Nobody knows where anything is...

swamprat69er · 02-17-14, 12:53 PM

It is really surprising how many Americans don't know much about their next door neighbour. I am not talking about Mexico here.

mapuc · 02-17-14, 01:23 PM

This story is from the end of the 80'ies. Our Swedish king and the Queen was on a official visit to USA. One of the Swedish reporter toke a tour in a little town outside Washington(if I do remember it correctly)

He came to one of these famous road restaurant and there he asked people if they knew something about Sweden. It was this guy who tried to make everyone else quiet 'cause he surely knew a lot of Sweden and where this country could be found on the map.

Sweden was...one of the small island north of Japan, according to this person. I guess many Swedish people got a good laugh when they heard and saw this on the news.

Markus

02-17-14, 12:53 PM	#1
swamprat69er Aceydeucy Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ontario,Canada Posts: 1,889 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	It is really surprising how many Americans don't know much about their next door neighbour. I am not talking about Mexico here. __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That which does not kill us, makes us stronger. We the willing, led by the unsure, have done so much with so little, for so long, that we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.

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02-17-14, 01:23 PM	#2
mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,553 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	This story is from the end of the 80'ies. Our Swedish king and the Queen was on a official visit to USA. One of the Swedish reporter toke a tour in a little town outside Washington(if I do remember it correctly) He came to one of these famous road restaurant and there he asked people if they knew something about Sweden. It was this guy who tried to make everyone else quiet 'cause he surely knew a lot of Sweden and where this country could be found on the map. Sweden was...one of the small island north of Japan, according to this person. I guess many Swedish people got a good laugh when they heard and saw this on the news. Markus