Dumb questions
Nov 26th 2003, 1:42 pm
#16
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Re: Dumb questions
Originally posted by Patrick
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wow, you learn something everyday in this place..
Oh back to the thread, all of the above.
They really do ask some dumn questions.
My favorite is, "Why do all the British hate us? Have they forgotten how we saved their asses in WWII"
I just walked away.
Nov 26th 2003, 2:29 pm
#17
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Re: Dumb questions
Originally posted by NC Penguin
You wouldn't happen to be living in the Boston vicinity? Just asking 'cos my husband's told me that Bostonians are a pretty weird bunch. I've yet to discover this myself 'cos I've not visited Boston.
NC Penguin
You wouldn't happen to be living in the Boston vicinity? Just asking 'cos my husband's told me that Bostonians are a pretty weird bunch. I've yet to discover this myself 'cos I've not visited Boston.
NC Penguin
Nov 26th 2003, 5:19 pm
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I get asked if Im Australian pretty everyday, that and Scottish, Irish and my personal favourite, Danish.
Other conversations of note.
Q. Do you have TVs in England?
A. Ummm, yes
Q.What about microwaves?
A. Those too
Q. How about Christmas trees?
A. Yes, and those.
Q. Do they have driving licenses in England?
A. Yes.
Q. Do you take a test?
A. Yes, but it's a little different to here though.
Q. Why?
A. Because you have to prove you can drive properly.
Q. Have you ever been to France?
A. Yes.
Q. We're thinking of going but we dont speak French. Do many people speak American?
I had this conversation so many times.
Q. Where are you from?
A. England
Q. Oh, youre from London. We went there once.
A. I'm not from London.
Q. You just said you were.
A. No, I'm from England.
Q. But theyre the same.
A. So what part of DC are you from?
I work in a department store selling ladies shoes....
Q. I love Doc Martens, do you have them in England?
A. No, they just write "Made In England" all over them for a joke.
And the question that I still dont get.
Q. We know people in England, X and Y, do you know them?
Other conversations of note.
Q. Do you have TVs in England?
A. Ummm, yes
Q.What about microwaves?
A. Those too
Q. How about Christmas trees?
A. Yes, and those.
Q. Do they have driving licenses in England?
A. Yes.
Q. Do you take a test?
A. Yes, but it's a little different to here though.
Q. Why?
A. Because you have to prove you can drive properly.
Q. Have you ever been to France?
A. Yes.
Q. We're thinking of going but we dont speak French. Do many people speak American?
I had this conversation so many times.
Q. Where are you from?
A. England
Q. Oh, youre from London. We went there once.
A. I'm not from London.
Q. You just said you were.
A. No, I'm from England.
Q. But theyre the same.
A. So what part of DC are you from?
I work in a department store selling ladies shoes....
Q. I love Doc Martens, do you have them in England?
A. No, they just write "Made In England" all over them for a joke.
And the question that I still dont get.
Q. We know people in England, X and Y, do you know them?
Nov 26th 2003, 5:22 pm
#19
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I get asked if Im Australian pretty everyday, that and Scottish, Irish and my personal favourite, Danish.
Other conversations of note.
Q. Do you have TVs in England?
A. Ummm, yes
Q.What about microwaves?
A. Those too
Q. How about Christmas trees?
A. Yes, and those.
Q. Do they have driving licenses in England?
A. Yes.
Q. Do you take a test?
A. Yes, but it's a little different to here though.
Q. Why?
A. Because you have to prove you can drive properly.
Q. Have you ever been to France?
A. Yes.
Q. We're thinking of going but we dont speak French. Do many people speak American?
I had this conversation so many times.
Q. Where are you from?
A. England
Q. Oh, youre from London. We went there once.
A. I'm not from London.
Q. You just said you were.
A. No, I'm from England.
Q. But theyre the same.
A. So what part of DC are you from?
I work in a department store selling ladies shoes....
Q. I love Doc Martens, do you have them in England?
A. No, they just write "Made In England" all over them for a joke.
And the question that I still dont get.
Q. We know people in England, X and Y, do you know them?
Other conversations of note.
Q. Do you have TVs in England?
A. Ummm, yes
Q.What about microwaves?
A. Those too
Q. How about Christmas trees?
A. Yes, and those.
Q. Do they have driving licenses in England?
A. Yes.
Q. Do you take a test?
A. Yes, but it's a little different to here though.
Q. Why?
A. Because you have to prove you can drive properly.
Q. Have you ever been to France?
A. Yes.
Q. We're thinking of going but we dont speak French. Do many people speak American?
I had this conversation so many times.
Q. Where are you from?
A. England
Q. Oh, youre from London. We went there once.
A. I'm not from London.
Q. You just said you were.
A. No, I'm from England.
Q. But theyre the same.
A. So what part of DC are you from?
I work in a department store selling ladies shoes....
Q. I love Doc Martens, do you have them in England?
A. No, they just write "Made In England" all over them for a joke.
And the question that I still dont get.
Q. We know people in England, X and Y, do you know them?
Nov 26th 2003, 5:36 pm
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Re: Dumb questions
Originally posted by Patrick
I have been to Historic sites in Boston many times and you feel like a complete and utter bastard for being British!
We are your friends now people, one of the few countries to support you on your oil war in Iraq
Patrick
I have been to Historic sites in Boston many times and you feel like a complete and utter bastard for being British!
We are your friends now people, one of the few countries to support you on your oil war in Iraq
Patrick
I've only been asked the Australian question about a zillion times, the last time being when I was getting my haircut last week. I shit you not also, but the hairdresser kept calling me "Turbo" for no reason what so ever? I dont know wtf she was on?
Nov 26th 2003, 5:37 pm
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Originally posted by Duncan Roberts
I work in a department store selling ladies shoes....
I work in a department store selling ladies shoes....
What!!!????
Nov 26th 2003, 5:37 pm
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Re: Dumb questions
oops double post
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Nov 26th 2003, 5:37 pm
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Re: Dumb questions
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Nov 26th 2003, 5:39 pm
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I dont know how I managed 4 posts the same
Nov 26th 2003, 5:39 pm
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Originally posted by Patrick
I have been to Historic sites in Boston many times and you feel like a complete and utter bastard for being British!
We are your friends now people, one of the few countries to support you on your oil war in Iraq
Patrick
I have been to Historic sites in Boston many times and you feel like a complete and utter bastard for being British!
We are your friends now people, one of the few countries to support you on your oil war in Iraq
Patrick
I've only been asked the Australian question about a zillion times, the last time being when I was getting my haircut last week. I shit you not also, but the hairdresser kept calling me "Turbo" for no reason what so ever? I dont know wtf she was on?
Nov 26th 2003, 6:11 pm
#26
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Its weird, I clicked the button, nothing happened so I go and eat lunch, come back and theres 2!
And yes, Im not having much luck in the computer field so I work part time selling shoes, its not great but it helps with the bills!
And yes, Im not having much luck in the computer field so I work part time selling shoes, its not great but it helps with the bills!
Nov 26th 2003, 6:17 pm
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a bit trigger happy today then Pimp.
Nov 26th 2003, 7:09 pm
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I got the 4th of July and Thanksgiving questions too, and an added 'do they celebrate Christmas in The Netherlands?'. Yep, and it's 2 frickin' days, too.
Also people think everyone here lives in apartments, because they refuse to believe me when I explain that a lot of single family homes are attached here. So they keep asking me if I will miss my apartment (3 floors, huge yard).
Someone asked me of we have pizza here, and McDonalds. I told them no McDonalds, but my daughter ruined that by starting screaming for a Happy Meal.
The weirdest one was when someone asked me why we don't translate our addresses into English.
And of course there's the obligatory questions about drugs...
Also people think everyone here lives in apartments, because they refuse to believe me when I explain that a lot of single family homes are attached here. So they keep asking me if I will miss my apartment (3 floors, huge yard).
Someone asked me of we have pizza here, and McDonalds. I told them no McDonalds, but my daughter ruined that by starting screaming for a Happy Meal.
The weirdest one was when someone asked me why we don't translate our addresses into English.
And of course there's the obligatory questions about drugs...
Nov 26th 2003, 8:06 pm
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LOL this thread is too funny... and here is me thinking only I got asked the stupid questions.
As well as being asked if I am Austrailan I have also been asked if I am from canada, south africa and ireland what is even more funny is that when I tell people where I am from they will go on to add 'oh yes I have a friend over there or relatives over there or I visited over there' Hmmm and you don't recognise the accent?
Not long after I moved here my neighbour asked if we had seat belts in the UK and later she asked if we have DVD players... do they think we lived in a 3rd world country or something.
I also find it a real hoot that americans seem to think england is a speck of a country with a couple of hundred people who all know each other... as someone else mentioned you meet someone who knows a person in england and your expected to know them too 
Ash
As well as being asked if I am Austrailan I have also been asked if I am from canada, south africa and ireland
what is even more funny is that when I tell people where I am from they will go on to add 'oh yes I have a friend over there or relatives over there or I visited over there' Hmmm and you don't recognise the accent? Not long after I moved here my neighbour asked if we had seat belts in the UK and later she asked if we have DVD players... do they think we lived in a 3rd world country or something.
I also find it a real hoot that americans seem to think england is a speck of a country with a couple of hundred people who all know each other... as someone else mentioned you meet someone who knows a person in england and your expected to know them too
Ash
Nov 26th 2003, 8:36 pm
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My 15 year old sister in law offered the following question
"Do you have Coke in England"
Obviously I didn't reply, prefering to respond by looking at her as if she had announce she was going to take a shit on the floor.
"Do you have Coke in England"
Obviously I didn't reply, prefering to respond by looking at her as if she had announce she was going to take a shit on the floor.