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How is your hometown stereotyped?

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I was born in Tennessee- stereotype:
1).Hillbilly

Lived most my life in Texas- stereotype:
1). Cowboys
2). Everyone carries a gun
3). Everyone rides horses and bulls
4). Everyone owns a ranch

What stereotype do you find amusing?		2011-09-18 18:02:00

Author:
Lady_Luck__777
Posts: 3458

Welcome to Blumenau. Every inhabitant:

1. Wears bavarian costumes;
2. Eats large red sausages;
3. Drinks a lot of chopp (draught beer) ;
4. Suffers a flood every year (recently had one) ;
5. Has life quality similar to Europe.		2011-09-18 18:54:00

Author:
gdn001
Posts: 5891

A picture is worth a thousand words: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wSGz6WKOUfo/SuheN5M-6BI/AAAAAAAACgE/IXNdBHodY-c/s1600/gangsta+rap.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wSGz6WKOUfo/SuheN5M-6BI/AAAAAAAACgE/IXNdBHodY-c/s1600/gangsta+rap.jpg		2011-09-18 19:00:00

Author:
Foofles
Posts: 2278

Welcome to Carlsbad, CA!

Where :

Everyone surfs
Has a dog
And everyone has ten skateboards!

...

Ironically, the skateboard one is actually semi-true. I don't even skate much, and I have 2!		2011-09-18 19:04:00

Author:
theswweet
Posts: 2468

Indiana... where there is nothing except corn, all own tractors to drive around, and a hundred hogs.

Not really, but everyone thinks that, then internationally also lumps us in with the goofy antics on the east and west coast. I like to think of many here in the Midwest the more logical, nicer and level headed folks from the US. Remember.. it is a really large country!!!

Great topic!		2011-09-18 19:20:00

Author:
jwwphotos
Posts: 11383

Welcome to London, England!

Where..
- Everyone has mouldy teeth
- Everyone eats nothing but crumpets and drinks nothing but tea
- We have royal weddings every other day
- Smog fills the air
- Everyone has a magical nanny
- We all go to Hogwarts (I wish!)		2011-09-18 19:31:00

Author:
Plasmavore
Posts: 1913

Excellent examples and so funny!
OK here's one more for Tennessee:
Everyone makes and drinks moonshine.

And for Texas:
Everyone chews tobacco and spits between beers.		2011-09-18 22:01:00

Author:
Lady_Luck__777
Posts: 3458

And for Texas:
Everyone chews tobacco and spits between beers.

LOL!! You forgot about filled gun racks in the pickup trucks! (I really don't think that, but jokes you hear.. )		2011-09-18 22:03:00

Author:
jwwphotos
Posts: 11383

Well JW... Rick did take his out of the truck and put it on the roof of his BMW (also put the longhorns on the grill). lol2011-09-18 22:10:00

Author:
Lady_Luck__777
Posts: 3458

Welcome to Wales, UK. Here, according to legend and hearsay, people are most likely to be found:


Herding sheep (and other related pastimes best not mentioned in polite company)
Singing in close harmony
Dressing in red tartan
Mining Coal
Playing Rugby


Oh, and apparently we all hate the English. Utter rubbish lol.

well... maybe not the stuff about sheep....

I'm sure there'll be more where that came from 		2011-09-18 22:15:00

Author:
rialrees
Posts: 1015

I don't know how my country is stereotyped, let alone my town... I guess people think Portugal is part of Spain. Which I guess neither the portuguese or spanish like very much.

Why the hell can't I stop saying "I guess" today?!? Something went wrong in my head lately, I guess...		2011-09-18 22:42:00

Author:
SnipySev
Posts: 2452

Welcome to Wales, UK.

You're from Wales?! What's occurring? 		2011-09-18 22:51:00

Author:
Doopz
Posts: 5592

You're from Wales?! What's occurring?

Ow! What's occurin!!!

Would you believe that on my bad days I sound almost exactly like Nessa... perhaps not quite such an exaggerated accent tho lol!		2011-09-18 23:03:00

Author:
rialrees
Posts: 1015

Sorry, guess I missed that one.2011-09-19 00:33:00

Author:
Lady_Luck__777
Posts: 3458

Some other things about Texas ...

1. Mobile Homes are Trailers
2. Trailers are flatbeds
3. Trucks are Cadillacs and we drive cattle
4. Gun racks are required to pass state vehicle inspections
5. The men will BarBQ everything in the fridge...yes, EVERYTHING!
6. Even the city slickers dress like cowboys
7. And we've all been thrown by a mechanical bull at least once		2011-09-19 01:35:00

Author:
RickRock_777
Posts: 1567

Welcome to MD where...:

Everyone in a Civic is an idiot driver! (oh way that's true)
Everyone loves crabs (I HATE THEM!)


Well that's all I can think of...		2011-09-19 04:13:00

Author:
Unknown User

Welcome to sunny San Diego! Everyone:
- Is second-banana to Los Angeles (which is SO NOT TRUE)
- Goes to the beach
- Surfs
- Swims
- Bikes
- Jogs
- Hikes
- Has a dog
- Has a lifestyle that's either "contemporary", "trendy" or "indie"
- Talks fast
- Is tan
- Likes every sports team except our own (especially when we're losing)
- Is a panda lover
- Has relations to the Navy/Marines
- Is and/or eats Mexican (food)
- Is pretty/handsome
- Is fit
- Just experienced a power outage
- Hates (anyone/anything from) Arizona (due to said power outage)
- Attends Comic-Con		2011-09-19 04:26:00

Author:
Outlaw-Jack
Posts: 5757

Welcome to Alaska, USA
Where everybody lives in an igloo, it's always snowing, and people hunt Polar bears.		2011-09-19 06:09:00

Author:
alaskadawn
Posts: 101

How am I stereotyped?

Big Kilt, Bagpipes, Ginger Hair and beard, long socks and crazy.

I think. Macnme will help me out.		2011-09-19 07:49:00

Author:
craigmond
Posts: 2426

I think this video sums it up nicely.

This guy is a legend.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eCAv8jUg9k


Alternatively - see my avatar 		2011-09-19 09:15:00

Author:
Macnme
Posts: 1970

Welcome to Rome where people
swears a lot
sings a lot
eats a lot
drives cars in an insane way
crosses the street where they like, when they like
tries to sell you the Coloseum
2011-09-19 11:47:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer
Posts: 5112

Welcome to the West Midlands, England. Here;

-We're either Brummie or Yammy [Protip: Stoke is 40 miles from Birmingham, plus there's Worcester, Herefordshire, Shropsire...]
-We otherwise don't exist, since nobody knows any stereotype that's not a Southerner or Northerner.		2011-09-19 13:37:00

Author:
Vector-Espio-Fan
Posts: 119

Welcome to Rome where people
swears a lot
sings a lot
eats a lot
drives cars in an insane way
crosses the street where they like, when they like
tries to sell you the Coloseum


Being able to play the ancient version of your town in Assassin's Creed: Bro must be awesome though 		2011-09-19 14:09:00

Author:
SnipySev
Posts: 2452

And for Texas:
Everyone chews tobacco and spits between beers.
... while driving!

I'm from outside of Detroit, so when people ask me where I'm from I don't mention the name of the suburbs but rather the nearest metropolitan center. (Unless you know where Auburn Hills is...)

And everyone knows that people from Detroit...

...are from the murder capital of the world!
...will murder you if you say anything about it being the murder capital of the world.
...work for Ford, Chrysler or GM.
...drives a Ford, Chrysler or GM car.
...will murder you if you don't drive a Ford, Chrysler or GM car.
...listen to nothing but Motown, Kid Rock or Eminem.
...will murder you if you say you don't really like Motown, Kid Rock or Eminem.
...live and act just like they do in the movie '8 Mile'

:tophat:		2011-09-19 14:47:00

Author:
schm0
Posts: 1239

Welcome also to Bavaria!

The fantastic country where everyone is yodeling! From sunrise til sunset! The Bavarian doesn't speak a lot (because of yodeling), he let's speak his fists! His main hobby is to scuffle, so he never leaves his home without hazel stick and beer mug! He subsists on beer and on ... beer! And he loves deer fresh from the wood! So his second hobby is poaching! He also loves pork knuckles (not fresh from the wood! We are no Gauls!) with bread dumplings as big as melons! Male Bavarians seldom use a door, they are always climbing through their sweetheart's window!		2011-09-19 19:15:00

Author:
CuriousSack
Posts: 3981

Ha! Some of these are so new to me. Gives me something to break the ice with if I ever travel.

As for Texas,
Don't forget. Everything is bigger. http://www.menshealth.com/fattestcities2010/		2011-09-19 21:00:00

Author:
Tellous
Posts: 45

Also throwing up some stereotypes about Brazil as a whole:

- Everyone is good at soccer;
- Everyone goes to the beach;
- Half the people on the country are native indians;
- We have monkeys and parrots as pets;
- Every girl is hot and wears tiny costumes;
- The entire country is a rainforest with an occasional city here or there;
- Everyone drives a Wolkswagen Beetle (we call it "Fusca") or a Wolkswagen Transporter (we call it "Kombi")		2011-09-19 21:39:00

Author:
gdn001
Posts: 5891

the town I live

1. everyone and there dog plays football
2. everyone is a farm person.
3. no one is smart at the computer.

It is somewhat correct though.		2011-09-20 19:55:00

Author:
Cactii
Posts: 426

Welcome to Southern France, where :

→ French maid are sexy,
→ Everyone struts around with a baguette under their arm,
→ ...wears a beret,
→ ...eats frogs and snails,
→ ...drinks wine everyday,
→ ...uses perfume instead of soap,
→ ...hates American people,
→ ...plays boules,

*Shudders*		2011-09-20 20:31:00

Author:
Oddmania
Posts: 1305

This is actually pretty accurate of NYC:

(Rated PG-13 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOobdhEE1_o )		2011-09-21 00:13:00

Author:
Foofles
Posts: 2278

Welcome to Manchester, UK! Where:

1. It rains all day, everyday.
2. It has a high anual rainfall.
3. If you asked someone what the weather was like in Manchester, they'd say "It's raining."
4.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqyU2z-FJr8

Funnily enough, all these are true!		2011-09-21 00:29:00

Author:
Mr_T-Shirt
Posts: 1477

In Ottawa, everyone is a bureaucrat, civil servant or a politician. Oh, and we're all soulless. The last one isn't far off.2011-09-21 00:51:00

Author:
bonner123
Posts: 1487

Spanish Fork, Utah. Home of mormon cowboys, and NO black people. It is all true unfortunately.2011-09-21 03:34:00

Author:
poorjack
Posts: 1806

Somerset: Where everyone is a farer who drinks cider, drives tractor and sings songs by the Wurzles all the time. Also, the stereotypical pirate accent is derived from the Somerset accent, as a lot of sailors used to come from here.2011-09-21 16:12:00

Author:
Veyneru
Posts: 115

Welcome to San Francisco California! Where...
-We are all movie stars
-all own wineries
-All surf and go to the beach.
-where every single guy is a fan of the giants.
The one that is mostly true is the giants one. We do love baseball... But I really don't. 		2011-09-21 16:33:00

Author:
sackboy7789
Posts: 280

http://s1.static.gotsmile.net/images/2010/09/13/meanwhile-in-finland.jpg_1284339714.jpg2011-09-22 11:43:00

Author:
Coconuts
Posts: 384

Coconuts, is every single person in Finland working for Nokia? And is every band heavy metal?

Also:
http://chzsomuchpun.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/129205376361403005.jpg


Hell slinky!		2011-09-22 15:36:00

Author:
SnipySev
Posts: 2452

Welcome to Norway!.. The country people think is a city in Sweden! Where Vikings still exists! Where we sweat black metal from our armpits (that one's aimed at you Omega! )2011-09-22 17:06:00

Author:
moonwire
Posts: 1627

Holarit?yodeld?! It's me once more!
I've been asked: "what about all the Bavarian stereotypes that you didn't mention!?" As if I would have intended to keep them a secret! (And immediately I had the feeling to be seen through!) The Bavarian is extremely leery of people which are not yodeling! (But we are also approachable for convincing arguments! *"I will send you a bread dumpling bigger than a melon!"*)
So here are some more stereotypes of the Bavarian tribe!
Every Bavarian is trained in a sports discipline called "Fingerhakeln" (finger-wrestling) This is our main strategy to solve conflicts! (and to unburden our courts!)
The technique: two opponents sitting face to face, between them a table, hooked up with their middle fingers! Then both are drawing with all their might til one has been drawn over the table! (The winner has the fame, the loser has a beer-mug and is immediately changing his fighting technique!) The result: a scuffle (and everyone is happy!)
Bavarians love whipcracking and dancing the "Schuhplattler" (The "Schuplattler" is the only dance the Bavarian knows! Its danced in discos, on weddings, on child's birthdays, on romantic dates, on funerals!)
And finally every Bavarian child is dreaming to have his own pet Wolpertinger! (The Wolpertinger is a mysterious creature living in the Bavarian woods! Very rare to be seen, so that you could believe that it's only a fairy tale! But it's true! Sometimes a Bavarian poacher succeeds in catching such a creature and thats the proof that it is living for real! The Bavarian Wolpertinger! Here are some evidence photos:
http://www.br-online.de/content/cms/Bildergalerie/2008/04/11/cumulus/BR-online-Publikation--112320-20080411095449.jpg
http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100907160232/monsterwiki/de/images/thumb/c/c7/3rasselbock-1-.jpg/554px-3rasselbock-1-.jpg
http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100907170118/monsterwiki/de/images/8/88/Dahu-1-.jpg
These are only a few variations of this multifaceted species!)
And the last one: every Bavarian wishes that Bavaria will get back it's monarchy!

And if you'd like to hear more than you first have to learn yodeling!		2011-09-22 18:29:00

Author:
CuriousSack
Posts: 3981

Welcome to London!

-where you get robbed/beaten up/murdered if you go out at night
-old folks think everyone under 25 is gonna kill them and/or burgle their home (this is actually true in my experience)
-you can't leave your own postal area for fear of rival gangs (total and utter myth)
-if you don't work in "The City" (the name we have for our rich banking/stock market area near the Thames) and live in a huge house in the suburbs then you must be a Chav (see the Manchester post) living in a squalid council house with a massive family and living off benefits.
-All teenage boys carry knives
-and the buses are always late!!!

it doesn't sound like a very nice place...		2011-09-22 18:52:00

Author:
Skalio-
Posts: 920

I guess everybody surfs and/or lives next door to a celebrity. [Long Beach in California]
Its funny because I did surf, and I lived next door to the guys who owned the Pimp My Ride market.		2011-09-23 01:40:00

Author:
Voodeedoo
Posts: 724

Coconuts, is every single person in Finland working for Nokia?
No, you silly. You really think we're only focused on mobile phones?
Some of these fellow working men make awesome mobile games such as Angry Birds.

And is every band heavy metal?
I'm afraid not.

Hell slinky!
That reminds me:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltwxC19s5u8
Everyone loves a slinky!		2011-09-23 06:52:00

Author:
Coconuts
Posts: 384

http://s1.static.gotsmile.net/images/2010/09/13/meanwhile-in-finland.jpg_1284339714.jpg


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNr3nK_bvKQ		2011-09-23 20:31:00

Author:
Macnme
Posts: 1970

I'm in Texas like Lady and I find it humorous how people picture Texas as all tumbleweeds and cows. I'm from North Carolina originally, which has it's own unique stereotypes, and moved to Texas when I was a kid and have lived here for oh, 25 years. When I was in school in the 9th grade, we had pen pals and a buddy of mine got paired with someone in like Pennsylvania or somewhere. Anyway his pen pal actually asked if Texas had cars and electricity. You believe that! Having lived here and traveled all over this great state, I still find it amazing how much Texas has to offer. From desert to ocean from hills (I still refuse to call them mountains here) to the plains and swamps and everything in between. I made a couple of collages. You like to see them? Here they are. They aren't a full representation, but it's something.


https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-GK9feXuPZHg/Tn5rb1lMCuI/AAAAAAAAA0Q/o3qz8F824rk/s640/texas1.jpg
sure we have everything in that other picture but we also have all thishttps://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-pdJyWZoEl9s/Tn5gfJrv98I/AAAAAAAAA0I/K8imUpkAYV8/s640/texas2.jpg		2011-09-25 00:45:00

Author:
biorogue
Posts: 8424

Salt Lake City, Utah:

Mormons.		2011-09-25 05:56:00

Author:
Frinklebumper
Posts: 941

Moony, Balck Metal was the biggest Norway export in early 90s 2011-09-25 07:12:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer
Posts: 5112

Homosexual capital of the UK.

(Brighton)

S'pretty cool		2011-09-25 09:35:00

Author:
Boomy
Posts: 3701

Everyone makes shoes?2011-09-25 21:03:00

Author:
kirbyman62
Posts: 1893

My area isn't even big enough to get a stereo-type. D:

But when I tell people I'm from New York..
1. We all have ......"That" accent.
2. Everyone gets shot.
3. Every one owns a pizzeria.
4. And we dump our sewage in the local river.		2011-09-26 00:57:00

Author:
Maxi
Posts: 1176

Aye mateys, we all be a bunch of pirates.
http://a.abcnews.com/images/GMA/ht_Pirates_Painting2_071004_ssh.jpg

We're also partly Canadian, eat nothing but seafood (I hate seafoood), and are all related to eachother.

And theres water, lots of water. Can't forget the great jazz music!

It's time to mambo!
http://www.dwtickets.com/v/blog/uploaded_images/Mardi-Gras-Universal-726190.jpg		2011-09-26 01:32:00

Author:
JamesDNaux
Posts: 757

I don't think my city really has any stereotypes apart from;
-It's full of bogans
-And there's terrible drivers everywhere (as a result of the many bogans)

For those wondering, the first few minutes of this are a pretty typical bogan.
(slight bad language warning)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfKuQkHnXsw

Such as these
http://forums.justcommodores.com.au/attachments/vn-vp-vg-vq/70616d1252551096-skrubas-93-vp-exec-cimg0320sm.jpg
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs251.snc4/39903_10150240149105577_825985576_13966171_7298808 _n.jpg


Thing is, these aren't so much stereotypes as they are truths. Driving here is scary :/		2011-09-26 01:36:00

Author:
SR20DETDOG
Posts: 2431

My city I live in is pretty quiet. I don't really know the neighbors, and there are all of these teenagers (just describing my neighborhood) that like to cause trouble, and the parents dont do anything about it. I just want to be able to get something done without a kid messing up me' house.2011-09-26 01:49:00

Author:
StaticLinuxpro
Posts: 482

My city I live in is pretty quiet. I don't really know the neighbors, and there are all of these teenagers (just describing my neighborhood) that like to cause trouble, and the parents dont do anything about it. I just want to be able to get something done without a kid messing up me' house.

You could put up a sign saying there's hidden beartraps randomly scattered through your property 		2011-09-26 11:15:00

Author:
SnipySev
Posts: 2452

I don't know if there are any stereotypings about my hometown, as I don't get out much, but my fellow Washingtonians (spell checks says it's a real word) agree on one thing.

Everett is sketchy. I can't remember a single day in the last few years that I didn't hear a chorus of sirens. One time a drug dealer got tackled in our yard by eight cops.		2011-09-27 17:47:00

Author:
RagTagPwner
Posts: 344

You could put up a sign saying there's hidden beartraps randomly scattered through your property

Or you could randomly scatter bear traps around your house...		2011-09-27 17:48:00

Author:
RagTagPwner
Posts: 344

Welcome to Arkansas, where every married couple are siblings!
Siblings, no. Cousins, maybe.		2011-09-27 20:30:00

Author:
Testudini
Posts: 3262

Welcome to Arkansas, where every married couple are siblings!
Siblings, no. Cousins, maybe.
that reminds me of this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeIsxXDyjlc&feature=related		2011-09-27 21:18:00

Author:
biorogue
Posts: 8424

Also throwing up some stereotypes about Brazil as a whole:

- Everyone is good at soccer;
- Everyone goes to the beach;
- Half the people on the country are native indians;
- We have monkeys and parrots as pets;
- Every girl is hot and wears tiny costumes;
- The entire country is a rainforest with an occasional city here or there;
- Everyone drives a Wolkswagen Beetle (we call it "Fusca") or a Wolkswagen Transporter (we call it "Kombi")

You mean.... that's not true?



Welcom too bolton

were every1;

1 is thik
2 is iliterat
3 is fat
4 lyks peter kay... yay i lyk peter kay
5 has not teeth
6 likes gravy... mmm gravy
7 lyks vernon kay



2011-09-28 13:14:00

Author:
Ali_Star
Posts: 4085

Newcastle, England:

-Everyone's job is a cabby
-Everyone says "way aye' " or "how'way" every time they speak.		2011-09-29 20:26:00

Author:
Denim360
Posts: 482

Goood morning Modesto, California!

In the movie Monsters VS Aliens, Modesto is stereotyped as an insignificant valley town. But without Modesto, we wouldn't have George Lucas, Carol Channing, Lindsay Pearce of The Glee Project, Timothy Olyphant, or Jeremy Renner (I think).		2011-10-04 03:39:00

Author:
49er Nation
Posts: 429

Goood morning Modesto, California!

In the movie Monsters VS Aliens, Modesto is stereotyped as an insignificant valley town. But without Modesto, we wouldn't have George Lucas, Carol Channing, Lindsay Pearce of The Glee Project, Timothy Olyphant, or Jeremy Renner (I think).

To me, that sounds like an invitation to wipe it off the map
(don't worry, I'd let you get your things together before dropping the bomb)		2011-10-05 00:31:00

Author:
Macnme
Posts: 1970

The town I live in is just outside the metro area of Toronto (ON, Canada) and everyone stereotypes the area as:

-WHITBY is called WHITE-BEE (this is mostly true)
-everyone lives on a farm (nowhere near true)
-since it's outside of Toronto, it's safe, less crime, etc. (so not true)		2011-10-11 05:29:00

Author:
Smurfetta5683
Posts: 299

I'm from Birmingham, we get stereotyped a lot, often get mixed in with the people from the black country, a set of towns right next to Birmingham, we get lumped with the accent in the following video, although we don't speak that way...that's the black country accent, people get confused because they come to Birmingham as it is so close...our accent is much much milder in comparison. We are similar, but not the same so I suppose some stereotypes can cross over from one another

Here's Rik Mayall doing an old sketch of Kevin Turvey, a dumb Brummie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55ClsWScOuc&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnhT1UdNEa4		2011-10-11 06:13:00

Author:
Xegethra
Posts: 207

It's my country more than anything...
Mainly, that we all believe in leprachauns (Dam Wexfordian's Levl!)
And that We're drunk half the time..		2011-10-16 00:07:00

Author:
Valeview
Posts: 1581

Welcome to Los Angeles where....
-We all either know a celebrity, or live next to one
-We all are either skaters or surfers
-A lot of us are on some sort of drug
-Are airheads or.....not very intelligent
-Hippies thrive (I think this one might be true)		2011-10-16 03:27:00

Author:
Amigps
Posts: 564

I'm not aware of many stereotypes about where I live.
However, everyone in Minnesota apparently talks like they're in the movie "Fargo."		2011-10-17 08:17:00

Author:
Timelord_X
Posts: 55

Milton Keynes, UK:

-Where the entire working population is under the age of 30
-Where the average age of being a mother is 15
-Where all the cows are made of concrete
-Where there's at least one roundabout per 50 people
-Where everyone who hasn't made it in London lives
-Where parts of Superman IV: The Quest For Peace were filmed (this is actually true)		2011-10-19 16:16:00

Author:
Entity
Posts: 274

Milton Keynes, UK:

-Where the entire working population is under the age of 30
-Where the average age of being a mother is 15
-Where all the cows are made of concrete
-Where there's at least one roundabout per 50 people
-Where everyone who hasn't made it in London lives
-Where parts of Superman IV: The Quest For Peace were filmed (this is actually true)
And don't forget that it's the go-to place for anyone in the UK looking to make fun of any random town or city.		2011-10-19 18:40:00

Author:
Veyneru
Posts: 115

Milton Keynes, UK:

-Where the entire working population is under the age of 30
-Where the average age of being a mother is 15
-Where all the cows are made of concrete
-Where there's at least one roundabout per 50 people
-Where everyone who hasn't made it in London lives
-Where parts of Superman IV: The Quest For Peace were filmed (this is actually true)

And it's super cheap to go there on the bus 		2011-10-20 20:17:00

Author:
kirbyman62
Posts: 1893

Sut mai butties... well, lets see what Wales can offer to this

1. we have a sincere fondness to the four legged wooly kind
2. it is imposible to walk down a street without bumping into someone with the surmane 'jones' or 'williams'
3. a strole through the valleys can be fatal, as there are ruthless close harmony choirs, around each bend, with a verse ready at thier lips
4. we try our best to play rugby, although we not that good at it teally
5. our nation has a habit of making up words if one dose not already exist. And when i say make up, i mean we alter the maximum of two letters. for example, in english you would say ambulance, in welsh we say ambwlance.
6. and apparently we have a longstanding disagreement, a tiff if you will, with our neighbours just to the east of us.		2011-10-25 21:51:00

Author:
radio_statik
Posts: 23

Hi friends,

Its only 2 years ago since I've done two posts about customs and traditions of the Bavarian tribes here! And ambling past this thread by surfing the old archives, I had the feeling that I've heard some yodeling!^^ So I thought that it would be time to complete your knowledge about Bavarians!^^ (The one who did the yodeling will bear all the blame! )

Bavarians have two anatomic distinction to Non-Bavarians! They are born with taut calves! This has been an evolutionary advantage, the Bavarian is a precocial creature so if danger is near, already newborns can run away quickly! They also can follow the cows on the fields to drink their milk fresh and warm from the udder!^^
Taut calves are a wonderful tool for climbing mountains indispensable for living in the remote mountain-valleys, and for playing soccer! So its no wonder that our "FC Bayern M?nchen" is rather successful!^^

The second distinction are the thick fingers because of the "Fingerhakeln" (finger-wrestling) which I've mentioned already two years before!^^

The Bavarian knows only two regions on planet earth, Bavaria and the Far North, the Far North is beginning where Bavaria ends! So Colognia is in the Far North, Oslo: Far North, Rome: Far North, Africa: Far North, New York: Far North...
For Bavarian pupils the subject geography is sooo easy!^^

The Bavarians are all ecology-oriented! For breakfast we only eat free run eggs! Because Bavarians are rather hungry our eggs have to be large ones!^^ So we prefer eggs from the Alpine chamois!
http://www.ansichtskarten-center.de/webshop/shop/ProdukteBilder/14192/AK_12095903_gr_1.jpg
Early in the morning before sunrise the strongest men of a village are climbing up the Alps to collect these eggs and most of them are back again before breakfast to boil these eggs in special sized pots! But some of the men never come back! Either they find their end in one of the deep gorges or they stay with the attractive Alpine herdswoman with her taut calves!^^

Ok, now your knowledge about the Bavarians is completed!^^ Isn't it???

Many greetings, Jürgen		2013-06-27 11:10:00

Author:
CuriousSack
Posts: 3981

When I think of Bavaria, I think of Bavarian donuts.

Mmmmmmm.... donuts..... arrrrrllllllllllgh.

http://ohbriggsy.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/homer_simpson31.jpg		2013-06-27 12:10:00

Author:
Ali_Star
Posts: 4085

Thanks to CuriousSack, I am so much more knowledgeable of Bavaria and the evolutionary advantages of this superior species. In Texas we have "taught" calves. By that I mean we teach them to return to the barn for their grains, so we don't have to get out of our porch rocking chairs or swings. We have learned to spit our chewing tobacco long distances and with great accuracy. This way we can easily hit the bell that alerts the cattle that grains are in the troughs. In battle, some Texans have been known to spit in the eye of an enemy from over 200 yards. This provides a clear advantage whenever we are faced with a civil war, and is the reason we have only encountered one civil war since declaring our state as a country. We are usually feared by neighboring states, and rarely do intruders cross the boundaries into our country. We have dug motes around our country and filled them with spittle, as a gentle, but potent, reminder of our superior aim. 2013-06-27 13:13:00

Author:
RickRock_777
Posts: 1567

Thanks to CuriousSack, I am so much more knowledgeable of Bavaria and the evolutionary advantages of this superior species. In Texas we have "taught" calves. By that I mean we teach them to return to the barn for their grains, so we don't have to get out of our porch rocking chairs or swings. We have learned to spit our chewing tobacco long distances and with great accuracy. This way we can easily hit the bell that alerts the cattle that grains are in the troughs. In battle, some Texans have been known to spit in the eye of an enemy from over 200 yards. This provides a clear advantage whenever we are faced with a civil war, and is the reason we have only encountered one civil war since declaring our state as a country. We are usually feared by neighboring states, and rarely do intruders cross the boundaries into our country. We have dug motes around our country and filled them with spittle, as a gentle, but potent, reminder of our superior aim.

Have you (or any other Texans on here) ever used the phrase "Yeehaw" in a non-ironic way?		2013-06-27 13:40:00

Author:
Ali_Star
Posts: 4085

Have you (or any other Texans on here) ever used the phrase "Yeehaw" in a non-ironic way?

Personally I haven't however I have heard some of the older ranchers and cowboys use it.		2013-06-27 15:00:00

Author:
Lady_Luck__777
Posts: 3458

Can't stop laughing anymore!^^ Hahahaha!^^ Texans seem to be even more strange than Bavarians!^^ 2013-06-27 15:54:00

Author:
CuriousSack
Posts: 3981

I live in an apartment suburbia where people always smile, the streets are always clean. the sun is always bright...

...and you can't help but feel that everyone around you is an evil alien, terrible lizard-person, or cannibal.		2013-06-27 16:52:00

Author:
Kato
Posts: 732

Hahaha, omg! Stop it! Or tomorrow I will be killed by my charley horse in my abdominal muscles (I had to use a translator, so no guarantee that this is the right term)

Many greetings, Jürgen^^		2013-06-27 18:23:00

Author:
CuriousSack
Posts: 3981

I live in an apartment suburbia where people always smile, the streets are always clean. the sun is always bright...

...and you can't help but feel that everyone around you is an evil alien, terrible lizard-person, or cannibal.

No doubt there's plenty of adulterous affairs and shenanigans, some very attractive "soccer mums", everyone walks their dog in the mornings (and make sure it takes a crap on the neighbour's lawn because they haven't returned the lawnmower you leant them 3 years ago), and you have neighbourhood watch meeting every Thursday evening.		2013-06-27 18:42:00

Author:
Ali_Star
Posts: 4085

Oh yes. And don't forget the community barbecues.

Where they serve you a big fat steaks the day after your crazy, paranoid neighbor suspiciously 'moves away'.		2013-06-27 19:07:00

Author:
Kato
Posts: 732

Regarding the term, "YeeHaw", ironically, I use this term on a daily basis...after roping my breakfast.

And how the heck did aliens get across our motes? It may be time for us to bite the bullet and accept some of this snappy new technology all those TV commercials keep shoving in our face...like geo fencing and satellite lasers. 		2013-06-28 03:02:00

Author:
RickRock_777
Posts: 1567

Welcome to Coatbridge, Scotland, UK, where...

1. Everyone is Irish (only 1% is albeit the majority of people here have Irish relatives)
2. Everyone is Catholic (over 50% are so not exactly everyone)
3. The most dismal places in Britain (I agree with this one in the winter the town looks horrible)
4. Apparently everyone supports Celtic F.C (I beg to differ on that one)
5. It's a suburb of Glasgow (Just because its bigger doesn't mean we shouldn't be a separate town)
6. There is no-one of note from here (Find that one out for yourselves for the towns population we have some awesome people from here.)

Thats about it. Oh for some reason people think there is a bridge made out of coats. Where did they get that idea. 		2013-07-02 00:57:00

Author:
Shooter0898
Posts: 996

My hometown (Amarante, Portugal) isn't relevant enough to be stereotyped. An irrelevant little town in an irrelevant little country 2013-07-02 09:04:00

Author:
SnipySev
Posts: 2452

Oh! Amarante!... Portugal!... The town where everybody is so modest that he thinks that his town is irrelevant!
Voil?! Here you have your hometown-stereotype!^^ Many greetings, Jürgen^^		2013-07-02 18:31:00

Author:
CuriousSack
Posts: 3981

My hometown (Amarante, Portugal) isn't relevant enough to be stereotyped. An irrelevant little town in an irrelevant little country

Does it not have any kind of reputation in Portugal?		2013-07-02 18:57:00

Author:
Ali_Star
Posts: 4085

Does it not have any kind of reputation in Portugal?

Not really. The most notable things produced by this town are a few old monuments, a dozen traditional confectioneries and two football players. That's not enough for it to develop any kind of stereotype, as far as I know

Even the bigger cities aren't stereotyped all that much. The oldest and most well-known examples are about the people from Lisbon and Porto, the biggest two cities of the country, and both are related to food. They refer to lisboners as "letucces" (alfacinhas), because that's all they had to eat when the moors sieged the city. Back in the time of the Reconquest, that happened a lot.

The portuenses are referred to as "disembowelers" (tripeiros) because when the crown was preparing to attack Ceuta, the people of Porto were required to give all the good meat to the navy. All the commoners were left with were the intestines.		2013-07-02 22:50:00

Author:
SnipySev
Posts: 2452

Not really. The most notable things produced by this town are a few old monuments, a dozen traditional confectioneries and two football players. That's not enough for it to develop any kind of stereotype, as far as I know


Which football players? 		2013-07-03 09:18:00

Author:
Ali_Star
Posts: 4085

Which football players?

Nuno Gomes and Ricardo Carvalho.		2013-07-03 13:16:00

Author:
SnipySev
Posts: 2452

Nuno Gomes and Ricardo Carvalho.

Good players.

Not really many famous footballers from Bolton. Nat Lofthouse is the main one, but he played in the 50s/60s so you probably won't know him. There's also boxer Amir Khan.

Danny Boyle and Sir Ian McKellan were both born near Bolton, but they were educated here, so I think we can claim them as our own. 		2013-07-03 13:34:00

Author:
Ali_Star
Posts: 4085

When I think of Bavaria, I think of Bavarian donuts.
Mmmmmmm.... donuts..... arrrrrllllllllllgh.
http://ohbriggsy.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/homer_simpson31.jpg

Omg, Ali_Star!

You're ingenious! You gave me the cue to explain a last important thing about Bavarian culture! Bavarian doughnuts! Its a sweet treat mostly filled with sweet jam! Tradition has it that the original Bavarian doughnut is baked by the Bavarian housewife (with taut calves!^^) in a Bavarian pan with hot fat! The dough has to swim in the fat! When its got its brown colour then the Bavarian housewife cautiously fishes the hot doughnuts out of the pan and puts them onto a plate where they can damp!^^ Trandition also has it that Bavarian men are always hungry and don't hesitate to swallow everything edible without hesitation!^^...
Tradition has it that thats the origin of Bavarian yodeling!^^

Many greetings, Jürgen^^		2013-07-03 22:43:00

Author:
CuriousSack
Posts: 3981

Omg, Ali_Star!

You're ingenious! You gave me the cue to explain a last important thing about Bavarian culture! Bavarian doughnuts! Its a sweet treat mostly filled with sweet jam! Tradition has it that the original Bavarian doughnut is baked by the Bavarian housewife (with taut calves!^^) in a Bavarian pan with hot fat! The dough has to swim in the fat! When its got its brown colour then the Bavarian housewife cautiously fishes the hot doughnuts out of the pan and puts them onto a plate where they can damp!^^ Trandition also has it that Bavarian men are always hungry and don't hesitate to swallow everything edible without hesitation!^^...
Tradition has it that thats the origin of Bavarian yodeling!^^

Many greetings, Jürgen^^

Aren't they normally quite big too (the donuts not the housewives )? There is a market every Christmas in Manchester (which is not far from Bolton, where I live) and they sell these huge Bavarian donut/pastry type things!		2013-07-04 09:23:00

Author:
Ali_Star
Posts: 4085

Hahaha, yes they are big too!^^ (The doughnuts and some attributes of Bavarian housewives! ) And this is a corollary because Bavarian men all have big bellies (from all the beer and the pork hocks! ) and these bellies have to be filled! (which is not as easy as it seems to be!^^) So Bavarian food always has to be a slight idea bigger than in the Far North!

Many greetings, Jürgen^^		2013-07-04 10:39:00

Author:
CuriousSack
Posts: 3981

Hahaha, yes they are big too!^^ (The doughnuts and some attributes of Bavarian housewives! ) And this is a corollary because Bavarian men all have big bellies (from all the beer and the pork hocks! ) and these bellies have to be filled! (which is not as easy as it seems to be!^^) So Bavarian food always has to be a slight idea bigger than in the Far North!

Many greetings, Jürgen^^

Ahh yes, that reminds me of another image that often pops into my head when I think of Germany in general. That of a rather lovely blonde lady, with large "attributes" holding a bear mug in each hand. 		2013-07-04 11:06:00

Author:
Ali_Star
Posts: 4085

Hahaha, I see you start to really understand Bavarian customes and traditions!^^ 2013-07-04 14:13:00

Author:
CuriousSack
Posts: 3981

Ahh yes, that reminds me of another image that often pops into my head when I think of Germany in general. That of a rather lovely blonde lady, with large "attributes" holding a bear mug in each hand.
Awkwardly applies to my hometown as well.		2013-07-04 14:26:00

Author:
gdn001
Posts: 5891

San Antonio, TX:

1. Everyone is Mexican.
2. Everyone who is not Mexican is partially Mexican.
3. Everyone is really nice to a crazy degree.
4. It's hot.
5. The road system is an extremely effective and subtle killing machine.
6. It's extremely hot.
7. Everyone says y'all.
9. Oh God, I'm burning up.		2013-07-04 22:25:00

Author:
Kalawishis
Posts: 928

Hahaha, San Antonio seems to be a really nice place to be!^^ 2013-07-05 10:30:00

Author:
CuriousSack
Posts: 3981

Awkwardly applies to my hometown as well.

It's certainly not a bad stereotype to have. 		2013-07-05 10:40:00

Author:
Ali_Star
Posts: 4085

I technically have two hometowns, so I go over both.

Frankfurt, Germany:

- We always sound angry
- We all drive super cars (Don't even know how that notion sprung up, but people in the US seemed to believe it)
- We never laugh/have a poor since of humour.
- We're great at making lists (somewhat true)

El Paso, Texas:
-Try our hardest to be unique
-Texas rejects ( ;~; )
-We all speak Spanish
- Our city is identical to our neighbor to the South, Juarez, Mexico. (Not even close)		2013-07-05 15:19:00

Author:
Captain_Dinosaur
Posts: 214

If we're doing places we aren't currently in, then I actually used to live in two places in Sydney, Australia when I was younger. They were Balgowlah Heights and Clontarf. Both of them were rather rich (I'm not trying to brag...okay I am trying to brag):

Sydney, Australia, or at least what I can remember:
1. Beaches are everywhere.
2. Everybody surfs.
3. Everything is expensive as hell (PS3 cost $1000 when it first came out, games cost $100) so unless you're a multimillionaire you'll struggle.
4. We say stuff like "G'day, mate" (we don't really say G'day, at least not where I was, but we said mate a lot).
5. Traffic is awful.
6. Monorails are everywhere.
7. We take ferries to places occasionally, and eat sausage rolls on the way.
8. We throw parties all the time.
9. It's very hot, but not so much as San Antonio.
10. We like vegemite on toast of bread (I personally find it revolting).
11. Jesus Christ it's still really hot.

For those of you wondering if there are kangaroos in Sydney, there are, but they're at the Taronga Zoo.		2013-07-06 00:23:00

Author:
Kalawishis
Posts: 928

10. We like vegemite on toast of bread (I personally find it revolting).


Is that like our Marmite?

Marmite's whole advertising campaign is based around the fact that you either love it or hate it.		2013-07-06 10:25:00

Author:
Ali_Star
Posts: 4085

I think so.2013-07-06 13:52:00

Author:
Kalawishis
Posts: 928

Sydney, Australia, or at least what I can remember:
1. Beaches are everywhere.
2. Everybody surfs.
3. Everything is expensive as hell (PS3 cost $1000 when it first came out, games cost $100) so unless you're a multimillionaire you'll struggle.
4. We say stuff like "G'day, mate" (we don't really say G'day, at least not where I was, but we said mate a lot).
5. Traffic is awful.
6. Monorails are everywhere.
7. We take ferries to places occasionally, and eat sausage rolls on the way.
8. We throw parties all the time.
9. It's very hot, but not so much as San Antonio.
10. We like vegemite on toast of bread (I personally find it revolting).
11. Jesus Christ it's still really hot.

For those of you wondering if there are kangaroos in Sydney, there are, but they're at the Taronga Zoo.

I've been to Sydney i enjoyed it. Taronga zoo was one of my favorite places in it. I also think there was an amusement park but i can't remember its name sadly. But still a nice place. Well i only saw about 5% of it so what i seen was nice.

Edit: The amusement park was called luna park. I only remembered because there is a picture of me and my brother on the wild mouse ride in my living room.		2013-07-07 16:37:00

Author:
Shooter0898
Posts: 996

LED light land here is stereotyped as gambling... i think everyone knows where i live now O.O2013-07-09 20:33:00

Author:
Seant1228
Posts: 348

I now live in Washington, and I can't find many stereotypes about there, but I used to live in Wisconsin, where apparentally everyone:

1. Owns a Harley Davidson
2. Eats cheese 3 meals a day
3. Owns their own pet cow
4. And pronounces Wisconsin as "Wiscaaaaaaaansin".

But being from Wisconsin, I'm here to tell you that that last one is merely a myth.		2013-07-10 02:30:00

Author:
gamerguy5432
Posts: 333

Welcome to Savannah, GA, where everyone lives entirely on a diet of peaches, peanuts and we only wear cotton. And occasionally, because we're in the South, we are supposed to have country accents.2013-07-15 04:55:00

Author:
Xtrahuman
Posts: 431

Hahaha! And looking on your avatar I would add that sometimes your diet will get extended!^^ Maybe the person on it had eough from peaches and peanuts, and had also misunderstood the meaning of the word "cookies"

Many greetings, Jürgen!^^		2013-07-17 18:07:00

Author:
CuriousSack
Posts: 3981

I don't know about you guys, but I think CuriousSack is having the time of his life on this thread.2013-07-21 15:57:00

Author:
Kalawishis
Posts: 928

Welcome to St. Paul, MN, where everyone is a Vikings fan.

Every. Single. Person.

And if you aren't, then you'll be viciously booted out. :Y		2013-07-21 18:16:00

Author:
CirkuzFr3ek
Posts: 194

Welcome to Kouvola, the hell on earth, the city of the drunk and the drug-addicts and the terrible weather.

Then again, I may speak of 90% of Finland that way. It's not a kind stereotype, it is not.		2013-07-21 19:42:00

Author:
FreeAim
Posts: 2462

Welcome to Orange County/Los Angeles, where everyone

1. Smokes some bad stuff
2. Surfs
3. Has no shirt on
4. Has the best weather ever
5. everything is polluted.

Actually, now that I think about it, some of these are true....		2013-07-22 14:58:00

Author:
DominationMags
Posts: 1840

the city of the drunk and the drug-addicts

Applies in my hometown aswell. We all seem to come from friendly areas 		2013-07-24 01:47:00

Author:
Shooter0898
Posts: 996

Today we had proof that the "tropical paradise" stereotype for Brazil doesn't apply everywhere:
http://31.media.tumblr.com/10b19dbf3506e5d6da52e4e5d60a26f9/tumblr_mqecwaJCWg1s9curvo1_500.jpg		2013-07-24 02:30:00

Author:
gdn001
Posts: 5891

Today we had proof that the "tropical paradise" stereotype for Brazil doesn't apply everywhere:
http://31.media.tumblr.com/10b19dbf3506e5d6da52e4e5d60a26f9/tumblr_mqecwaJCWg1s9curvo1_500.jpg

That still looks quite nice and if it was a postcard i would buy it. (I'm a sucker for mountains in the background )		2013-07-24 16:07:00

Author:
Shooter0898
Posts: 996

Today we had proof that the "tropical paradise" stereotype for Brazil doesn't apply everywhere:
Looks pretty lush and tropical to me still, the vegetation in the foreground kinda gives it away. I'd love to visit but I can't go below 50 degrees latitude without blowing up, like in Speed.		2013-07-24 17:06:00

Author:
Ayneh
Posts: 2454

Looks pretty lush and tropical to me still, the vegetation in the foreground kinda gives it away. I'd love to visit but I can't go below 50 degrees latitude without blowing up, like in Speed.
Indeed, we are getting some odd scenes down here:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/q72/s720x720/28917_1403680469843912_748609803_n.jpg
Also, I'm freezing right now, thank you very much.		2013-07-24 17:14:00

Author:
gdn001
Posts: 5891

Welcome to Livingston, Scotland;
1. We all play bagpipes
2. We all drink whisky
3. We are all School drop outs
4. Will wear Kilts for any occasion
5. We are all ginger
6. Have strong scary Scottish accents with lots of slang terminologies
7.We go Haggis hunting in the hills
8 We all have had some "Dirty deeds" with sheep		2013-07-24 17:47:00

Author:
Awesome_Guy
Posts: 167

Today we had proof that the "tropical paradise" stereotype for Brazil doesn't apply everywhere:
http://31.media.tumblr.com/10b19dbf3506e5d6da52e4e5d60a26f9/tumblr_mqecwaJCWg1s9curvo1_500.jpg

There is such a stereotype about Brazil? I though that place was just a big desert with a few cities in a bad shape and loads and loads of soccer-players.		2013-07-30 15:53:00

Author:
FreeAim
Posts: 2462

Welcome to Livingston, Scotland;
8 We all have had some "Dirty deeds" with sheep

??????????? Hahaha! I think I'll better pass on asking for further explanations!^^

Many greetings, Jürgen^^		2013-08-12 13:39:00

Author:
CuriousSack
Posts: 3981

Well here in New Zealand:

We murder the vowels. So "milk" becomes "mulk" and "three" becomes "thray." "Cat" is "ket" and "you" becomes "yoe."
The entire country is green and dominated by sheep, about 203 for every person.
We bathe in bubbling mud and cook in steaming hot pools.
Every outdoor vista is an untainted visual bliss of natural middle earth quality gorgeousness.
Peter Jackson owns New Zealand.
Everyone is laid back and friendly.
You can leave your house and car unlocked - nobody will rob you.		2013-08-13 11:20:00

Author:
aratiatia
Posts: 374

Mine is boring, but it can classified as :

Spears
Rock painting
The big five
The lion king 		2013-08-17 05:39:00

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