Randomosity

[greciangod]

For when I have nothing better to do with my time

I love the whole world...

Rome: AHHHHH, what a legacy we've left behind, huh?
Germania: ...yep
Rome: Kinda makes you wanna... break into song.
Germania: ......nope

Estonia: I love computers
Ukraine: I love a baking spree
Prussia: I love my awesomeness
Italy: (hugging Germany) And I love Germany!
Canada: (in the background) I love the whole world...
Germany: ...who the heck was that? (Italy: "ve?")
Everyone: (shrugging) Boom de ya da boom de ya da boom de ya da boom de ya da

America: I love freedom
Pirate!England: I love plundering
Chibimano: I love tomatoes
Spain: (to Chibimano) I love it when you sing
Greece: I love the whole world... except for this guy (Turkey: "oi!")
Everyone: Boom de ya da boom de ya da boom de ya da boom de ya da

Turkey: I love real sweet things
Mummy!Egypt: ....mmmrfph.
China: I love Shinatty
Baby!Korea: (in that odd accent) And I love touching breasts
Thailand: I love the whole world...
Bulgaria: /broken sobbing
Everyone: Boom de ya da boom de ya da boom de ya da boom de ya da
Boom de ya da boom de ya da boom de ya da boom de ya da

Songs that remind me of Greece

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I like the Warren Zevon cover because I love Warren Zevon I like how slow and mellow it is... as well as having a touch of melancholy that I associate with Greece. Things will get better, Greece.

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This song makes me think of the Greek War of Independence... but only the acoustic version because the full version is silly. I can see him rallying the troops, trying to keep their spirits up.

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"They can't break me, as long as I know who I am..." Another song that kinda reminds me of the Independence War. The first part denying Turkey's control over him and the second part appealing to the rest of the world to acknowledge him as a nation.

• In modern times komboloi is used by people who want to limit smoking.

• Apokries runs for 3 weeks immediately preceding Lent.

• In Greece and Cyprus, it is believed that sleep paralysis occurs when a ghost-like creature or Demon named Mora, Vrachnas or Varypnas (Greek: Μόρα, Βραχνάς, Βαρυπνάς) tries to steal the victim's speech or sits on the victim's chest causing asphyxiation.

• The Mani Peninsula was the only part of Greece never captured by invaders.

• Stereotypes:
  • Bosniaks are stupid (think of the Polish jokes, but replace the Pole with Bosniac)
  • Montenegrins are really lazy (like more than hetalia's Greece)
  • Slovenians are workaholics and uptight
  • Albanians steal and are technologically impaired
  • Serbians are misers and malicious

• Different from Western cultures, it is Tuesday the 13th of the month that is considered unlucky in Greece and not Friday the 13th.

• Because you never know if what they are saying about you is good or bad, it wouldn’t hurt to whisper ‘Skorda (garlic)’ under your breath, just to be on the safe side.

• In Greek superstition, If you sneeze, it means that someone is talking about you. If you want to know who it is, there is a way you can find out. Ask someone around you to give you a three-digit number. Count each digit together and then count down the alphabet. Whatever letter it falls on, is the initial of the person that is talking about you.  For example, 534 is the number given. Add it together 5+3+4=12 . Count down the alphabet to ‘L’, which is the twelfth letter. That is the first initial of the person that is talking about you.