represent your country
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I represented my country while playing Crazy Games in Mexico. It was one country against another. Canada didn't win however we did place a respectable 3rd.
And I didn't have to know anything about any other country. Just drink beer, swim like heck and drink more beer.
And I didn't have to know anything about any other country. Just drink beer, swim like heck and drink more beer.
90% correct. Go Netherlands, go Netherlands! (I even managed to locate the Marshall Islands, without cheating!)
Ahhh, you Europeans are so far ahead of North Americans in both geography and current events, you really are, you put us all to shame!
I have always found, on a personal level, that Europeans keep far more on top of current events than North Americans. Sometimes I am astounded at the depth of their understanding of world events. That big old ocean keeping North America from the rest of the world seems to keep us awfully well insulated from world information.
Not to take away the image you have of Europeans, but I always get the feeling North Americans give us too much credit when it comes to things like these. I honestly believe that the average geographical knowledge of Europeans is the same as the average North American (and this is not out of modesty that I say this).
Well, we could always say we're from the Netherlands, get all the answers wrong, and skew the results.....
Rick van Opbergen said:
Perhaps you are right, I think I've just met too many Americans who think it becomes snowy and cold as soon as you cross the border into Canada, and too many Canadians who have asked, when they discover that our daughter was born in New Mexico, "Oh, whereabouts in Mexico is that?"
And you don't think we have those people here too? :wink: I remember that there used to be a programm on the TV called "De Vakantieman" (The Vacationman). In that programm they always went to a foreign land in search for Dutch tourists. When they had found some Dutch tourists, they always asked them to point out the Netherlands on the map. You really don't want to know how many people could not find their homecountry :roll:Haggis McBagpipe said:Perhaps you are right, I think I've just met too many Americans who think it becomes snowy and cold as soon as you cross the border into Canada, and too many Canadians who have asked, when they discover that our daughter was born in New Mexico, "Oh, whereabouts in Mexico is that?"
!!! Are you serious, Rick? Yeah, I guess you are... but man, you are really killing my exalted view of you Europeans!
Just roll your eyes and say, "D'uh... the new part."Haggis said:...and too many Canadians who have asked, when they discover that our daughter was born in New Mexico, "Oh, whereabouts in Mexico is that?"
It helps to say it with attitude.
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Holy crap, you're really good, Lady C. Now I'm actually looking forward to the next person who asks. Maybe I'll even bait 'em.
LadyC said:Just roll your eyes and say, "D'uh... the new part."Haggis said:...and too many Canadians who have asked, when they discover that our daughter was born in New Mexico, "Oh, whereabouts in Mexico is that?"
It helps to say it with attitude.
Holy crap, you're really good, Lady C. Now I'm actually looking forward to the next person who asks.
Maybe I'll even bait 'em.:lol: I mean: just kidding! :wink: But seriously: we are just normal people, with the same basic knowledge (except we know a lot of Dutch history and geography :wink: )Haggis McBagpipe said:... man, you are really killing my exalted view of you Europeans!
Haha of course. I mean: 90% of the Dutch know the capital of Palau, that's just common knowledge (...) Not in Canada you say? So then what DO they teach you during Geography lessons?!