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Barbados

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Location

The Resume

    (November 30, 1966- )
    Independent from Britain
    Located Northeast of Venezuela
    Primary language is English
    Capital is Bridgetown
    Under British rule for almost 340 years (1627)
    Population is over ¼ million (most densely populated country in the world)

Why Barbados might be annoying:

    People are confused by alternating pronunciations of Bar-Ba-Dos and Barba-Dos.
    This is not the home of Barbra Streisand's Disk Operating System.
    The country is made up of 11 parishes (states), all but one is named Saint something. Oh yeah, the remaining parish is Christ Church.
    They are primarily a one crop country (sugar cane).
    George Washington fell ill to smallpox when he visited Barbados (his only time away from America's soil).

Why Barbados might not be annoying:

    Barbadians support themselves with sugar cane crops and tourism.
    Most of the workers at the Panama Canal were from Barbados.
    The oldest rum producer, Mount Gay Rum Distillery, is located in the capital of Bridgetown.
    Irving Burgie who wrote 'Day-O' was born here.
    The country is known for cricket and calypsos.
    The national bird is the pelican.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 11 Votes: 36.36% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 20 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 35 Votes: 17.14% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 72 Votes: 43.06% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 20 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 12 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 15 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 15 Votes: 26.67% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 20 Votes: 30.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 88 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 34 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 32 Votes: 34.38% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 85 Votes: 50.59% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 153 Votes: 49.67% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 211 Votes: 42.18% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 283 Votes: 45.23% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 588 Votes: 47.62% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 407 Votes: 55.04% Annoying