Everybody does this kind of thing to some extent. I still find the occasional person who believes that everyone from Texas rides a horse, wears a cowboy hat, and wears a six-shooter strapped to their thigh like in the old west.
In highschool went to a national convention and the Georgia delegation seriously got asked by people from wisconsin if we had indoor plumbing.
I don’t have much of accent but my friends and I quickly discovered that if we played up the quicktalking redneck drawl (think nascar crew chief) they wouldn’t be able to understand us as we made fun of them.
I lol’d, even though I’m American (FUCK YEA!).
Oh it happens.
it doesn’t happen? well if fucking well should…
Yeah it happens, YA GOT THE FUCKING PHOTO RIGHT THAR!!!
So that is how the Australian Mail Service works, I have always wondered.
Well, that just killed off any desire I had to visit Australia.
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If it did we’d all be in Australia by now.
PS: Don’t feel bad Australia. They don’t know much about Canada either and we’re right above them on the same land mass.
What, you say, mounties don’t ride sheep and your the top of your head doesn’t separate when you talk? You’re KIDDING!
Everybody does this kind of thing to some extent. I still find the occasional person who believes that everyone from Texas rides a horse, wears a cowboy hat, and wears a six-shooter strapped to their thigh like in the old west.
i’d hit it, real hard.
Wow, because the one time I visited Australia, they kept asking me if I knew anyone from the OC, or any movie stars.
Yeah. No.
In highschool went to a national convention and the Georgia delegation seriously got asked by people from wisconsin if we had indoor plumbing.
I don’t have much of accent but my friends and I quickly discovered that if we played up the quicktalking redneck drawl (think nascar crew chief) they wouldn’t be able to understand us as we made fun of them.
The probably meant ‘Outside of Atlanta’, Darthmalt.
Aww, dammit! Now I’m going to have to sell my tickets to Australia!
Single American man seeks single Aussie woman.