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Originally Posted by Robin
 We had an old lady come in our restaurant last week. She must have been at least 80. She asked one of our waiters if Germany was in England! Now there's a woman who lived through the 2nd world war and still has no idea about major countries outside the US.
The other one we get is "I have a friend who lives in England, his name is ****, do you know him?" - as if England is like a little village somewhere... |
A long time ago, when my father was station at Ft. Bragg, some woman commented on my mother's "accent" and asked where she was from. Well, Mom was born in Massachusets, then spent most of her adult life in Connecticut, so she just said "New England." The woman said "oh, really? Where is that?" My mother stared at her for a second, then dryly remarked "it's across from France." Which it is, give or take the entire Atlantic Ocean....
Now, I can see not being able to remember exactly which country is next to Lithuania or something...but I can't figure out how people manage to get out of elementary school without being to at least narrow it down to a continent...if not narrow it down even more. Of all the subjects that stump people, Geography seems to be the one that all the idiots out there flunked.