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Ronin Bot Level: 20  Posts: 49/267 EXP: 37090 For next: 5349 Since: 08-22-05 Since last post: 10 days Last activity: 4 days |
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| Damn, someone already did Washington. I'll try to expand I guess  -It rains almost every day False, in summer it's almost never rainy. - Because it's close to Oregon (portland specifically, although I dont want more steriotypes about PORTLAND) there's a lot of meth addicts. Also false, At least from what the news says. But yeah, there actually is a lot of meth just across the Columbian River. That's all I can really say about Washington, since I have no idea what anyone else really thinks about it. |
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Snika Boo Level: 44  Posts: 462/916 EXP: 600678 For next: 10607 Since: 07-21-04 From: Freezing Cold Alaska! Since last post: 2 days Last activity: 2 days |
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| Ahh, yes. Lets clear up some things about Alaska: Things that are true: -We live in houses, not igloos. -We are a part of the USA. -We are a state, not a territory. -It only snows in the winter and late fall. -In the more rural cities, people drink Listerine Mouth Wash for a cheap shot of alcohol. -Not all cities are villages. Things that aren't true: -We do not live in igloos. -We do not harvest wale to feed our village (except for people who live way up north.) -We live in cities, not villages. -We are not all eskimos. Hope that helped! (edited by Snika on 08-24-05 10:31 PM) (edited by Snika on 08-24-05 10:31 PM) |
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Kitten Yiffer Purple wand Furry moderator Vivent l'exp����¯�¿�½������©rience de signalisation d'amusement, ou bien ! Level: 135 Posts: 10826/11162 EXP: 28824106 For next: 510899 Since: 03-15-04 From: Sweden Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 4 min. |
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Originally posted by Kasumi-AstraIt's famous for bad food in Sweden aswell.  ...even if it isn't that true.  There are americans who think that there are ice bears in Göteborg (it might be called Gothenburg on a few maps), yet the climate is more temperate than artic here.  Even far north there is no ice bears. There is a few Lynx's thought...It's also an common prejudice that people who live in Skåne (Scania) are slow. But that's not true, even if our dialect happen to suggest it. And my dialect is not Skånska but it's more like Småländska (Smalandia). |
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||bass Programmer Admin Level: 44  Posts: 781/817 EXP: 570813 For next: 40472 Since: 03-15-04 From: Salem, Connecticut Since last post: 26 days Last activity: 11 days |
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Originally posted by LizardKingThat is subjective. People from southern Florida probably WILL find that Norway is just as cold as they imagined. My father is Colombian and I have absoloutly ZERO TOLERANCE for the cold. I would probably bitch and complain nonstop about the cold. I have hot weather in my DNA. I'm the one who was getting annoyed with everyone complaining that it was 110 degrees out when I was in Mexico last July. I didn't think it was so bad. Originally posted by Kasumi-AstraOh god yes. Fish and chips has about 11 skillion calories its SO GOOD. Originally posted by Kasumi-AstraThis isn't so much a regional misconception as a linguistic difference. American English generally defines "pudding" specifically as the sugary milk-based dessert class of foods. |
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FreeDOS Lava Lotus Wannabe-Mod :< Level: 59 Posts: 1565/1657 EXP: 1648646 For next: 24482 Since: 03-15-04 From: Seattle Since last post: 6 hours Last activity: 4 hours |
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| Washington: - Serial killers are born here... well, seeing the history of them, quite a lot are - Uhh... everyone loves fish. Hell no, there's plenty of people in Seattle that hate fish. - We spend too much tax dollars. Well, it's true. |
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Keikonium Banned Level: NAN Posts: 2413/-2459 EXP: NAN For next: 0 Since: 04-02-04 Since last post: 63 days Last activity: 9 hours |
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| Ontario Canada: - We caused the August Blackout last year... = WRONG. It was Ohio or something like that .- You will get SARS or Mad Cow or West Nile... = WRONG. I think like 5 people have got West Nile . Not sure about the other stuff, but its safe.- We live in igloos... = Only in the winter .- We at whale blubber... = Nope .I have had a few americans (from civilized places like Cali and NY) think that we live in igloos, have pet polar bears and penguins, eat blubber, its -50 C all the time, and think we are all eskimos up here . Well, the thing that makes me think they are idiots is that penguins live in Antartica. We dont have any wild ones in Canada.They also think we say EH alot, and think we can all speak fluent french and english . |
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Legion banning people for no reason sure is fun Level: 101  Posts: 5124/5657 EXP: 10399737 For next: 317938 Since: 03-15-04 From: The Crossroads is under attack! Since last post: 5 days Last activity: 5 days |
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| There's not enough server space to even BEGIN listing all the misconceptions about America, so I'll stick to Washington. - There's apple trees there, that's true. But they're not planted every 5 square feet. - Granola eaters. I don't know where this came from, but it's funny. - It's infested with hippies. This probably came from the WTO protest in Seattle years ago, but there aren't any more hippies here than anywhere else in the country really. - It rains a lot. Eh, it does actually, but not every day. |
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Scatterheart Panser Level: 29 Posts: 277/342 EXP: 143409 For next: 4476 Since: 06-06-04 From: Sydney, Australia Since last post: 17 hours Last activity: 4 hours |
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| God! This is gonna take a while... Australia...mate.  "Australia is one huge desert, where the closest store is 1,000 miles away." Go deep into central Australia, and maybe... But no one cares about those guys anyway. "Kangaroos and Koalas are everywhere!" Again... Only in deep Australia.  The only place you can see Koalas and Kangaroos anywhere near Sydney is at the zoo. "OMG! You're Aussie!? (actually pronounced 'Ozzie') I just love that Crocodile Hunter guy!!! AND that kick-ass Crocodile Dundee guy!!!"  SHUT UP!!!!We're nothing like that at all! Our accents aren't nearly as bad as their's. Shit, I wouldn't know the first thing about croc poo...or crocs for that matter.  And maybe about 0.001 percent of Sydnians know how to survive on "bush tuckah!" No one says "Crikey!"  Okay, so we say "G'day!" and "How'zit goin'?"... Saying "Darlin'" just pisses everyone off here nowadays. OMG! And we have broadband, high definition TVs, telephones, cell phones (called "mobiles" here), Nintendo DSes and PSPs. God! We're not that slow! *...Stands still and drools for a moment.  * |
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alte Hexe Star Mario I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night Alive as you and me "But Joe you're ten years dead!" "I never died" said he "I never died!" said he Level: 99  Posts: 5181/5458 EXP: 9854489 For next: 145511 Since: 03-15-04 From: ... Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| On Canada: We're a socialist wonderland -I wish we were, but in fact its not true We're all lumberjacks -Only 4 people in my extended family are We're all growers of marijuana -Only 2 members of my family are We have a small and weak military -A staggering amount of my family makes up that military. And remember it's not the size the counts, it's what you do with it. We all live in igloos -Rarely true, although I make them around January to eat soup in. But don't you have Eskimos!? -No, we don't. They're called Inuits. People that use the term "Eskimo" is either a hick or a racist. I heard that your Indians live like kings! -I don't know too much about the Indian community here. They make good curry in Toronto, though...And I've noticed that the Sikh population are very active politically. I wasn't talking about that kind of Indian! -There isn't any other kind. I heard that Toronto is a killing field of gun violence! -Not really. There have been 40 murders since the beginning of the year. Chicago and other cities that have a population of ~3 million have FAR higher murder rates. Okay, I'll call them People of First Nations...Aren't they spoiled? -No. My cousin Barbara lives on a Reserve. She's seen her sister become addicted to heroine, her three closest friends kill themselves and can't buy food on Reserve anymore. In fact, the UN has asked the Canadian government to improve the horrid conditions that are often called the 3rd world in the 1st world. Is it true that CBC stands for Communist Broadcasting Company? -Stop listening to Ann Coulter or Bill O'Reilly when they talk about Canada...Or anything really. Why are your women so sexy? -Because we put sexiness in the water. |
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Kasumi-Astra Administrator Level: 62  Posts: 1772/1867 EXP: 1971846 For next: 12840 Since: 03-15-04 From: Reading, UK Uni: Sheffield, UK Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 12 hours |
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Originally posted by Kasumi-AstraOh god yes. Fish and chips has about 11 skillion calories its SO GOOD. Originally posted by Kasumi-AstraThis isn't so much a regional misconception as a linguistic difference. American English generally defines "pudding" specifically as the sugary milk-based dessert class of foods. Actually, when prepared properly, Fish and Chips is actually relatively healthy. Fish in any food makes for a good diet, anyway. As for the Yorkshire Pudding, well you'd be right in saying that pudding means the same thing here. The name comes from tradition, where Yorkshire Pudding originated from harder and poorer times. It's basically made up from leftovers and called that to make it seem less like a substitute for more expensive food. These kind of stories fascinate me. It's interesting to find out exactly where all the food we eat today comes from, and why it became popular in the first place. In that case, British food easily makes a claim as some of the most richest and most interesting food in the world. |
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alte Hexe Star Mario I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night Alive as you and me "But Joe you're ten years dead!" "I never died" said he "I never died!" said he Level: 99 Posts: 5185/5458 EXP: 9854489 For next: 145511 Since: 03-15-04 From: ... Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| Yeah. Basically, rather than using a pound and a bit of flour and then tossing it into beer batter you use a light wine and crumb batter and bake it The chips will always be bad for you Unless baked in a very virgin olive oil. |
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RT-55J Ninji Level: 23  Posts: 195/240 EXP: 65287 For next: 2436 Since: 12-29-04 Since last post: 9 hours Last activity: 9 hours |
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| I'm not Australian, but these make me roffle. One, and two. |
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PumpkinPie Boo! I'll scare your dad!  Big Boo Pretend Moderator All hail the Pumpkin King! Level: 47  Posts: 989/1158 EXP: 718208 For next: 47995 Since: 12-05-04 From: Halloween Town Treats: Many Tricks: Oh yes Since last post: 2 days Last activity: 8 hours |
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| I don't think people in Alaska or Canada live in igloos... wouldn't it by longhouses? j/k |
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Bella Ludwig Von Koopa You're Gonna Love Me Level: 76  Posts: 1891/2962 EXP: 3891483 For next: 114577 Since: 03-29-04 From: Groovy Way Since last post: 8 min. Last activity: 6 min. |
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| I used to know this guy who lived in Alaska..we asked him if he lived in igloos.. I remember him saying that..in the coldest months in Cali he didn't wear any jackets..at all..I was like  ..but then I'm a wuss to cold weather. He wore a jacket once I think because of rain. |
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Koneko Flurry Level: 21  Posts: 118/256 EXP: 49237 For next: 706 Since: 06-11-05 From: Tartarus, tartarus, tartarus Since last post: 9 hours Last activity: 8 hours |
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| Tartarus: It doesn't really take nine days and nine nights for a bronze anvil to fall here from Earth. We tried an experiment, and it got here in just over 56 hours, 23 minutes. So take that. It's not nearly as dank and gloomy here as you might have heard anymore, but we keep a visitor's center open with hecatoncheires, bronze gates, and the like, just for the look of the thing. Seriously, we have electric lights and the Internet too, we're not really all that backwater. On the other hand, it is a bit crowded here. The Titans take up quite a bit of room, and of course, no one who comes here ever leaves, so we have a big housing problem most of the time. And everyone seems to think this place is some kind of... Hell or something. Seriously, Rhadymanthus is a kinder judge these days, and hardly ever does anyone actually do anything to get punished for anyway. However, we are kind of traditionalists, so once a year we have a competition to see how fast people can roll rocks up hills, then let them tumble down again. It's a great event, and we usually have fireworks afterwards. All in all, it's a great place to live, and I don't really mind being damned here for eternity. Come visit sometime! |
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alte Hexe Star Mario I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night Alive as you and me "But Joe you're ten years dead!" "I never died" said he "I never died!" said he Level: 99 Posts: 5188/5458 EXP: 9854489 For next: 145511 Since: 03-15-04 From: ... Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| Ah, I'm happy with my cottage on the banks of Acheron. | |||
Cruel Justice XD Level: 55  Posts: 1161/1384 EXP: 1253266 For next: 60923 Since: 03-20-04 From: Darkwoods Penetentiary Since last post: 11 hours Last activity: 7 hours |
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| 1.) Only queers and steers live in Texas 2.) Texas is all desert 3.) It never snows in Texas 4.) San Antonio is the fattest place in America 5.) Everyone living in Texas wears cowboy hats |
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Prier Archangel Administrative Priestess. NUCLEAR SUB WEEEOOOO Level: 119  Posts: 7474/8392 EXP: 18790939 For next: 138352 Since: 03-15-04 From: Nerima Dist. - Tokyo, Japan Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 1 day |
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| Big one. Big big big one: Illinois PRONOUNCE IT LIKE THIS: ILL IN OI NO SSSSSSSSSSSS You say 'S', I guarantee you there will be a bunch of people on your ass for it. |
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Danielle Local Moderator  Level: 76  Posts: 1919/3359 EXP: 3958078 For next: 47982 Since: 09-15-04 From: RATE Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 3 hours |
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| Pff, I've known that since elementary school. Who still pronounces it wrong? It's like spelling Mississippi.. you just remember. |
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Prier Archangel Administrative Priestess. NUCLEAR SUB WEEEOOOO Level: 119 Posts: 7478/8392 EXP: 18790939 For next: 138352 Since: 03-15-04 From: Nerima Dist. - Tokyo, Japan Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 1 day |
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Originally posted by Danielle Too many people. Trust me. |
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