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Cuchulainn
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Re: guess a country

October 11th, 2022, 4:26 pm

Marsden knows

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Marsden
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Re: guess a country

October 11th, 2022, 8:04 pm

lol

Sheelah na Gig limits it quite a bit, but I'm not familiar with that one.

Tried to get a better look at the image and it gave it away.
 
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Cuchulainn
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Re: guess a country

October 12th, 2022, 7:50 am

lol

Sheelah na Gig limits it quite a bit, but I'm not familiar with that one.

Tried to get a better look at the image and it gave it away.
I still remember your photo with the white-washed wall and blue sky.
 
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Marsden
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Re: guess a country

October 12th, 2022, 11:49 am

That was a fun excursion. The story was that the daughter of the farmer in whose wall it was found had triplets shortly after it was found -- that much is true; I met the triplets -- and then women who wanted to conceive came from all around to touch the Sheela.

The two women we were with declined even to get out of the car.

lol

John Corry was the farmer's name (just looked it up). Showed us around the farm and offered us one of his grandsons to take back to America -- "he's no good here!"
 
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Re: guess a country

October 12th, 2022, 2:23 pm

"touch the Sheela" ... hmmm
 
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Gamal
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Re: guess a country

October 12th, 2022, 2:45 pm

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Marsden
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Re: guess a country

October 13th, 2022, 12:47 am

It's not much of a contest when the line displayed under latest forum posts is "(nationality's) Cathedral in (city)."
 
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Re: guess a country

October 13th, 2022, 2:58 am

Hehe. Instructions for players:
1. Remove giveaway image file names.
2. Test any images with Google image search to make sure it doesn't return the answer. 
 
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Cuchulainn
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Re: guess a country

October 13th, 2022, 8:40 am

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Paul
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Re: guess a country

October 13th, 2022, 8:50 am

This a blatant violation of Rule #2.
 
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Cuchulainn
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Re: guess a country

October 13th, 2022, 10:17 am

well, just try to solve it by not googling. 
 
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Cuchulainn
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Re: guess a country

October 13th, 2022, 10:17 am

well, just try to solve it by not googling. 

Proposal: amend Rule #2. It is not worth the paper it is written on.
 
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Marsden
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Re: guess a country

October 13th, 2022, 11:28 am

I think Rule 2 should just be that it is a foul to do a Google search on the image to inform your guess.

The Netherlands? Couldn't get enough definition to decide the flowers are tulips, but between the ship and the person who posted the picture, it's as good a guess as I'm likely to have, regardless of research.
 
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Cuchulainn
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Re: guess a country

October 13th, 2022, 1:43 pm

No. The flowers are a smoke screen. 
Check:

. beautiful blue-green water
. boat's flag .. red and green
. palm tree.
. barren rocks
. they don't build those boats in NL (only yachts for Oilgarchs). hint: it's a dhow
. Not a single cloud in the sky, every day.
 
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Gamal
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Re: guess a country

October 13th, 2022, 1:53 pm

Something Arabic, the boat is a typical dhow.