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Subject: Thousands of Pakistanis seek citizenship in new country Author: Philip Cyriac [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 10:56:39 03/11/02 Mon http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020311/wr_nm/internet_citizenship_dc_1&cid=582 Thousands Seek Citizenship in Internet Country Mon Mar 11, 7:56 AM ET STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - More than 3,000 Pakistanis want to become citizens in the northern European nation of Ladonia, the country's state secretary said on Monday. Unfortunately, it doesn't exist. Ladonia is a piece of land in southern Sweden only one square kilometer (half-mile) in size, and as a nation exists mainly on the Internet (http://www.aim.se/ladonia) and in the mind of its creator, artist Lars Vilks. "It all started a month ago when we began getting the first applications from Pakistan, and then the pace really picked up," Vilks, whose Ladonian title is state secretary, told Reuters. "We got regular mail asking how to get to Ladonia and where our embassy in Pakistan is situated," Vilks said. The artist set up Ladonia in 1996 to protest an attempt by Swedish authorities to remove two large abstract works of art he built at a scenic location in Skne, southern Sweden. Surprised and upset that the Web site had given people false hopes, Vilks has temporarily shut down the site's citizen application facility. The imaginary country already has 6,000 registered "citizens." "I just spoke with my Minister of Internet. We are going to try and open it again, with a text warning people that we cannot provide jobs or housing," Vilks said. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Oh, you are good... Author: S [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 11:56:16 03/11/02 Mon Funniest thing I've seen in a while.

[> [> Subject: Re: Oh, you are good... Author: Philip Cyriac [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 13:29:06 03/11/02 Mon >Funniest thing I've seen in a while. Thanks. And the best part is that those guys still think its for real! That'll teach the Swedes to come up with a Super Welfare state. lol

[> [> [> Subject: Re: Oh, you are good... Author: S [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 15:30:38 03/11/02 Mon >>Funniest thing I've seen in a while. > >Thanks. > >And the best part is that those guys still think its >for real! > >That'll teach the Swedes to come up with a Super >Welfare state. lol I have noticed that the Pakistani sense of humor is not the most finely developed in the world. Go to PNS, look under Western Affairs and Jewish Defense League Recommend Estee Lauder for an example. Momin's response to me was funnier than if he'd tried to crack a joke. LOL. Is it a translation thing, or do they have no sense of humor in Urdu either?

[> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Oh, you are good... Author: Philip Cyriac [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 16:10:50 03/11/02 Mon >Go to PNS, look under Western Affairs and Jewish >Defense League Recommend Estee Lauder for an example. >Momin's response to me was funnier than if he'd tried >to crack a joke. LOL. Ha Ha. Hey. maybe some Men like make up. > >Is it a translation thing, or do they have no sense of >humor in Urdu either? I dunno. I can follow urdu a little bit. Enough to understand if they are cursing me or not!

[> [> Subject: They posted this one on PNS Author: Kevlar Kid [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 12:58:07 03/12/02 Tue >Funniest thing I've seen in a while.