Talking to Americans

GL

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<< A young man at New York University is outraged when told that 70 percent of Canadian Grade 7 students can't name their congressman or find their home states on a map (because Canada has neither states nor a Congress).
&quot;It's disgraceful that people are unaware of the world they live in,&quot; he says with disgust.
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:) Wish I'd been able to see this.
 

Czar

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I´v never seen this show but my view on this would probably be the same as John Thompson thinks.


<< &quot;very funny, but not very fair.&quot; >>


A bit like jaywalking.
 

Eug

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<< I´v never seen this show but my view on this would probably be the same as John Thompson thinks. >>

Well, yes and no. Some of the stuff isn't very fair, but some of the stuff is just so blatantly obvious that anyone show know that.
 

Czar

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well like in Jay leno

&quot;Where did the Frence Revolution take place?&quot;
&quot;England&quot;

So weird that so many people guess instead of admiting that they dont know the answer. They look far more stupid guessing than by saying they dont know.
 

desy

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I hate that skit.
Totally unfair, he could ask the same questions around here and would find enough stupid reponses to fill a show.
I don't think Mercer even graduated from high school so you could fill volumes with what he doesn't know.
 

UnixFreak

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I am an american, and I'd like to see that show. Sounds pretty damn funny to me.
 

sandorski

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Yea, those skits are funny, but I'll also agree that some of them are not fair. As posted above, some should be obvious though.
 

reitz

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<< I am an american, and I'd like to see that show. Sounds pretty damn funny to me. >>

I agree. Regardless of nationality, I always enjoy laughing at another person's ignorance and stupidity.
 

OS

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<< well like in Jay leno >>



I dunno, some of those skits seem faked or staged to me, like people knowingly saying bad answers just to get on TV?

Plus sometimes they ask questions that I don't know the answer to, but even then, I don't care what the answer is. I think one time they went around asking how many quarts are in a gallon. Hell, I don't know off the top of my head and it's not exactly a life critical issue to me.