NationStates Jolt Archive

Whats some crazy or stupid things people have said about your state/province/whatever you call it and being serious.

I"m from North Dakota and here is a few things I've heard people say about it

Do you guys still use covered wagons?

I heard the buffolo roam freely in your state

North Dakota...isn't that in Canada?

A North Dakota...whats that?

people assume that we ride horses everywhere, that we don't have indoor plumbing, and that we all live on farms.

:rolleyes:

I guess countries count. I am from Japan but reside in the uS.


Japan? Isn't that a province of China?

Didn't we destroy you guys 50 years ago?

I love Japan, that great wall is awesome!

Isn't Japan apart of Europe?

I hate Japan! That Jong IL guy is a dick!

wow... those grass shacks don't look so comfy.

man, it must be great to do nothing but surf all day.

so... do the women wear anything underneath those grass skirts?

people assume that we ride horses everywhere, that we don't have indoor plumbing, and that we all live on farms.
Ditto, except they also think that we're all racist.

For Texas:

'Now, I am about to show you something called a hill...'

'Also, this is what a tree over 8 feet tall looks like...'

'Howdy my amigo! What Ya'll fixin' to do?'

people assume that we ride horses everywhere, that we don't have indoor plumbing, and that we all live on farms.

:rolleyes:
what area may I ask?

Sunny all the time.

Great beaches (that's SOUTHERN California at the coast, people, not all of California!)

All the girls are either sluts or prostitutes.

All the guys are gay.

Most people are illegal Mexican aliens. :rolleyes:

About Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; where I lived for most of my life:

- "It's the least crazy place I've ever been" (Said by a BC-born restaurant owner in an interview)
- "That's in Alberta, right?" (Said by an exchange student in Ottawa, when I told him where I was from)
- "Why are all these stupid trees here? And how come the roads are all twisted?" (Said about the province rather than the city, by a cousin of mine)
- "Where are the tall buildings?" (Said by a gal from Shanghai)
- "Where is the amusement park?" (Said by the same Shanghai gal)

Southern California - we're all in movies don'tcha know. And we're all knee jerk liberal, new-age wackos. Everything we eat is organic and we're all tree hugging, vegan members of PETA. Or we're Scientologists.

Everyone assumes us North Dakotians are farmers too....I don't even own a tractor let alone a combine.

- "So it always rains there, right?" (only for half of the year! Although it's been raining a lot this spring)
- "It must be cold up in those mountains you live in" (Because, y'know, all of Western Washington is in the Cascades or the Olympics)
- "You've met Bill Gates, right?" (This is just a no brainer. Of course not! :rolleyes: )

what area may I ask?
Oklahoma

I don't live there, but there's a place in MA called Athol...rumors go that whoever named the town had a lisp. Heh.

Oklahoma
ahh...

thanks.

I guess countries count. I am from Japan but reside in the uS.


Japan? Isn't that a province of China?

Didn't we destroy you guys 50 years ago?

I love Japan, that great wall is awesome!

Isn't Japan apart of Europe?

I hate Japan! That Jong IL guy is a dick!
That's ridiculous. You should be hearing comments all over the place about anime and Japanese video games, not that crap. But then, that depends on your age range, it seems.

about Jacksonville, Florida:

All you have is old people.

How can you live there? Isn't your house blown away by a hurricane every year?

Isn't that part of Miami?

Jacksonville is so small! How can you have an NFL team?

Doesn't everyone go to church on Sunday?

Do you still hang black people?

That's ridiculous. You should be hearing comments all over the place about anime and Japanese video games, not that crap. But then, that depends on your age range, it seems.

I'd be asking if girls really wear those mini-kilts...*drools*

I can't think of anything for New York. Anyone from New York heard some weird crap?

About Denver, Colorado

People still believe cattle are driven through the streets.

About Seattle, Washington (my own grandparents)
It's still a savage wilderness.
Is it true you guys really have webbed feet?

about Jacksonville, Florida:

All you have is old people.

How can you live there? Isn't your house blown away by a hurricane every year?

Isn't that part of Miami?

Jacksonville is so small! How can you have an NFL team?

Doesn't everyone go to church on Sunday?

Do you still hang black people?you mean when you mention Florida, you don't get questions about Disney world?

Actually, around here in New England, whenever you mention Florida (especially in the winter, and especially if you add that you've just been there), people tend to keel over and froth at the mouth, eyes rolling and foam dripping copiously from the lips.

Of Maine:

"Is it true that there a more moose than people there?" (asked on a different forum)

"Haven't you people ever heard of air conditioning?" (said by me, upon moving here)

"It's 20 degrees (F). Why the hell are you wearing shorts?" (also said by me)

Oklahoma



*sings* "O-O-O-klahoma, where the winds blows down, and swirls all around, and knocks down your house..."

*runs away* :D

"It's 20 degrees (F). Why the hell are you wearing shorts?" (also said by me)
How can we tell people from the Mainland vs People from Hawaii? Watching the sunrise on the top of Haleakala Crater... the Mainland people are up there in their t-shirts, shorts and shoes... the locals are crowded in their cars with the heaters on, three layers of blankets, hot coffee and still shivering from the cold. :D

I'm not joking... :(

I can't think of anything for New York. Anyone from New York heard some weird crap?


"Is it true that everyone gets mugged?"

Not from New York, but I know people who are, and I have family in New Jersey.

"I'd like to go to a Brazilian city, but I'd be afraid of crossing the street with all the snakes..."

About Michigan

"You're from Michigan? You're in the Miliita, aren't you?"

"You've been to Detroit? How did you make it out alive?!"

"Doesn't it snow 10 months out of the year up there?"

"Michigan, that's part of Canada, right?"

Me: "I'm from Michigan"

Them: "What part of Detroit?"

Me: "I'm not from Detroit"

Them: "So you're in the Militia!"

Me: "......."

"Is it true that everyone gets mugged?"

Not from New York, but I know people who are, and I have family in New Jersey.Damn, why didn't I think of that one. I've heard it a billion times.

*hails to AllCoolNamesAreTaken* Jax!

I've heard a few commentaries/questions about Jacksonville, Florida as well. I've got family who live in Sebastian, Florida too (200 miles south of J'ville), and even from there, it doesn't end...

So, here we go:

1) "Are people from Jacksonville lovers of Michael Jackson?"
Me: "......no."

2) "Oh! that's where the Dodgers are, isn't it?" (referring to J'ville again)

3) "Jacksonville. Home of the few, the brave, or otherwise stupid people who remain in the path of oncoming hurricanes."

4) "Hurricanes? Nah, it's just standard weather." (a buddy of mine quoted this while boarding up his house situated a few blocks from the beach)

5) "Sebastian? Aww! It's like that little guy from Little Mermaid!"
"Um...yeah...I suppose."
"Do you get crabs there?"
"Our agriculture is primarily oranges and grapefruits. Crabs are best known to be the product of Maryland crabbers."
"Wow, must be tough getting your car over those dirt roads, especially when it rains."
"We have asphalt too you know..."

6) "Hey, you probably get big discounts at Disney, considering you're Floridian."
"Last time I checked Mickey wasn't a socialist."

That's ridiculous. You should be hearing comments all over the place about anime and Japanese video games, not that crap. But then, that depends on your age range, it seems.



Stupidity is a cancer in america. $1 trillion dollars spent on education every 3 years and americans keep getting dumber. Thats why americans need to be poor, because it seems that the more money americans have the dumber they get.

That, my Empress friend, is why we need to stop just throwing money at the problem and actually fully examine and work out solutions. One of the most obvious problems is that kids don't care about learning anymore. Hell, you fix that problem--which only came about in the past forty years or so--and you'll have fixed almost everything. The question is, how do we get kids to care?

That, my Empress friend, is why we need to stop just throwing money at the problem and actually fully examine and work out solutions. One of the most obvious problems is that kids don't care about learning anymore. Hell, you fix that problem--which only came about in the past forty years or so--and you'll have fixed almost everything. The question is, how do we get kids to care?
pay em. $25 for every A, $15 for every B, $5 for every C, they owe $10 for every D, $20 for every F.

Real Incentive to do work. and cheaters who are caught automatically fail the grade and forfit any payment their second time around. reguardless of what they cheated at.

On an Episode of That 70's Show: I think Canada closes at 9.
That one didn't piss me off, but I got pretty upset during one episode of Extreme Makeover Home Edition. The team ordered a house from Canada, and got pissed off when it was late. They said things like "is it coming by dogsled?" and suggested that Canadians have shoddy standards when it comes to house construction. They're like "here in the civilised world, we actually have regulations, just in case of earthquakes." Plus, they kept calling the guy (a man named Peter, from Victoria) Pierre, like they thought he was French.

about australia (adelaide speficly)

where are all the kangaroos? (this is i subirbia)
koalas are friendly (just pat one and find out)
fosters is good :D

I live in Bumfuck, Egypt.

People always assume it's out past the boonies.

pay em. $25 for every A, $15 for every B, $5 for every C, they owe $10 for every D, $20 for every F.

Real Incentive to do work. and cheaters who are caught automatically fail the grade and forfit any payment their second time around. reguardless of what they cheated at.
That's a possibility, albiet an incredibly expensive one, and not one guarenteed to work. The other main issue is the quality of the education itself. Even those willing to learn and apply themselves are often not given the full education they need. I, for instance, despite my varied attempts at learning more than my peers am not anywhere near as educated as I should be. Nationstates as a whole has been changing that a great deal, which I thank everyone for it.

I think, really, the issue is that learning has to be fun. We need to keep up with what's fun for people these days.

Also, parents need to encourage their children that learning is good. All too often, we either have parents who don't bother to influence their children at all(who are then influanced by popular culture and/or peers) or parents who actively DISCOURAGE questioning, curiosity, and learning. Both lead to the same thing: children who don't give a damn about learning.

All this is well and good. The question is, again: how do we change that which we need to change? I don't know. Do you?

"Finland, Finland, Finland, the place i´d quite like to be" - Monty Python

That's a possibility, albiet an incredibly expensive one, and not one guarenteed to work. The other main issue is the quality of the education itself. Even those willing to learn and apply themselves are often not given the full education they need. I, for instance, despite my varied attempts at learning more than my peers am not anywhere near as educated as I should be. Nationstates as a whole has been changing that a great deal, which I thank everyone for it.

I think, really, the issue is that learning has to be fun. We need to keep up with what's fun for people these days.

Also, parents need to encourage their children that learning is good. All too often, we either have parents who don't bother to influence their children at all(who are then influanced by popular culture and/or peers) or parents who actively DISCOURAGE questioning, curiosity, and learning. Both lead to the same thing: children who don't give a damn about learning.

All this is well and good. The question is, again: how do we change that which we need to change? I don't know. Do you?wonder if we should make this into a seperate thread...

wonder if we should make this into a seperate thread...
I was contemplating making one, though I'd prefer to reflect on the matter further--to sleep on it, in other words--and gather my thoughts before making it. I'll probably make said thread sometime tomorrow. For now, let us drop the subject.

On topic: people love to say weird things about me whenever I admit I'm from Colorado, ranging from "You must work on a huge cattle range" to "you're obviously a horrible person because you live in an area that is predominately filled with *insert whatever bothers the person here*." There have been some rather humorous comments, though they all rely on extensive context which I do not feel I should go into.

New Zealand:

Anything to do with sheep.

"But students riot in your country!"
"In France, it's legal to have sex with an 8-year-old." (Just try it, and I'll be very happy to see you spend the next few decades in jail.)

An American, to a Belgian friend of my sister's:
"Do you guys go to school on horseback?"

That same friend went to the US, and people there actually told her not to be afraid of the TV, and started explaining to her what a TV is...

I'm from england and when I'm in the states I've been asked what my native language is...

Also my dad's been asked by a very educated woman to print her leaflets in two languages, English and European

Tomorrow's World (science program on BBC about 10 years ago) said that Leicester was the end of the universe. As a joke of course, but apparently the city council got very pissed off with them.

People from Alberta think Ontario gets money from them... (at least, I saw that sentiment repeatedly expressed on CBC by people)

New Zealand:

Anything to do with sheep.

Wales

Anything to do with sheep.

Whats some crazy or stupid things people have said about your state/province/whatever you call it and being serious.

Well, I remember a thread a while back where some silly person tried to tell me that Japanese cities were beautiful. (I've lived in Japan 15 years and that person was going off a few pictures on the net. Yet, they insisted horrible places like Tokyo could match the grand cities of the world, based on a few pics.)

Sunny all the time.

Great beaches (that's SOUTHERN California at the coast, people, not all of California!)

All the girls are either sluts or prostitutes.

All the guys are gay.

Most people are illegal Mexican aliens. :rolleyes:
Southern California - we're all in movies don'tcha know. And we're all knee jerk liberal, new-age wackos. Everything we eat is organic and we're all tree hugging, vegan members of PETA. Or we're Scientologists.
California is a cartoon, or a television show, or maybe a caracature to most people it seems. It would be completely frustrating if it wheren't to some degree by our own design. But it still is a little frustrating.

I've encountered the 'everyone surfs' and has hot tubs thing. I've body surfed and at one point did actually have a hot tub, but it is by no means universal.

I think that for the most part people don't realise that there is a whole lot of nothing between the northern half and southern half of the state and we don't really get along that well. The southern half has the film industry, and part of the television industry (there is still a signifigant portion of television in New York, also film. It makes me chuckle when people flip out about "Hollywood," or signal themselves as backwater folk with no real understanding by calling it "Hollyweird...though to thier credit the industry can be a little insestious, but regardless of what cynics trying to take the short road to intellectual appearances it is not a hive mind.)

The 'hippie' part of the state is up north, where the weed is. While this doesn't make us a state (or half a state) of stoners I have been smoking out in a parking lot in the middle of the afternoon with a friend and when a couple looked over at our lack of subtlty he said loudly, "Who the fuck cares? We're in California. Get used to it."

The idea up here is we are either gay (San Francisco) or living in tree houses communing with nature. (Though it is possible to live in a tree house here (http://www.donnerland.com/shadyrest.html))

I guess the idea is that there is a grain of truth in some of the things said about California but that people lose sight of the fact that we make up 13% of the population-and take up more than half of the western coast of the US. A whole lot of variation occurs there. Also, we're wider than a beach-we actually touch up on the Tahoe mountain range, have snow covered mountain ranges, valleys, deserts, rural areas, farm land, cities, suburbs, deltas-a mixed bag.

jersey: there is only one house and one telephone. the phone operator is bergerac and he only needs to shout to get hold of the person the phone call is for. everyone in jersey is a multi-millionare who enjoys the full benefits of jersey's off-shore finance centre status.

actually I forgot this one..

"Where can we change our US dollars into Hawaiian money?"

Do you have computers in Britain?

I come from Essex, England, so, on reflection, I win.

Staple questions;

"Do you all drive Ford Cortinas?"

"So, how much gold jewellery do you have?"

"Are all the girls blonde and called Stacey?"

"Are you called Daz?"

I come from Essex, England, so, on reflection, I win.

Staple questions;

"Do you all drive Ford Cortinas?"

"So, how much gold jewellery do you have?"

"Are all the girls blonde and called Stacey?"

"Are you called Daz?"

Got me a fiver, guv'ner?

Got me a fiver, guv'ner?

Shut up:D

Oh, another good one I've heard is " So, what do you sell in the market then?"

[...] 'everyone surfs' [...] has hot tubs [...]
'hippie' [...] weed [...] stoners [...] living in tree houses communing with nature.
Why, you must be living in Santa Cruz! :p


But seriously - reading this thread gives me the creeps. Making fun of a place based on silly stereotypes is one thing, but actually believing those stereotypes is a whole different story. And boy, Americans really don't come out looking good here.

To an English person: "So do you know The Queen?"

To an English person: "So do you know The Queen?"
Or "Do you know Bob? He's English"

Or "Do you know Bob? He's English"
after all, he's your uncle right?

"Is Hitler still chancellor of Germany?" (this was really asked by an American student in a school where a friend was on pupil's exchange)

And my suburb was even mentioned in a song:

"Ich war noch niemals in Köln-Poll und Flittard ist bestimmt ganz toll!" (I never was in Cologne-Poll and Flittard surely is great!)

I come from Essex, England, so, on reflection, I win.

Staple questions;

"Do you all drive Ford Cortinas?"

"So, how much gold jewellery do you have?"

"Are all the girls blonde and called Stacey?"

"Are you called Daz?"

I thought it was Escorts.

"The perfect place to make a film about the end of the world"

Falsely attributed to Ava Gardner. (according to wiki, it was a journalist...but it was said nonetheless)

I come from Essex, England, so, on reflection, I win.

Staple questions;

"Do you all drive Ford Cortinas?"

"So, how much gold jewellery do you have?"

"Are all the girls blonde and called Stacey?"

"Are you called Daz?"
Strangely, despite coming from Essex myself, I've never had anyone ask me dumb questions about the place, except as a joke.

And I thought it was Vauxhall Novas, not Cortinas. Must have changed in the last few years.

"The perfect place to make a film about the end of the world"

Falsely attributed to Ava Gardner. (according to wiki, it was a journalist...but it was said nonetheless)

I won't hear you run down Narre Warren like that. :p

In my little ramble that didn't go anywhere I forgot about the crap I get/got from my hometown-

I grew up in Folsom, California. We didn't get Folsom Man comments because that was a different Folsom. No, we get the prison thing. Thanks Johnny.

"Are you on furlow?" Yeah, I killed a tourist.

I'm Texan:

- Must be a rich oil baron
- Must be from Dallas (the only city in Texas people seem to know)
- Must wear boots
- Must have horses and/or cattle
- Must carry a gun
- Must vote Republican

None of the above are true.

I won't hear you run down Narre Warren like that. :p

Heh. :p

In my little ramble that didn't go anywhere I forgot about the crap I get/got from my hometown-

I grew up in Folsom, California. We didn't get Folsom Man comments because that was a different Folsom. No, we get the prison thing. Thanks Johnny.

"Are you on furlow?" Yeah, I killed a tourist.

No, no, no. You killed a man in Reno, just to watch him die.

As I'm from Canada, someone asked me, "Do you speak Canadian?".

OCR']As I'm from Canada, someone asked me, "Do you speak Canadian?".

Well ...... do you?

About Germany:

Do you guys have cars?
Do you guys have planes?
Do you guys have television?
Do you guys have telephones?
Do you guys have electricity?
Are you a nazi? Why not?!? You're German, after all!
Why aren't you wearing a uniform? You don't have a uniform?!?
Is Hitler still your chancellor?
Do you hate Jews? But you're German!!!
Do you hate Blacks? But you're German!!!
Why isn't English your native tongue?

:eek:http://forums.beyondunreal.com/images/smilies/shakehead.gif:(

All those questions were asked by 16-18 year-olds in the Moronic States of America.

Didnt Michigan invent the car and the wagon?
When do i get to see the big mitten
You have indians in your forests, right?
When do we get to go to John's zoo? (said by my cousin from florida, my friends name is john)
All the people from Michigan are shitheads because they cut down all the trees and killed alot of animals for no reason!
Does Hackley work at hackley hospital?
You guys are all fat.
Mom can we go across the brookland bridge to get to the place up there(he points his finger up)(My cousin thats 6 said this)
Me after they say all this stuff ==> :upyours:

"You think you're the centre of the universe"
"You think you're better than us"
"You guys are so arrogant"
"You guys are so ignorant"
"Full of superficial snobs"


.... This is what Torontonians have to put up with from the rest of the godforsaken country :upyours: . I would start a Toronto separatist movement and become the biggest pain in the ass to the federal government since Lucien Bouchard and Jacques Parizeau, but I'm moving.

And I forgot:
"You all think/act like Americans"

I live in the bay area. Hence:

I get stupid

I get HyPhy

I ghost-ride the whip

I get crunk

I ride dirty

and many others.

Thank you rappers, thank you so much.

And I forgot:
"You all think/act like Americans"

I gather that's like an insult eh? :D

New Jersey

It smells bad.

The garden state? Yeah, if you're growing smokestacks.

Everyone is some kind of criminal.

Everyone likes Bon Jovi.

Some parts smell bad. We've got sewage treatment plants, industrial zones and landfills just like every other state. Some parts smell nice though.

Yeah, we've got industry, we've also got farms, large forested areas, and the beautiful Jersey shore. Don't step on that syringe.

Not everyone is a criminal here. Some of us are ex criminals. Some of us are actually good citizens.

None of my friends like Bon Jovi. I dont' like Bon Jovi. Ok, two songs, but that's it.

No, no, no. You killed a man in Reno, just to watch him die.
...but I got distracted and missed it.

Later, someone tried to describe it to me. But it wasn't the same.

Ah, well. You don't want to hear my problems...



Ah, Kids in the Hall...

About Germany:

Do you guys have cars?
Do you guys have planes?
Do you guys have television?
Do you guys have telephones?
Do you guys have electricity?
Are you a nazi? Why not?!? You're German, after all!
Why aren't you wearing a uniform? You don't have a uniform?!?
Is Hitler still your chancellor?
Do you hate Jews? But you're German!!!
Do you hate Blacks? But you're German!!!
Why isn't English your native tongue?

:eek:http://forums.beyondunreal.com/images/smilies/shakehead.gif:(

All those questions were asked by 16-18 year-olds in the Moronic States of America.

*You're joking, eh?

"Yeah, dumbass, I sure will, but you know she's dead, right?"

After being a starved-to-the-point-of-disability slave to MGM, making 3-4 movies a year and marrying poorly, the abused, disfunctional and destraught Judy Garland took an overdose of barbituates and booze (just to kill the pain) in England, and died at the age of 47 YEARS ago.

But that hasn't stopped a million silly Dorothy & Toto T-shirts from being hawked at Kansas truckstops for the last 50 years. Apparently, its the only souvenir folks from the coast want when they buzz through on their way to somewhere else. Kansas = Wizard of Oz.

http://www.yellowbrickroadonline.com/images/Centerpg1.jpg

No one ever says, "Say 'Hi!" to Eisenhower for me!" or "Say 'Hi!' to Amilia Earheart for me!", or even "Say 'Hi!" to Kirsty Alley, Wilt Chamberlain and Tracy Mahoney for me!" It's always Dorothy.

Fuck Dorothy. And her little dog too.

http://www.kshs.org/kids/famous.htm

Apologies in advance to the fine folks of New Mexico...

I worked with a blonde once who was going to New Mexico to meet her boyfriends parents. She asked, (I shit you not), "Am I going to be able to get into New Mexico without a passport?"

:::faints::::

pay em. $25 for every A, $15 for every B, $5 for every C, they owe $10 for every D, $20 for every F.

Real Incentive to do work. and cheaters who are caught automatically fail the grade and forfit any payment their second time around. reguardless of what they cheated at.

We paid $40 for every A, nothing for anything less. My daughter, who is 15 and has had a 4.0 for years, made her first B since 3rd grade this last year, on a college level Euro History course. Although we didn't pay her for it, we did say, "Good job. Know that was tough. You did great."

Paying for grades HAS GOT to be matched by strong educational support though. Tutors BEFORE they start to fail, extra-curricular activities and classes (fun stuff, not tough stuff), and LOTS OF ENCOURAGEMENT, SELF-ESTEEM SUPPORT AND REAL LIFE TALK ABOUT THE VALUE OF EDUCATION.

My sister has two highschool drop outs that can't hold jobs. Hmmm. I wonder if she ever gave a fuck....?

"Yeah, dumbass, I sure will, but you know she's dead, right?"

After being a starved-to-the-point-of-disability slave to MGM, making 3-4 movies a year and marrying poorly, the abused, disfunctional and destraught Judy Garland took an overdose of barbituates and booze (just to kill the pain) in England, and died at the age of 47 YEARS ago.

But that hasn't stopped a million silly Dorothy & Toto T-shirts from being hawked at Kansas truckstops for the last 50 years. Apparently, its the only souvenir folks from the coast want when they buzz through on their way to somewhere else. Kansas = Wizard of Oz.

http://www.yellowbrickroadonline.com/images/Centerpg1.jpg

No one ever says, "Say 'Hi!" to Eisenhower for me!" or "Say 'Hi!' to Amilia Earheart for me!", or even "Say 'Hi!" to Kirsty Alley, Wilt Chamberlain and Tracy Mahoney for me!" It's always Dorothy.

Fuck Dorothy. And her little dog too.

http://www.kshs.org/kids/famous.htm

That's illegal on both counts. Necrophilia & bestiality.

wonder if we should make this into a seperate thread...

yeah do. we can move our posts...

"The Dutch are baby killers."

Two years ago, the Groningen Protocol concerning euthanasia on newborns received a load of international criticism especially from the US, recently repeated by Berlusconi.

Check out this FoxNews article (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,140612,00.html), or Concerned Women for America's article CWA Condemns Netherlands’ Euthanasia Policy as Remnant of Nazi Occupation (http://www.cwfa.org/articledisplay.asp?id=6951) (LOL). Not the most unbiased sources, but influential enough to brainwash a legion.

Holland is a perfect example of what happens when there is no governing moral standard. The Dutch have decriminalized most drugs and people smoke dope openly in venues set aside for the practice. Prostitutes display their wares like mannequins in department store windows. And now we have at least one hospital murdering already born babies because someone has decreed them unworthy of life.

It is especially distressing to watch this once great country and people, who stood up to Nazi crimes against humanity, permit conduct for which Nazi doctors were hanged as war criminals. This is the land of Corrie Ten Boom and The Hiding Place where the Dutch Resistance protected innocent human life from Nazi barbarism. (...) The Netherlands’ slide into the bottom of this immoral abyss should set off alarms in every state against enacting a so-called Death with Dignity Act, such as Oregon has done. The Netherlands went from physician-assisted suicide to voluntary euthanasia to involuntary euthanasia of incapacitated adults and children in less than 30 years. And it was all done in the name of patient autonomy. Once the door is opened to what is appealingly but deceitfully labeled as the ‘good death,’ you realize too late that you’ve opened the door to Hell.

Welcome to Sodom. Population 16 million. :rolleyes:

Whats some crazy or stupid things people have said about your state/province/whatever you call it and being serious.

I"m from North Dakota and here is a few things I've heard people say about it

Do you guys still use covered wagons?

I heard the buffolo roam freely in your state

North Dakota...isn't that in Canada?

A North Dakota...whats that?

They made "Deliverance" about 10 minutes from here... you can GUESS what they say...

Whats some crazy or stupid things people have said about your state/province/whatever you call it and being serious.
People think Torquay is really like it is in Fawlty Towers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fawlty_towers), or that it's just full of old people. We do have drunken yobs as well.

Well, I remember a thread a while back where some silly person tried to tell me that Japanese cities were beautiful. (I've lived in Japan 15 years and that person was going off a few pictures on the net. Yet, they insisted horrible places like Tokyo could match the grand cities of the world, based on a few pics.)


Japan does have beautiful cities.

"Oh Illinois, do you live near Chicago?"- No fucktard, i live on the southern part of the state. Jesus christ, there is more to illinois than fucking chicago. Chicago can go fuck itself in the asshole.

Or whats even worse, is when someone says Illinois, they say "Illinoise", instead of the "s" being silent, damnit that pisses me off. Its even worse when I hear a fellow illinoisan say "Illinoise", i wanna send them off to chicago, so that way I can focus all of my hate on one spot.

American :"Say, I had a friend in England, do you know them?".
They then proceeded to give me the address of someone in Scotland.

Strangely, despite coming from Essex myself, I've never had anyone ask me dumb questions about the place, except as a joke.

And I thought it was Vauxhall Novas, not Cortinas. Must have changed in the last few years.

I think it varies from place to place. In Colchester we do Cortinas.

i'm from the middle of Louisiana we're the retards saying the stupid junk...

"The Dutch are baby killers."


Or more recently: all Dutch are pedophiles...

Of course, that is in addition to the general "living in windmills", "eating Edam cheese every day" and all drug-related things...

But, the funniest I have heard were from a Danish friend who was asked some questions by Americans she met in Thailand:
- Are you still fighting the Vikings?
- Do you often have icebears in the streets?
And my favourite:
- In Denmark, are women pregnant for 9 months, or 11, like elephants? WTF!!!!

Or more recently: all Dutch are pedophiles...

Of course, that is in addition to the general "living in windmills", "eating Edam cheese every day" and all drug-related things...

But, the funniest I have heard were from a Danish friend who was asked some questions by Americans she met in Thailand:
- Are you still fighting the Vikings?
- Do you often have icebears in the streets?
And my favourite:
- In Denmark, are women pregnant for 9 months, or 11, like elephants? WTF!!!!

You mean you don't live in Edam & eat windmills everyday? Oh, wait....

You mean you don't live in Edam & eat windmills everyday? Oh, wait....

Well actually, I live in Italy right now

"So you must eat pasta every day" Well, that is actually true. Mostly, twice a day...

"You must have many friends called Luigi or Mario" Well, that is actually true. They have NO imagination when it comes to names!

et cetera. Most Italian prejudices are simply true.... :p

Well actually, I live in Italy right now

"So you must eat pasta every day" Well, that is actually true. Mostly, twice a day...

"You must have many friends called Luigi or Mario" Well, that is actually true. They have NO imagination when it comes to names!

et cetera. Most Italian prejudices are simply true.... :p

Do you know why Van Bronckorst is called Giovanni? Isn't that an Italian name?

Do you know why Van Bronckorst is called Giovanni? Isn't that an Italian name?

I looked around for a bit, but he was born in Rotterdam and is properly Dutch. Maybe his mother is Italian? Or it could just be that the Dutch tend to be rather creative with names (probably because traditional Dutch names kinda suck), so it is very common to use foreign names. And that tradition started in the 70s or so, and he was bor in 1975.

But I dont really know, sorry... :(

Do you know why Van Bronckorst is called Giovanni? Isn't that an Italian name?
Strangely I was having a conversation about Dutch names yesterday. Shortly after a comment about the Dutch football team having so many vans on the pitch they should park them in front of the goal...

Anyway.

They do just nick all their names from somewhere else, with the exception of Ruud. Giovanni, Robin, Philip, Ronald, Jon, Edwin, Marco, Frank...(ok, they're all footballers, but where else am I meant to get information on Dutch names from?).

They do just nick all their names from somewhere else, with the exception of Ruud. Giovanni, Robin, Philip, Ronald, Jon, Edwin, Marco, Frank...(ok, they're all footballers, but where else am I meant to get information on Dutch names from?).

there is another exception (and I cant believe you didnt mention him: Arjen (Robben)

But another thing is that many names are difficult to claim for any particular country. Frank, for example is a standard Dutch name. And a standard English name. But is is the same as Franco, which is a standard Italian name. And it is the same as Francois, which is a standard French name.

There are very few really Dutch names that dont really occur in other languages (Ruud, Arjen are some examples)

I think the most widely used one, btw, is Michael (English), aka Miguel (Sp), Michele (It), Mikail (Eastern Eur), Mikhail (E-Eu), Michiel (NL), Michel (NL, Fr), Mighailis (Greek), etc... Fascinating, names are...:rolleyes:

Japan does have beautiful cities.

Yup. I moving to Osaka permanently at the end of August.
That's another thing. In Japan (particularly Tokyo) people have a perception of Osaka people as rude & arrogant. Which is funny, because in Osaka people told me the exact same thing about Tokyo.

They made "Deliverance" about 10 minutes from here... you can GUESS what they say...


Yeah, I forgot about the movie Fargo. I get asked about that all the time and I've never even watched it.

Yeah, I forgot about the movie Fargo. I get asked about that all the time and I've never even watched it.
It's a good movie. You should watch it.

It's a good movie. You should watch it.


All I know about it is that part of it was filmed outside the town I live in, and that Demi Moore (I think her) is in it and stripping on a table. :p

All I know about it is that part of it was filmed outside the town I live in, and that Demi Moore (I think her) is in it and stripping on a table. :p
I don't remember Demi Moore stripping. I do remember a couple of prostitutes talking to the police detective lady in a bar though. They gave a description of a suspect. "He was sort of funny looking, and uncircumcised."

Youre from Wisconsin? Oh yeah, you sit there and make cheese all the time, can you make me some?

I don't remember Demi Moore stripping. I do remember a couple of prostitutes talking to the police detective lady in a bar though. They gave a description of a suspect. "He was sort of funny looking, and uncircumcised."


I thought it was Demi Moore....I could be wrong and it could be a complete different movie.

- "So it always rains there, right?" (only for half of the year! Although it's been raining a lot this spring)

ONLY UNCOVER IF YOU ARE NOT A CALIFORNIAN
DON'T POST THAT! You know why Washington has this reputation? WE SPREAD IT INTENTIONALLY TO DISCOURAGE CALIFORNIANS FROM MOVING HERE.

Given that I've lived in Western Washington most of my life, and I don't interact with out-of-staters, I don't hear too many things about us. Apart from the rain.

Funny, Washington produces a lot of food, yet I don't hear people saying "Do you eat apples all the time?". Or, given that Starbucks and Seattle's Best are HQed here, "Do you drink coffee all the time?" (for most of us, yes). Or, given the large Japanese population, "Do you eat sushi all the time?" (yes).

People assume we ride horses around and have no electricty. They also assume a desert means a vast land of all sand. Go to the Airport and listen to people from the east come for the first time.
OMG, the Airport is paved!
Thers electricty!
I see a tree!

I think it varies from place to place. In Colchester we do Cortinas.
Especially the Greenstead Massive.

people always mess up Austria and Australia
Austria is the "Mozart" country
Australia has the kangaroos

". . .but its a dry heat."


guess where I live.

im from england and its always the americans that ask

"wots it like having a monarchy in charge"
i have to reply " i wish the monarchy were in charge (our politicians are:fluffle: gay) but im afraid they only run the army"

*You're joking, eh?
I wish I were, I honestly do.

I got asked those questions during my first two weeks as a foreign student at a US highschool. (I know, it's sad!)

Quite possibly the craziest statement I've EVER heard.

"Michigan must be an awesome place to live!"

From Lincolnshire

Its flat isnt it - no bally well isn't flat
I heard somepeople say
are you still using gaslamps and using wagons
do you know how to work a computer or know what one is
what sort of tractor do you own

Quite possibly the craziest statement I've EVER heard.

"Michigan must be an awesome place to live!"

By "craziest" you mean "most accurate" right?

There are some really great places in this state to live. Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, Grand Rapids, some of the Detroit suburbs. I'm also rather fond of Traverse City and East Lansing myself. Of course, these are more than balanced out by some places like Tawas, Alpena, Clare, etc.

"All of England's ills can be traced to Wales" (or something of that sort
Evelyn Waugh ( a bloke for anyone wondering).


Plus multiple jokes and references to sheep and having various sorts of intercourse with them:eek:

By "craziest" you mean "most accurate" right?

There are some really great places in this state to live. Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, Grand Rapids, some of the Detroit suburbs. I'm also rather fond of Traverse City and East Lansing myself. Of course, these are more than balanced out by some places like Tawas, Alpena, Clare, etc.

No, I pretty much mean crazy as in "What the hell has this person been injecting?" I know it's better than some places, but I want real weather, and an economy... That's not all that much to ask for.

No, I pretty much mean crazy as in "What the hell has this person been injecting?" I know it's better than some places, but I want real weather, and an economy... That's not all that much to ask for.

We have real weather, all four seasons of it ;)

About the economy, I know what you're saying. Michigan's economy has historically been quite cyclical, very boom and bust. This state needs serious leadership to fix it's economy, leadership that will stand up to the Big Three and decide that the auto industry won't drag Michigan down the toilet with it. We desperately need to diversify our economy to stop this viscious cycle of boom/bust we've been stuck in since the fur trapping days. In the 1950's and 60's Michigan had one of the strongest economies in the world, and there's no reason we can't again. We've failed to adapt to the global market, but we're starting to make some of the needed changes. In 15-20 years I hope that things will be much better, especially in Detroit, but I don't think that Granholm or DeVos are the ones who will do it.

Anyway, I love Michigan despite it's problems. Even if I do end up moving out of state (which seems likely) it'll always be home.

Some years, our seasons are:

Rain, Louisana, Muck, Alaska.

Others:

Lousiana, Texas, Winter, Alaska

But the old way was:

Construction, Winter, Winter, When the hell does winter end.

Some years, our seasons are:

Rain, Louisana, Muck, Alaska.

Others:

Lousiana, Texas, Winter, Alaska

But the old way was:

Construction, Winter, Winter, When the hell does winter end.

Meh, the weather has sucked everywhere I've lived. In Germany it was Rain, Chilly, Rain. In Colorado it was Hot and Dusty, Cold as hell, Green for a week, and Hot and Dusty. From what I gather the only place with weather that doesn't suck is California.

you mean when you mention Florida, you don't get questions about Disney world?
No, I live in FL too and I get same questions. Especially the bit where they think everyone from florida lives in miami.
Also: Aren't you afraid of the drug dealers everywhere or did the hurricanes scare them away?

Alberta Canada.

(it was -20 C outside) Wow this must be really hot for you?

What's a igloo like to live in?

Do you get to see a lot of polar bears?

And my personal favorite:

I don't think I've ever been to the state of Canada, is it near Alaska?

Oh and what people assume about us:

we all live in igloos
we all play hockey
it snows year round (witch is almost to true)

and the numer one:
alberta's in banff right?

New Zealand in general?
How many pet sheep do you own?
New Zealand, that is right next to Austria right?
You're a convict state!

(With reference to South Africa) Most people think we keep blacks as slaves there and are dirt poor... :rolleyes:

my friend, in his history exam wrote. "Abyssinia (now Ethiopia) was in france and it got invaded by Austria-Hungary in 1936"

American :"Say, I had a friend in England, do you know them?".
They then proceeded to give me the address of someone in Scotland.

You Swine! That's why I keep getting weird people knocking on my door day and night! ;)

OK here's the weird things people have said to me about Scotland

"You're Scottish! Where is your skirt thing?" (Said by a Merkin) :upyours:


"Scotland, the land where men are men and the sheep are nervous" Only true round Aberdeen. :D

"You live in Glasgow! Have you ever been stabbed?" A Londoner :headbang:


"Scotland, isn't that in England?" A real dumb ass Merkin :confused:
(Scotland is North of England and both are part of Britain)

"Where is your blue face paint?" Bloody Braveheart!

"Do you know Billy Thopmson? He lives in Dundee" Aye, I'm going to know someone who lives 80 miles away from me.

Merkin: "Do you speak Scottish"
Me: "Naw, Glaswegian"
Merkin: "Is that like Scottish?"
Me:"No, you are thinking about Gaelic, I speak English and a local dialect of English, now uryegonnagaeawayanbileyerheid"

Particularly loud & obnoxious Merkin: "How do I get to Edinbooorg Castle from here?"
Me: "You are in Glasgow, catching a train to Edinburgh might be a good start"

Merkin who has been totally suckered by a local joke: "When does the Haggis hunting season open?"
FYI: Haggis is minced mutton, barley and spices traditionally boiled in a sheeps' stomach but now usually boiled in a sealed plastic sleeve.

"Where do I get a deep fried Mars Bar?" An Englishman who has headr about that good example of Scots thinking that a sugary chocolate bar hasn't got quite enough calories or fat in it to induce an immediate heart attack.


n.b. Merkin- A dumb American who introduces themselves as "Hi, I'm (insert doofus name), I'm a Merkin" (Note for those who don't get the cock up in the Grammar, it should read "I'm an American")

Someone said to me today; "wait, since when did New York have beaches?" :rolleyes:

heh you dont live in minn. man we get stupid q's
do you still use wood stoves?
do you have electricity? as we are so far up in the biinies!!
Do the Wild play against the canadians? (hockey)
why do you guys talk so fast?
Why do you say your o's funny? "Why are you talking to me?"
You guys must all go to Can ada to fish right??? ummm fuck NO!
Repeated sven and ole jokes.....
You are all norwegian then?
(i have red hair BTW) Are you guys all irish then
I thought minn. was all german!
I love those country songs by merle haggard!!!
Where do you go to surf? (no kidding!!! by some foreig exchange student i was eavesdropping on)
you guys have all wooden t.v.s i hear...rustic!!!
ppl have actually called me lena!!!! for an entire day as they were from texas and found that amusing (no offense)
Hey why dont you guys all have mullets??
Where are all the lesbians (my brother's penpal on a visit up here) ther is more but i gotta get off.....


oh yeah, this is my favorite one
"yah, i know the skeeteys up here are reeel b-ah-d day re almost dastate burd!!


:headbang:

"Wow, you guys have cameras in Ireland?"

"Belfast? In Ireland? How long did it take you to drive here?"

"Do you have a pet leprechaun?"

"The north and the south are exactly the same; no snakes".

"Wow, it must be really dangerous for you having to dodge all those bombs and bullets"

All of the above were said, in deadly seriousness, to me by people in Pittsburgh.

Country people think that Dublin is full of scangers.

Americans think that Ireland is full of leprechauns.

French people think that Ireland is full of redheads.

Northern Protestants think that the Republic is full of provos.

The Poles think Ireland is full of jobs. ;)

"Wow! Brazil is big." —George W. Bush

source (http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/blbushisms.htm)

"Wow! Brazil is big." —George W. Bush

source (http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/blbushisms.htm)

Re-read the topic. He said *people*. Since when is Bush a person?

". . .but its a dry heat."


guess where I live.
TUCSON! WE OWN! HELL YA
or Phoenix, in which case you suck.

Everyone assumes us North Dakotians are farmers too....I don't even own a tractor let alone a combine.

What kinda NoDak are you anyway?

*looks suspiciously at Zarathoft*

Ive still got relatives mostly around Streeter and Grackle but some relatives have gone all citified in Bismark.`

Let's see here...

Nevada:
Do you really have slot machines in your taxi cabs?
Do you have a casino on campus? (asked while I was giving a tour of UNR)
Do you really have legalized hookers on campus? (Same tour, same mother who asked. And while Nevada does have legal cat houses, they are not in Reno)
Do you know what grass looks like?
Do you live in Las Vegas? (NO!)
Is Reno's sheriff's office like it is on TV (No, no it's not. We have a police department)
Do you live/work in a casino? (Not everything in Nevada is gambling!!!)

And my personal fav:
Wow, Nevada, so how often do you go gambling?
Me: I don't. I know the odds and think there's better ways to lose my money. But we're perfectly happy to let suckers... er... visitors like you come and pay for our ecconomy.

Japan:
Is it true that Japanese girls crawl all over western guys? (No, if you're not getting any in the US, you probably won't in Japan. But there is one particular Japanese girl who is head over heels for me. ;) ).
Wow, you can get all that anime stuff. Is it like an anime convention everyday? (Nope).
Do you eat raw fish everyday? (Not particuarly. I like it though. I have eaten raw horse)
Do you see geisha everywhere? (Nope)
Is it like The Last Samurai/Lost in Translation? (not really)
And my personal fav (Really got asked this), Isn't Godzilla attacks a problem in Japan?

Japan does have beautiful cities.
They do? :eek: Where?!:confused:
I've seen some beautiful little cities, but the major ones are just plain ugly as sin.

Japan does have beautiful cities.

LOL! Name ONE! Even Kyoto and Nara, the classically "beautiful" cities, have been uglified. :mad:

(With reference to South Africa) Most people think we keep blacks as slaves there and are dirt poor... :rolleyes:
Yeah i know the score, the blacks keep the whites enslaved.:(