Funny concepts that people have.......

[MrMrsKnight 0]

I went to England with my grandma one time and she was like "Awww look at those little kids.... they all speaking english..... so cute! So little and already speaking english...." LOL You know.... our native language is Portuguese and she thinks that even when someone is from another country, it's really harder for them to learn speaking their own laguage!

I have an american friend (I met her thought Dave) and she told me once "Why is your government so mean??? They won't let you come here......"

Another american girl that I know asked if Dave could see the Equador line when he flew over there! LOL

I'll think of some more stories to tell and I'll post them here.....

[Velvettt 0]

Best one so far: "Canada... that's a county in north Texas, isn't it?"

Worst one and it's from BOTH COUNTRIES, so it's not just the Americans: "Why aren't you a citizen if you married an American?"

Of course, that's the second part of the original dumbass questions from our K-1 days: "Why can't you just go live there?"

And heard most often from my fellow canucks: "But you're Canadian!! Those immigration rules don't apply to us!"

Dayummmm, so we went through all that for nothing...

[j&js 0]

James was over for Thanksgiving this year and my grandparents had some funny questions:

Do you celebrate Thanksgiving in Ireland?

and

Do you have turkey in Ireland? followed by When do you eat it?

[kc456 0]

I've been asked the following MANY times:

"You are Russian, do you drink a lot of vodka?"

"You are Russian, you must really like the cold, right?"

[raphael7546 0]

most ones I get are, You must be used to shovelling all that snow since your from Canada. ,,, we hardly ever got snow where I'm from!

Or the other one I've heard is, " Ya mean Canada is a country??? I thought it was part of the states!? GEEZ !! Don't they teach Geography in schools in the USA?

[Melo 1]

Well I have not been to the USA (yet) but have met a fair number of them apart form my Gypsy... well again at a party I met an American who said "wow you speak English" - so I retorted "wow so do you"

[CarolineM 0]

You know that is SO true.

EVERY SINGLE TIME I tell someone I married an Australian and he's not here yet....they say, "But if you're married, he's automatically a citizen right?"

How DOES That myth get perpetuated? The majority of people around here seriously can't understand why my husband can't just come over here right now - for good.

HAAHAHA - give them a day on THIS website! Their heads will spin,

[BlueEyesInTexas 0]

Or the other one I've heard is, " Ya mean Canada is a country??? I thought it was part of the states!? GEEZ !! Don't they teach Geography in schools in the USA?

When Adam & I firstmarried, we went to Ontario and spent the summer with his family. My kids & I had just moved back to Texas from Alaska the previous April. While sitting out at the pool with many of his family members shortly after getting there the talk turned to Alaska. Several of them tried telling me that Alaska belongs to Canada

While living in Alaska we were asked many time by people if we lived in igloos, traveled by dog sled, if we had malls, how we live with being so far away from civilazation (population is actually over 250,000 in Anchorage and ranked 141, so it's far from one of the smallest places in the US. LOL)

Living in Texas we are always asked about traveling by horseback, if we plan to get paved roads instead of the dirt trails anytime soon and oh yes, the tumbleweed that floats accross the dirt roads. LOL

[Toledospod 0]

I love this thread, it is soooo funny!!!! Keep those wacky stories coming!!

[pink_cloud 0]

Sorry guys but it DOESN'T make sense that you can be married to someone and yet have to wait up to a year before they can move to you. I can completely understand how other people might be shocked at that and not understand it. I don't think it's a stupid question to ask...logically you would think that if you are married to someone they can come and live with you.

Alas....if only it was that simple!!