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
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, my best friend called me a moron for disputing her belief that Canada is in South America. FML
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, I had to explain to my grandfather that Canadians aren't evil by reminding him that he's Canadian. FML
Today, while teaching my history class, a girl asked me where North America was. She lives in North America. FML
Today, I had to explain to a coworker that even though, yes, I’m Polish and, yes, my family’s from Poland, that, no, we’re not from The North Pole. We’re not from Antarctica either. 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, 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
Today, my teenage daughter tried to convince me that the UK is a part of Canada. After I pulled out a map to prove her wrong, she got all angry and defensive, and said that nobody's perfect at "geometry". My daughter is an idiot. FML
Today, I was meeting up with a friend in a town. He said he was at the restaurant we were going to meet at; I was too. Turns out I was in the wrong town. FML
Today, here in Canada, my father-in-law talked to me about how people who are "not Canadians" are destroying the country. He called me an "import" several times within the course of an hour. I've been a citizen for over twenty years. FML
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Top comments
DocBastard 40
No no no! Alaska is in the middle of the Pacific Ocean next to Hawaii. It's on all the maps. Everyone knows that.
Poppy8127 15
At least you have friends.
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Comments (107)
hryffff 11
Lol, maybe it was just some stupid thinking? I wouldn't get new friends over it though.
RoseBlack123 37
I guess now you know what to give them for their birthdays... maps!
LithFlavored 10
Sadly it's not just your friends these days
Guardian88 21
Alaska i can understand but nebraska?!??? NEBRASKA......seriously?!?
webbface 25
Maybe they thought this because Nebraska is also very cold like Alaska haha.
Red24601Black 6
Except when its 100 degrees in the summer. I wish it was cold all the time! That sounds like heaven.
arroberts 10
Your friends are probably just very patriotic Americans. Because who gives a shit about the geography of Canada and its surrounding areas? Not them.
TheDrifter 24
Wait, Nebraska borders Canada now? I gotta update my map.
webbface 25
Well now we know she is a patriotic american. I guess it takes one to know one.
VeganVampyre 27
16- did you mean, "who gives a shit about the geography of anywhere that isn't America?" And flaw #2 in your statement: guess which country is directly attached to Canada? That's right, America! So if you don't care about the areas surrounding Canada... that includes your own country.
ty7in_topic 31
I know how you feel OP. My friend thinks that Canada, Washington D.C., and Puerto Rico are states. I'm surprised that our education let's people that don't even know our states pass.
Enslaved 38
I once had a customer jokingly ask if my job takes food stamps to pay his bar tab? I joked back and said "No, but we do accept Puerto Rican money." Dude had no clue what I was talking about. :P
perdix 31
Dumb friends can be useful when you go out on the town. You can be the "smart one" of the gang! Girls go for that :)
CorpsmanUp88 21
canada is pretty big state.
Pyro_Wolf 17
Maybe they just got confused with all the A's? Canada Alaska Nebraska
LilFlutter 10
In Canada, it's, "Eh?" ;-)
TheRealPitBoss 17
Nah just give them a map..its better to laugh with friends then cry with none!