Cultural Myth Busting!

[Springer80]

And we will happily let you claim Russell Crowe as 'yours'

We all sympathise...:sorry:

 

[The Albatross]

Contrary to popular belief, anyone who lives in Florida is not necessarily "close" to Disney World. It is not always hot and humid and we actually do own "winter clothes", though winter for us is anything below 40 degrees.

Alligators are not "everywhere", though since 1/3 of our state is actually under water there are many areas where they are present.
Certain spiders and snakes are more dangerous than they are.

Though many senior citizens retire and relocate to Florida, not everyone is elderly.

One of my childhood friends visited once from Southern California and remarked, "You have more churches than you do liquor stores" to which I replied, "Why yes, yes we do isn't that nice?"

 

[silkleaves]

One of my childhood friends visited once from Southern California and remarked, "You have more churches than you do liquor stores" to which I replied, "Why yes, yes we do isn't that nice?"

...and more strip clubs than churches...or is that only So Fla? LOL!!!

Definitely true though, people are surprised when I say Disney is 4.5 hrs drive from me. At which point I advice them to look at a map of FL...its a huge state!

 

[Spiderallis]

I'm from the Detroit area of the US, we are not having any sort of apocalypse. We do not have a robocop statue (yet) but he did throw out the first pitch at a baseball game.

 

[Springer80]

the bike part is kind of true.. the Dutch really use their bike as a means of transportation, rather than a leisurely activity. So for travelling anywhere under 10 kilometers, we prefer to use our bikes.

I know!!! I think nearly all of Europe is secretly jealous of this, although quite a few others have a similar ethos. I wish the UK Govt would just pull their finger out and get on with investing in proper city cycle paths. One day maybe?...:rolleyes: We just don't like upsetting people, we'd spend half the project time apologising :mad:

and you did cheat with the underarm incident in that cricket match 30 plus years ago

Hhhhmmmm, this sounds familiar. We in the UK also bang on about sporting defeats from decades ago?!:grumpy: Oh that's right, sport grumps are cross-continental!! :p (Murray's just been drop kicked :oops:)[DOUBLEPOST=1404456910,1404456748][/DOUBLEPOST]

And I did recently get a big orange t-shirt as a gift..

I knew it, I knew IT, I KNEW IT!!!! :woot:

 

[Springer80]

"You have more churches than you do liquor stores" to which I replied, "Why yes, yes we do isn't that nice?"

The town I spent most of my early years in had the UK's first off licence (rum merchants) and more pubs (bars) per capita than anywhere else. It was the one of the busiest ports in England a few hundred years ago and the stone that clad the first White House in Philadelphia (?) set sail from there.

Curiously two hundred and fifty years later there are still ALOT of pubs.
Can't think were the north get it's rep from??? :whistling:

 

[Deleted member 19804]

Hahaha, Springer, you made me giggle :laugh:

I wish the UK Govt would just pull their finger out and get on with investing in proper city cycle paths. One day maybe?...:rolleyes: We just don't like upsetting people, we'd spend half the project time apologising :mad:

So it is true!!

 

[Lucycat]

I am in Scotland - and it is all true! We have Kilts and Bagpipes all over the place. Everybody eats haggis (yuk) and drinks whisky and there really is a monster. I know because Rory told me.

... what really amuses me is when I hear people use the word 'hoot' to mean 'what'. As in 'hoot time are you coming to see me?' I even get text messages with hoot. Heard of Cheesy Whotsits? Here they are Cheesy Hootsits!

 

[Kas_Can_Fly]

I had crumpets and tea for breakfast (Yeah, British), so maybe I'm not the person to ask. :p

 

[Hashi]

we'd spend half the project time apologising Click to expand...
So it is true!!

Nooo, it's misunderstood! When I say sorry, you aren't meant to say, "That's OK", "I forgive you" etc. You're meant to say "Sorry" back. It's like "How are you?" It's just a general indication that you're still breathing and aware that someone else is within 10 feet of you.

No-one really cares. It doesn't mean anything! .. until someone takes it literally....

 

[Deleted member 19804]

No-one really cares. It doesn't mean anything! .. until someone takes it literally....

Sorry...

:p[DOUBLEPOST=1404500096,1404499840][/DOUBLEPOST]I absolutely LOVE British humor though. I'm a huge fan of Little Britain, A Bit of Fry and Laurie, Monty Python and, of course, Mr. Bean!
You Brits all have my eternal gratitude for never failing to make me laugh.:happy:

 

[Hashi]

No, I'm sorry, you were only being supportive.

:p

See? That's how it works. :)