[kj] OT: CIA World fact book

[The Stranger]

Wooo!  Oregon!  That's where I grew up!  Last time I was there I saw a giant black bear in my backyard...

Fat-P., two things:

1. We refer to ourselves as "Oregonians" not "Oregonos". Oregonos would be a great name for a cookie though...
2. I will definitely mention your population exchange program to a few people when I go home to Oregon for Christmas.  I think we can make it happen.

Adam



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Subject: [kj] OT: CIA World fact book

OT: CIA World fact book



Just doing some work & this cropped up as a possible area of interest for a client.

Thought I’d share.

if people haven’t seen it, it’s detailed background information on every county in the world compiled by the CIA for it’s agents

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html



Today I have learnt that the UK is slightly smaller than Oregon*



factpotanga



*After a quick google, I discover that Oregon has a population of 3.7 million people, while here in the UK, an area ‘slightly smaller’ than Oregon we have just under 61 million people.

And we wonder why we have problems.

Hey, wouldn’t it be great if we organised an exchange with Oregon; the entire population of the UK went there and all Oreganos (as I’m sure they are known) came here?

Just for a week.

For a laugh.

Who’s good at organising things?

Hmmm - another google reveals that 7 million people live in London alone.

It’s no wonder we’ve had all these floods – we’re sinking.

Incidentally I said that to my neighbour who replied “Really? I’d never thought of that”

Silly moo.






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