Submitted by: Nick Bauer
Ignorance is global, people.
-
-
-
Copy & paste this:
« Previous Learning: An Active Engagement | Everyone Learns Best From Positive Reinforcement Next »
« Previous Learning: An Active Engagement | Everyone Learns Best From Positive Reinforcement Next »
Submitted by: Nick Bauer
Ignorance is global, people.
There are no cats in America.
And the streets are paved with cheese.
WIN..my thoughts EXACTLY
Now I must go purchase that movie. Haven’t seen it ten years at least.
Definite win
Oh, there are no cats in America.
So put your mind at ease.
I was going to post just that. Bravo, Snow. Bravo.
exactly… An American Tale never lies
Ah I grew up watching that movie as a kid.
YES!
I have to go watch that movie when I get home! Squee!
The times were hard in Sicily
We had no provolone
The Don he was a tabby
With a taste for my brother Tony
When Mama went to plead for him
The Don said he would see her
We found her rosary on the ground
Poor Mama mia
But…
But there are no cats in America
And the streets are paved with cheese
Oh there are no cats in America
So set your mind at ease
Ah, that’s sad, but sadder still –
When I was but a lad, I lost my true love fair
A calico, he caught us by surprise.
In a flash of teeth and fur,
Her tail was all he left of her.
‘Neath the heather is where my Tooraloora lies.
But…
But there are no cats in America
And the streets are paved with cheese
No, there are no cats in America,
So set your mind at ease.
Is there any better possible first comment? No, you, sir, win at life.
Damn… You beat me to it…
Ahhh, you beat me to it! :p
HAHAHAHA I was thinking of this *goes to listen to the soundtrack*
WIN! Just what I was thinking.
Haha, and just after I finished reading a flame war about how stupid Americans are. I wonder if this will help people understand that there are stupid people all around the world, or if it will just start another flame war…
It will just start another flame war. People outside of America are too ignorant to believe that stupid is global, so they will attack America due to their short comings. (Literally)
Stupidity*
I like how people will start flaming because of your comment despite of your name
“Literally”? What does that even mean? What are literal “short comings”? Never mind, I am sure I don’t want to know.
it’s in your pants
L why aren’t you dead? I have a world to rule!!!
If I’m not mistaken, you were caught by Near. After you bested me. With your well-concealed knowledge and manipulation of Shinigami-on-human infatuation. You bastard.
That doesn’t answer his question: why aren’t you dead? Not that I’m not ecstatic. Death Note sucked after you died D:
Win ^^
You two just made my day XD.
Are there cats in America? Really people, come on. Ignorance is indeed global.
That’s right. I know many stupid people in Canada. Including me.
Canada is part of North America,
North America is part of The Americas.
America is a country. The Americas are two continents. North America is a continent. America is located in North America.
thanks for playing, though
Actually, no. There is no country called “America’ in the most official sense of the word – Slang has stated that America is what it is, but the country is called the United States OF America. As in the continent of America. Saying Americans refers to the entire super continent, technically, but in reality people take it as they do now.
2 continents (or is that condiments?), north and south. Read up on Plate Tectonics.
He said supercontinent, it’s pretty obvious he was referring to both North and South America even through using that terminology is flawed as the only land joining the two is Panama. It’s correct to refer to Europe and Asia as the Eurasia supercontinent (for reasons other then just sharing a huge common border) which actually consists of several plates besides just the Eurasia plate. These include the North American plate (part of Russia), the Indian plate, The Austrialian plate, and the Arabian plate. Even North America actually consists of several plates the South East of the US has some definite large scale rift action where a large section of the North American plate seems to be pulling away. The Juan DeFuca plate in the Northwest is being subducted under the North American plate, as well as a small part of California which is on the Pacific plate and is moving north compared the rest of the coast. Then you have the Cocos plate in Latin America, and the Caribbean is usually considered a part as well so you can include the Caribbean plate.
You can’t divide up the continents based on what land appears above water on what plates, otherwise North America has part of Russia, and half of Iceland.
What, play tecktonik?!
–°– –°-’ –°| x° –°– °x ‘-°-’ –°– ~°– –°~
no, saying Americans means only those living in the U.S.A. because Americans say so
therefore you are wrong, i do give you one point for pretending to be a guy that was kinda cool though
Actually, the name of the country is the Democratic Republic of the United States of America. Now, as we’ve seen plenty of other times, countries don’t always go by their full names, so to go from the Democratic Republic of the United States of America to America is totally acceptable. Especially since I’m sure you’ll find that Canadians and Mexicans and more than likely residents of South American countries will NOT refer to themselves as Americans, but rather as a resident of their country (Brazilian, Venezuelan, Bolivian, Peruvian, etc.). It just so happens that the name of our country also shares a name with the continent. (See: Australia)
The name of the country is The United States of America. There is no “Democratic Republic” in the name, as in “Democratic Republic of the Congo.” Yes, the United States of America is a Democratic Republic, but that phrase is not part of the name. You don’t see it on passports, you don’t see it on coinage, and you don’t see it on currency. The President of the United States is never announced in public as “The President of the Democratic Republic of the United States of America.”
No, Australia is not a continent, it’s Oceania.
Times have changed since I went to school then. Back then (20 or so years ago) I was taught that it was North America, South America, Europe, Asia (or Eurasia), Antarctica, Africa, and Australia–in no special order.
Oceania is not a frickin’ continent. It’s a collection of islands, including Australia, also known as the Pacific Rim [/troll]
So what? We’re supposed to call ourselves United States of Americans? USAites? People in Canada are Canadians, people in Mexico are Mexicans. People in the US are Americans. Everyone with two brain cells knows this. We are not arrogantly saying we’re the only country in The Americas, it’s just that’s what we’re called. In fact, if we insisted that Canadians and Mexicans were “Americans”, it’d be like saying they were part of our country (US) and would be pretty stupid/offensive. If you wanted to talk about everyone in North America, you’d say North American.
And to all those NOT in The Americas trying to weigh in on this – how the hell would you know anyway? I don’t care what you learn in school/via news; WE live here, WE know what we are all called. It’s not confusing and it’s not wrong. So shove it.
Don’t get so belligerent.
Take statements like these:
“no, saying Americans means only those living in the U.S.A. because Americans say so”
You could take that statement many ways, two stand out, insulting or not. Sure you could take it to mean that it’s only by arrogance people in the US claim the right to the name of the continent. Which is wrong, but that’s a long bit of explaining I don’t want to go into a tangent on. Or you could just assume the poster has the belief people in the US simply shortened their name and American stuck. Then since we call ourselves American everyone else does as well.
Getting angry is what the few trolls who have posted so far want from you, and you do nothing to help proved your point when your text comes across like you nearly broke the keyboard out of frustration.
Short point? It’s text, swearing makes you look like a child, and a petulant one at that. Type up those responses, wait five minutes and read it over again, you will thank me in the future.
True, but I am Canadian and certainly don’t enjoy being called American. The USA adopted that term, we didn’t. Therefore, Canada does not equal America. I have no issue with Americans, some of my best friends are from the States, but as with most people, I like to be identified with the country in which I actually live.
evenm though there are no cats in america…
That’s what the mice said… and look what happened to them!
they ate the cheeze streets?
There are no cows or lions in china and people still think there are and make fun of their parade lions. People in America gross out when they find out Chinese eat dogs, what are they supposed to eat? They have no meat other than fish.
Why would Americans gross out over eating dog? We have McDonald’s where too, you know.
no, chuck, that’s Koreans
Actually Chinese eat dog too.
There are cows in China…
If you want to see cats in America….go to a Chinese restaurant parking lot…………
Or go to a suburban neighborhood in the middle of the night.
or my parents’ kitchen around 6pm
Lol, this one made me laugh.
i thought that would stereotypically be where you don’t see them
Racist.
I’m Asian.
I’m Pangean
I’m Canadian!
I’m American.
Oh s**t! You tricky bastards.
I’m Narnian.
Its like asking “Were there cats in Ancient Egypt?”
((It’s obvious the answer is “No,” people))
Did the wrong answer really need double brackets, shannon?
OMG. It’s from a movie folks. Thank you, snow, for getting it.
“An American Tail”
If you can read, you’ll see that the person who admittedly failed in the post admits to wondering if there were cats in America.
I agree, however, that the first comment on this post is from An American Tail
Indeed, the Quote is from “An American Tail”, great little film :3, and in that, they discover there are indeed cats in America….. I can’t believe none of them realized this was from a classic cartoon movie
. You gotta love Fievel and Tiger!
That’s what happens when you get your information about how the world works from children’s cartoons, LOL.
The first time I went to the USA I was 13…my sibs and I were singing this on the plane, I hope we didn’t drive anybody nuts.
You all ignorents ! There are no cats in america, but only in England, cuz i’ve heard that they use to say ‘raining cats and dogs’ then I guess they have some. But im pretty much sure there ain’t no cats in usa guys
LMAO, I was gonna trash the s**t out of you until I saw your name was Dumbass.
You, sir, are either a total genius or a complete dumbass, and the fact that I can’t tell makes you awesome!
britf*gs are as stupid I suppose
double fail! babe is actually an australian movie
That’ll do, Pig, that’ll do.
Thank gods it’s not just us!!
I don’t know, I don’t think it’s that stupid. I mean, yeah, cats, dogs, and mice are everywhere, but if you lived in Asia or Africa, you might not know that there aren’t any monkeys native to North America.
I guess I think it’s okay because, instead of assuming that the world is just like where the poster lives, he/she/it/they asked?
Ordinarily, I would agree with you… until a certain point. Not in this particular instance, because cats have been pets for a long enough time that you would expect them to be in any nation that has trade with the rest of the world.
I agree. I presume cats are in America, but ive been presented with no evidence. It’s more stupid to presume there are cats where there arnt any.
To follow that up, it’s better to ask a stupid question than be ignorant and presume.
Don’t worry. I live in Utah, and there, indeed, are cats in America.
(And the streets are paved with asphalt, not cheese. Sorry.)
Figures Utah wouldn’t have cheese streets. Jeez, y’all need to catch up with the times.
LDS joke?
Google furst, FaceBook second…
The person asked the question in English, so they’re either from Europe, Canada or Australia/NZ. All of these are pretty civilised, so the level of ignorance that the asker has shown is pretty scary. Unless s/he is a kid, but still :s
Or South Africa. English is spoken in lots of places in Africa!
“Ignorance is global, people”
Heartily seconded.
I have never believed Americans were disproportionally more stupid compared to the rest of the world – but I find it increasingly difficult to forgive them the invention of Internet (= Globally Transmitted Ignorance).
Oops, I’d better be off …
O_o
I agree that I don’t think there are proportionally more stupid people in the US, it’s just there are more total, so we tend to stand out unfortunately.
No because education does make a difference, so proportionally America does have more ignorant people than some European countries.
The education system in the US varies dramatically according to what state and city you live in, and also your child’s intelligence (there are special classes for “gifted and talented” students), so that argument can’t be made.
Lesson of the day: Things don’t magically become less embarassing just because you tell the world about them.
I think Americans have developed a tendency to point out stupidity more than other nations, so it makes me glad to FINALLY see a non American post. I mean, c.mon, do any of us believe there are no idiots posting in Oz, Poland, Bora Bora, etc?
There probably are, but they wouldn’t be on this site – most Failbookers are native English speakers. Which is why we see more stupid Americans.
obviously this person is from Ameri…oh wait. sorry, bad habit
HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAH… *pauses to catch breath* HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHHAAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAAHAH…
Take that, Brits.
“Babe” thats a pig
yessssss and there are cats in the movie, moving on!
I think I could outside into my backyard right now and find at least three or four within my seeing range. We’ve got about six or seven just licing around our house. :3 They’re all cute and friendly.
*living
“Licing” sounds… gross.
I was gonna say, licing sounds pretty bad.
I am surprised that nobody has has made any mention of mountain lions and/or bobcats, as well as others i’m sure of.
Yes there are cats that are native to north america
Sorry, mate, we only have squirrels here. Some of them are the size of cats, though.
I got the video of the song you guys are talking about.
Thank you!
Does anyone realize that that is from the movie An American Tale. The one with the mice it it!
I do.
people are taking the quote waay to seriously/literally.
There are NOOOO cats in Am-er-ica!
Actually, Babe is set in New Zealand.
Yes! Finally, no fail from the USA.
Wow people actually say “summat”?
“babe” is an Australian movie, so the joke is on black
I wish there was no cats in America. Cats are disgusting creatures.
Who the f**k wants to own an animal that pisses and s**ts inside? Worst smelling piss and s**t too. To those contemplating even getting a cat, just remember you may like them – but they sure as s**t don’t like you.
humans are animals who s**t and piss inside…
Poms say summat. Of course we have no stupid people here in Australia. If you ever visit, lookout for drop bears!!
I can almost guarantee the person who posted this status is an Australian (which is a continent IN Oceania for the person way above – It’s an asian-pacific nation). I love how it in every way exemplifies just how ignorant the majority of the people in this country actually are. i mean, especially by judging from the outcome of the recent election. I swear to dog I am going to leave.
younger teenagers say summat (usually, the incredibly bogan ones). they think they are cool. I think they are effing morons. My proof? I’m a teacher
Babe was filmed to be “culturally neutral”, or so I heard, which I suppose meant you wouldn’t be able to place it specifically in the US, England, Australia or New Zealand…
Babe was set in Australia, doofus.
It’s acceptable for people in the USA to be called “Americans” because it’s part of the name. Find me one other country in the Americas with the word America in the name and perhaps we’ll reconsider.
*whistle* there is extreme ignorance in all of the continents. there, i said it. yes, there are cats in america. the country between Canada and Mexico is called The United States of America. people from america are called american, or Yankees, or whatever. just dont talk trash about me.
~pennsylvanian-american
Sings:
‘cos there are no cats in America
and the streets are paved with chee-eese!