Travel Sick

[Charlie_McSheenie 1]

I hate to be anti american, but i'm watching travel sick and he's in los angeles asking questions about europe to everyday americans:

''What is the capital of Italy''

''I dunno, France?''

''Who is the prime minister of Britain''

''O shoot, Henry?, i'm sorry i dunno''

''What parts of an animal are affected by foot and mouth?''

''(laughs) awww man, i dunno, pork?''

''how do you spell europe?''

''u-r-o-p-e''

lol, it may not sound funny now but on telly its hilarious, i recommend everyone try to catch the los angeles episode of travel sick on bravo (its travel sick weekend). earlier it went through an entire autopsy, truly minging. And of course those questions (it truly is very funny, when you see he's walked up to normal people on the streets asking them such basic questions and getting such dumb answers)

then at the end he has to do a forfeit which is getting his pubes waxed off

it was overall a very funny episode, he gets beaten up by a LA gangsta as well

[Wobble 1]

ahh..yes.. go to a country.. yes go out.. ask lots of people questions, then take the ones that get it wrong.. put them on TV.. and call everyone from that country idiots..

yes.. how clever

[Albert Schweitzer 10]

Ah, corresponding to your comment we would get the following map!

Wobble, dont start exploding again, this is just a funny image, nothing to be taken serious, and not meant to seriously generalise American education

[Charlie_McSheenie 1]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Wobble @ Feb. 11 2002,00:40)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">ahh..yes.. go to a country.. yes go out.. ask lots of people questions, then take the ones that get it wrong.. put them on TV.. and call everyone from that country idiots..

yes..  how clever <span id='postcolor'>

if its any consolation he only asked 5 people, only 3 got questions wrong (he asked one or two a few questions)

[Wobble 1]

wow that hasnt been posted 4 hundred times .. wow haha.. well i guess it belong on every of the 500 anti-US threads we get here everyday.. oh well, consistancy.

if its any consolation he only asked 5 people, only 3 got questions wrong (he asked one or two a few questions)

no, he probably asked 300 people, then took the 3 that gave the funniest answers and put them on TV..

people dont go out to make a show and just ask 5 people.. they ask as many as possable and later decide which to use

[Albert Schweitzer 10]

I have to admit Wobble that when I went to Lake Michigan, where my ount has a holiday house (because she doesnt want to stay in Kenya during the summer, too hot). I was asked by a neighbour if I speak swedish since I came from Switzerland. That is funny somehow, no?

[Charlie_McSheenie 1]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Wobble @ Feb. 11 2002,00:43)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">wow that hasnt been posted 4 hundred times .. wow haha.. well i guess it belong on every of the 500 anti-US threads we get here everyday.. oh well, consistancy.

if its any consolation he only asked 5 people, only 3 got questions wrong (he asked one or two a few questions)

no, he probably asked 300 people, then took the 3 that gave the funniest answers and put them on TV..

people dont go out to make a show and just ask 5 people.. they ask as many as possable and later decide which to use<span id='postcolor'>

you don't understand the program, he has like 2 days to do 5 things by himself. Like on this episode he had to get beaten up by a gang member, perform an autopsy, persuade someone to be gay with him in a toilet, (can't remember what the question one was or what the last one was). if he doesn't acheive them all he does a forfeit (which in this episode was getting his pubes waxed off). Plus you see him standing there and you see the people actually walk up in one continuous film, by the time he's asked five he's completed the challenge (the aim of which i can't remember)

[Wobble 1]

you don't understand the program, he has like 2 days to do 5 things by himself. Like on this episode he had to get beaten up by a gang member, perform an autopsy, persuade someone to be gay with him in a toilet

wow, and you call us stupid?

I have to admit Wobble that when I went to Lake Michigan, where my ount has a holiday house (because she doesnt want to stay in Kenya during the summer, too hot). I was asked by a neighbour if I speak swedish since I came from Switzerland. That is funny somehow, no?

When my family and I went to france when we told someone we were from texas they asked if we had paved roads yet, who is taking care of our horses, what oil company do we work for, why arnt we wearing our hats.. my dad was getting sick of this one guy who was being a little and said yes.. we have paved roads, in fact we have the most elaborate highway system in the US.. you ever hear of NASA?

the later that day my dad asked somebody for directions and they said "in french" that my mother looked like a whore and started laughing.. unfortunaltey (for them) my father was taught deacent french by DU-PONT when he was sent over to work on a startup, he grabbed the one that said it and cussed him up and down.. in french (he still wont tell me what he said) and the other guy ran off and dropped his food.

so based on that I should think all Euros are rude, ignorant assholes with filthy mouthes... but I dont... well placebo is..but.. ok forget it..

the point is "hehe look at the stupid americans" is a bit overdone here.  it would be one thing of shit like this was posted once in a while.. but several fucking times every fucking day is a bit annoying to even the most light hearted..  you wouldent like it if several times a day I posted ever fucking piece of your countrie's dirty laundry, call its politicians fools and its people idiots, talked down about every facet of your socity, your military, your education system, and your way of life... and posted the same stupid fucking picture over and over..etc etc etc..

its rude and ITS GETTING VERY VERY OLD

Im not some anti-euro.. afterall i talk to placebo all the time on ICQ.. yes, he smells funny and his teeth are bad.. but I love him just the way he is

[Charlie_McSheenie 1]

''wow, and you call us stupid?''

We just prefer our comedy to be stupid and slapstick rather than watching a group of posh middle aged people getting massive laughs for saying something like ''Gee, this spagetti really does suck, you know that?''

all these new comedy shows do nothing but stink up sky one, especially that new scrubs show (hottest show in america or something). Although the simpsons, malcolm in the middle and futurama are really funny.

[red oct 2]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Ah, corresponding to your comment we would get the following map!

Wobble, dont start exploding again, this is just a funny image, nothing to be taken serious, and not meant to seriously generalise American education<span id='postcolor'>

bwaaaahahahahahahahahahahahaha i love that map, especialy like the part on africia "no civiliation, people eat each other" how amusing. but of course thats not what are schools teach us............................excepted for maybe hillbilly schools but thats a different story

[Die Alive 0]

Here in America, Howard Stern, a radio DJ, does the same thing, but he asks homeless people, strippers, and mental people questions and see what kind of answers they'll give. I remember some of these that stand out:

Q: Where does mushrooms come from?

Stripper: Uh, I don't know, pork?

Q: Where does paper come from?

Homeless Guy: Paper comes from cardboard.

Q: What's year is it?

Mental Patient: 312

And when any tourist ask for directions when I'm in my home town, I tell them the wrong f'in directions, send them to the worst parts of town, or tell them in their face to "F off." Uckin' tourists, there ought to be a law.

-=Die Alive=-

[KingBeast 0]

Die Alive, I hope you come across a Geordie tourist some day

[Assault (CAN) 1]

I shouldn't even mention this because Wobble is going to explode!

We had a few specials on the CBC entitled, "Talking to Americans" it was hosted by Rick Mercer. It was the most hillarious thing I've ever seen on the CBC.

He would ask people questions, get them to sign petitions, and say statements. And not just any people, Harvard students and school professors, they weren't acting, seriously.

Eg: "Congradulations Canada for 30 years of electricity" or "Congrats Canada for 852 days of consecutive snow" or "Congrats Canada for legalizing staplers"

He would get people to sign petitions on "stopping the Toronto Polar Bear hunt" or "stopping the Saskatchewan Hippopautamus hunt" and stuff like that.

The funniest thing that I saw is when he was asking a woman how many "states" Canada had, her 10 year old son corrected her and said "mommy, doesn't Canada have provinces?"

Good stuff, and Wobble, any intelligent person would not formulate opinions about an entire people from watching one T.V. show. I know I don't, its good for a larf', thats all.

Every village has it's idiot.

Similarly, NBC did a segment later on called "talking to Canadians", I thought it was funny, but it was done in Toronto, everyone is dumb there!,

Sheesh......

Tyler

[KingBeast 0]

Wobble I think with threads like this you shouldnt get so upset, its just harmless fun and it would have been just as funny even if it werent Americans that said the silly stuff.

its hardly anti american flame grilled barbecue stylee now is it?

[Wobble 1]

Good stuff, and Wobble, any intelligent person would not formulate opinions about an entire people from watching one T.V. show

and thats exactly my point.

most people who openly bash the US on this board, have never been here.. all they know comes from.. shit, god knows where (TV show, case in point).. Its hilarious to think that someone would actually think that just because they saw someone from a given country do something stupid, that they would believe that everyone from there was that backwards.. but look around here.. people actually believe that!..

people think that since GWB did know a few political figures names that he is a total moron.. and they fuel this with the "yea, hes from Texas"..

Im from Texas... Im 21 years old.. I have 3 degrees in 2 different fields.. do you think I am an idiot because Im texan? do you think i talk with that souther twang?..etc etc.. now most logical people will read this and say.. "well duh.. just because yer from TX doesent make you a hick..etc etc.. "but there are LOTS of people that think.. "wow.. texan.. big hat, boots, has oil derrek in back yard.. hates "niggers".. etc..

and if you think thats far fetched.. read alot of these fucking anti-US thread.. they are LOADED with very similar "only an american..etc etc..." just chocked full of the same kinda steriotypical bullshit... and I for one am sick of it

I act like as big of ass as anyone here, you KNOW im not some tightwad who takes offence of every single little pissy crack.. but for gods sake the Anti-US/stupid american stuff is just so thick here.. its really annoying.. every day without fail I get on the board and there is AT LEAST one new thread making fun of this country, this military, this policy, this way of living.. and Im just get fucking sick of it.. are you people aware of how many people have actually quit visiting this board just because they got so tired of reading that shit? there have been more than a few... no big theatrical departure.. just quit showing up.. I would imagine if you took a poll of wht country people were from there would not be many US here.. though there once was.

maby us yanks are bone stupid, but we do have feelings, and we do have our pride, and it just kinda gets to you constantly watching people berate and make fun of the place you call home....

there are oftin days when im n a bad mood i dont even bother logging on because I know the first thing Ill see is some shit about how the US is some murderous greedy country, who never does anything for anyone..etc.. etc.. and thats not what bothers me.. hell people actually think that.. i say fuck em but they are entitled to their own opinon.. what bothers me is that it was posted in another thread yesterday.. and in 2 the day before.. etc etc etc.. there is only so much people can take.. there comes a point it goes from being a quaint joke or opinion to something completely fucking rude and annoying.

as for "Harvard students and school professors"

harvard is a Law school, I.E. lots of "knowledge" but not necessarily commin sense.. I once knoew a guy who was very very "smart" but would flush his own ass down the toilet if it were possable.. most backwards person in the world... I sold him my boad and he killed someone with it (long story)

[Hilandor 1]

QUOTE ''What parts of an animal are affected by foot and mouth?''

''(laughs) awww man, i dunno, pork?''

rofl lol that is classic that is =]]]]

[Placebo 29]

/Me hugs Wobble

That was prolly wasted on a lot of people here but it was possibly one of the most honest posts I've read on a forum

[Albert Schweitzer 10]

Damm wobble. The problem is that this here is only verbal communication. You cant see our faces and so you cant realy judge what we mean with our postings. It is human nature then not to trust the others and interpret the worst.

But believe me (I can only talk for myself) I am making fun of stereotypes, hey all computer games about Germans are stereotyping and I got no problem playing them (Wolfenstein II).

Anyway, I talking to you not as an American but I am talking to Wobble. So stop defending something that does not exist: THE AMERICAN.

But since you took this defense-position you see more and more of those (seriously meant)Anti-america threads, because people like silencer finally see that they can get some attention by posting purely provocating stuff.

That also ruins some of our discussions with you because out of this derfense-position that you have chosen there is no good talking to you when it comes to realy serious topics cc US.

But you must allow people to discuss about soemthing and I am sure a reasonable argument from your side can change our views.

By the way. Harvard is not only a law-school!

[Charlie_McSheenie 1]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Hilandor @ Feb. 11 2002,11:25)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">QUOTE ''What parts of an animal are affected by foot and mouth?''

''(laughs) awww man, i dunno, pork?''

rofl  lol that is classic that is =]]]]<span id='postcolor'>

lol, that one really was quite funny. Plus it was from one of those jocks who hang by the beach doing press ups to impress girls which just made it funnier cos the guy was in love with himself and stuff

As a half german half welsh person i probably get more stereotypical jokes chucked at me than most people. I'm like a nazi sheep shagger or something to certain people in school. but the point is they know i'm not a nazi and that i don't shag sheep. As i know this also i think of this as a joke, and laugh about it. I don't stand up and start singing some backwards version of some sieg heil based song in an awful fake welsh accent when people make cracks about my nationality's. Like albert i just ignore it for the most part unless someone gets really serious about it

[jaxx 0]

The problem is that a lot of people post little snide remarks about the US. It's almost in every thread about how stupid, arrogant, useless, etc, etc americans are.

I agree with wobble - it's getting pretty friggin old.

God forbid someone should start making those kind of comments about europeans - the thread gets locked and the poster gets banned.

[Damage Inc 0]

I hate it when a thread like this starts a country flame.

[Thehamster 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Damage Inc @ Feb. 11 2002,16:27)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I hate it when a thread like this starts a country flame.<span id='postcolor'>

Ohh why can't you just lay off the country flaming for one day ohhh why

[Damage Inc 0]

Me?

[Thehamster 0]

Now why would I accuse you of county flaming?

[Fenna 0]

oh so now its county flaming.

ok then, boo norfolk!!!