ignorance
10 years ago on my travels to NZ I stopped in L.A. for a couple of nights. At the time I was with my ex who is a Kiwi. We were minding our own business when two fat Americans asked where we were from, to which I replied London and my ex replied New Zealand. To my astonishment, one of them said "Oh yeah, we know where you mean, England is there (pointing upwards) and NZ is just below (pointing downwards)". To top it all off they asked why my accent was so different to my ex's!!!!! Bloody ignorance of the world around us and other cultures drives me mad!!
( lafleur likes cheese, Wed 7 May 2008, 14:26, Reply)