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US President congratulates wrong state on Superbowl win

  • 03-02-2020 07:49AM
    #1
    [Deleted User]
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    I could forgive non-American people for the assumption of thinking that Kansas City is in Kansas state but surely the President of the United States of America should know better?

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    Hands up if this is news to you. Be man or woman enough to admit it. I thought it was shared between both states myself, as in on the border of Kansas and Missouri. Also, how many think Washington DC is is Washington State? Come on, own up...


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  • #2
    Horace Wimp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18 ✭Horace Wimp


    But there IS a Kansas City in Kansas State as well, so, to be fair.. Could happen.


  • #3
    Timberrrrrrrr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,292 ✭✭✭✭Timberrrrrrrr


    Nothing that idiot says surprises me anymore.


  • #4
    [Deleted User]
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    Horace Wimp wrote: »
    But there IS a Kansas City in Kansas State as well, so, to be fair.. Could happen.

    There is... but to be faaaaiiiirrr it shouldn't happen to the President of the United States.


  • #5
    [Deleted User]
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    Yes he should have known.
    However on a general point, the US system of states and their capitals is notoriously obtuse. The one you think should be the state capital (most prominent, greatest population) rarely is.


  • #6
    [Deleted User]
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    Jesus Christ. The internet is going to be covered in this today on top of the Superbowl already. People are going to be calling him a diabolical piece of atomic shlt over it.


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  • #7
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    NewbridgeIR wrote: »
    Yes he should have known.
    However on a general point, the US system of states and their capitals is notoriously obtuse. The one you think should be the state capital (most prominent, greatest population) rarely is.

    You're right NewbridgeIR. Make it simpler. Like in Ireland the way Kildare town is the capital of Co Kildare. No wait, it's not? Ok so it's got to be the biggest town in the county surely? Newbridge it is!

    Wait it's not that either...?!


  • #8
    Potential-Monke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,098 ✭✭✭✭Potential-Monke


    He has already deleted it. I was not aware of this, but as the President he should have been. He was still right though, the Kansas City Chiefs did indeed win!

    Had a quick Google, and the Kansas City Kansas was named that because Kansas City Missouri was named after the Indians in the area, and it became so popular that the people across the water started naming their side Kansas City to capitalise on the Missouri one... 'Merica!


  • #9
    [Deleted User]
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    Omackeral wrote: »
    You're right NewbridgeIR. Make it simpler. Like in Ireland the way Kildare town is the capital of Co Kildare. No wait, it's not? Ok so it's got to be the biggest town in the county surely? Newbridge it is!

    Wait it's not that either...?!

    Newbridge has about 1,000 more people than Naas. The latter was the bigger town population-wise for many years - until Newbridge’s population doubled in the 1990s.


  • #10
    Quantum Erasure
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSvJ9SN8THE


  • #11
    Ficheall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,067 ✭✭✭Ficheall


    We're not in Kansas anymore!

    Maybe he just doesn't care about the Superbowl.. Can't say I blame him..


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  • #12
    lawred2
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    This is definitely one of those things that doesn't matter


  • #13
    [Deleted User]
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    99% of people sharing this story:

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  • #14
    Better Than Christ
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    I'm in no position to criticise him.

    I pay so little attention to American stuff that I literally don't know what the Superbowl is. Is it a stadium? A competition? Baseball? American football? I don't know. I mean, I could Google it, but I've survived this long without knowing...


  • #15
    [Deleted User]
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    Better Than Christ wrote: »
    I'm in no position to criticise him.

    I pay so little attention to American stuff that I literally don't know what the Superbowl is. Is it a stadium? A competition? Baseball? American football? I don't know. I mean, I could Google it, but I've survived this long without knowing...

    You can learn more about these lovely creatures here.. https://old.reddit.com/r/Superbowl/

    A beautiful example:

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  • #16
    ebbsy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,446 ✭✭✭ebbsy


    Yawn. Another snowflake complaining


  • #17
    [Deleted User]
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    99% of people sharing this story:

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    Except he's the president and leader of that country so it's a bit different.


  • #18
    nthclare
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,312 ✭✭✭nthclare


    As long as Trump doesn't push the wrong button, I don't care :)


  • #19
    [Deleted User]
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    ebbsy wrote: »
    Yawn. Another snowflake complaining

    Yawn, another person calling someone a snowflake when it doesn't even make sense.


  • #20
    [Deleted User]
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    Omackeral wrote: »
    Except he's the president and leader of that country so it's a bit different.

    Would you think less of a taoiseach for not knowing every county's capital? I wouldn't.


  • #21
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Would you think less of a taoiseach for not knowing every county's capital? I wouldn't.

    I actually would and I'd find it very surprising to be honest if that was the case.


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  • #22
    Pawwed Rig
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    This is the worst thing that ever happened


  • #23
    Allinall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 7,885 ✭✭✭Allinall


    Yis are all as bad as Trump.

    Ireland’s counties don’t have capitals.

    They have county towns.


  • #24
    [Deleted User]
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    Have a go of the county towns of Ireland here on Sporcle Quiz. A good portion of them are just the county names repeated. I'd assume the President or Taoiseach would know them all.

    I'll admit I missed Derry though but that's not in our jurisdiction :pac:


  • #25
    Quantum Erasure
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    https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/jan/31/sajid-javid-mocked-over-trip-to-north-england


  • #26
    Pinch Flat
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    It's great the way he uses twitter to demonstrate to the world what a half wit he is


  • #27
    [Deleted User]
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    Omackeral wrote: »
    I actually would and I'd find it very surprising to be honest if that was the case.

    Surprising perhaps but not worthy of condemnation. What does it matter if Varadkar thought the county town of Kildare was Kildare town and not Naas.. It has nothing to do with the man's politics or ability to lead.

    Is a reasonable expectation? Sure. But as usual, there's a line that must be drawn. How much should a leader need to know about individual states and counties..
    Allinall wrote: »
    Yis are all as bad as Trump.

    Ireland’s counties don’t have capitals.

    They have county towns.

    So a city could be a county town? Or does it change to county city?


  • #28
    nthclare
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    Pinch Flat wrote: »
    It's great the way he uses twitter to demonstrate to the world what a half wit he is

    Well he didn't apply to be a geography teacher, in fairness now.


  • #29
    [Deleted User]
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Is a reasonable expectation? Sure.

    That's all I'm saying here.


  • #30
    [Deleted User]
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    I stuck up a thread here out of curiosity just to see if people could name the county towns.


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  • #31
    Pherekydes
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    As someone pointed out on Twitter, if Obama had made this mistake he'd have been impeached.

    It just goes to show, if you have enough money even the thickest person can get the biggest job.


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