tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882645467378797266.post4560212685165992153..comments2023-07-17T11:55:51.363+02:00Comments on ObservingGreece: A Place in Paradise Reserved for Greeks!kleinguthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12491174042954678023noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882645467378797266.post-37783570745469481772014-06-06T22:09:28.812+02:002014-06-06T22:09:28.812+02:00this means that...
greece has no land to cultivat...this means that...<br /><br />greece has no land to cultivate as other countries do have, cause of the rocky ladscape.<br />therefore greece is a poor country.<br />god has a place for the poor...he said so..:-)<br />i think this has nothing to do with...feeling good about ourselves...but more likely to make us feel that our efforts are not in vain. <br /> <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05115814784886157887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882645467378797266.post-38402053142669435562014-04-22T10:14:25.030+02:002014-04-22T10:14:25.030+02:00You are quite right. My wife got tears in her eyes...You are quite right. My wife got tears in her eyes when she read that.kleinguthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12491174042954678023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882645467378797266.post-48165164163007106652014-04-21T16:31:25.994+02:002014-04-21T16:31:25.994+02:00That's the kind of stuff that Greeks say to fe...That's the kind of stuff that Greeks say to feel good about themselves.Jim Sliphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15325962115410722474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882645467378797266.post-87939843238537654492014-04-21T13:14:19.743+02:002014-04-21T13:14:19.743+02:00A more literal translation is: "When God dist...A more literal translation is: "When God distributed lands to the nations, he forgot Greece, so Greece asked: God, you forgot to give me land. And he replied: To you, i will give a bit of paradise".<br /><br />I don't know where you found it, but its structure is part of a series of "classic" greek jokes with God, like the "When God created men, he distributed hair to cover their heads. Then to some he gave pretty heads" (intending that bald men don't need hair to cover their ugly heads, they were born with pretty heads, so they don't need hair).<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com