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I'm a Switch owner now.

This is definitely the first game I'll play when I get a Switch. I predict a sequel around 2019-21.

And its successor, Waluigi in SM64DS. Never forget the black box (https://www.mariowiki.com/MarioWiki:BJAODN/The_Black_Box).

Super Mario 64 DS with analog control and HD graphics.

It has come to my attention that Mauritania has changed its flag. Reviving this topic for one more post (at least until a flag change, or a new country is recognized by at least 10 UN members). Flag of Mauritania Ratio: 2:3 (normal) Adopted: 15 August 2017 Part 1 Rule 1: A child could draw this...

1276. Ketchup on pasta.

Camp Ukiki

Detective

Earthquakes and heights.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39610937 RIP Emma Morano. She lived through WWI, Mussolini's dictatorship, WWII, the establishment of an Italian republic, the Years of Lead, and the rise and fall of Berlusconi. (However, there are still two people alive born in 1900, which is part of the...

Sorry for dissappearing last year without saying anything. I just kinda lost interest in the forums, became anxious about the quality of my posts and began lurking other sites. I don't think I'll stop posting fully, but me posting will be a pretty rare event.

It's raining pretty hard, unlike yesterday, when the rain was nice and mild.

I had a pretty weird dream where the Super Bowl was Browns vs. Raiders and the Browns actually won (this is impossible, because both teams are in the same conference, and because the Browns are terrible). I'm not even a fan of those teams.

U Best flag It may have been the cause of many bad flags, but the flag itself is great and distinctive (thiugh the 1707-1801 version is better). Honorable mentions: Ukraine (which I would have put if it weren't so undistinctive), Uruguay, Uzbekisan. Worst flag It just looks ugly to me. I also...

TV Tropes. The page for Hamlet: 7,572 words (including both the description and thelist of tropes). A page for a book series mentioned in a few MLP episodes, which doesn't actually exist in real life: 14,793 words (in just the description. The trope list is so big it's split into six pages). ...

Qatar is the only Q country. R Best flag Two generic tricolor vs a simple flag which looks great. Worst flag Both Romania and Russia have a simple tricolor as their flag. I picked the former because I think Russia's flags look better and is more distinctive (this is probably only because of...

It's the weekend. M Best flag The country's name is controversial, but whatever its name is, I think the country has a simple and distinctive flag which looks good. Honorable mentions: Malawi, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius. Worst flag If you want to have a Pan-African flag...

J Best flag Both this country and Japan have amazing flags. I could easily have put in Japan here, but I simply like how this flag looks like more. But Japan's flag is still very good. Worst flag Though I hestitated which flag would be the best, I knew this generic Pan-Arab would be the worst...

G Best flag There are many good G flags. I put in this flag for the simple reason that I like both its colors and its unusual ratio, which almost makes the flag square. Honorable mentions: Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana. Worst flag It's vertical, which makes it more...

Finished my homework. E Best flag I made a thread about this flag, and I obviously like it. I tend to like like flags with black and blue. Honorable mention: East Timor (also known as Timor Leste) Worst flag It has a complex coat of arms and it's not distinctive. Dishonorable mention: Ecuador...

C Best flag Great flag. I love the diagonal stripes, which distinguish the flag from other Pan-Africans. I also considered putting Canada's flag here, but the maple leaf is a little complex (this doesn't make Canada's flag bad, it's just a minor nitpick). Honorable mentions: Chile, China...

Here we go. "Best" and "Worst" flags are my opinion, not objective fact. A Favorite flag Proof that just because a flag breaks a few rules doesn't mean its bad. The eagle is complex, and it's black on a red background, breaking the rule of tincture. But despite this, the flag looks pretty cool...

Flag of Zimbabwe Ratio: 1:2 (normal) Adopted: 18 April 1980 Part 1 Rule 1: I think a child could draw most of the flag from memory, but I don't think they could draw the bird. Rule 2: What is now Zimbabwe was first inhabited by Khoisan people. Bantu people arrived around 2,000 years ago...

Flag of Zambia Ratio: 2:3 (normal) Adopted: 24 Octobr 1964 (current version adopted in 1996) Part 1 Rule 1: A child could draw most of the flag from memory, but I don't think they could draw the eagle. Rule 2: The first people to inhabit what is now Zambia were the Khoisan people. Bantu people...

Flag of Yemen Ratio: 2:3 (normal) Adopted: 22 May 1990 (unification of Yemen) Part 1 Rule 1: This flag is a simple tricololor. Rule 2: Yemen was created out of the union of two countries: North Yemen and South Yemen. First I'll write about North Yemen. In the year 1849 the Ottoman Empire and...

Flag of Western Sahara (tthe Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic) (recognized by 37 UN members) Ratio: 1:2 (normal) Adopted: 27 February 1976 (declaration of independence of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic) Part 1 Rule 1: A child could draw this flag from memory. Rule 2: After the 1884 Berlin...

Flag of Vietnam Ratio: 2:3 (normal) Adopted: 5 September 1945 (as flag of North Vietnam). Current star adopted on 30 November 1955, flag adopted for all of Vietnam on 2 July 1976 Part 1 Rule 1: A child could draw this flag from memory. Rule 2: In the year 112 BC Nanyue, a kingdom which had...

Flag of Venezuela State flag Civil flag Ratio: 2:3 (normal) Adopted: 15 July 1930 (coat of arms added to the state flag on 17 February 1954. Eight star added on 12 March 2006). Part 1 Rule 1: A child could draw the civil flag , but not the state flag, with its complex coat of arms. Rule 2...

Flag of Vatican City Ratio: 1:1 (making it one of the two square national flags, the other being Switzerland's). Adopted: 7 June 1929 Part 1 Rule 1: A child couldn't draw the coat of arms from memory. Rule 2: In Roman times, the Vatican referred to a marshy are west of the Tiber, with poor...

Flag of Vanuatu Ratio: 19:36 (pretty unusual ratio) Adopted: 18 February 1980 Part 1 Rule 1: A child couldn't draw the leaves, but they could draw the rest of the flag from memory. Rule 2: The islands were first inhabited around 3,300 years ago. Europeans discovered Vanuatu in 1606, when Pedro...

Flag of Uzbekistan Ratio: 1:2 (normal) Adopted: 18 November 1991 Part 1 Rule 1: A child could draw this flag from memory, though they may not draw the exact number of stars. Rule 2: In the mid-19th century there where three states in what is now Uzbekistan: the Emirate of Bukhara, the Khanate...

Flag of Uruguay Ratio: 2:3 (normal) Adopted: 16 December 1828 (current version adopted on 11 July 1830) Part 1 Rule 1: A child couldn't draw the sun perfectly, and the may not draw the exact number of stripes, but otherwise the flag is simple. Rule 2: Uruguay was first inhabited around 10,000...

Flag of the United States of America Ratio: 10:19 (normal) Adopted: 14 June 1777 (current version adopted on 4 July 1960) Part 1 Rule 1: A child could draw this flag from memory, even if they may not draw the exact number of stars or stripes. Rule 2: The first Native Americans came to what is...

Flag of the United Kingdom (of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) Ratio: 1:2 (normal) Adopted: 1 May 1707 (current version adopted on 1 January 1801) Part 1 Rule 1: A child could draw this flag from memory, though they may not draw St. Patrick's Cross perfecty. Rule 2: After Roman rule ended...

Flag of the United Arab Emirates Ratio: 1:2 (normal) Adopted: 2 December 1971 (UAE established) Part 1 Rule 1: A child could draw this flag from memory. Rule 2: The meaning of the Pan-Arab colors: In the beginning of the 19th century, there were seven sheikhdoms in what is now the United Arab...

Flag of Ukraine Ratio: 2:3 (normal) Adopted: 1918 (readopted on 28 January 1992) Part 1 Rule 1: It's a simple bicolor. Rule 2: In the 9th century the Kievan Rus', a loose federation of Slavic trives whose territory included parts of what is now Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus, was founded. Its...

Flag of Uganda Ratio: 2:3 (normal) Adopted: 9 October 1962. Part 1 Rule 1: A child couldn't draw the crane from memory. Rule 2: Uganda was first inhabited more than 50,000 years ago. Speakers of Bantu languages came in around 2,000 years ago. Some kingdoms were established, including Buganda...

Flag of Tuvalu Ratio: 1:2 (normal) Adopted: 1 October 1978 (readopted on 11 April 1997) Part 1 Rule 1: A child may not be able to draw the Union Jack perfectly, or to memorize the pattern of the tars, but I think they otherwise could draw this flag from memory. Rule 2: The islands of Tuvalu...

Flag of Turkmenistan Adopted: 19 February 1992 (current version adopted on 24 January 2001) Ratio: 1:2 (normal) Part 1 Rule 1: A child could not draw the carpet designs from memory. Rule 2: In the mid-19th century, the two most important states in what is now Turkmenistan were the Khanate of...

Flag of Turkey Ratio: 2:3 (normal) Adopted: 1844 (current version adopted on 29 May 1936) Part 1 Rule 1: A child could draw the crescent and star from memory. Rule 2: The star and crescent, as an emblem, has a long history, and it originally had nothing to do with Islam. It was first used in...

Flag of Tunisia Ratio: 2:3 (normal) Adopted: 1831 as naval ensign, 1 June 1959 as national flag (current version adopted on 3 July 1999) Part 1 Rule 1: A child could draw from memory. Rule 2: In 1534 the Ottoman Empire conquered the city of Tunis, which since 1229 had been ruled by the Berber...

Flag of Trinidad and Tobago Ratio: 3:5 (the most common flag ratio) Adopted: 31 August 1962 (independence of the country) Part 1 Rule 1: A child couuld drw this flag from memory. Rule 2: The islands were the first islands in the Caribbean to be inhabited, around 7,000 years ago. By the time...

Flag of Tonga Ratio: 1:2 (normal) Adopted: 4 November 1875 Part 1 Rule 1: A child could draw this flag from memory. Rule 2: Tonga was first inhabited by the Lapita people (ancestors of Polynesians) between 1500 and 1000 BC. From the 12th century, Tongans were known all over the central Pacific...

Flag of Togo Ratio: It's actually the golden ratio (approximately 1:1.1618) Adopted: 28 April 1960 (one day after Togolese independence) Part 1 Rule 1: This flag is simple enough. A child could draw it from memory, though they may not memorize the exact number of stripes. Rule 2: From the 16th...

Flag of Thailand Ratio: 2:3 (normal) Adopted: 28 September 1917 Part 1 Rule 1: A child could draw this flag from memory. Rule 2: A note: Thailand was known as Siam before 1939, and from 1945 to 1949. The first Siamese kingdom with an ensign (used at sea, not on land. Siam only adopted a land...

Flag of Tanzania Ratio: 2:3 (normal) Adopted: 30 June 1964 Part 1 Rule 1: This flag is simple. A child could draw it from memory. Rule 2: Tanzania itself is an union of two former countries, and its flag is a mixture of both countries's flag. The countries that united to form Tanzania were...

Flag of Tajikistan Ratio: 1:2 (normal) Adopted: 24 November 1992 Part 1 Rule 1: I think the crown is simple enough for a child to draw from memory. A child may not be able to draw the exact number of stars in the flags, however. Rule 2: Around the mid-19th century, there were two states in what...

Flag of Taiwan (officially known as the Republic of China) (recognized by 21 UN members) Ratio: 2:3 (normal) Adopted: 17 December 1928 (by the Republic of China) Part 1 Rule 1: I don't think a child could memorize the exact number of rays in the sun, but recognizabilty is more important than...

Flag of Syria Ratio: 2:3 (normal) Adopted: 22 February 1958. Readopted on 30 March 1980. Part 1 Rule 1: A child could draw the flag from memory. Rule 2: What is now Syria was conquered by the Ottoman Empire in 1516. Ottoman rule lasted until 1917, after the Great Arab Revolt and the Sykes-Picot...

Flag of Switzerland Ratio: 1:1 (it's a square. Vatican City is the only other ciuntry with a square flag) Adopted: 12 December 1889 Part 1 Rule 1: It's a simple flag. Rule 2: Switzerland originated around 1300, when the Old Swiss Confederacy, a very loose union of mostly independent states...