Ala Winnie, 1918

Only the names of the two conquerors have been changed. Notice the complete absence of that blot on the landscape between Germany and Spain.

Big Jim Dwyer: This one time, there was a Pogues commercial on TV/
.
Norbert the Great: this one time i wish i weren't sick anymore
Big Jim Dwyer: As I've already told Kaitlin, my general modus operandi is to not get sick.
It's worked quite well for me over the years.
Norbert the Great: i usually don
't
i just get majorly sick when i do
Big Jim Dwyer: And you seem to get majorly sick about once a year.
Norbert the Great: its not a great strategy really
no
Big Jim Dwyer: Yes?
Norbert the Great: maybe every 2 or 3 years
alright, we're dividing up the map
Big Jim Dwyer: I think I know more about this than you do.
Norbert the Great: you pick a country first
Big Jim Dwyer: Norway.
Norbert the Great: damn
ireland
Big Jim Dwyer: Looks like I win.
Italy.
Norbert the Great: germany
Big Jim Dwyer: UK.
Norbert the Great: N. Ireland doesn't count
Big Jim Dwyer: ok
Norbert the Great: you get great britain
i
i'll take the usa
Big Jim Dwyer: Djbouti.
Norbert the Great: spain
Big Jim Dwyer: Australia.
Norbert the Great: azerbaijan
sp
Big Jim Dwyer: New Zealand.
Norbert the Great: tasmania
Big Jim Dwyer: Not a country.,
Norbert the Great: i need a place from which to strike your oceanic power base
i'll take indonesia
Big Jim Dwyer: There you go.
Tahiti.
Norbert the Great: bahamas
Big Jim Dwyer: Are they country?
Norbert the Great: yeah
Big Jim Dwyer: ok
Greece.
Norbert the Great: turkey
Big Jim Dwyer: Saw that one coming.
Poland.
Norbert the Great: russia
Big Jim Dwyer: Austria.
Norbert the Great: switzerland
Big Jim Dwyer: Canada.
I need some territory.
Norbert the Great: japam
japan
Big Jim Dwyer: China.
Norbert the Great: croatia
Big Jim Dwyer: Iran.
Good ruins there.
Norbert the Great: egypt
good ruins ther
e
Big Jim Dwyer: Czech republic.
Norbert the Great: brazil
Big Jim Dwyer: Sweden.
Norbert the Great: finland
Big Jim Dwyer: Denmark.
Norbert the Great: portugal
Big Jim Dwyer: Iceland.
Norbert the Great: hm
mexico
Big Jim Dwyer: Ha!
Oh, I'm sorry.
Peru.
Norbert the Great: i can control the border
chile
Big Jim Dwyer: Argentina.
Norbert the Great: morocco
Big Jim Dwyer: Kenya.
Norbert the Great: ethiopia
Big Jim Dwyer: Good ruins there.
Congo.
Norbert the Great: better ruins there
south africa
Big Jim Dwyer: India.
Norbert the Great: damnit, i was just going there
pakistan
Big Jim Dwyer: S. Korea.
Norbert the Great: nepal
Big Jim Dwyer: Bhutan.
Norbert the Great: i like bhutan
thats too bad
Big Jim Dwyer: Looks like I get the Gurkhas.
You're doomed.
Norbert the Great: i'll go with ukraine
it is strong
Big Jim Dwyer: Interestingly enough, I've heard it's weak.
Albania.
Norbert the Great: ha!
vatican city
whoa
Big Jim Dwyer: Touche.
SMOM.
Norbert the Great: ?
Big Jim Dwyer: Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
Norbert the Great: ah
Big Jim Dwyer: Location: inside the Vatican.
Norbert the Great: malta
Big Jim Dwyer: Mongolia.
Norbert the Great: israel
Big Jim Dwyer: Singapore.
Norbert the Great: thailand
do you give up?
Big Jim Dwyer: Myanmar.
Norbert the Great: you've been roundly defeated you know
Big Jim Dwyer: I have not yet begun to fight,
.
Norbert the Great: myanmar is a vehicle-less morass
way to go
Big Jim Dwyer: Exactly, you'll be lured into the swamps and drowned.
It's your turn, you know,
.
Norbert the Great: oh, i know
Big Jim Dwyer: I also have the majority of the world's population, Gurkhas, and fjords.
I don't think you can top that triple threat.
Norbert the Great: i have the US and the vatican and thailand
and most of europe
outside the frozen north
Big Jim Dwyer: Europe is weak.
Much like your face.
Are you going to pick, or what?
Norbert the Great: venezuela
Big Jim Dwyer: Tanzania.
Norbert the Great: columbia
ha, i control the drug trade
Big Jim Dwyer: Nigeria.
Norbert the Great: mozambique
Big Jim Dwyer: Moldovia.
Norbert the Great: terrible pick
madagascar
Big Jim Dwyer: Terrible or awesome?
Cuba.
Norbert the Great: jamaica
Big Jim Dwyer: Caman Islands.
Looks like I get Joe now too.
Norbert the Great: trinadad and tobago
Big Jim Dwyer: Afghanistan.
Norbert the Great: iraq
Big Jim Dwyer: Tunisia.
Norbert the Great: saudi arabia - i now control almost all the worlds oil
Big Jim Dwyer: Kuwait.
Norbert the Great: venezuala, saudi arabia, iraq, russia, usa
i can invade kuwait
i'll take syria
Big Jim Dwyer: Iran, Canada, UK, Norway, Kuwait, Nigeria.
Lebanon.
Norbert the Greatnot nearly as much oil
i've got maybe 80%
Big Jim Dwyer: I doubt that.
Canda's got a ton of reserves.
It's just mixed with sand.
Norbert the Great: really hard to get
Big Jim Dwyer: Expensive, not infeasible.
Norbert the Great: i still destroy you there
Big Jim Dwyer: I no think that means what you think it means.
Norbert the Great: hm, i think i need turkmenistan
home of the turkmen
Big Jim Dwyer: Your forcing me in Kazhakstan.
Norbert the Great: unfortunately, i think i am going to have to declare my victory and go to sleep for a bit
i feel unwell
Big Jim Dwyer: I smell a retreat.
Among other less savory odors . . .
Norbert the Great: chicken nuggets?
Big Jim Dwyer: *odours.
I said less savory.
I gues it is "odor."
How silly.
Norbert the Great: you brit