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I held a study in high school. Ten out of fifteen American students couldn't draw an accurate outline of canada.

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(I helped save b3ta! Digeridude Lord Wellington's Beef Trapeze, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 0:02, archived)
# depends on the accuracy i suppose.
(I helped save b3ta! MrA, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 0:04, archived)
# They didn't even know where it began and ended.
Actually, not one of the fifteen people drew canada as being larger than the US.
(I helped save b3ta! Digeridude Lord Wellington's Beef Trapeze, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 0:05, archived)
# Which fifteen people? Where?
(I helped save b3ta! IndieSinger watch my Mentos thing - http://tinyurl.com/6au8jl, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 0:07, archived)
# Classmates of mine in high school.

Ranked as one of the best high schools in America, apparently. Though I beg to differ.
(I helped save b3ta! Digeridude Lord Wellington's Beef Trapeze, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 0:09, archived)
# I'd be surprised if anyone could
apart from the occasional person with obsessive compulsive disorder.
(0800221155 Coldseal windows, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 0:05, archived)
# 'ning you
(I helped save b3ta! mr horrible up yours, dickface, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 0:05, archived)
# Well I reckon your average British person knows the shape
of France, it's like a dented pentagon.
(I helped save b3ta! Cadmus has teh uplikn coeds at, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 0:06, archived)
# Hexagon.
Hence its name, l'Hexagone.
(I helped save b3ta! IndieSinger watch my Mentos thing - http://tinyurl.com/6au8jl, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 0:07, archived)
# which is why
les français call mainland france "l'hexagone"
/snide

/edit: not "le hexagon" but "l'hexagone" bugger and proof positive
(I helped save b3ta! thirsty a rare visitor these days, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 0:09, archived)
# Is the West coast counted as two sides?
I make it one then dent it
/shrug

EDIT: Ninja, also, cough medicine can be fun
(I helped save b3ta! Cadmus has teh uplikn coeds at, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 0:11, archived)
# East coast?!
(I helped save b3ta! IndieSinger watch my Mentos thing - http://tinyurl.com/6au8jl, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 0:12, archived)
# the bit next to lake geneva ...
(I helped save b3ta! deodar ant trois minutes douche compris, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 0:14, archived)
# haha
someone's moved germany again
(I helped save b3ta! Strawberry Dragon, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 0:14, archived)
# It's technically known...
as a Dentagon. So there.
(I helped save b3ta! dingochutney *parp*, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 0:13, archived)
# Don't think I could either
and I have a degree in geography.
(I helped save b3ta! polio, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 0:07, archived)
# You can colour in?!

;¬)
(I helped save b3ta! IndieSinger watch my Mentos thing - http://tinyurl.com/6au8jl, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 0:09, archived)
# Haha
everyone used to say that! Did a masters in computing science after to make up for it!
(I helped save b3ta! polio, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 0:11, archived)
# Good on you.
Very lucrative!
(I helped save b3ta! IndieSinger watch my Mentos thing - http://tinyurl.com/6au8jl, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 0:13, archived)
# Here's a mountain scene
I just made
Free Image Hosting at www.ImageShack.us
Will finish it off later
(I helped save b3ta! polio, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 0:32, archived)
# Ignorance about Canadian geography
isn't limited to Americans.

I met a Canadian graduate student (from Ontario) who didn't know the difference between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

Kind of like a Londoner mixing up Wales and Scotland. And they always shrug and say more or less, "Sorry, but who cares? Nobody important lives there."

But this was during her thesis defense.

Last week.

(cox2inhibitor, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 1:19, archived)