Friday fun - stupidest thing you've been asked since you've been here...
Dec 23rd 2007, 3:55 pm
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Re: Friday fun - stupidest thing you've been asked since you've been here...
Dec 23rd 2007, 4:39 pm
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Re: Friday fun - stupidest thing you've been asked since you've been here...
Man in airport smoking room is talking to me for about 10 mins, and suddenly he says "you know, you speak REALLY good English!".
Me: Thank you!
Him: Where are you from?
Me: England.
Man looks embarrassed and leaves.
Neighbour lady: Where are you from?
Me: England
Lady: I thought it was either England or Ireland, but I would have guessed England because you don't have red hair (?)
Random person: Where are you from in England?
Me: Liverpool
Person: Isn't that a suburb of London?
Me: Thank you!
Him: Where are you from?
Me: England.
Man looks embarrassed and leaves.
Neighbour lady: Where are you from?
Me: England
Lady: I thought it was either England or Ireland, but I would have guessed England because you don't have red hair (?)
Random person: Where are you from in England?
Me: Liverpool
Person: Isn't that a suburb of London?
Dec 23rd 2007, 8:07 pm
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Re: Friday fun - stupidest thing you've been asked since you've been here...
A few weeks after I arrived I went for my first haircut at a US barbers. Instead of talking about DIY or caravanning it went...
Barber: You sound like you're from England.
Me: I am
Barber: England is a country, right?
me: Yes
Barber: And London is a city?
me: Yes...
Barber: What about Amsterdam?
Barber: You sound like you're from England.
Me: I am
Barber: England is a country, right?
me: Yes
Barber: And London is a city?
me: Yes...
Barber: What about Amsterdam?
Dec 23rd 2007, 8:34 pm
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Re: Friday fun - stupidest thing you've been asked since you've been here...
What?
Still no comment from Ray on the Revocation of Independence?
Still no comment from Ray on the Revocation of Independence?
Dec 23rd 2007, 10:44 pm
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Re: Friday fun - stupidest thing you've been asked since you've been here...
Just to show it cuts both ways, my daughter was chatting online to a boy she used to go to school with in the UK, they're both 12yrs. He asked her where in the US she lived now, and she answered Pennsylvania, he said 'isn't that where Count Dracula's from'? 
Made us laugh anyway.
Made us laugh anyway.
Dec 24th 2007, 3:15 am
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Re: Friday fun - stupidest thing you've been asked since you've been here...
American geographical view of the UK.
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Dec 24th 2007, 9:44 am
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Re: Friday fun - stupidest thing you've been asked since you've been here...
Well, lol, we are unable to persuade my Scottish future MIL that "Chicago" is not part of my address (I live in a different city in Illinois). Thankfully the post office ignores her.
Dec 24th 2007, 8:17 pm
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Re: Friday fun - stupidest thing you've been asked since you've been here...
Well I got my own back (in a small way) earlier....
Guy in supermarket - you're English aren't you?
Me - uh-huh
Guy - my mother was from Liverpool
Me - oh cool - so she must know the Beatles then...
Guy - <confused> I don't think so....
Me - <smirk> Merry Xmas....
Guy in supermarket - you're English aren't you?
Me - uh-huh
Guy - my mother was from Liverpool
Me - oh cool - so she must know the Beatles then...
Guy - <confused> I don't think so....
Me - <smirk> Merry Xmas....
Dec 24th 2007, 9:24 pm
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Re: Friday fun - stupidest thing you've been asked since you've been here...
This conversation takes place at least weekly:
Oh, are you Australian?
no, English
OHHHHHH...what part?
Surrey
What part?
Surrey
What part of England are you from?
Surrey
OHHH SURREY!!!!! I thought you were saying Sorry...**hysterical laughter**
My Hubbys favourite (he's a Yank) from when we were in a restaurant:
Her: What would you like to drink?
Me: Water please
Her: *confused look*
Me: Water please
Her: HUH?
Me: Water please....a glass of water
Her: * looking around for someone to help her*
My Hubby: SHE WANTS SOME WADDA!!!!!!
Her: ohhhhhhhhhhh wadda...ok
Oh and a classic. I work in a hotel. There are lots of kids that come to summer camp around here and their parents stay at the hotel.
Her: Ohhhhhh you are English...all the people at my daughter's summer camp are English
Her child: No Mum, they are Australian
Her: Same thing
(her kid looked like she wanted to shrivel up and die at that point...poor thing
)
Oh, are you Australian?
no, English
OHHHHHH...what part?
Surrey
What part?
Surrey
What part of England are you from?
Surrey
OHHH SURREY!!!!! I thought you were saying Sorry...**hysterical laughter**
My Hubbys favourite (he's a Yank) from when we were in a restaurant:
Her: What would you like to drink?
Me: Water please
Her: *confused look*
Me: Water please
Her: HUH?
Me: Water please....a glass of water
Her: * looking around for someone to help her*
My Hubby: SHE WANTS SOME WADDA!!!!!!
Her: ohhhhhhhhhhh wadda...ok
Oh and a classic. I work in a hotel. There are lots of kids that come to summer camp around here and their parents stay at the hotel.
Her: Ohhhhhh you are English...all the people at my daughter's summer camp are English
Her child: No Mum, they are Australian
Her: Same thing
(her kid looked like she wanted to shrivel up and die at that point...poor thing
)
Dec 25th 2007, 12:56 am
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Re: Friday fun - stupidest thing you've been asked since you've been here...
Exchange at the art museum yesterday looking at a Canaletto
Woman to man: Where's that?
Man: St Mark's Square
Woman: (peers for 1 second ) It don't look like it!
Woman to man: Where's that?
Man: St Mark's Square
Woman: (peers for 1 second ) It don't look like it!
Dec 26th 2007, 12:51 am
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Re: Friday fun - stupidest thing you've been asked since you've been here...
while helping my MIL`s husband move some crap around in his POS pick-up truck I slammed it in 2nd gear (cos it was a steep downhill slope) and took off.
Him: do you know how to drive?
Me : course I do.
Him: Do they have trucks in England then?
Me : Yep and they have gearboxes too.
Him: oh ok.
Me : Its a new thing tho cos with all the rain we get we normally use gondolas.
He is now residing in a mental hospital, nothing to do with me tho
Him: do you know how to drive?
Me : course I do.
Him: Do they have trucks in England then?
Me : Yep and they have gearboxes too.
Him: oh ok.
Me : Its a new thing tho cos with all the rain we get we normally use gondolas.
He is now residing in a mental hospital, nothing to do with me tho
Dec 26th 2007, 2:43 am
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Re: Friday fun - stupidest thing you've been asked since you've been here...
Hey everyone - how about giving me some karma????? I started this thread after all.....and it is Xmas!
Just kidding - hope everyone's had a good one....
Just kidding - hope everyone's had a good one....
