National Pride Survey

**miotas** · 10-07-2009, 05:04

I wonder if it's a coincidence that two of the three biggest comedy festivals in the world are held in the top two countries on that list?

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Also, the biggest cultural event in australia is the MICF. Maybe being happy is a big part of liking where you live.

**Aemilius Paulus** · 10-07-2009, 05:05

Originally Posted by miotas

I wonder if it's a coincidence that two of the three biggest comedy festivals in the world are held in the top two countries on that list?

Your opinion. Not fact. Biggest? Define. Or at least get a citation.

**miotas** · 10-07-2009, 05:12

I believe that it goes off attendance. I'll see if I can find any sources.

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This good enough? http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/200...nada.australia Can't be bothered finding anything else.

Just For Laughs - 2 million
Fringe Festival - 1.5 million, and in a distant third;
The Gala - 415,000

**Aemilius Paulus** · 10-07-2009, 05:23

Originally Posted by miotas

I believe that it goes off attendance. I'll see if I can find any sources.

EDIT
This good enough? http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/200...nada.australia Can't be bothered finding anything else.

Just For Laughs - 2 million
Fringe Festival - 1.5 million, and in a distant third;
The Gala - 415,000

By that logic American Football games are better than Opera or Theatre (if you dislike Opera)... You decide.

**miotas** · 10-07-2009, 05:32

It was just a silly half-serious idea, doesn't even work since Britain has the bigger festival.

Have you checked out how it was compiled? What criteria did they use?

**A Very Super Market** · 10-07-2009, 05:34

I see they did not survey the Balkans. Well, a strategic move I suppose, since they're pretty much game-breakers for this kind of thing.

**Aemilius Paulus** · 10-07-2009, 05:48

Originally Posted by A Very Super Market

I see they did not survey the Balkans.

Balkans are not as they were on the eve of WWI, AVSM... The former Yugoslavian Republics are the most nationalist of the bunch, but the rest are nothing especially special IIRC. And I would not say FYR's are that bad either... They were nationalist during the First Breakup and Kosovo Wars, but on their own stage, not on the world stage.

Right, Sarmatian? Or not?