Comments on: Stupid American http://followingtheroad.com/?p=307 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:03:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: vero http://followingtheroad.com/?p=307&cpage=1#comment-1502 vero Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:58:13 +0000 http://followingtheroad.com/?p=307#comment-1502 What about chocolate HobNobs? Don't those count as a cookie? Those are English and they are great. Do they still have Hula Hoops (like a potato chip ring), those are good too. And speaking of rice krispie treats, my favorite Italian/American fusion dish: rice krispie treats with nutella on top. What about chocolate HobNobs? Don’t those count as a cookie? Those are English and they are great.

Do they still have Hula Hoops (like a potato chip ring), those are good too.

And speaking of rice krispie treats, my favorite Italian/American fusion dish: rice krispie treats with nutella on top.

]]> By: DadsDinner http://followingtheroad.com/?p=307&cpage=1#comment-1478 DadsDinner Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:14:00 +0000 http://followingtheroad.com/?p=307#comment-1478 Don't get me wrong, the people of Illinois are very, very lovely. It's just that Illinois itself is so big and mostly so flat and empty, that you don't have to be there long before Missouri starts looking foreign and exotic... Don’t get me wrong, the people of Illinois are very, very lovely. It’s just that Illinois itself is so big and mostly so flat and empty, that you don’t have to be there long before Missouri starts looking foreign and exotic…

]]> By: BetteJo http://followingtheroad.com/?p=307&cpage=1#comment-1476 BetteJo Sun, 09 Mar 2008 03:36:32 +0000 http://followingtheroad.com/?p=307#comment-1476 Wait - I'm from Illinois ... Wait – I’m from Illinois …

]]> By: DadsDinner http://followingtheroad.com/?p=307&cpage=1#comment-1471 DadsDinner Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:00:57 +0000 http://followingtheroad.com/?p=307#comment-1471 Harry Potter is real. It's JK Rowling we made up. Harry Potter is real.

It’s JK Rowling we made up.

]]> By: InTheFastLane http://followingtheroad.com/?p=307&cpage=1#comment-1470 InTheFastLane Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:40:28 +0000 http://followingtheroad.com/?p=307#comment-1470 What! Harry Potter isn't real! Next thing I know you will be trying to tell me that Santa isn't real either! What! Harry Potter isn’t real! Next thing I know you will be trying to tell me that Santa isn’t real either!

]]> By: DadsDinner http://followingtheroad.com/?p=307&cpage=1#comment-1469 DadsDinner Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:54:49 +0000 http://followingtheroad.com/?p=307#comment-1469 To be fair, you have so much Geography of your own to learn about, it's not surprising you're a little sketchy on the rest of the world. Europeans often don't realise how big the States are. Just to fill you in: The English dance around waving hankies with bells strapped to their socks, everyone in Scotland wears a kilt (even in the shower) and the Welsh eat leeks. Ireland is famous for its potatoes. (Kind of like Idaho but with more leprechauns). As for being stupid... I spent a year in Illinois. One woman told me that my English was very good for an exchange student. I pointed out that I was from England. The woman in question, in genuine surprise, said, "You mean they speak English in England!" Her friend very quickly changed the subject... Other people were asked how we celebrate July 4th over here. Oh, and a Spanish exchange student I knew was asked if they had trees where he came from. I suspect your knowledge of the world is better than that! Right, I'm off for some steak-and-kidney pie and a deep-fried chocolate bar with Ron and Hermione... Cheers, Edmund. PS Thanks for the link! To be fair, you have so much Geography of your own to learn about, it’s not surprising you’re a little sketchy on the rest of the world. Europeans often don’t realise how big the States are.

Just to fill you in: The English dance around waving hankies with bells strapped to their socks, everyone in Scotland wears a kilt (even in the shower) and the Welsh eat leeks. Ireland is famous for its potatoes. (Kind of like Idaho but with more leprechauns).

As for being stupid… I spent a year in Illinois. One woman told me that my English was very good for an exchange student. I pointed out that I was from England. The woman in question, in genuine surprise, said, “You mean they speak English in England!” Her friend very quickly changed the subject…

Other people were asked how we celebrate July 4th over here. Oh, and a Spanish exchange student I knew was asked if they had trees where he came from.

I suspect your knowledge of the world is better than that!

Right, I’m off for some steak-and-kidney pie and a deep-fried chocolate bar with Ron and Hermione…

Cheers,

Edmund.

PS Thanks for the link!

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