Top 10 stupid questions Foreigners ask about your Nationality?
Not to rag on forgeiners. I just saw a similar skit but pertaining to British people and it was by Ricky Gervais. The humour in it inspired me to write about my own nationality. Please share.
My top 10 are:
10) What time is it in Canada?
9) Why do you have our Queen on your money? (British asker)
Why don’t you speak French?
7) You guys have cowboys? (asked by a person who lived in a Montana town literally 5 mins from the border).
6) Do Canadians have their own currency?
5) (Rhetorical told by a European) "I can’t visit you in Calgary because I have an annoying aunt in Toronto and she would be terribly upset I went to Canada and didn’t visit"
4) Do you guys have Wal-marts and McDonald’s up there?
3) Have you ever heard of football?
2) Do you know my Canadian friend?
1) Do you guys celebrate Easter? (Yes, this was actually asked)
@ Lakota Dream
I can sympathize with that. I was born and raised bordering a Siksika blackfoot reserve in Alberta…. it is disgusting how misinformed people are about Native people…. or even how ingorant they are about how diverse each Native nationality is.
@ Handyman
Actually over half of these questions were asked by non-Americans. I mean.. by no means am I insinuating there aren’t any ignorant Canadians out there. Most Americans I’ve met have been nice and reasonable…. actually if you took away the border between Montana and Alberta I don’t think you’d realize you’ve left one place and entered another.
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1. Do you still live in tipis
2. What kind of clothes do you wear
3. Do you have a chief
4. Is weed legal
5. Is the peace pipe used for getting high
6. Do you need permission to go off the reservation
7. Are there still full blooded Natives left
8. Does the govt pay for everything
9. Do you want your land back
10. Do all Natives have casinos and are you rich cause of that money
Amazingly most people that ask aren’t foreigners. I hate that they can teach kids in school about other cultures and nationalities in other countries but not about the Natives that live right here in the US. Why are people still so clueless about Natives??
here are mine:
what part of mexico are you from
is it true that canadians live in igloo
why do canadians say eh
do you speak spanish
what kind of tacos do you like
why do latinos wear sombreros
do you guys ride horses
Do you guys have sky scraper
how many bulls have you fought
is your leader a dictator.
I’m american, but number 2 was really funny
Those are really silly questions. If only Americans knew how much they have in common with our friendly neighbors to the North. I’m embarrassed by my countrymen that asked these questions. And, yes, we have Tim Horton’s here, at least in Michigan we do. The coffee is excellent.
Sorry guys but all of these were from Americans.
I’m from Ireland
10: Do you have cliffs in Ireland?
9: Does Ireland have beachs?
8: Is drink driving a crime in Ireland?
7: Do people go to school in Ireland?
6: Do you know any leprechauns?
5: Have you ever seen a car?
4: Do you know Bono?
3: What day is Christmas over there?
2: Is that in England?
1: Is that in the Middle East?
Most of the same as you, but also everything with "Eh" or "aboot" - I’ve never, ever, not once in my lifetime heard another Canadian say aboot unless he/she was talking about footwear.
Let’s see, the elderly couple who wouldn’t leave their guns behind at the border for fear of the polar bears in Winnipeg…the only ones in this city would be in the zoo or on bottles of Lab lite…
Oh, here’s a good one…"have you guys heard of the Rolling Stones up there?" or something an American contact asked me last month:
"How do you guys celebrate Martin Luther King Day?"
Being French-Canadian, I’m often asked if I have family in France or if I’ll be moving back there.
My ancestors got here 400 years ago.