Apparently there is some law that in Chicago that you have to make a big deal out of your ethnicity. So after a little thinking, and even less research, here is why I am proud to be Danish:
- Danes dominated the Baltic and North Sea late first, early second millenium; that’s right, regularly kicked Sweden’s butt, kept the Germanic tribes in line and used England as a vacation home.
- Danes have not allowed Germans to own ocean front land since being occupied in WWII. Forgive some of it, forget none of it, and don’t let ‘em have any of the prime real estate.
- Scuttled their navy under German occupation in WWII so ships could not be used by Nazis and got most Danish Jews to Sweden before things got bad.
- Respectable intntl table tennis teams. We (yea, I can see how this ethnicity thing is appealing, its fun to say “we” when talking about people you have nothing else in common with) play the Chinese tough, but usually lose.
- Other – best form of govmnt (constitutional monarchy), happiest people, 2nd most peaceful country (after Iceland) – source the always 100% impeccably accurate Wikipedia
- Other, part 2 - home of Nicki Sorensen, an otherwise average pro cyclist who won stage 12 of the 2009 Tour de France.
So who’s up for a Danish Day Parade? Heard there is an opening in Beverly in the middle of March.
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