A mind is a terrible thing to waste

**Phogfan86** · 9th May 09, 11:53 AM

The spousal unit and I made our weekly pilgrimage to the local farmer's market -- me kilted, of course -- this morning, and I found a new vendor that advertised "Celtic jewelry." I wandered over and the lady who ran the booth said to her husband, "Ian, there's a kilt for you!" Her husband greeted me in a wonderful Edinburgh accnt, and they both assured me I was at the right booth. They also readily identified my Pride of Scotland tartan, which impressed me a little bit.

We made smalltalk, and I asked him if anyone had ever identified his accent as English. He said occasionally and told me a story about a women he bumped into a few weeks ago. She asked him if he was Australian, and he said no.

"English?"

"No, I'm from the wee country just to the north of England."

Pause.

"New Zealand?"

**Riverkilt** · 9th May 09, 12:18 PM

Thats right up there with the drunk guy who hollared out at me, "Hey Switzerland!"

**BEEDEE** · 9th May 09, 12:21 PM

Some people are geographically challenged. As a Kiwi, I was asked once if the Sydney Harbor Bridge connected New Zealand and Australia!

Brian

**thescot** · 9th May 09, 12:45 PM

Last St. Paddy's Day, an intoxicated young lady said, "Oh, yeah. Irish, OK." Then she paused and seemed to struggle with thinking before saying, "Hey, wait a minute. Kilts aren't Irish, they're French or something, aren't they?"

Never underestimate the power of a really crummy American education since they dumbed down all the schools.