Which stereotypes are most true or least true

badabing106 · 30-12-2017 11:05AM #1

Audi drivers. This morning I witnessed an audi saloon drive around the roundabout 3 times slowly whilst on the phone , no indicator. He was using the roundabout for his conference call. I was so in shock that it took me a moment to move off, just as I was moving off the vehicle behind starting whaling his horn in an obnoxious manner , I looked in the rear view mirror and it was another flipping Audi! May even have been the same guy. B@stard!

Gwynplaine · 30-12-2017 11:09AM

Americans are fat, loud, and obnoxious.
French are smelly and think they're great
Germans are very serious, precise, professional, no sense of humour.

JimmyMcGill · 30-12-2017 11:10AM

Sorry bout dat. My knee was wedged under the steering wheel having phone sex.

The_Valeyard · 30-12-2017 11:11AM

Jews are good with money

OldMrBrennan83 · 30-12-2017 11:12AM

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AndyBoBandy · 30-12-2017 11:13AM

People from Cork don’t so much have a chip on their shoulder, but rather a Mt. Everest sized mountain on their shoulder.

Particularly towards folk from ‘The Pale’

True

Jimbob1977 · 30-12-2017 11:15AM

The car that tailgates and tries to drive you off the road will be:

BMW

Audi

Mercedes

The car that will cut in dangerously at the last minute to make its exit will be:

BMW

Audi

Mercedes

Billy86 · 30-12-2017 11:19AM

Gwynplaine wrote: »

Germans are very serious, precise, professional, no sense of humour.

The fact they've a language like Lego doesn't help when it comes to their love of building stuff either.

Heard the following on a podcast when I was 80% asleep so it couldbe off (and I can't remember if it's just specific to the Finnish or not!) but apparently the reason Scandinavians are often seen as so productive is because they don't have a 'will do' future tense, e.g. they don't say "I will go to shopping later" and instead it translates basically to "I am shopping shopping later" - hopefully someone here knows a few words to clear it up!

Avatar MIA · 30-12-2017 11:25AM

Boardies are as thick as muck - True* :pac:

Or so this thread would suggest. Read the thread title people, and answer. Is the stereotype true or not.

* Angry# Audi driver

#Is there any other kind? :pac:

Roadtoad · 30-12-2017 11:25AM

Red haired girls. Sisters, girlfriends, sports players.... watch them all most carefully.

Capt'n Midnight · 30-12-2017 11:29AM

Sony.

Most of the other stereo brands are fake, made in China by the lowest bidder.

RobbingBandit · 30-12-2017 11:30AM

Sex Panther works every time 60% of the time.

PeterParker957 · 30-12-2017 12:04PM

Roadtoad wrote: »

Red haired girls. Sisters, girlfriends, sports players.... watch them all most carefully.

I'd love to be offended but you're right !!!

Donald Trump · 30-12-2017 12:13PM

JimmyMcGill wrote: »

Sorry bout dat. My knee was wedged under the steering wheel having phone sex.

You must have a very small willy that it fits into the charger slot...........

Pete Tong · 30-12-2017 12:14PM

Audis = Wasps of the road

suicide_circus · 30-12-2017 12:21PM

Women be shoppin

IamtheWalrus · 30-12-2017 01:11PM

The Irish are insecure - true.

neonsofa · 30-12-2017 01:39PM

PeterParker957 wrote: »

I'd love to be offended but you're right !!!

I was told by a guy i briefly dated that red haired women are only ever really bad looking or else stunningly good looking, never just average. At the time I was really confused because firstly my hair was not naturally red- clearly an unnatural shade of burgandy- so I don't think that "rule" could even apply to me and secondly I don't consider myself to be all that good looking so I genuinely thought he was insulting me. He was a weird guy but I think he actually was on to something, so maybe you're one of the stunning ones that also needs to be watched :pac:

ChunkyLover54 · 31-12-2017 01:59AM

RobbingBandit wrote: »

Sex Panther works every time 60% of the time.

It's a formidable scent.

31-12-2017 02:37AM

Everybody who terrorises the road in their 20-km-per-hour Micra or Yaris is old, female or suffers from their nerves - and very likely to be all three. True.

Anybody who puts a spoiler on his car, or soups up his car engine, or messes with his tyres is making a statement about his shocking lack of culture and education. True.

Atlantic Dawn · 31-12-2017 02:38AM

Loud ringtone, loud irritating owner.

wetlandsboy · 31-12-2017 02:41AM

Irish, therefore most likely to drink excessively.

anewme · 31-12-2017 02:45AM

Remarked to a colleague recently that since I changed car to a small Audi, people go out of their way to be hostile, even though my driving style is the exact same.

Snotty · 31-12-2017 02:55AM

Bitches be crazy

Tell me how · 31-12-2017 02:59AM

All teenagers are Kevin from Harry Enfield and chums.

pickarooney · 31-12-2017 06:45AM

Billy86 wrote: »

The fact they've a language like Lego doesn't help when it comes to their love of building stuff either.

Heard the following on a podcast when I was 80% asleep so it couldbe off (and I can't remember if it's just specific to the Finnish or not!) but apparently the reason Scandinavians are often seen as so productive is because they don't have a 'will do' future tense, e.g. they don't say "I will go to shopping later" and instead it translates basically to "I am shopping shopping later" - hopefully someone here knows a few words to clear it up!

I don't know any Finnish but it's not true of the other Scandinavian languages. Swedish has two future tenses, depending on if you shall do something actively or if that thing will occur come what may.

99nsr125 · 31-12-2017 06:53AM

Irish people are asshöles

JackTaylorFan · 31-12-2017 07:43AM

Billy86 wrote: »

The fact they've a language like Lego doesn't help when it comes to their love of building stuff either.

Heard the following on a podcast when I was 80% asleep so it couldbe off (and I can't remember if it's just specific to the Finnish or not!) but apparently the reason Scandinavians are often seen as so productive is because they don't have a 'will do' future tense, e.g. they don't say "I will go to shopping later" and instead it translates basically to "I am shopping shopping later" - hopefully someone here knows a few words to clear it up!

Their language has a huge part to play in it alright. Cognitive linguistics is a very interesting field.

And my experience with Germans has been much the same as the stereotype we all hear about.