Sometimes all you can do is laugh

S.I.R

Foxhound38 wrote: »

I was in London over the past few days with friends and we ended up chatting to a table of Yanks one night. They told us that it was their first time beyond American shores and were only too willing to ream on and on about their Irish Heritage. Eventually, one of them asked if it was not "dangerous for us to be here, what with the Troubles and all?" - I nearly bit off the rim of my Pint glass! It seems these proud members of the diaspora thought that the Troubles are some kind of pitched, conventional war between the British Army and the Irish Defense Forces (which is what they thought the IRA was) over the past 30 years for the North! We just played along for the craic and promised to send them an "Uncle Bertie Wants You!" Poster when the "War" ends and we can f**k the Ration Cards in the bin

lolololololololololololololololololololololol.


your right.

AckwelFoley

Quint wrote: »

I was seriously asked if the famine was over when I was over in America last year.

well tbh, im convinced that if you walk down Main Street Ethiopia with a Kit Kat hangin around your neck its a death sentance

kumate_champ07

My name is URL wrote: »

meh, I lived in San Fransisco for 2 years. The ignorance of Americans is greatly exagerated, imo

Much like our own stereotypes

san francisco is not america. they are a different breed there. and also the fact that it has a large irish community. try checking out a few more states to get a better idea. alot of them havent got a clue about 'overseas'

pmg58

markopantelic wrote: »

my sister in 6th year and a pretty good student: ''where is oslo, in germany? :eek:

the irish of all nations wouldn't exactly be in the position to insult the ignorance(and by god are they ignorant) of random americans.

i'm sure many americans could name many of their 52 states, how many irish could name the 27 EU states?

You were wrong with 54 states.

Youre still wrong with 52 states.

Keep going.

MrStuffins

pmg58 wrote: »

You were wrong with 54 states.

Youre still wrong with 52 states.

Keep going.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcasm

pmg58

He originally posted 54 and edited it to 52, I really don't think he did to be sarcastic.

AckwelFoley

pmg58 wrote: »

You were wrong with 54 states.

Youre still wrong with 52 states.

Keep going.

The Official List of the 52 US States: Source CIA Website

1. Alabama Montgomery
2. Alaska Juneau
3. Arizona Phoenix
4. Arkansas Little Rock
5. California Sacramento
6. Colorado Denver
7. Connecticut Hartford
8. Delaware Dover
9. Florida Tallahassee
10. Georgia Atlanta
11. Great Britain London
12. Hawaii Honolulu
13. Idaho Boise
14. Illinois Springfield
15. Indiana Indianapolis
16. Iowa Des Moines
17. Kansas Topeka
18. Kentucky Frankfort
19. Louisiana Baton Rouge
20. Maine Augusta
21. Maryland Annapolis
22. Massachusetts Boston
23. Michigan Lansing
24. Minnesota Saint Paul
25. Mississippi Jackson
26. Missouri Jefferson City
27. Montana Helena
28. Nebraska Lincoln
29. Nevada Carson City
30. New Hampshire Concord
31. New Jersey Trenton
32. New Mexico Santa Fe
33. New York Albany (New York)
34. North Carolina Raleigh
35. North Dakota Bismarck
36. Ohio Columbus
37. Oklahoma Oklahoma City
38. Oregon Salem
39. Pennsylvania Harrisburg
40. Rhode Island Providence
41. South Carolina Columbia
42. South Dakota Pierre
43. Shannon Airport
44. Tennessee Nashville
45. Texas Austin
46. Utah Salt Lake City
47. Vermont Montpelier
48. Virginia Richmond
49. Washington Olympia
50. West Virginia Charleston
51. Wisconsin Madison
52. Wyoming Cheyenne

pmg58

snyper wrote: »

The Official List of the 52 US States: Source CIA Website

Genius!

javaboy

Deleted User wrote: »

ok, yes americans are stupid but we can't expect them to know much about a place 3000 miles away that prob isn't covered in their curriculum..

it'd be like them laughing at us for not knowing that mc donalds is actually good as a staple diet.

Stop trolling.

ynotdu

about 40 seconds long,go on watch it and try not to laugh!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHfbpL0NDmw

markopantelic

pmg58 wrote: »

He originally posted 54 and edited it to 52, I really don't think he did to be sarcastic.

lol im ignorant to usa, it doesnt have anything to do with me, but i can name all 27 EU members, which in irelands situation far more important.

altho i have knowledge of usa, i knew it was 51 btw.

Cunny-Funt

Someone in my class in Uni was in mexico a few years ago when she bumped into your typical american tourist.

American "Where are you from?"

Her: "Ireland"

American "Wow, your English is very good"


/facepalm


But its not just ignorance about the outside world, you be surprised how many americans don't even know what year 9/11 happened.

I mean for **** sake. 9/11?

Its pretty worryingly ignorant tbh.

buckieburd

Was talking to an English girl in the Dice Bar one night, she asked me where i'm from told her Scotland and she said 'oh Scotland is the nicest part of England' I had to walk away.....

Overheal

Cunny-Funt wrote: »

But its not just ignorance about the outside world, you be surprised how many americans don't even know what year 9/11 happened.

I mean for **** sake. 9/11?

Its pretty worryingly ignorant tbh.

Go on. Surprise me with your proofz. how many? Are they all children?

kumate_champ07

Overheal wrote: »

Go on. Surprise me with your proofz. how many? Are they all children?

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kumate_champ07

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0j59fNcf_E

Overheal

kumate_champ07 wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0j59fNcf_E

So, Seven people, if I'm not mistaken. Any more, or is that all you can conjure up from a sideshow Aussie?

Cunny-Funt

My god, I was just talking about Americans I talked to online, I encountered so many that I actually thought it would be a great idea to make one of those clips like the other aussie one (where is North Korea, american points to Australia one) and the bastards beat me to it!!!!

Damn it.

1st happened when I came online in 2DF which has a main chat room and noticed two americans (people I had chatted to before) debating what year it happened. (both had it wrong) Took me a second then I was like "WTF, are you guys actually debating what year 9/11 happened?" I spent the next 15 mins explaining to them how utterly astoundingly stupid it was for americans not to know when 9/11 happened. & how they made themselfs and their country look like fools. & they just didn't seem to understand. It was so dumb it was actually depressing.

Since then I often tested the odd american I got chatting to online, and to my dismay a lot of them just don't feckin know. I mean wtf.

Overheal ask people in your country and you'll be horribly disappointed.

**edit**

just watched it, damn it again! They couldnt get the ****ing month? fecking hell...

kumate_champ07

Overheal wrote: »

So, Seven people, if I'm not mistaken. Any more, or is that all you can conjure up from a sideshow Aussie?

heres one for ya, how many people in america voted george w bush for a 2nd term? i bet it was more than 7...

Overheal

Cunny-Funt wrote: »

My god, I was just talking about Americans I talked to online, I encountered so many that I actually thought it would be a great idea to make one of those clips like the other aussie one (where is North Korea, american points to Australia one) and the bastards beat me to it!!!!

Damn it.

Bit of a loaded survey with a rigged map tbh given he labeled Australia anything but Australia, among many other places on the map. I dont expect you to be able to point out South Dakota from memory either.

1st happened when I came online in 2DF which has a main chat room and noticed two americans (people I had chatted to before) debating what year it happened. (both had it wrong) Took me a second then I was like "WTF, are you guys actually debating what year 9/11 happened?" I spent the next 15 mins explaining to them how utterly astoundingly stupid it was for americans not to know when 9/11 happened. & how they made themselfs and their country look like fools. & they just didn't seem to understand. It was so dumb it was actually depressing.

Since then I often tested the odd american I got chatting to online, and to my dismay a lot of them just don't feckin know. I mean wtf.

Don't people google anymore?

just watched it, damn it again! They couldnt get the ****ing month? fecking hell...

For all you know the person that answered that suffered from Dementia or Alzheimer Disease. Or was intoxicated. I doubt they had very strict screening methods for their "survey"

kumate_champ07 wrote: »

heres one for ya, how many people in america voted george w bush for a 2nd term? i bet it was more than 7...

How many Irish vote for Fianna Fail again? Oh thats right, the Irish must all be idiots then.

This thread has been done to death, with the same erroneous arguments being thrown (Oh you re-elected Bush so youre all stupid). You're welcome to search through them.

kumate_champ07

Overheal wrote: »

How many Irish vote for Fianna Fail again? Oh thats right, the Irish must all be idiots then.

im sorry but i dont recall FF starting any wars in the middle east and putting irish lives at risk.

Overheal

kumate_champ07 wrote: »

im sorry but i dont recall FF starting any wars in the middle east and putting irish lives at risk.

I dont recall the Irish getting attacked by foreign terrorists either. stfu.

4zn76tysfajdxp

kumate_champ07 wrote: »

im sorry but i dont recall FF starting any wars in the middle east and putting irish lives at risk.

I don't know about the war thing but regarding your other point...

kumate_champ07

[QUOTE=stfu.[/QUOTE]

please dont shoot me american!

4zn76tysfajdxp

kumate_champ07 wrote: »

please dont shoot me american!

Don't worry, nobody's going to shoot your American.

kumate_champ07

Andi Helpful Grommet wrote: »

Don't worry, nobody's going to shoot your American.

awesome use of semantics

Nichololas

This thread is bad.

Rented Mule

Ah .....irony.

The entire cornerstone of the Celtic Tiger was American outsourcing.

As the Irish continue to emmigrate to the four corners of the world after blowing the greatest economic boom in their history, they reach for someone else to mock.

Yes, if you can't eat it, drink it or fcuk it.....piss on it.

Give it a few years when they only industry in the country will be heavily EU subsidised farming and tourism. The Paddies that are left will be beggin' the Yanks to fly their airline and spend their 'yankee greenbacks' in Ireland.

Every nation on this planet has their fair share on gob****es. Do you really think that the Irish are immune to this ??

Read through the dozens of threads on these boards about the scumbags, junkies,skangers, and politicians that inhabit this mossy rock, and then have a long look in the mirror.

If that doesn't work, take an afternoon off (if you are actually employed) and have a walk through Dublin.

The streets are lined with geniuses.

Horses asses will always outnumber the horses in this world.

kumate_champ07

Rented Mule wrote: »

Ah .....irony.

The entire cornerstone of the Celtic Tiger was American outsourcing.

As the Irish continue to emmigrate to the four corners of the world after blowing the greatest economic boom in their history, they reach for someone else to mock.

Yes, if you can't eat it, drink it or fcuk it.....piss on it.

Give it a few years when they only industry in the country will be heavily EU subsidised farming and tourism. The Paddies that are left will be beggin' the Yanks to fly their airline and spend their 'yankee greenbacks' in Ireland.

Every nation on this planet has their fair share on gob****es. Do you really think that the Irish are immune to this ??

Read through the dozens of threads on these boards about the scumbags, junkies,skangers, and politicians that inhabit this mossy rock, and then have a long look in the mirror.

If that doesn't work, take an afternoon off (if you are actually employed) and have a walk through Dublin.

The streets are lined with geniuses.

Horses asses will always outnumber the horses in this world.

i think youre reading too much into this internet forum thread

Rented Mule

kumate_champ07 wrote: »

i think youre reading too much into this internet forum thread

I probably should have just said 'Horses asses will always outnumber the horses in this world' and left it at that.