NORTH of the Border
Being the good little boy that I was, I grew up in New Mexico. I can't count how many times I'd had to fix a phone bill because I called another U.S. state and was charged international rates. Or, when ordering some crap item from the back of a comic book I was told that they didn't ship internationally. Or, when I was away from home, trying to mail dear mom and was told I'd need an international stamp on my letter.

Add that to the comments, usually from people from the States (and sometimes from a visiting English-type-person) like, "You're from New Mexico? Gee, you speak good English!", or "I know a little Spanish - oh-luh" or "Did you have to get a visa to come to [Colorado, California, or some other loser state]?" A local magazine used to have a column "One of our 50 is Missing" to which people could send news articles in which the reporter thought New Mexico was not in the U.S.

Amazingly, I still get such brilliance, though I've learned to deal with it with a smile.

I do get annoyed by the people who say, "Santa Fe is soooo cool. I could feel the new age cosmic vibrations there." Idiotas!
( BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Fri 19 Mar 2010, 21:08, 5 replies)

Erm shit

(mpaz52, Fri 19 Mar 2010, 22:03, closed)

I blame the schools
New Mexico is where are 51 is right? And where they did the Manhattan Project... how much things should people know?
( Sextant goes to him is emotionally erect, on this day, Sat 20 Mar 2010, 3:24, closed)

Huh? Spit it out man!!! And try to use proper English!!!
You, the goat man, or "chupacabra" are more accurately label "chupa la verga"
( BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Mon 22 Mar 2010, 15:49, closed)

You think you have a problem?
We have a country to the south of us that has a spectacular ignorance of the rest of the world. Not everybody, of course, but enough to be frightening. Check: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talking_to_Americans

Not all that many years ago (30ish), some band students from my school were billeted out to locals in Minot, ND which was holding its annual band festival. They were treated to instructions on how to use flush toilets and electric lighting. Minot is some 100 miles south of Canada!!! WTF??? The kids were extremely polite and asked the people to repeat the instructions so that they wouldn't get it wrong.
(mrbuddhafreak, Sat 20 Mar 2010, 6:39, closed)

Oh brother, another Canadian who feels, errm, small...
I liked the years I lived there, but noticed that western Canada hates the east, the anglos hate the Francos, and you have beet salad and fish kissing in Newfoundland. But, on the plus side, you do have the Potato Festival in Grand Falls, so you can't be all that bad.
( BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Mon 22 Mar 2010, 15:52, closed)