A mind is a terrible thing to waste

**SoulFyre777** · 9th May 09, 07:33 PM

Originally Posted by duchessofnc

What is truly scary about that is she was a Miss America contestant. Miss South Carolina I believe.

We don't have to claim her though, do we??? lol

**Galician** · 9th May 09, 07:37 PM

Only if you're from S.C.

**SoulFyre777** · 9th May 09, 09:03 PM

Originally Posted by Galician

Only if you're from S.C.

*whew!*

**YoungMan** · 9th May 09, 10:32 PM

The undergrad I went to is a Lutheran university with a very German/Nordic population group. I was trying to describe the northern European architectural style of the campus to a friend of mine from home, and I said, "Well, it's very Scandinavian." He responds: "Oh the country where England sent all its prisoners!?" (Australia) All I could do was shake my head.

**slohairt** · 9th May 09, 10:52 PM

When I started High School I sat next to a kid from Austria who's family had just emigrated to Canada. The girl seated on the other side of him asked him where he was originally from. "Austria." he replied. She then proceeded to ask him if he'd ever seen any kangaroos. He started to laugh, and I told her they didn't have any kangaroos in the Alps. She still didn't get it!

**KiltedBrewer** · 9th May 09, 11:53 PM

My younger sister studied in England for a semester in college. When she and the other US students were planning spring break trips, one of them suggested that they go somewhere close like Tahiti. My sister (who knows exactly were Tahiti is) said that that was really far to travel, the girl replied that it's right off the coast of France.

My only hope is that the girl didn't share her geographic knowledge with any Brits

David

P.S. If anyone is wondering, my sister went scuba diving in the Red Sea. I was extremely jealous.

**vmac3205** · 13th May 09, 08:16 AM

Originally Posted by slohairt

When I started High School I sat next to a kid from Austria who's family had just emigrated to Canada. The girl seated on the other side of him asked him where he was originally from. "Austria." he replied. She then proceeded to ask him if he'd ever seen any kangaroos. He started to laugh, and I told her they didn't have any kangaroos in the Alps. She still didn't get it!

We wanted to go to a romantic Valentine's dinner and chose an upscale Austrian restaurant. With propert reservations made, we arrived and were seated next to another couple. The woman kept saying she wasn't sure if she liked Australian food. They were also noisy, and the guy was wearing a dirty Tshirt and ball cap. We left and tried it again at a later date. Sigh

**McFarkus** · 10th May 09, 05:58 AM

I started to click on a few comments to multi-quote them, but there are just too many. I've always thought Americans were the most provincial people in the world. Don't need to know geography, because USA=Universe. When I was travelling in Europe I recall overhearing one American tourist say to his wife, "Honey, France would be really nice if it weren't for all these foreigners."

**Nighthawk** · 10th May 09, 11:58 AM

Originally Posted by McFarkus

I started to click on a few comments to multi-quote them, but there are just too many. I've always thought Americans were the most provincial people in the world. Don't need to know geography, because USA=Universe. When I was travelling in Europe I recall overhearing one American tourist say to his wife, "Honey, France would be really nice if it weren't for all these foreigners."

**CDNSushi** · 10th May 09, 08:02 PM

Originally Posted by Nighthawk

Yeah, well... Unfortunately the U.S. doesn't have the corner on the market for stupidity. Get that all the time here too.

A friend (who had lived in Japan and learned the language) told me that he overheard a group of Japanese tourists in Italy who were trying to take a picture of each other in front of a fountain and one said to another, "Try to get some foreigners in the picture. It'll make it look more exotic!"

(Not even realizing that when they travel outside Japan, THEY are the foreigners).