown.
And the UK plays as four separate teams.
More, if you include Isle of Man, Gibraltar, etc...
And in a way they do. Both England and Scotland qualified for the world cup this year.
The isle of man must be shit considering they have such a small population to pick from
Even more if you count the left country in the image as West Britannia
I really try to reach beyond my mediocre American education on international affairs. I'm ashamed to say this one will be a Google for me.
Ignorance is nothing to be ashamed about if you're willing to learn
Don't take this the wrong way, I think it's great that you're willing to learn.
I'm just kind of at a loss for words that so many people have apparently never heard of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Why do 50 states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico and some unincorporated islands play against a country.
That sounds very unfair...
I am from Bosnia, take me to Herzegovina
Like "Saint Vincent and the Grenadines"? When I first heard this term as a kid, I thought it was referring to a 50s or 60s music band.
Antigua and Barbuda, São Tomé and Principe, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago.
Bosnia and Herzegowina is also not an unknown country.
And let’s not forget the other country with “and” in its name:
The United Kingdom of Great Britain And Northern Ireland
Unfortunately we US Americans are not particularly strong on the subject of geography. We've all heard of Bosnia, but its last name was never mentioned when it was in the news. Most here have never heard of any of the islands you listed except for maybe Trinidad.
No, you implied a reaction like the one in the post isn't weird since countries don't often have similar names. I counter the reaction is weird because Bosnia and Herzegowina isn't an obscure or never heard of country but the reaction is quite stereotypical US-american (as in "conforms to stereotypes", not in "look, typical US-american).
One country, two nations?
So it will be 11 vs. 22? Or will there be three nets on the field in a triangle?
How about Trinidad and Tobago, though?
In this economy?
Only for people in the US who had reasonable history or world geography education.
If other countries wanted a better chance against the US they wouldn't allow us to compete as one and would make us compete as states.
In which case FL and CA would take over everything.
Sigh...Americans and their piss poor knowledge of geography.
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