if you come from here

[XaviarRkR]

When I tell people where I come from, they almost always say...

"Eh?......... Oh........... MINTCAKE!" and it does my head in.


so is there anyone else here from Kendal who get's fed up of being linked to mintcake? For that matter is there anyone here from any area famous for something that gets mentioned to you every time you tell where you're from to the point of extreme irritation?

I'd really like to know

 

[Yet_One_More_Idiot]

When we had some Canadian scouts over on an exchange trip a few years back, they all seemed really surprised for some reason that we'd never been to see most (or in fact any) of the well-known London landmarks.

To which our reply was, "of course not, they're open for tourists!" You very rarely find people sightseeing in their own town/city.

 

[BigNorm]

oohhh.... let's see, Jacksonville, Fl. ... we got, superbowl, most murders in florida, and more murders than miami and tampa combined. a strange outbreak in child molestation, and child kidnapping and murders... that's all i can think of now, so yeah, thanks to some ***holes, we're getting a bad rap.

 

[AphxA1]

Bronx, ny hmmmm we got a struggling baseball team. Its so nasty sometimes here. People leave their garbage on the sidewalk waiting for the trash truck to come by, and now thats it summer, it smells so badly. Oh and yeah theres a laundry mat or chinese food restaurant on nearly every block.

 

[joham1]

It's more about my name than the place I'm from. Whenever I introduce myself as Joe, it's inevitably followed up with "where you going with that gun in your hand" and a comedy slap of the thigh as if they're the first person ever to think of it.

It actually doesn't bother me, I find it more jarring when it's not mentioned.

I was once asked by tourists in London how I managed to stay standing on the Tube without falling over when not holding onto anything. I'd never really noticed, I guess you just get used to the motion.

I do think that Americans have a distorted view of us Brits if American TV is anything to go by! I know the Simpsons hams it up like a freshly opened economy can of Spam, but you get the idea.

Although, to perpetuate a stereotype, my teeth are pretty dodgy.

 

[nessonite1]

It irritates the hell out of me that people (who have never been here or have only been to the nastier cities) think that NJ is nothing but a huge toxic waste dump, garbage dump, industrial polution plant, whatever. Yes NJ is the most densley populated state (most people per square mile) but where I live and most of the northern counties are clean and lush and green and beautiful.

And speaking from the Californian side of me...no we do NOT all eat sprouts and tofu and avacados!!!

So there!

 

[Cbarton]

Cincinnati....most famous (non-sports) for 3-ways!

NOW NOW! Not THAT kind of three way!

Cincinnati is known for it's own style of chili (like Skyline Chili). A 3-way is spaghetti, chili and cheese....

Only city in the US where you can ask a lady if she wants a 3-way without getting slapped or arrested....

 

[Ignatz]

Smile, when you say that, Pilgrim!

Tell someone you're from Texas and they immediately ask if you're a cowboy or slip into a cheesy imitation of John Wayne. When this happens to me, I just spit tobacco juice on their shoes, and drill them with my Colt .45. It doesn't happen often, though, for the simple reason that I rarely leave Texas.