Straight Line of the Day: Prediction — the Next Country That Will Change Its Name Is… Posted by Oppo on 15 January 2026, 12:00 pm
Thailand to Siam, because everyone keeps asking about Anna and the king. Myanmar to Burma, because no one likes the new name. Bangladesh to George Harrison Land. 2 Reply to this comment
We could just call Burma, French Indo China. I mean, if it’s good enough for RISK, then it should be good enough for them. 2 Reply to this comment
North America -> America. South America too. We’ll have tofree up North America for Russia and South America for Iran 1 Reply to this comment
…Canada to Canuckistan.
No..”Adanac.”…we lead the world in dyslexia…
…Russia to Not-So-Fast-There-Buddya
Thailand to Siam, because everyone keeps asking about Anna and the king.
Myanmar to Burma, because no one likes the new name.
Bangladesh to George Harrison Land.
Although I always preferred MacNelly’s take, “Bang-the-dish”…
We could just call Burma, French Indo China. I mean, if it’s good enough for RISK, then it should be good enough for them.
…Iran to No-Place-Left-to-Run…
Ridiculouslovakia to Ridiculouslovenia
Greenland to Fridge-America
Goldland.
A Golden toilet in every outhouse.
Slobovia, to Lower Slobovia. Just to complete a punch line.
Turkey to Chicken and Istanbul to Constantinopoulet
Iceland to Global Warming Challenged
France to Drapeau Blanc.
Mexico. Surely they’ll want to pay homage to the gulf that they adjoin.
Maybe. But homage ya think they should pay?
“Iraq”
to
“Iraq-ed”
Palestein
North America -> America.
South America too.
We’ll have tofree up North America for Russia and South America for Iran
Egypt, to something that sounds better than Bumf***.
Greenland to Orangeland