Clearing up misconceptions about your country!

[MercurySteam]

Here in Australia......

1) We don't ride Kangaroos to school (or Aboriginals either for that matter).
2) We don't have Kangaroo boxing either.
3) We got tired of Britan a loooooooooooooooong time ago.

 

[Arkhangelsk]

Sweden: We're not all blonde and blue eyed and eat meatballs all the time. And we don't have those ugly accents or bad speaking you hear on TV. Most of us are good at English, and we don't have that exaggerated accent.

Apart from the ridiculous accent that completely describes me perfectly, and I even have meatballs cooking as we speak. So I'm gonna have to go with that stereotype is true.

Ironically enough, I'm eating meatballs right now. But I swear, I don't do it often.

I hate being part of a stereotype. That's why I'm a mix of at least 5 different styles.

 

[A Weary Exile]

Florida:

-Yes there are a lot of old people here.
-Yes it is always hot as hell except for about two months out of the year.
-Hurricanes are NOT that bad.
-Alligators DO NOT eat people...that often.
-The theme parks are really awesome although mostly swamped by tourists.

you live in florida? what part? i lived in florida for a year in Coral Springs near Fort Lauderdale.

Well, when I was little I lived in Coral Springs then we moved to Margate, then Wellington, and now we live in Port St. Lucie (Boring as hell here).

 

[hippykiller]

Florida:

-Yes there are a lot of old people here.
-Yes it is always hot as hell except for about two months out of the year.
-Hurricanes are NOT that bad.
-Alligators DO NOT eat people...that often.
-The theme parks are really awesome although mostly swamped by tourists.

you live in florida? what part? i lived in florida for a year in Coral Springs near Fort Lauderdale.

Well, when I was little I lived in Coral Springs then we moved to Margate, then Wellington, and now we live in Port St. Lucie (Boring as hell here).

yep that sounds like Florida. the only real part of Florida that i loved was Islands Of Adventure. that place fucking rocks.

 

[Diablini]

Bulgaria (Plunge in to the depths of obscurity!)

1) We aren't a "Texas" country
2) We aren't stupid, in fact we have very talented people.
3) We aren't located in Africa:
Am am referring to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXylvckCXTw

 

[Stephanos132]

More on Good ol' England.

The weather is mostly ok here, but I think the singular obsession we have with it holds true (well, it does for me)

There are multiple english accents, and not everybody is polite to all and sundry, rather the opposite in many cases. I've been hard pressed to find anyone who doesn't swear at least once in a decent length conversation (I'm guilty of this too.)

I like tea, but I think beer is somewhat more popular to the teeming masses... I do love a good ale me.

We're not all potential football hooligans either, though I will say that screaming abuse at some overpaid fairy doing an elaborate dive is good fun and rather therapeutic.

As many have said before, our teeth are perfectly fine, ta very much.

There is a lot of martial pride here too, a lot of people have great respect for our armed forces. Conversely, we're not all singularly obsessed with the 2nd World War and 'giving the jerries what for,' and so on.

 

[TheGreatCoolEnergy]

Ehh you missed a few(about Canada):
-We don't ride polar bears
-We don't have snow all year round
-We do say eh, but not as much as you would think
-Very few of us are lumberjacks
-We enjoy TV
-We enjoy coloured TV
-It is pronounced zed, not zee
-Our health care does infact work
-We are well loved around the world.
-A Canadian passport can infact get you into almost any country
-We won 1812
-Not every Canadian loves hockey

 

[Ishnuvalok]

On Sweden,

Polar bears do not walk our streets, in fact, we don't even have any polar bears.

It's not constantly winter here, it actually gets pretty warm during the summer.

No, Swedish is not French. Nor is it related to French.

We are not sexually loose and don't have huge orgy's. We just don't care about another person's sexuality.

We don't have Dutch accents when we speak English.

Everyone speaks Swedish, not just the "old people". Basically everyone speaks English as well, so you don't need a English/Swedish phrase book.

 

[Lamppenkeyboard]

Norway doesn't

1. Have polar bears in the streets.
2. Have shitloads of medieval things everywhere.

You just killed every childhood dream I had about Norway.

 

[Lord Monocle Von Banworthy]

Japan:

The cops DO carry guns here. The guys you see with sticks wearing police-looking uniforms aren't police, they're private security. There are just so many of them and the uniforms are so similar it can be misleading.

Sorry, I was just tired of seeing that pop up in every crime/violence/gun rights discussion. It ain't so.

 

[The Austin]

Only most Americans are total dicks.

 

[Soxafloppin]

1.We dont hate 'the brits' (plenty of us are brits)
2.Were not all potatoe enthusiants
3.We do all where balaclavas and carry rifles.
4.Were not all in the IRA/UVF
5.We speak english, not gaylick,ulster scot

 

[molester jester]

Well you see there are actually no misconceptions about us scottish, We all really run around the hills wearing kilts, drunk eating haggis and swearing in weird ways while being ginger

Is it also true about the sheep?

Oh yes

 

[CuervoJoe]

1: There are more accents in Britain than West Country, Cockney and Posh.
2: We don't all have crooked teeth.
3: We don't look up to the Queen as the leader of our country.
4: The Queen doesn't control the British government.
5: Our food isn't terrible. Some of it's bland, but hey, so is some of the cuisines of all cultures.

 

[Spitfire175]

Finland doesn't have...
Polar beras
Iglus
Sober people

Finland does have...
A warm summer
Rally and F1 drivers
Lots of people who think they are rally of F1 drivers.

 

[crimson5pheonix]

-We're not all overweig... ok, that one has some basis. (If you're tall and skinny finding clothes which don't fit like parachute pants is like searching for the holy grail.)

Yeah it is. Ever since I grew 7 inches in one summer and topped off at 6'4", it's been nigh impossible to find good fitting clothes. Damn Mcdonalds, making everyone fat.

I don't have any problem with that.

It's mostly just finding pants, shirts are fine. Which is why I wear mostly shorts now, even in the winter. Did I mention I live in Buffalo?

Ah. Well pants are easy to find here as well.

 

[Meanmoose]

Norway doesn't

1. Have polar bears in the streets.
2. Have shitloads of medieval things everywhere.

Well are you stupid? I mean, that's all the information Sweden has on you. That you are stupid.

nah we are not stupid... just filthy rich!!! ^^ we just have a bigger economy than you even though your twice as many. Hooray. Also we have stupid jokes about you.