- Adherents: Danes about 6 million, Mormons about 13 million
- Latitude: Danes 56, Mormons 40
- Hours of sunshine per year: Danes 1496, Mormons 2300[1]
- Annual precipitation: Danes 712 mm, mostly as freezing rain; Mormons 419 mm, mostly as 1500 mm fresh powder[2]
- Tax: Mormons voluntary tithe, 10%; Danes compulsory income tax, total easily over 65%, plus 25% VAT, plus 180% tax on cars[3]
- Largest church: Aahrhus Cathedral, seats 1200; Mormon Tabernacle seats 8000[4]
- Celebrities: Danes H.C. Andersen; Mormons Gladys Knight, Christina Aguilera, Alice Cooper, Tom Hanks, Jewel, the Osmonds, Orson Scott Card...[5]
- Fertility rate: Mormons about 93, Danes about 59[6]
- Closest ski area to capital: Danes Isaberg, 3 hours[7], vertical drop 300', 10 runs. Mormons, Solitude Mountain, 20 minutes, vertical drop 2047', 64 runs
- The poor, meek and downtrodden among Mormons believe they will rule in Heaven, while the poor, meek and downtrodden Danes believe they are in the middle class.
[1]Phoenix, AZ gets about 4000 hours of sunshine a year
[2]Far more snow falls in the mountains
[3]This 180% "registration fee" is also paid on the VAT
[4]This number includes the world-famous choir of 360
[5]Celebrities reported to have present or past Mormon ties
[6]Births per 1000 women. Over 30% of 19-year-old men in Denmark have subfertile sperm counts
[7]Not including the ¾-hour ferry ride to Sweden. No part of Denmark is higher than 600'.
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You are brilliant. I am about to read everything you write about Denmark.
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