Turkey & Iraq?

[Gusington]

^Take the sweater off man.

[LongBlade]

^Martok, you are very astute.  Just curious, what gave it away?

Your accent.

[MetalDog]

That's pretty good, Martok.  Way to go!

[W8taminute]

^Take the sweater off man.

Ok, but you'll have to shave my back and deal with my unsightly pot belly.

[Barthheart]

^Take the sweater off man.

Ok, but you'll have to shave my back and deal with my unsightly pot belly.

It's not a pot belly.. it's reserves for the coming apocalypse!  8)

[LongBlade]

^Take the sweater off man.

Ok, but you'll have to shave my back and deal with my unsightly pot belly.

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No! It's Smuck-the-Pain!

[Gusington]

Keep the sweater on man!!

[Martok]

^Martok, you are very astute.  Just curious, what gave it away?

Thanks!  Although for me, at least, it honestly wasn't that hard to guess. 

My overall historical knowledge admittedly isn't very deep, but it's pretty broad, covering a good variety of regions/eras -- I'll never be a true scholar of history, but I've long been an enthusiastic amateur.  Anyway, my knowledge was sufficient to make me aware that sheer Law of Averages dictated it pretty much had to be one of those two nationalities; Armenia & Greece have been more Turkey's traditional enemies in the last century than anyone else I can think of. 

When you factor in the Armenian Genocide (and especially the feelings it would almost certainly engender among relatives/descendants of the victims & survivors), your comment about nuking Turkey made a lot more sense if you had Armenian heritage in your family.  (No doubt a good number of Greeks and Greek-descended folks have similarly strong feelings regarding Turkey, but I suspect the percentage of Armenian and Armenian-descended people who, ah, dislike that nation is far far higher...and that their emotions are of a much greater intensity.) 

That's pretty good, Martok.  Way to go!

Takk!  Most kind.  :) 

[Martok]

Keep the sweater on man!!

I second this.  I think it would be better for all concerned! 

[W8taminute]

Thanks for explaining how you deduced my heritage.  I love your Vulcan logic, very sound!!

And yes, it would be best if I kept my sweater on. 

[Windigo]

One of my son's aides was an Armenian. She was so sweet and perky and kind hearted .... until something was mentioned about Turkey .... well then

[Gusington]

I have met one Armenian in my life, a very talented artist. He was a small guy, a few inches shorter than me, but really cut. Chicks loved him.

[Longdan]

At least he wasn't a Turd.

[W8taminute]

.... until something was mentioned about Turkey .... well then

Yeah, I can relate.   ;)

I have met one Armenian in my life...

Now you can say you've met two.  Well online anyway.  I'm surprised you haven't run into anymore.  There are quite a few in the NY/NJ area. 

[besilarius]

Through a nascent girlefriend,  (Her family decided that being Irish was just too Odar.) met a number of Armenian families.
The girls all looked like Cher.  Couldn't quite figure out who the boys reminded me of, maybe Victor Mature.  They all acted like him.