Today, some people in my class here in New Zealand found out that I'm from Canada, then spent the rest of the period asking if I had a pet moose and whether or not I lived in an igloo. They were completely genuine questions. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I heard two of my students having a conversation. One asked what state Arizona was in, and the other replied Canada. I teach sixth grade social studies and they weren't joking. FML
Today, while teaching my history class, a girl asked me where North America was. She lives in North America. FML
Today, it was my first day at school in the United States. Being from France, my French accent is really strong. After being made fun of all day, I met someone from Montreal. I was so excited and said, "Parlez-vous Français?" And his response? "HUH?!" FML
Today, I actually had to explain to two of my friends that neither Alaska nor Nebraska are in Canada. I think I need new friends. FML
Today, I moved into my university dorm a week before classes start. Everyone kept giving me weird looks as they watched me move my stuff in. Finally, one of my dorm mates asked me if I knew that school had actually started last week. I didn't. FML
Today, I've been living in Canada for past two years, and my friend from the States came to visit. He was talking about how Canadians are so polite, but I was in total denial, that he didn't know anything. While I was arguing with him, a guy in front of us walked into a pole, then apologized to it. FML
Today, we were taking a bio quiz and I understood the subject, so the people sitting behind me asked me to help them out. Being a kind fellow classmate, I did. When the teacher got suspicious, she asked the class, "How are all of you getting the same answers?" everyone pointed directly at me. FML
Today, my grandson asked how old I am and whether I'd seen Mammoths "for real" when I was a kid. FML
Today, a classmate found out I have a boyfriend. He said, "Really? YOU??" FML
Today, my teacher, who's Irish, called me insensitive and stupid for imitating her accent. I'm Filipino and my parents immigrated to Ireland where I was born, and then we moved to Canada when I was 14. Her response to my explanation? "Bullshit." FML
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RickySleeves 20
Did you apologize?
emeraldarcher74 30
Well... Do you?
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Phantomsnake 10
I was in Nova Scotia once, it was more than that..
thatsjustgreat1 16
Nova Scotia is practically the UK
ThrottleJockey 36
Tell them that you don't know what they're talking aboot.
babygo88 11
So it's not just Americans who ask those questions
potatostarsforus 12
Same, but I was in Alaska. "Did you live in an igloo? Have pet penguins/polar bear? Did you ever ride a moose? Do you know what internet/computers are? Did you have power?" It hurts the level that people dropped to. They were genuine too.
Chilupa 28
I told someone once that I lived in a solar powered igloo. They thought I was serious.
horneyhic 15
Ask them where mount doom is
Bekll 31
I'm Swiss and since I moved to the US as a kid people kept asking me if I spoke Swedish.
VonBlitzkrieg 27
Es tut mir leid. Wir sind nicht alles totale Idioten. Du musst es weißt jetzt.
73012211 17
Being from Texas, I get genuinely asked all the time if I ride a horse to school, own multiple cowboy hats, know how to use a lasso (and have I used one?). For the record, I live in a suburb, very normal. (I do own boots and a hat, but that's not relevant)
TMWhisp 22
Actually, we ride polar bears more so than moose. How else are we suppose to get our poutine on our way to the hockey game on time, eh?
kingdomgirl94 29
As a Canadian I can confirm that I live in an igloo. However, I opted for the Beaver rather than the Moose because the Moose kept breaking my roof and walls when he stood up.
samwilliams800 28
And here I thought us Americans were clueless.
lambda_fml 40
Oh you are, just not the only ones apparently.