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[Ken the Wandering Soul]

I want you to think back to your first geography classes, to when you are being told about Italy. You know, how it has a boot shape?


You can totally see it right?

Okay, now here is the thing. I accepted that Italy has a boot shape to it. But here is the thing, I always pictured the boot as being like this...

... with Sicily basically being the "boot" worn by the mainland/peninsula portion.

However, I was reciently looking over a map of Europe for an art history class when I started thinking, "You know, Italy is kind of wierd when you ignore the islands and just look at the peninsula part..."


"This cannot be!"

So I googled up on the shape of Italy to find phrases like "Italy is famous for its boot-shaped peninsula" and "It is a boot shaped peninsula jutting into the Mediterranean Sea."

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WHY DIDN'T ANYONE TELL ME THIS SOONER?!

[JRPomazon]

I never thought to look at it the first way you described the boot. I'm not sure which on I like better now.

[Veteran]

What? I cannot for the life of me understand how you thought the boot was that shape, Ken.

Italy is clearly kicking Sicily. It's a high-heeled boot. o.o

[Elvenlord]

This made me lol. Congrats, you win the internet.

[wisp]

Hooooooo man, I can't stop laughing. XDDD

I have to really strain to see it the first way. And then I only see it for a split second before my eyes adjust back to the high-heeled boot.

[Hana-Nezumi]

It's a stilleto. :3

[Ken the Wandering Soul]

What shocks me is the fact that you think I would have seen this earlier. I don't know how I went through grade school without seeing any of the stuff showing the peninsula as the freakin' boot. I only ever heard "oh yeah, it's the country with a boot". And I never saw a picture or phrase specifying the peninsula. I mean, you figure that in all those years I would have seen at least ONE thing to indicate it. A sentence in an article. A photoshop'd picture. SOMETHING. I didn't even realize the peninsula was the boot until I came to the realization by myself! I've grown up thinking Sicily is the boot and now knowing it isn't drives me crazy!


AAAAAAAUUUUUUUGH!!!

... Well, at least y'all are having a good laugh at my ignorance.

[Chikara Nadir]

I've always known it as a stiletto myself.

And I'm sorry, I tried to look at your first picture and it ended up looking too...phallic for me to take seriously for half a minute. >.>;

[wisp]

They never needed to tell us it was the peninsula... which, in light of Chik's post above... I almost typed as "penisula" >.>

[Veteran]

What shocks me is the fact that you think I would have seen this earlier. I don't know how I went through grade school without seeing any of the stuff showing the peninsula as the freakin' boot. I only ever heard "oh yeah, it's the country with a boot". And I never saw a picture or phrase specifying the peninsula. I mean, you figure that in all those years I would have seen at least ONE thing to indicate it. A sentence in an article. A photoshop'd picture. SOMETHING. I didn't even realize the peninsula was the boot until I came to the realization by myself! I've grown up thinking Sicily is the boot and now knowing it isn't drives me crazy!


AAAAAAAUUUUUUUGH!!!

... Well, at least y'all are having a good laugh at my ignorance.

Let's look at the shape you drew to seemingly justify your first visualisation:



He's having a shit.

[Chikara Nadir]

I was going to take it as a tail, but sure thing, Vet. Now I'm no longer the most gutter-minded one here!

[wisp]

Hey, that's a good point. I thought something seemed off about it, but I just couldn't put my finger on it... and now I don't WANT to put my finger on it. XD

[Veteran]

I was going to take it as a tail, but sure thing, Vet. Now I'm no longer the most gutter-minded one here!

I thought of a tail. But he's bending over, and that's suspicious.

[wisp]

Besides, what kind of tail is all craggy like that? XD

[Ken the Wandering Soul]

What shocks me is the fact that you think I would have seen this earlier. I don't know how I went through grade school without seeing any of the stuff showing the peninsula as the freakin' boot. I only ever heard "oh yeah, it's the country with a boot". And I never saw a picture or phrase specifying the peninsula. I mean, you figure that in all those years I would have seen at least ONE thing to indicate it. A sentence in an article. A photoshop'd picture. SOMETHING. I didn't even realize the peninsula was the boot until I came to the realization by myself! I've grown up thinking Sicily is the boot and now knowing it isn't drives me crazy!


AAAAAAAUUUUUUUGH!!!

... Well, at least y'all are having a good laugh at my ignorance.

Let's look at the shape you drew to seemingly justify your first visualisation:



He's having a shit.

... aflskuehglkus gh loqrh;qowhrfq/lwkg/;lasf GAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!

I just skipped over that piece of land for the convenience of visualization! Besides the only reason I put a person in is for the sake of showing the vague area of where the "head" and "legs" of Italy's shape would be. The point is that the mainland looks like it is sticking a foot/leg (the southernmost tip) in a boot. I dunno, I guess I kinda thought of it as something like the feet the Goomba's had in the Mario games.

... And it has clearly just punted Sardinia.

[Chukchi Husky]

The way I learned it is that Italy is the foot of a footballer and Sicily is the ball.

[JRPomazon]

The way I learned it is that Italy is the foot of a footballer and Sicily is the ball.

This makes sense to me as well.

What a fun country Italy is.

[Ember]

I always saw the stilleto kicking the piece of trash on the ground that is Sicily.

This thread. . .

[Veteran]

On another note I'm sure you all know that as Norway is not in the EU, scandinavia on the back of a Euro coin reminds everyone of a giant cock and balls.

[Hana-Nezumi]

The way I learned it is that Italy is the foot of a footballer and Sicily is the ball.

Playing soccer in stilettos? Doesn't sound very bright.



Vet... that's... unfortunate. It's all lumpy and stuff. Ew.

[JRPomazon]

SUCK IT STOCKHOLM!

[Chikara Nadir]

SUCK IT STOCKHOLM!

The ironically fitting nature of that phrase...simply blows my mind.

[wisp]

On another note I'm sure you all know that as Norway is not in the EU, scandinavia on the back of a Euro coin reminds everyone of a giant cock and balls.

Never really having looked at the back of a Euro coin till now..... I was not aware of this. Now I will always look at Scandinavia this way. T_T

[Chikara Nadir]

No, you know what I'm seeing now? The giant penis aiming itself at the raised skirt of a can-can dancer with fluffy hair (Italy/Portugal), stepping on her tiptoe (Italy). TRY TO TELL ME YOU DON'T SEE IT.

[Masamune]

That's too complicated to see.

[JRPomazon]

That's too complicated to see.

Agreed, but I kinda see it too.

[Hana-Nezumi]

No, you know what I'm seeing now? The giant penis aiming itself at the raised skirt of a can-can dancer with fluffy hair (Italy/Portugal), stepping on her tiptoe (Italy). TRY TO TELL ME YOU DON'T SEE IT.

I didn't see it but then I tilted my head to the right and I TOTALLY SEE IT!

[Chikara Nadir]

Yeah, I obviously had an overactive (read: perverted) imagination growing up.