dumb things people say

[Andre]

Well... sorry to all break your bubble but I met the dumbest people in Europe, once... she used to be a flatmate, shocking:

The girl made 3 years of philosophy, so by then, you're more or less supposed to know a few very basic things, like to know that Emmanuel Kant is German... she thought he was french.. which is widely unacceptable in the circumstances. So after we exchange for like 20 minutes and that her general knowledge is staggering me by the depth of its pit, half joking and in total despair I pulled out a Geography card to color from my bag and I stuck it on the table (note, all the name of the countries were indicated but not the ones of the continents)

ME:" Ok Catherine, now you have to show me where is Asia"

Catherine: ........

ME: Catherine! Show me where is Asia RIGHT NOW

Catherine: ..... Well... China is in Asia, isn't it?

Me: ...... *gazing silently at her*

Catherine: Well... I am not sure, maybe not, well Matt, we cannot all have your general knowledge.

ME: Look.... close your eyes, put your finger anywhere on the map randomly, if we exclude the seas, you have one chance out of two to tumble over it.

No... Asia was a mystery...

Yeah ok, but she was an evil root right?

[Andre]

My mates teen age daughter was listening to us talking about having kippers for breakfast and the nice taste of smoked fish.
She pipes up and says so where do they catch smoked fish?

I would of said in a stream during bushfire season but she had already stormed off to her room when Alan laughed out loud .

[Nameless]

Well... sorry to all break your bubble but I met the dumbest people in Europe, once... she used to be a flatmate, shocking:

The girl made 3 years of philosophy, so by then, you're more or less supposed to know a few very basic things, like to know that Emmanuel Kant is German... she thought he was french.. which is widely unacceptable in the circumstances. So after we exchange for like 20 minutes and that her general knowledge is staggering me by the depth of its pit, half joking and in total despair I pulled out a Geography card to color from my bag and I stuck it on the table (note, all the name of the countries were indicated but not the ones of the continents)

ME:" Ok Catherine, now you have to show me where is Asia"

Catherine: ........

ME: Catherine! Show me where is Asia RIGHT NOW

Catherine: ..... Well... China is in Asia, isn't it?

Me: ...... *gazing silently at her*

Catherine: Well... I am not sure, maybe not, well Matt, we cannot all have your general knowledge.

ME: Look.... close your eyes, put your finger anywhere on the map randomly, if we exclude the seas, you have one chance out of two to tumble over it.

No... Asia was a mystery...

Yeah ok, but she was an evil root right?

Just dumb and on the ugly side. I feel a bit sorry for her.

[Gandalf]

People out here are full of the most ridiculous stereotypes and ideas they pick up from the god awful school textbooks.

"Oh, you are from England. I hear Englishman is gentleman". I'm thinking go there and see if you have the same opinion.

"Foreign people cannot eat spicy food". I'm thinking let's eat a vindaloo and see who's the last one standing.

"Teacher I hate Japan monkey people". I'm thinking "shit if Europe can get over modern Germany for the Nazis why are Korean schools still perpetuating the evil Japan crap?"

"Korea has four seasons". I'm thinking....yep, and so do most countries in the world. Actually Korea only has two noticeable seasons...summer and winter...but they like to think they are distinct and have four seasons.

"Park Ji Sung is Manchester United number one". I'm thinking oh, fuck off now and leave me alone.

"Teacher fan death real. Why you no believe Korea doctor". I'm thinking. Stop, please stop! I can't take this anymore.

There's probably loads more, but I can't think right now.

[CFH]

People out here are full of the most ridiculous stereotypes and ideas they pick up from the god awful school textbooks.

"Oh, you are from England. I hear Englishman is gentleman". I'm thinking go there and see if you have the same opinion.

"Foreign people cannot eat spicy food". I'm thinking let's eat a vindaloo and see who's the last one standing.

"Teacher I hate Japan monkey people". I'm thinking "shit if Europe can get over modern Germany for the Nazis why are Korean schools still perpetuating the evil Japan crap?"

"Korea has four seasons". I'm thinking....yep, and so do most countries in the world. Actually Korea only has two noticeable seasons...summer and winter...but they like to think they are distinct and have four seasons.

"Park Ji Sung is Manchester United number one". I'm thinking oh, fuck off now and leave me alone.

"Teacher fan death real. Why you no believe Korea doctor". I'm thinking. Stop, please stop! I can't take this anymore.

There's probably loads more, but I can't think right now.

Ok, I'm sure you've had enough of my fan-death questions, but do they believe that it can only kill you while you sleep?

[Gandalf]

People out here are full of the most ridiculous stereotypes and ideas they pick up from the god awful school textbooks.

"Oh, you are from England. I hear Englishman is gentleman". I'm thinking go there and see if you have the same opinion.

"Foreign people cannot eat spicy food". I'm thinking let's eat a vindaloo and see who's the last one standing.

"Teacher I hate Japan monkey people". I'm thinking "shit if Europe can get over modern Germany for the Nazis why are Korean schools still perpetuating the evil Japan crap?"

"Korea has four seasons". I'm thinking....yep, and so do most countries in the world. Actually Korea only has two noticeable seasons...summer and winter...but they like to think they are distinct and have four seasons.

"Park Ji Sung is Manchester United number one". I'm thinking oh, fuck off now and leave me alone.

"Teacher fan death real. Why you no believe Korea doctor". I'm thinking. Stop, please stop! I can't take this anymore.

There's probably loads more, but I can't think right now.

Ok, I'm sure you've had enough of my fan-death questions, but do they believe that it can only kill you while you sleep?

From what I can gather it is only when sleeping. There was less of it in the newspapers this year. I only heard of about 3 reported cases over the summer.

It's one of the charms of Korea, having young people come up to you and earnestly preach the dangers of the killer fan. It's hilarious, it really is. And no matter how you try to explain that there is no logic to what they are saying they still don't believe you because you are the foreigner and what their parents are saying must be true. It's nuts, I tell you!

One of the kids was telling me about how his teacher dislikes Japan a few weeks ago. This teacher was actually explaining how he would like a great tsunami to wash over Japan and take it beneath the oceans never to be seen again. The student had to tell me this through diagrams and broken English, but got his point across very well. But that teacher was pretty dumb telling his young learners that. It's just not right. There is a serious little man complex running through this country.