Durrr.
The following exchange took place in the office today:
But Canada’s in America, isn’t it?
No. Canada is a separate country.
Fuck off. It’s in America!
No it isn’t. It’s a totally separate place.
But I went to America on holiday, and we went to Canada. It was just over a bridge.
Yes, but it’s a different country.
It isn’t.
Yes, it is. (Verified by various other incredulous people).
Seriously? I did have to show my passport. Maybe that’s why.
*thinks*
They speak American though, don’t they?
The same girl then turned to a colleague who had just walked in and said “apparently Canada isn’t in America! Did you know that?”
Makes you fear for the gene pool, doesn’t it?
But Canada’s in America, isn’t it?
No. Canada is a separate country.
Fuck off. It’s in America!
No it isn’t. It’s a totally separate place.
But I went to America on holiday, and we went to Canada. It was just over a bridge.
Yes, but it’s a different country.
It isn’t.
Yes, it is. (Verified by various other incredulous people).
Seriously? I did have to show my passport. Maybe that’s why.
*thinks*
They speak American though, don’t they?
The same girl then turned to a colleague who had just walked in and said “apparently Canada isn’t in America! Did you know that?”
Makes you fear for the gene pool, doesn’t it?
posted by surly girl at 9:24 pm
29 Comments:
What ... Really?
really what? really is someone that fucking stupid, or really canada isn't in america?
it's almost endearing, the ignorance mixed with the blind, open, trusting attitude, in a few years she'll still be stupid, but she'll have learnt to hide it and laugh at others who let down their guard...
my boss, a few years ago now, told me that he'd just found out that in that jimi hendrix song, the lyric was not - excuse me while i kiss this guy... but in fact...
i found this really funny, but somehow managed to give him the impression that i too had been labouring under that foolishness... i did my best to set him right but he wasn't having it, he needed to believe that i... just like him, had believed that jimi was singing about kissing guys...
scary
x
What an idiot. Canada is still a part of Britain - everyone knows that.
Just so long as we're all clear that Scotland is part of continental Europe.
I'm really not at all surprised.
Not even slightly.
ok, but sometimes i get confused with the United Kingdom, Great Britain thing.
i'll accept that there are people like her out there.
The very scary part is that those same conversations take place here in America too.
oh lordy. thats disgusting.
its supposed to be this big hilarious joke in the u.s. that canada is the 51st state and that there isnt a canadian culture, blah blah blah...fucking, these people are literally my next door neibors. they have a rocking culture and if americans spent any longer there than it takes to visit WalMart they'd fucking know that. bit of a sore point with me. grr.
Just FYI, because now many people know this:-
There is a small piece of the United States in England! Near Windsor great park are the fields of Runnymere, where the Magna Carta was signed. Several years ago, the UK gov gave a small piece of the fields to the US as a sign of gratefulness for their fight for liberty and democracy. There is a nice memorial there beneath the tree and a shady path to Runnymere.
Now that the US under Bush is turning its back on democracy and fast becoming fascist maybe they should ask for it back :-(
More in my blog last July at http://www.savory.de/blog_jul_05.htm#20050724
Stu Savory
Sorry for the Typo : that should read "Runnymede" of course. Damned spelling "Corrector"!
*checks passport*
Yup. It's Canada.
See, I too work with someone like that. A few months ago a conversation that began "USA – that's Europe isn't it? What about Greece? World zone 1?"
I too fear for the future of the human race.
I was the one who actually asked for that to be pointed out to several members of staff, along with the fact that Denmark is not in the Netherlands.
What makes me want to really weep is that we work in the travel industry....
Thick.
Of course Canada is in (North) America. Just as much as the USA is !
It is YOU that has to learn to distinguish between USA and America :-)
I just read this whole thread and thought I was going to get in with the clever comment, then up pops anonymous. But truly I don't think that was the point the girl was misunderstanding.
Mexico is in America too, right! And of course Andrew Murray is the best thing to happen in English tennis in a long time, right!
i didn't know jade goody had got herself a proper job*
[makes note to self to start buying 'ok!' magazine again]
* cheap gag, i know
Well ...Canada IS in America ... it just isn't in the United States part.
PS: the gene pool is stuffed.
Christ, I must read all the comments before posting. Sorry, anonymous.
Holy fuck.
That out-stupids all my ex-colleagues.
Ever.
Wh-a-a-t??? you're joking! Canada is a separate country?
Here is something that happens to me all the time Surly. I get a meeting notice for a netmeeting/teleconference.
On the meeting info there will be 2 phone numbers, U.S. and International. Most of the teams I'm on have members all over the world.
The first time I saw this I asked the meeting organizer if I should call the international number. They said 'Of course NOT!' I said 'oh, I only see a number for the U.S.' They said I should use that number. I asked them if they realized that Canada is not in the US and they said 'Of Course'. I then suggested in the future they call that phone number the North America number. They still didn't get it. Maybe I'm overly sensitive.
Its just annoying as hell.
I have to agree with the other disserters. Canada is in America.
Honestly, those USAians. Always claiming monopoly on the name of the continent.
Ah, time for the pedants to pounce... To be precise Canada is in the Americas (ie the continents), but in common usage (the OED) defines America as refering to the USA. Surly is correct.
This saddens me though, Brits in general have a good grasp of geography. Shall we have a go at education policy anyone?
- Brits in general have a good grasp of geography -
Well, I don't, I'm dreadful at it. But I do know that Canada is separate from the USA but is in North America.
OK, it was pointed out in the email that prompted this conversation that "Canada is not in the USA".
So it's not Surly and I that's thick, it's just everybody else we know....
(Bloody pedants.)
Brazil is in America too. The South part. Kind of by Louisiana.
Up there with the twat who once asked me what the Pope did for a living. Or the twat who asked what shredded beetroot was.
Someone here in the States told me they thought Wales was 'an imaginary place'.
Someone else asked me 'Where in France is London?'
Depressing, 'aint it?
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