Ok, this sort of thing is specious and I suspect you could go to any country and do a “man on the street” test like this and find a bunch of dummies who have no clue about anything. Jay Leno’s Jaywalking has done this bit for a decade only he actually finds teachers and college students who seem to know nothing. Someone needs to do this in Canada. That said there is a low-level ignorance that permeates the entire country as is pointed out by people sticking a needle into Australia and saying that it’s North Korea. Cripes.
Oops — messed up the second URL:
http://tinyurl.com/39fmr4
Sorry to keep posting — Australia is almost surely mis-labeled as “North Korea” and some small Island below it is labeled “South Korea”
You get pretty-much surmise it in this screen grab
http://tinyurl.com/39hhx2
What a cheap shot!
It reminds me of Dan Quayle’s mis-spelling “Potatoe” Even though I was no fan of Quayle, I never faulted him when I heard is was misprinted on his card. I would have deferred to the card too.
#35 Perfect canadian situation.. If i can’t use the condom I may aswell be dead
you may aswell be afraid of killer frogs
the war on terror is a mytrh
Less than 10% of US Citizens have ever traveled overseas according to the Bureau of Statistic.
Life is hard for the average Americans.
42,
If you’re brain don’t work right, I guess you have to believe what’s on the paper held by the important looking person.
#45
You have a point — it still is pretty dumb to not notice that Australia is mis-labeled as Iraq!. Australia is one of the most recognizable items on a world map. And what they _say_ is stupid — invade Italy? What the heck? Italy was in the coalition until just a couple months ago.
As for Dan Quayle — I have to say, I just can’t fault the guy because I can so pictures myself making that same mistake. Even though I know the correct spelling of “potato” I would second guess myself for a second if the card in front of me said “potatoe” — and that’s all it took to make that mistake.