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[BeefontheBone]

Ah, you failed to take into account that Stansted has its own highly localised weather systems which cause it to rain there 23.7% more often than the national average, so it doesn't count :P

[TheGiantMidgit]

We Asians cant live without our pocket calculators and in light of our population, don't believe in contraceptives either.

...also, we totally eat cats. ...and monkey brains, obviously.

Oh and our syntax is always screwed up. "I can no tawk now, must reave now yes?"

[Gelfo]

I'm glad that us english don't wear penguin suits and monocles, have very posh accents and sip bourbon after dinner in our smoking parlours, wearing our smoking jackets any more.

South Westerners (Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset) are all farmers who hate outsiders.. "Git Orf Moi Land!"

Londoners, of course are dodgy geezers who bubble and squeak all cockney like

Geordies (From Newcastle...north north england) are hard skinhead nutters who walk around in winter with no shirts on and headbutt windows for a laugh

Welsh people aren't normal

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French people all wear berets and have thin moustaches (even the women)

Italians use hand gestures a lot

Germans dont have much of a sense of humor

* note - as with other posts in this thread, none of this material is intended to be offensive.. except for the welsh thing

[ReamusLQ]

Americans don't know where pretty much any other country is in the world

[iepeulas]

Originally posted by ReamusLQ@Feb 9 2006, 01:59 AM
Americans don't know where pretty much any other country is in the world

especially if it ends in -stan. Americans are too busy learning the names of their states to be bothered with world geography.

Poles are stupid.

England has bad food and worse weather.

The French are arrogant.

Greeks have one giant eyebrow.

[allyfaucet]

I'll post some about the states (helping out the prejudice that Americans don't care about any other country in the world :P )

Californians are all surfers.
People who live in the south are all hillbillies are slave ancestors.
People in Florida are all old and retired.
Everyone living in Alaska must be an Eskimo.
New Yorkers (NYC) are loud.
The worst gangs live in Los Angeles.
California is full of immigrants. (pretty true, actually :whistle: )
Everyone living in the midwest is totally religious (The Bible Belt, and such. Staunch Protestants and Catholics)
Texans are loud and proud and still bring up the Alamo and other cowboy-like occurances.

[PrejudiceSucks]

Despite being called PrejudiceSucks (if someone could change this to jBrereton I'd be much pleased), I have a few to add.

Italians - all of the men are perverts, all of the women are beautiful and are all called Laura. Everyone drives mopeds badly, and has to have shaperones all of the time. Even on their mopeds.

The French - Men : Poncy waiters, or stupendously angry chefs, who swear a lot.

Women : All of them go topless at the beach, even in Bretagne, where it's cold (can't remember how to spell it in English, sorry).

General French customs : Much garlic on show.
Everyone eats frog-legs and drinks red wine or cider for breakfast, along with dipping cakes in coffee.
Everone rides bicycles (ringing their f***ing bells all of the time), other than male teenagers who ride those bloody mini-moped thingies.
All of them are proud to be a republic.
Don't like the British much.
Berets and stripey jumpers are the only clothes allowed, other than skirts or shorts.

The English : Snooty waiters.
Everyone is either upper class and speaks in an extreme Windsor accent, or they are super-poor and speak in a cockney accent. The only exception are farmers, who have a tendency to say "GET ORF MOI BLOODY LAAAAAAND" all of the time. For evidence of this, see any Hollywood film made about England, ever.
Really aggressive football fans.
Awful diets.
Like the empire, a lot, and wish we had it back.
Either work in the banks, or in the cotton mills. Otherwise, they're in the officer corps of the army, and they are all posh.
Everyone has pocket watches.
Big moustaches are in. Especially with fighter plane pilots.
We hate the French and the Germans, and most people don't like Russians, too.

Germans : David Hasselhoff is a god in Germany.
All of them are very sad, feelings wise, about everything.
All of them wear Pickelhaube helmets, even just to do stuff like go to the shops.
Their literature is pretty tragic.
If they're not wearing military uniforms, then they're wearing Lederhosen.

Austria : Lederhosen and cheese are in (I don't know much about prejudice towards Austria, sorry!)

*doesn't know much about the Balkans or Eastern Europe other than Russia in the way of prejudices*

Russia : EVERYONE loves vodka.
The Stasi keep absolute power (replace that with whatever it's called now - probably not the NKVD, but something like that)
They wear ace hats.
They are all prepared to die for the Motherland. With no exceptions.
If they're not tired conscripts, then they're commisars. Other than coal mining, there is no occupation other than in the Army.
Everyone has a dacha.

The USA : Everyone is ignorant.
They are also into guns.
They feel that because they are a superpower, they can push everyone around (I have quotes to back this up if you need them - not from this forum but from another one).
They deny everything about Vietnam.
They all speak a language I can only describe as Spanglish.
They hate Islam.
All of them hate communism too.
They are all Christian-right and watch Fox News.
All of them dream of joining a SEAL team, or of being an jet fighter pilot.
They all stay celibate until they get married in the bible belt, or lose their virginity as soon as possible anywhere else.

Indians : All of them work in call centres.

Chinese people : They are many and very loyal.

Everywhere else in Asia : Urmm... I don't really know. How's about... loyal to their homeland. That'll do.

I could continue, but this is already quite a long post.

Sorry if I missed out anyone's prefered country of prejudice!

[Eagle of Fire]

Here in Québec, traffic lights start up red and flashing. This indicate that the traffic light is not functioning properly and it must be treated as a normal Stop.

When the lights are green (sometimes with arrows to show you where you can go), you can go on. Then, after a while (which is not preset but distinct to all lights depending on how they are setted), the light turn to yellow. This indicate that the light will turn to red shortly and that you should either pass quickly if you're already engaged in the intersection, or prepare to stop. Then it turn to red, which mean you can't pass and it's the other side to go. Then, after the same pattern work on the other side, the lights turn back to green and you can go. Return to step one.

We have a very safe system over here, and most of our signs are very easy to understand even for those who never actually studied their meanings. Very straightforward.

[Aristharus]

Where are all the ones about Finland..? Or are we counted as Russians for this one? The vodka thing would be true.

[Puffin]

Finland.. the people are always in sauna, and drink Finlandia. And they're all lumberjacks.