Stereotypes

[Reaperman Wompa]

I'd really rather not say what the stereotype for my country is.

Actually a lot of international people (South Africans the most) I've met attach the Sheep-Shagging stereotype to us Aussies, I have to immediately correct them.

The whole Sheep-Shagger thing is set on "Aussie" over here as well. I can't think of what we think of South Afrika in terms of Stereotypes though, other than the accent.

But jokes aside, New Zealanders are the second awesomest people in the world (after us). Your like our Canada (no idea if that's a compliment/insult)

It's a huge compliment, Canada is awesome, the counterweight to America's unbridled stupidity.
And they Wrestle bears.

Edit: The above guy reminded me, it's not so much a stereotype as it is a shameful truth, but my country has practically no military might, we're completely defenseless.
I read a segment in the newspaper recently which showed that if the New Zealand airforce and the collective hobby aircraft of New Zealand went head to head, the latter would win.
Not least of all because the hobby aircraft fellows have jet fighters, wheras the air force doesn't.
I wish I was kidding.
Our airforce doesn't have planes.

That may be, but who would declare war on New Zealand? Maybe declare war on Australia, but New Zealand I don't think, has ever actually challenged or been challenged by a foreign nation singularly, without allies to provide stuff like equipment and boats etc.

 

[WolfThomas]

The above guy reminded me, it's not so much a stereotype as it is a shameful truth, but my country has practically no military might, we're completely defenseless.

Don't be too hard on yourselves, you do have your own branch of (most likely) the best special forces in the world, the SASR.

And you can't spell ANZAC with out NZ.

Australia and NZ were the only real forces that fought alongside the US in Vietnam, the others had their expenses paid by the US government.

 

[Excelcior]

I'm Dutch, so...

1 - I wear wooden shoes. (Can't even remember the last time I did wear them...)
2 - I'm a keen businessman. (My businessmanlyness doesn't go much further than 'don't spend money on useless stuff'.)
3 - I'm tall. (Well, I am just below 2 meters tall, so yes, truth.)
4 - I love cheese. (Well, I can't say I hate it, but I love it neither.)
5 - I'm surrounded by tulips, windmills, and cows. (I don't like the flower, the nearest "windmill" [http://www.tremele.nl/Gebouwen/Bestaande%20gebouwen/Rooijsestraat/rooijsestr93/molen/hnoot01.jpg] is about half a kilometer away, and lacks anything making it a windmill, and cows are nowhere to be seen.)
6 - I live in a place surrounded by dikes. (Yes, I do. I prefer to keep my feet dry.)
7 - I'm a drug addict. (NO. I don't use drugs, I don't smoke, I don't drink.)
8 - There are brothels everywhere, and I visit them weekly. (Nope, not true, nearest is a few kilometers away.)
9 - I'm arrogant. (I'm not arrogant, I'm just better than you. Naw, just kidding.)
10 - I'm a know-it-all. (well, I do like knowing more than other people. And keeping theirs low. And increasing mine.)
11 - I enjoy a simple life. (Would you consider being (or wishing to be) obscenely rich simple? I don't.)

So, I believe that's three out of eleven. Guess I'm not really a good Dutchman, huh?

 

[The Iron Ninja]

It's a huge compliment, Canada is awesome, the counterweight to America's unbridled stupidity.
And they Wrestle bears.

Does that make us a mini-America? Hmm troops sent to a invasion the public didn't agree with. Ignored the Kyoto protocol (till recently). Oh oh.

No no, counterweight.
As in the opposite side of a weighing scale to the US side that balances out the "weight" if you will of US stupidity, by being home to unbridled awesomeness and the wrestling of bears.

 

[WolfThomas]

It's a huge compliment, Canada is awesome, the counterweight to America's unbridled stupidity.
And they Wrestle bears.

Does that make us a mini-America? Hmm troops sent to a invasion the public didn't agree with. Ignored the Kyoto protocol (till recently). Oh oh.

No no, counterweight.
As in the opposite side of a weighing scale to the US side that balances out the "weight" if you will of US stupidity, by being home to unbridled awesomeness and the wrestling of bears.

Yeah but my point was that if you guys were Canada, wouldn't we Aussies be America?

 

[TerraMGP]

I live in Michigan, so

I must speak like a Yooper (Actually, I kinda wish I did)
I must know how to fix cars (surprisingly yes)
I must hunt and/or fish (yes, even though I am a vegetarian I can do both and fish sometimes)
I don't know how to drive unless its freezing rain and a foot of snow (Quite the opposite)
I must be unemployed (Sadly yes at the moment)
My family must have a Deer camp (nope)
I must like apples (Green ones are not too bad)
I must be conservative to the point of violence (nope)
I must be violently christian (No, though I am christian)
I must not know what a 'real city' is like (Been to chicago and detroit, Still think Kalamazoo is big though)
I must eat Pasties (vegetable ones, Also works if you are a cornish miner)
I must hate Notre Dame (Frankly Not a football fan)

Honestly I don't know any other Michigan stereotypes, though I think now I will look them up for a laugh.

Also I'm lesbian, so

Hate men (ALL my friends are guys)
Rather Masculine (The word WAIF has been used at times)
Is peirced or has dyed hair (I admit a tough girl with a purple streak is kinda hot, but no I'm plain)
Hate makeup (Yes, but come on, Spend half an hour trying to overcome disgraphia to match colors right just to take it off again a few hours later? Why the hell?)
I'm apparently a guy as I am a female on the internet (now when its chat I understand, but being accused of it elsewhere is.... confusing)
I like girls who are bigger and meaner than me (Ok, I'll cop to this one)

I would cover the Irish/Scottish/french/German/native American heritage but I think thats been covered already.

 

[Mr Scott]

I'm from England. I drink lots of tea, eat plenty of crumpets and say things like 'spiffing'.

Actually, I'm not joking.

'Spiffing, I thought it was 'bully?'

I'm American, and 'fat', also Alaskan 'live in igloos', German heritage 'NAZI', and not last nor least white, 'I hate everybody else.'

Key: ''= whithin is bullshit.

 

[Tattaglia]

Apparently Vikings live in my country.
And it's in Europe.
And it's a region of England.
And Rugby is a sissy sport.

Yeah right. - Mad respect to whoever gets that.

 

[sheic99]

6 - I live in a place surrounded by dikes. (Yes, I do. I prefer to keep my feet dry.)

That must be a completely different dike than what comes to my mind.

OT:I am from Southern California/ Native American/ American so....

I wear sandles(not even at the beach)
I'm a hippy/surfer(attempted a couple of times, but live to far away to care)
I'm a skater(see above)
I smoke pot(not yet)
live in a reservation(too far away/ I don't look Indian enough to not get shot)
I'm stupid(only sometimes)
I love war(in movies)
I'm Christian(I have moved copies of the bible in a bookstore to the fiction section)
I'm racist(no)

 

[thom_cat_]

I'm Australian so I must worship Steve Irwin.
Personally I'm glad he got stung and I hope his daughter goes the same way sometime soon or I will be annoyed.

(I have moved copies of the bible in a bookstore to the fiction section)

I AM SO GOING TO DO THAT.

 

[Tattaglia]

I'm Australian so I must worship Steve Irwin.
Personally I'm glad he got stung and I hope his daughter goes the same way sometime soon or I will be annoyed.

You're glad he died? Strange. Although I do agree with you on his daughter... she is the Anti-Christ. I guarantee it.

 

[Simriel]

Im a scotsman 'Nuff said.

 

[Danglybits]

1/2 black 1/2 white
1. Gonna steal your TV -- nope
2. smoke a lot of menthol cigs - non smoker and menthol is just nasty, it's worse than the tar 3. drive an escalade with rims and spinners -- No and I couldn't without either laughing or driving off a cliff
4. like collard greens -- ew, just ew
5. Uneducated and speak ebonics or what ever the fuck -- hardly myself and every member of my family is college educated. And non of us speak ebonics, most of us can't understand it
6. White people are racist -- yeah, so racist she married a black guy.
7. Bisexual, a whore or confused. -- Monogamous and not confused
8. New Yorker so I must have have shot at some people and can't let 9/11 go - Oh wait no, I'm from the rest of the state not NYC jackasses,
9. Dork so I'm ugly, smelly, can't make friends and wear glasses -- I'm not ugly, I love showers and baths, I have friends (they're also dorks so that might not help but meh), and have excellent vision.

 

[teylamade]

I'm a South African so I apparently:

- Hate black people (Not true, yes we do have racists here but you'd find them just as often as you'd find racists in other countries)

- Ride an elephant to school (No, you'll only find the big animals in nature reserves)

- Hunt for my dinner (Half true, a lot of people here go on hunting trips (the buck and elephant populations occasionally grow too big and then they distribute licenses to hunt them)

 

[bad rider]

I'm from England. I drink lots of tea, eat plenty of crumpets and say things like 'spiffing'.

Actually, I'm not joking.

I say old boy that sounds like the ticket. Opps got to go just heard the kettle wistle.

 

[Excelcior]

6 - I live in a place surrounded by dikes. (Yes, I do. I prefer to keep my feet dry.)

That must be a completely different dike than what comes to my mind.

And the funny part is, the dike 'that comes to your mind' is pretty much everywhere here in the Netherlands too. Especially television. About every fourth person you see on the TV is homosexual. Don't understand me wrong, I have nothing against homosexuals, only the that finds it necessary to point me on that matter every friggin' minute. Seriously, I accept that you like the same gender, do you really need a parade to show it?
I think I'd better stop now...

 

[The_Prophet]

First
I'm 13 so I must be stupid - No
I'm 13 so I must be annoying - No
I'm 13 so I must be a pervert and sex freak - No
And I'm 13 so I must have a brain the size of a peanut - No

And Second
I'm Serbian so I must hate Bosnian and Croat people - No
I'm Serbian so I must be an idiot - No
I'm Serbian so I must be a patriot - No
I'm Serbian so I must love Slobodan Milosevic's ideas - No

EDIT: Oh yeah, I play WoW so I must have no life - No (have a life)
I read comic books so I must be a geek/nerd (or whatever) - No
I pass school with flying colours (think that's how it's said) so I must spend days studying and be a geek/nerd - No

 

[UberCharlie]

I am a white American. I can only imagine the international stereotypes.

I am not fat.
I love cheeseburgers.
I am not a jingoist.
I like guns.
I am not racist.
I love my country.
I hate my government.

 

[Isaac Dodgson]

I'm gonna steal from Issac Dodgson now.

I'm Irish, I live in Illinois, I live in a suburb... so lets see what we got here.

I can hold my liquor - Don't know yet, can't legally drink.
I take R's out of words and put them on others - False, and hate the use of "Idear".
I have a short temper - Sometimes, like when I drink.
Living in NE and in "the woods" I must be able to hunt/fish - Half true, I can hunt well, not so great with fishing. Also, I live in the Mid-West in the suburbs.
Living in a rural area I must be an uneducated republican - False, very educated Libertarian.
Living in northern NE I must ski/snowboard - False, I can't do shit with a snowboard, or skis, for that matter.
Living in NE I must think I'm smarter than everyone - False I don't think it, I know it, and have it demonstrated to me daily by my dumbass friends, the smartest of which is a fucking 12 year old, when the rest are 16.

Erm...NE stood for New England, which i guess wouldn't apply to you, living in illinois...

and I technically can't legally drink either, though i will in about a months time...

 

[KefZ_X]

I am a Kiwi (living in Australia)

I speak funny (according to Aussies)
I love fish and chips (ture so true)
Shag Sheep (Thought never crossed my mind)
Im Beached as....
And I dislike Aussies (Not True Australians and New Zealands are just friendly rivals hey somone has to come second.