[quote]chinadoll wrote:
It was an Tourist from the continental U.S.[/quote]
Genius…
YES! My thread to shine. Being from South Africa, came here when I was 16, here are some of the brilliant questions I have gotten:
If you are from Africa, why are you white?
South Africa, where in Africa is that?
South Africa, so that’s in Africa right?
But you sound British/Irish/Australian/New Zealandish.
Are there lots of African Americans in Africa? (yes, they asked this, I had to inform the poor girl that we had none, but we had lots of black and coloured people)
Do you have cars?
So did you live in huts, wear loincloths, and hunt gazelles and crap?
Are there wild animals roaming around where you live?
In response to the last 2, I have gotten people to believe I had a pet cheetah in my 5 acre backyard, I rode an elephant to school, and had a watering hole a mile down the road. People can be so gullible.
That’s all I have now, I will check with some friends to see if they remember any other dumb shit I have been asked.
After bodyboarding all day, at sunset while using a shower on the beach in Waikiki (ice cold water), a guy surrounded by his friends said something to the effect of “I see that you’re cold” and then kept at it until I had to walk away. None of the buddies stepped up and said to stop harassing.
Some guy in a bar walked up to me and told me that he loved my mouth and I had the sexiest full lips…while at the same time caressing the top of his beer bottle with his lips and tongue. A bit too pervy for a first impression for my taste. I’d turn to socialize with my friends and ignore him, but could feel him staring at me, and each time I looked his way, he’d start having oral sex with the lip of his beer bottle while staring at me right in the eye. Weirdo.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
“Do you lift weights?”
“No, I woke up this morning to find I had been stung by bees.”
[/quote]
For some reason this really cracked me up!
[quote]Ren wrote:
If you are from Africa, why are you white?
[/quote]
OMG!
Well not to embarass my friend, but the other day I asked her what she was going to do for the 4th of July, and she said, “hmmmm…what day is the forth of July on?” I think my blonde roots are rubbing off on her.
[quote]supermick wrote:
chinadoll wrote:
It was an Tourist from the continental U.S.
yeah i bet you showed him your boobs though…
:o([/quote]
And what would you do if I ever DID show you my boobs???
Yeah some of us Americans aren’t too bright. Most of us still believe we are the only developed nation on Earth. I was born and raised in this country and I get asked dumb questions all the time because of my ethnicity (I am of black, white, and Dominican descent).
Questions like “What nationality are you?”
A: I’m American.
Q: But no, I mean like where are you from?
A: I was born and raised in the U.S.
Q: What race are you then?
A: Human
Q: Can I touch your hair?
A: No
Q: Is it true black people don’t have to wash their hair?
A: Yeah, sure, whatever.
Q: You’re from Ohio, isn’t that where they grow all those potatoes?
A: No, thats IDAHO (this is someone from the U.S. that always asks this).
sigh
[quote]Ren wrote:
YES! My thread to shine. Being from South Africa, came here when I was 16, here are some of the brilliant questions I have gotten:
If you are from Africa, why are you white?
South Africa, where in Africa is that?
South Africa, so that’s in Africa right?
But you sound British/Irish/Australian/New Zealandish.
Are there lots of African Americans in Africa? (yes, they asked this, I had to inform the poor girl that we had none, but we had lots of black and coloured people)
Do you have cars?
So did you live in huts, wear loincloths, and hunt gazelles and crap?
Are there wild animals roaming around where you live?
In response to the last 2, I have gotten people to believe I had a pet cheetah in my 5 acre backyard, I rode an elephant to school, and had a watering hole a mile down the road. People can be so gullible.
That’s all I have now, I will check with some friends to see if they remember any other dumb shit I have been asked.[/quote]
I’m from SA too, and I’ve been asked many of those questions by people from all over.
They are most shocked when they find out that white people live in SA, we have cars and that I have a pet lion in my 1km? property (NOT!).
It’s ridiculous how uneducated so many people are.
[quote]Drecappa wrote:
Yeah some of us Americans aren’t too bright. Most of us still believe we are the only developed nation on Earth. I was born and raised in this country and I get asked dumb questions all the time because of my ethnicity (I am of black, white, and Dominican descent).
Questions like “What nationality are you?”
A: I’m American.
Q: But no, I mean like where are you from?
A: I was born and raised in the U.S.
Q: What race are you then?
A: Human
Q: Can I touch your hair?
A: No
Q: Is it true black people don’t have to wash their hair?
A: Yeah, sure, whatever.
Q: You’re from Ohio, isn’t that where they grow all those potatoes?
A: No, thats IDAHO (this is someone from the U.S. that always asks this).
sigh[/quote]
SO pleased this thread took off. I’ve been cracking up at other people’s stupidity all afternoon.
[quote]chinadoll wrote:
After bodyboarding all day, at sunset while using a shower on the beach in Waikiki (ice cold water), a guy surrounded by his friends said something to the effect of “I see that you’re cold” and then kept at it until I had to walk away. None of the buddies stepped up and said to stop harassing.
Some guy in a bar walked up to me and told me that he loved my mouth and I had the sexiest full lips…while at the same time caressing the top of his beer bottle with his lips and tongue. A bit too pervy for a first impression for my taste. I’d turn to socialize with my friends and ignore him, but could feel him staring at me, and each time I looked his way, he’d start having oral sex with the lip of his beer bottle while staring at me right in the eye. Weirdo.[/quote]
woah… that’s a bit full-on for someone you don’t know!
LOL That’s funny Prof. One of my buddies is 6’2 about 265-270. Pretty big guy. So this string bean at work asks him “So, uh, do you workout?” He replies with a deadpan look on his face, “No I’m naturally this big.” End of conversation.[quote]Professor X wrote:
comedypedro wrote:
Might not go down to well on a US site but…
When I tell an American that Im Irish and they say ‘Oh my great grandfather was from Ireland, maybe you knew him.’
Countrys not that small!!
They do the same for Texas and the entire military.
“Do you lift weights?”
“No, I woke up this morning to find I had been stung by bees.”
[/quote]
[quote]1-packlondoner wrote:
chinadoll wrote:
After bodyboarding all day, at sunset while using a shower on the beach in Waikiki (ice cold water), a guy surrounded by his friends said something to the effect of “I see that you’re cold” and then kept at it until I had to walk away. None of the buddies stepped up and said to stop harassing.
Some guy in a bar walked up to me and told me that he loved my mouth and I had the sexiest full lips…while at the same time caressing the top of his beer bottle with his lips and tongue. A bit too pervy for a first impression for my taste. I’d turn to socialize with my friends and ignore him, but could feel him staring at me, and each time I looked his way, he’d start having oral sex with the lip of his beer bottle while staring at me right in the eye. Weirdo.
woah… that’s a bit full-on for someone you don’t know![/quote]
I agree! I’d real unhappy w/ those jerks.
Ok, this was while I was at Universal Studios in CA
Woman behind counter of gift shop “So where you from?”
Me “Louisiana”
Her “Really? What instrument do you play?”
me “huh?”
Her “Doesn’t everyone in La play an instrument?”
Me “Uh…no.”
Her “I thought everyone played in the evening” (strumming an invisible banjo)
Me “No, not at all”
She really thought we sat on the porch on the bayou and played the hillbilly musical every night. Hilarious.
[quote]BIGRAGOO wrote:
Ok, this was while I was at Universal Studios in CA
Woman behind counter of gift shop “So where you from?”
Me “Louisiana”
Her “Really? What instrument do you play?”
me “huh?”
Her “Doesn’t everyone in La play an instrument?”
Me “Uh…no.”
Her “I thought everyone played in the evening” (strumming an invisible banjo)
Me “No, not at all”
She really thought we sat on the porch on the bayou and played the hillbilly musical every night. Hilarious.[/quote]
classic.
You should have said you seranade the alligators.
I’m from Canada and have gotten:
“Do you live in Igloos?”
and,
“Do you know Phil?”
[quote]1-packlondoner wrote:
i’m a mirl …[/quote]
routinely Brits ask why Americans are so much more entertaining, intelligent, attractive, successful, and pleasant to the olfactory system. sometimes they ask about teeth too. usually, i just slap the snot out of them. once, some clown asked a similarly idiotic series of questions on our most glorious holiday, so i stomped on and broke his neck.
YOU should have been there.
Happy Independence Day.
[quote]BASTARD GUY wrote:
1-packlondoner wrote:
i’m a mirl …
routinely Brits ask why Americans are so much more entertaining, intelligent, attractive, successful, and pleasant to the olfactory system. sometimes they ask about teeth too. usually, i just slap the snot out of them. once, some clown asked a similarly idiotic series of questions on our most glorious holiday, so i stomped on and broke his neck.
YOU should have been there.
Happy Independence Day.[/quote]
Err… not sure if I’ve missed something but what’s your problem?
Someone (me) started a thread because they thought it would be funny. Everyone else joined in. It was all very good-natured. So why so bitter?
Chill winston… 
The wife is 1/4 Vietnamese (but looks more Asian than her 1/2 Vietnamese mom, go figure) and just recently quit her job at a collection agency. Being tri-lingual (French, Vietnamese, & English in that order) she would get calls sent to her by her co-workers frequently if the debtor was a non-English speaker, didn’t seem to matter what language!
Wife: I can’t understand the person on the phone. What language is she speaking?
Co-Worker: (Looking up notes on computer) It says she’s Korean.
Wife: Well, I can’t talk to her.
Co-Worker: Oh, I thought you spoke Asian.
I’m. Not. Kidding.
Add to this the fact that her born and raised American co-workers came to her nearly every day asking her how to spell words! Gotta love it.
[quote]Digital Chainsaw wrote:
The wife is 1/4 Vietnamese (but looks more Asian than her 1/2 Vietnamese mom, go figure) and just recently quit her job at a collection agency. Being tri-lingual (French, Vietnamese, & English in that order) she would get calls sent to her by her co-workers frequently if the debtor was a non-English speaker, didn’t seem to matter what language!
Wife: I can’t understand the person on the phone. What language is she speaking?
Co-Worker: (Looking up notes on computer) It says she’s Korean.
Wife: Well, I can’t talk to her.
Co-Worker: Oh, I thought you spoke Asian.
I’m. Not. Kidding.
Add to this the fact that her born and raised American co-workers came to her nearly every day asking her how to spell words! Gotta love it.[/quote]
That is awesome. Where do I learn this Asian?