Stereotypes of where you come from

[Cheery Lunatic]

Not sure if this has been done before...

So. I live in Texas. Apparently, everyone here wears cowboy hats and boots, rides their horse everywhere, say "yee-ha" or "howdy" non-stop, and we all carry guns. (No, I'm not making this up. Whenever I travel anywhere, these are the honest to god first questions I've been asked.)

The only thing mostly true is the guns part. And yeah, we do have accents, but I've never met in my entire life, a Texan who said "howdy". And I don't even own an effing horse. I do, however, own a cowboy hat and boots, but I can count on one hand how many times I've worn them in public.

So, Escapists. What are the stereotypes of your country? Or rather, what stereotypes do you find the most entertaining?

 

[Acier]

America

Fat and obnoxious and stupid.

And somehow we're also lumped in with being uber patriotic.

 

[Lullabye]

And somehow we're also lumped in with being uber patriotic.

Somehow? You really don't know why?

Canadian: Nice, maple syrup loving lumberjacks with adorable accents. How did we get such an awesome stereotype?
more specific......
Alberta:Read the Texas op above.

 

[delet]

America

Fat and obnoxious and stupid.

And somehow we're also lumped in with being uber patriotic.

Yay America...
Specifically Indiana here, so... GO CORN!

 

[Acier]

And somehow we're also lumped in with being uber patriotic.

Somehow? You really don't know why?

Of course I do. It was more of a sarcasm thing.

 

[silver wolf009]

Inbred hil billys sittin on te porch drinkin te moonshine playin te banjo and bein racist.

 

[Tomster595]

I'm from New Jersey... Everybody thinks we're Guido's... that's about it lol.

 

[DrunkDonut]

That all us Brit's drink tea and apparently we are all good friends with the Queen far from the truth trust me

 

[Gxas]

I'm from Cleveland.

Spoiler: Cleveland is fun...

 

[MetalDooley]

Ireland - Alcoholics,always fighting(usually when drunk),devoutly catholic,live in thatched cottages,believe in leprechauns(the last 2 tend to be an american stereotype of us)

 

[geezah91]

apparently me and everybody i know are called either paddy or mick and we all wear paddy caps while drinking guinness and eating bacon & cabbage, all after a long day of farming, praying, getting abused by the local priest, and fighting the brits. Thankfully being irish is so much less than that......we dont get abused by priests anymore

 

[FolkLikePanda]

Everyone not from the Midlands thinks us Yamyams are Brummines, BASTARDS!

 

[BECarrico]

I am from Eastern Kentucky. That should be enough said lol. When I travel I have been asked if we have televison and indoor plumbing.

However, I do enjoy my accent.

 

[The_Shinigamer]

I'm from Kentucky.

I supposedly don't eat or drink anything but Fried Chicken and bourbon and I don't own shoes. I poo in the backyard and have more dead animal carcasses in my house than lightbulbs. I've also apparently never been to the dentist and am an inbred clansman.

Please, for the love of FSM, kill me...

(Although we do have a bad-ass movie...)

 

[RheynbowDash]

I told someone I lived in Mississippi, (Southern United States for everyone that doesnt know) and she said, and i quote?

"Do you live on a farm?"
To which I stared at her blankly and said "No"

Not everyone that lives in the south drives pick-up trucks, fly rebel flags, lives on a farm, or fucks their sister.

 

[dududf]

Canadian.

Stupid, backwards, communist, lumber jacks, we sweat maple syrup, We all live in Igloos.

 

[Soren91]

Iowa: Surely, I must live on a farm and love corn more than anything else in the world. Iowa is completely flat as well.

I don't live on a farm, and downtown is nothing but hills. Snake Alley came to mind just now for some reason... where was I? Oh, I remember. I do love sweet corn however, it is delicious.