everybody welcome back to flag slash man
Friday hope you like the pulao episode
hope you gave it and apollo's thank you
I am Thurston from Instagram for that
joke I kind of stole it from you and I'm
giving you credit by the way geography
now t-shirts get them at geography now
calm it's not selling out if it's my
product anywho as you know there's the
part where we either fix up the small
mistakes in the episode or talk about
things that didn't quite make it into
the episode for one when I was talking
about why they speak Japanese I meant to
say World War One / the Japanese Empire
not World War two all that kind of led
into World War two in the political
animation I meant to say Papua New
Guinea is sometimes considered part of
Australasia partially because it shares
the same continental shelf as Australia
but a lot of people consider Australia
Asia Australia and New Zealand even
though New Zealand doesn't share the
continental shelf it's confusing and
also I forgot to mention the fact that
they had a railway that was built by the
Japanese during Japanese Empire times it
is not in use today but you can still
see the tracks and it's kind of like a
fun little site that you can check out
and we were going to have some native
pollens do a video I told some people to
record themselves but they just didn't
have time and it didn't work out I'm
sorry but I wish they could have sent in
the video in any case there's a lot of
other things we could have mentioned if
you know of anything feel free to put it
in the comments otherwise let's begin
without further adieu you that's always
great to do Pacific island nations on
what you think about finally meeting
Hannah's husband Ian he's a great guy
it's weird they're kind of like
alternate universe versions of Caleb and
Jillian anyway
Palau has a flag and we kind of have to
talk about it the flag of Palau is a
blue banner with a yellow disc in the
center pretty simple similar to the
flags of Japan and Bangladesh but like
Bangladesh the disc is a little
off-center so that while waving it gives
off the image of a center disc the
bright blue field of course represents
the ocean and the nations position in it
as well as the transition from a
Dominion to a self-governing state the
yellow disc in the center actually
represents the moon not the Sun a full
moon to be exact the full moon ties into
their culture the reason being because
the time during a full moon is
considered the optimum time for human
activity such as in fishing sowing
harvesting and tree felling and canoe
carving it is also a symbol of peace
love and tranquility many might say that
it is suggested that the Palau flag got
its inspiration from the Rising Sun flag
of Japan symbolizing the friendship
between the two countries however the
designer of the flag
jaune blouse Kay bong has the
the connections are if I butchered his
name give him mine prior to this there
under various other nation states and
Empire flags the most recent one being
the USA as a Trust Territory it had six
stars representing all of the
Micronesian Island states that they had
under their trust territory
that's where Micronesia gets their flag
from we explained this already and of
course today they are a compact free
association state with the USA we
already talked about it in the video
otherwise prior to World War two there
under the Japanese both as a South
Pacific mandate and an imperial navy
occupied state and prior to that they're
under the Germans under German New
Guinea they're part of the Philippines
under the first Philippine Republic
before breaking away we mentioned that
in the video as well and prior to that
they're under the Spanish under the
Spanish East Indies who and now we move
on to the Palau state seal the seal
contains a disc showing a traditional
bye house that we talked about in the
plow episode used as community meeting
structures in Palau society with a
banner in English reading official seal
waving over the house at the bottom of
the house lies 16 stones symbolizing the
16 states of Palau and the Year 1981
symbolizing the year of becoming a Trust
Territory which many see as the
beginning of the independence movement
on the bottom in English are the words
Republic of Palau whereas on the top
lies the words in the Palau and language
old bill Erika Lulu which is the name of
the National Congress that translates to
the house of whispered decisions now
keep in mind the state seal also does
kind of come in a few other different
forms with slight differences especially
on embassies for example some of them
contain palm fronds on the side the by
house has a lot more detail with images
and patterns and some of them have the
circle divided into four symbol on the
sides of the seal representing wealth we
talked about the in the episode as well
but yeah as a sovereign state this is
pretty much the only seal that they've
had so that pretty much does it and that
means you know what time it is it's time
for fan mail time alright welcome back
to fan Friday as you know we usually
have guest stars that come on and
they've already been in the episode so
we'll say hi to Hannah and her husband
Ian
they are married Hannah you've done this
poor and you have not basically we're
just gonna start off with postcards we
have Serena from Albania Alexi from
Russia all right guys we have Samuel
from Mississippi Eden who visited
Antigua Guatemala all right leave from
Sturgeon Bay Thank You Aaron for sending
this card from Edinburgh I think your
name is peak Pei K visited the Vatican
alright next we have they signed it with
a squiggle okay squiggle person from
ambiguous land of colors Slovenia
Slovenia and Dom send us a postcard from
Hawaii yucca who visited Losco Slovenia
another Slovenia Wow okay
it says say his full name oh no I don't
know if you want to be on blast like
that mr. Blake visited China this is
from Chongqing China yeah okay yeah
Chongqing what if it's not though and
he's trolling us he says this is from
Chongqing okay thank you and Nick from
San Francisco who is it yourself then
sois martinez that's a cool place it was
in my video
John Ming from Virginia Chinese American
who visited Colorado and New Mexico
thank you too calming I guess well
thanks kami and Merrick Istanbul Turkey
I'm married
yeah love him all right we got Kurds who
sent us a postcard from New Zealand
Thank You Kurt we got Cecil who visited
Japan next its Alessandra what city is
that that is a good question
he's in France France guys this is the
coolest postcard that I've seen so far
Barra is at the border of North Korea
she says that this letter will arrive in
one year from now
Oh Jorn sends this from Norway alright
next Thank You Kim and it's from the
houghton market in Thailand cool does it
say floating market Rob you know it
could be occur stop floating much
market this postcard is from Wendell
iris violet and Elizabeth we visited
they came in and in the Caribbean this
is a Serena who sent this from Bosnia
and Herzegovina Sarajevo all right the
next one's from Sam from lichte no thank
you
Jordan thank you Alex who visited Greece
propolis in propolis Krampus crotchless
crotchless in Greece so Thank You Jenni
who is from Swaziland or now called sy
teenage I think that's a Jenny we met in
Norway this is from Alexei and
Alessandra and they are from Russia and
Belgium but they are visiting Orlando
and Universal Harry Potter and many guys
been to the Harry Potter world in
Universal yeah that's great
ride what's it called the ones no no no
the one in the castle whatever it's
called
I figured out a cool way to skip the
line you have to go through the gift
shop fun fact if you visit LA they're
gonna close that loophole immediately
yeah now that I've mentioned the secret
anyway thank you Paul
who visited where's this from Medicine
Hat Alberta Canada all right Thank You
Damian who's from Poland but visited
this was also from Wendell Eilis violet
and Elizabeth and they are in Jamaica
looks like they're on a cruise hey guys
and Hannah it's actually for you I'm les
from the Netherlands and this postcard
is from my village all right this one is
from poetry from Indonesia and this is
the special seal of the monarchy Thank
You swaiiow from sending this postcard
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all right we got a postcard from Hans
who is from China I guess you lived
there cool doesn't really look like
China though it has like good that looks
like Italy and it's sent from Europe I
don't know you say you're from China but
you sent like an Italy postcard I don't
get it you people are weird sometimes
this one's pretty cool it's from Matt
who's from Ohio but he's traveling
through the South Pacific and he sent
one from now Ruth who are first now rule
postcard yeah that's so cool so that is
pretty much all of the postcards and
stuff we got let's just do packages now
that's pretty loud I'll start us off
okay we got this this stuff hat and a
glass from Lila who is from Kentucky
it's all about the Kentucky Derby the
Derby is kind of a big deal here in
Kentucky takes place in my hometown of
Louisville or Louisville that's how you
really pronounce it that's all the
locals pronounce it yeah this is called
a Pegasus pin and a glass so Kentucky
Kentucky we got some lovely
so zombie Lee soap from Salam he is from
Syria but he lives I just did Louisville
Kentucky I guess there's a Louisville
Colorado and he's really excited about
the Syria pisode this is the second time
I've gotten Aleppo soap interesting I
guess Aleppo is very famous for their
soap all right this next one is from
Eric who it's actually to you Hannah and
it says hey I hear that Hannah can eat
anything get her to try one of these
bourbon balls let's do it I'm gonna
fight you for it cuz chocolate can I
hope there's two I'm gonna try this
chocolate
that's the Bourbon chocolate just go for
it bourbon you like it no no you don't
like it she's like you're spitting in
here I guess well smells like
Sirians oh you like it so I'm into it
I'm gonna get the rest of it yeah
that was really gross really I love
bourbon chocolate don't like that weird
aftertaste bourbon I don't like it
alright
Kassie from düsseldorf germany sent us a
package she says he's really cool a car
and these neat little looks like money
coins yeah it's a model of her family
car that took her off from the hospital
and she had a lot of cool memories and
that's so personal thanks for sending us
that
my name is harsh I am from I am Indian
and Pakistani descent oh you're both I'm
from upstate New York I just want to say
thank you for making a geography now
video for Pakistan and India it means a
lot to me as it token of my appreciation
here's a shirt and a gift to you the
shirt signifies unity between the
nations of India and Pakistan stop war
start cricket I mean they both love
cricket and this is another package this
was actually sent for Keith hey Barb's
my name is Sean I just got back from a
honeymoon in Namibia
I am sending this from DC where I am
taking my training to become a US
diplomat just to let you know the State
Department is watching your show I'll be
telling all my colleagues about it US
State Department our government watches
the show your State Department everyone
on your show is a treasure but I gotta
say Keith is my favorite he is hilarious
I love the new music section I will
forever picture Latvia and Lithuania has
Keith in a dress I wanted to send you
all a musical instrument from Namibia
Keith I hope you find some use for this
in your band if not enjoy it nonetheless
so this is for Keith and you finish this
off again right this is a pretty
comprehensive one this is from Matthias
from Austria and he says he wants to
tell us a little bit about his home
state of Tyrol Tyrol yeah he says it may
be a bit of a stretch but it's kind of
like the Texas of Austria
he said not so much with the Cowboys but
more about the guns apparently they have
a lot of shooting clubs and it goes back
all the way to the Middle Ages whoa
okay that's awesome in here we got to
sends all these key chains for each of
us and then he said a couple hats from
Austria with this one's hilarious it
says there's no kangaroos in Austria
this one from your home state did Tyrol
the book about the Kaiser which
apparently they're about to celebrate
the 500 year so five year anniversary of
the death
maybe got some chocolates and then what
is this serum oh yeah
okay that's awesome innsbruck shot glass
keeping with the theme there's a some
different types of liqueur we've got so
thank you man this is awesome yeah we do
you want to do a quick shot before you
guys leave which one you want to do oh
they're all fat peach and this one's
apple by the way geography now does not
endorse underage drinking if you're
underage do not drink we are all of age
though so we can drink so let's do this
oh you can smell it it smells so good
Austrian peach schnapps schnapps ready
cheers to you Matthias yeah oh you guys
Cheers
to Austria three two one mmm all right
well guys that's just about it I did not
bring the return address contest back so
we'll have to go back to my place and do
it but before we go you guys have
anything left to say to the fans thanks
for having me on the show I'm not here
all right and here is the back of return
addresses I put all of your return
addresses in here I pick a name and
whoever wins gets a jar to feed on
notepad and button all right so let's do
this let's do this
Alexis from Florida you just won so
thanks for watching this episode
you've just been flagged stay cool stay
tuned
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