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[Druss99]

mousestalker wrote...

The one that never fails to amuse is the concept of distance. When I was in Ireland I was chatting with an Irishman who was planning to go to San Francisco the following month for business. He offered to drive down and see me during his trip. He would be in the U.S. for one week. I live in Atlanta.

To be fair, my Canadian friend say it's even worse up there. If ever you plan on going from Halifax to Calgary, for the stampede don'tchaknow, plan on it taking a bit and plan on flying.

Ha, I worked with a girl who was planning on driving from New York to San Francisco in less than a day. I think alot of people get confused because you can drive most places in the UK and Ireland in less than a day, although she was just an idiot.

[Carcharoth42]

I live in Ohio. Specifically, the southern part. Pick a stereotype about rural or small town southerners, rednecks and hillbillys. They're mostly wrong... except for the love of beer, sports and hunting. This only applies to southern Ohio though. Northern Ohio is vastly different in culture, as are the cities.

[wizardryforever]

Druss99 wrote...

mousestalker wrote...

The one that never fails to amuse is the concept of distance. When I was in Ireland I was chatting with an Irishman who was planning to go to San Francisco the following month for business. He offered to drive down and see me during his trip. He would be in the U.S. for one week. I live in Atlanta.

To be fair, my Canadian friend say it's even worse up there. If ever you plan on going from Halifax to Calgary, for the stampede don'tchaknow, plan on it taking a bit and plan on flying.

Ha, I worked with a girl who was planning on driving from New York to San Francisco in less than a day. I think alot of people get confused because you can drive most places in the UK and Ireland in less than a day, although she was just an idiot.

Yeah, that's the thing with people that live in smallish countries who come to large countries (area wise).  Many of them take some time to grasp just how big the US or Canada is.  To put it in perspective, the contiguous US (the lower 48 states) is roughly the size of all of Europe combined, and probably a little bigger.  Then you add in Alaska and things get really funny.  And of course, the problem is even worse with Canada, which is even bigger.

Of course, I had my fair share of idiots in my tour group when I went to Europe (it was kinda-sorta a school trip).  One girl was simply unable to grasp the concept of foreign currency, or that there is an uneven exchange rate.  Trying to explain the economics of it was a complete failure, and I had to give up.

[DukeOfNukes]

I live in Denver. Most people think I live in the mountains, it snows every week, and that we all going skiing/snowboarding every night. Truth is, the only time I've been skiing was in New Zealand, I haven't been into the mountains in years (last night I did drive down to Colorado Springs...roughly a 1.5 hour drive. You go through some of the "foothills"...small mountains)

As far as snowing? Colorado is the sunniest state.

America in general: Full of ignorant wastes of flesh...little more than corrupt meatbags that serve no purpose but to propagate the species. Of course, regardless of what people say, it's really no different from any other country. An ignorant American is no worse than an ignorant European...and there's plenty of each to go around.

[FeralEwok]

I'm from Texas.

People assume I live in a wide open area, ride a horse, wear cowboy boots, ten gallon hat, and carry six shooters on me when I "go into town"

Beyond the crazy notion that I still live in a Sergio Leone film, there are still plenty of other assumptions people make about me when they learn where I am from.

1.) I must love country music- Actually it's my least favorite genre of music. It all sounds the same and I've heard too many songs that seem to take ignorance and stupidity as commendable traits.

2.) I must be pro-death penalty- I'm not. Say whatever you want about "Eye for an eye" the main reason I'm against it has to do with the mistakes made in the process of conviction. Most of the time the justice system nabs the right person, but there are more than just a few cases where someone is wrongfully convicted. Taking that risk and killing an innocent man is unforgivable.

3.) If I don't ride a horse I must at least drive a truck- I own a 1998 Toyota Corolla.

4.) I must be Republican- I don't support partisan politics.

5.) I must be a "Holy-Roller" - I'm Christian, but I'm far from being a Bible thumper.

6.) I must love the Dallas Cowboys- Don't watch football

7.) I must love BBQ- Okay guilty on that one.