hckošice 14,831 Posted November 18, 2017 #1821 Share Posted November 18, 2017 2 minutes ago, Werloc said: Completely unrelated question, but: Is the smell of tangerines also associated with Christmas in other countries around the world or is it more of a central/eastern Europe thing? *wonders about the popularity of tangerines around the world whilst eating tangerines* Not really. It was during the communism era as one of the symbols of the so-called end of year festivities "nowadays Christmas holidays" but it was common for all other exotic fruits too like bananas or ananas, things you hardly found in our market during communism and were considered as something really special and expensive, but nowadays not at all ! I mean Christmas is winter, fruits are summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicIRL 5,532 Posted November 18, 2017 #1822 Share Posted November 18, 2017 Naughty @dezbee2008 taking the lead once more hckošice, dezbee2008, dcro and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,210 Posted November 18, 2017 #1823 Share Posted November 18, 2017 Looks like it may be all over for Canada and Spain. Spain has already broken their record, so there's something. hckošice 1 #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,210 Posted November 18, 2017 #1824 Share Posted November 18, 2017 6 minutes ago, Werloc said: Completely unrelated question, but: Is the smell of tangerines also associated with Christmas in other countries around the world or is it more of a central/eastern Europe thing? *wonders about the popularity of tangerines around the world whilst eating tangerines* They are popular here, but not really related to Christmas. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amen09 390 Posted November 18, 2017 Author #1825 Share Posted November 18, 2017 (edited) TUNISIA 2017 Bulgaria 9 Lithuania 1 24 Tunisia 3 36 Italy 45 Romania 9 45 Ireland 126 India 37 Turkey 7 Malta 46 France 61 Colombia 10 122 New Zealand 67 Denmark 39 Greece 55 Spain 8 110 Canada 104 Slovenia 50 Great Britain 11 65 Netherlands 73 United States 12 133 Iran 31 Mexico 70 Uruguay 23 Estonia 4 43 Portugal 45 Serbia 33 Argentina 119 Chile 39 Poland 5 76 Czech Republic 8 Indonesia 46 Algeria 8 Croatia 7 72 Slovakia 2 58 Brazil 6 87 Current Top 5 Positions TUNISIA 2017 1 United States 133 2 Ireland 126 3 Colombia 122 4 Argentina 119 5 Spain 110 Edited November 18, 2017 by amen09 Matt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 14,831 Posted November 18, 2017 #1826 Share Posted November 18, 2017 So we have now a dinner break ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 15,141 Posted November 18, 2017 #1827 Share Posted November 18, 2017 I'm here Hold on . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,210 Posted November 18, 2017 #1828 Share Posted November 18, 2017 Just now, heywoodu said: I'm here Hold on No pressure, but depending on your votes, you may be sleeping with the fishes tonight. But again, no pressure. Wanderer and heywoodu 1 1 #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 15,141 Posted November 18, 2017 #1829 Share Posted November 18, 2017 11 minutes ago, Werloc said: Completely unrelated question, but: Is the smell of tangerines also associated with Christmas in other countries around the world or is it more of a central/eastern Europe thing? *wonders about the popularity of tangerines around the world whilst eating tangerines* It has absolutely nothing to do with Christmas here, but I do love tangerines. Any time of the year. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werloc 3,164 Posted November 18, 2017 #1830 Share Posted November 18, 2017 5 minutes ago, hckosice said: Not really. It was during the communism era as one of the symbols of the so-called end of year festivities "nowadays Christmas holidays" but it was common for all other exotic fruits too like bananas or ananas, things you hardly found in our market during communism and were considered as something really special and expensive, but nowadays not at all ! I mean Christmas is winter, fruits are summer Well, in here it's like a religious belief. If anybody starts peeling a tangerine in a room, twenty other people would start screaming "OMG, it smells like Christmas" Matt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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