Misconceptions about where you live

[Tages]

Just to clear up some things about the greatest place on Earth, Reno, Nevada:

-Nevada. It's pronounced Ne-VA-duh, almost phonetic. Everyone everywhere else likes saying it "Nevaahhda" and the rest of us find it really cute that you choose to so clearly mark yourselves as tourists. This way to the blackjack table, ma'am.

-Prostitution is not legal in Reno. You have to travel a whole 20-30 minutes to Carson City or Fernley for that.

-It is perfectly acceptable to refer to Fernley as "Ferntucky" and Fallon as "Fallobama." Just don't do it when you're actually there. The locals don't like it.

-Virginia City is a really exciting place for about ten minutes before you realize that the entire economy revolves around tourism and crystal meth.

-Yes, everyone here smokes. We're not allergic to oxygen, it's just that clean mountain air's buzz wears off too quick.

-Yes, everyone here drinks. Why? Because the rest of you drove us to it. Live with that on your conscience.

-Street Vibrations and Hot August Nights are for you, not us. Yes, that's right, give us your money, like that, pay our taxes for us...

-Contrary to popular belief, the house does not always win. It doesn't have to, as long as enough people are willing to lose big.

-You may notice that about a third of the city prefers Spanish and/or Tagalog to English. We realize this. Pointing it out to us doesn't change it. Also, it's annoying.

-People are often perplexed at how we are able to travel the city with so much of it blocked off due to the constant construction. The answer to that could not be simpler. We've evolved the ability to teleport.

-Bookies don't take even money bets. It annoys the piss out of me when movies like "Hardball" show this.

-The Reno Police are not as shown on "Reno 911." They're not quite that competent.


What are some misconceptions about your beloved home you'd like to set straight?

[K'Nort]

No one can pronounce Oregon worth a damn either.

But you want misconceptions, try Alaska.

[StoneGold]

I don't think I've ever seen a hooker soliciting on the corner of Hollywood and Vine. That corner has been gentrified for a while now. There's like a big-ass mall down the street and everything.

[Slam_Bradley]

90% of Idahoans know how to pronounce both Nevada and Oregon. Those that don't are really Californians in disguise. We'd like them to go back.

[Michael P]

Most of the homeless people in New York are actually quite polite and well-spoken.

[SOGG]

Most of the homeless people in New York are actually quite polite and well-spoken.

And some of them hold advanced degrees.

[Mike Smith]

Malibu is full of celebrities, but they aren't always hot, especially Pam Anderson.

[BlairH]

-We do not wear kilts all day
-We are not a bunch of grumpy, mean old men
-We do not eat haggis every day
-Fried mars bars are a rarity
-We do not all have ginger hair
-Our fave hobby isn't chucking cabers aboot.
-We are not made out of girders
-the drink IRN BRU is not made out of girders
-GTA: San Andreas (the dev studio is based in Scotland!) does not feature girders.
-I am not from "up North" (ya' hear that Gaz?)
-We don't really hate the English (although it is necessary to make them THINK they are hated for reasons of national security)
-The Roman Emperor Hadrian built a wall to keep us out of their lands. The Romans may have conquered England, but they were SCARED of us Scots!

[Gaz]

Most of the homeless people in New York are actually quite polite and well-spoken.
There are HOMELESS PEOPLE in New York?!
I thought Rudy had them all shot?

[Erebus]

DC is not all politics. I live near the side of Capitol Hill they never show you on TV. There is a gang war at least once every 2 weeks where I live. Plus, all our mayors some pot and hire prostitutes, not just Marion Barry.

[Avalanche]

No one can pronounce Oregon worth a damn either.
Yeah, that irritates me as well. When I go out of state they always say Ore-gone. Do they pronounce person, as pers-awn?

[Donald M.]

The so-called "Boston accent"?

Nobody actually talks like that.

[BlairH]

The so-called "Boston accent"?

Nobody actually talks like that.

did yah pahk yah caaah in tha paaaahking laht?

[warspite1805]

-We do not wear kilts all day
-We are not a bunch of grumpy, mean old men
-We do not eat haggis every day
-Fried mars bars are a rarity
-We do not all have ginger hair
-Our fave hobby isn't chucking cabers aboot.
-We are not made out of girders
-the drink IRN BRU is not made out of girders
-GTA: San Andreas (the dev studio is based in Scotland!) does not feature girders.
-I am not from "up North" (ya' hear that Gaz?)
-We don't really hate the English (although it is necessary to make them THINK they are hated for reasons of national security)
-The Roman Emperor Hadrian built a wall to keep us out of their lands. The Romans may have conquered England, but they were SCARED of us Scots!
You forgot to mention that Tony Blair and most of his cabinet are Scotts

[GremlinClr]

Not all the folks in Kentucky are inbred redneck hicks sitting on the porch playing a banjo.

Most...not all.

[Slam_Bradley]

The so-called "Boston accent"?

Nobody actually talks like that.


Really? Because there was a female prosecutor at a conference that I went to that was damn close. I could only understand her pronunciation of stairs (stayhs) because of the context of what she was saying.

[Grant]

The so-called "Boston accent"?

Nobody actually talks like that.

I lived with three people from Boston and a good chunk of you do. It's pretty wicked retarded.

-Grant
Still has his nasal midwestern tone.

[Tadhg Adams]

There's more than Corn in Indiana. Okay, no there's not.

There's more to South Bend than Notre Dame football. Okay, no there's not.

[Dreadstar]

Keep your misconceptions about Columbus.


You're probably right on the money.

[macul]

Florida isn't southern. Except for Oceanway. Maybe.

[Davideaux]

Do people think about Maryland?

Yes, we do have good crab. (I guess I confirmed the misconception).

Oh, and Baltimore isn't bad, if you avoid the rough spots.

[EZMOHR]

Kids who go to Stanford are as dumb as kids who go to state colleges, they only got more money and better connections.

[Michael P]

Kids who go to [insert prestigious school here] are as dumb as kids who go to state colleges, they only got more money and better connections.Fixed it for ya.

[BlairH]

You forgot to mention that Tony Blair and most of his cabinet are Scotts

Most of his Cabinet, yes. Although I'm not sure if he believs he's Scottish. England's kind of like his adopted country :D

(Don't get me wrong, I hate the Barnett formulae etc as much as most of England)

[warspite1805]

I just hates it when people assumes all Scotts are English because it implies the likes of Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Robin Cook is engluish, it really angries up the blood. It is bad enougth Heath was English.

[Johnny_Storm]

There's more than Corn in Indiana. Okay, no there's not.

There's more to South Bend than Notre Dame football. Okay, no there's not.

Hey Indiana sounds like Nebraska, there's corn and then there's Cornhusker Football. Go Big Red!!!, somebody help me :(

[K'Nort]

Hey Indiana sounds like Nebraska, there's corn and then there's Cornhusker Football. Go Big Red!!!, somebody help me :(

Go Sooners!!!

[BlairH]

I just hates it when people assumes all Scotts are English because it implies the likes of Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Robin Cook is engluish, it really angries up the blood. It is bad enougth Heath was English.

Yeah, tell me about it. If I was English I'd hate to be associated with the Scottish Socialist Mafia/Labour party.

Fear not though! One day I'll lead a revolt against our "Socialist masters", and Scotland will be independant again. I think Scottish/English relations would actually BENEFIT from the independance.

[Johnny_Storm]

Go Sooners!!!

Arrg, I thought I was amongst friends here :rolleyes:

[Donald M.]

I lived with three people from Boston and a good chunk of you do. It's pretty wicked retarded.

-Grant
Still has his nasal midwestern tone.

Well I've never met anyone who does and I've lived here for thirty years.

[K'Nort]

Arrg, I thought I was amongst friends here :rolleyes:

Sorry but I have an evil ex with lifetime Cornhusker season tickets so it's a knee-jerk reaction.

[BlairH]

I have a really strange Scottish accent. It sounds like old rural Scottish crossed with an electric shaver.

[Anthony]

Well I've never met anyone who does and I've lived here for thirty years.
Really? I was there for 30 minutes and found about 10 of them. This was out of 40 people though.

Though I feel the same about Brooklyn's accent There are possibly dozens of accents in Brooklyn not just the Italian one.

[K'Nort]

Bostonians seem to be big on self-delusion. I worked with a guy who spent the first 25 years of his life there and insisted that he'd never noticed clam chowder to always be the soup of the day on Fridays.

[GabrielleWP]

People in KY do not all live in trailer parks, are hillbillys, and date their sisters.

I'm not saying it doesn't go on but no more so than any other state in the US.

We can't pronouce city names though, that is true. Louisville is not 'Lew'e ville' its 'luville'. Versailles is not 'Ver'sigh' its 'Ver'sales'. Go figure. 'Glasgow' is 'glaz'go'
Dunno, you'd think with 3 major university's we'd figure it out, but nope.

GWP

[K'Nort]

People in KY do not all live in trailer parks, are hillbillys, and date their sisters.

I'm not saying it doesn't go on but no more so than any other state in the US.

We can't pronouce city names though, that is true. Louisville is not 'Lew'e ville' its 'luville'. Versailles is not 'Ver'sigh' its 'Ver'sales'. Go figure. 'Glasgow' is 'glaz'go'
Dunno, you'd think with 3 major university's we'd figure it out, but nope.

GWP

Isn't Glasgow correct though?

[BlairH]

Isn't Glasgow correct though?

I pronounce Glasgow as follows: Shit-hole.

[K'Nort]

I pronounce Glasgow as follows: Shit-hole.

I'm pretty sure I've been there. I was somewhere large and really ugly.

Edinburgh was AWESOME, however.

[Johnny_Storm]

Sorry but I have an evil ex with lifetime Cornhusker season tickets so it's a knee-jerk reaction.

They have walked the grounds of the legendary Memorial Stadium, built by the great Tom Osborne :eek: ? I envy them, I have yet to see a game in person.

[Dreadstar]

Dunno, you'd think with 3 major university's we'd figure it out, but nope.


???

What's the third one?

[BlairH]

I'm pretty sure I've been there. I was somewhere large and really ugly.

That narrows it down to Glasgow or Stirling. Most likely it was Glasgow (the defacto capitol city)

Edinburgh was AWESOME, however.

Agreed, Edinburgh is awesome. Please tell me you didn't fit the stereotype of the "typical American tourist" and say:

"Aaaaw! What a CUTE little castle! Isn't that cute? Of course we have bigger castles STATESIDE, but yours is SO cute!"

I once had an Texan tourist with a cowboy hat approach me outside my old house (he was staying with my next door neighbour) and say "That's a mighty big tree ya' got there!"...and he was right.

[Lex]

South Dakota - Many people on the coasts seem to not know we exist. I can't remember how many times I've heard about South Dakotans going to a coast for a vacation and meeting people who have never heard of our state. And we have one of the most recognizable monuments in the nation!

[K'Nort]

South Dakota - Many people on the coasts seem to not know we exist. I can't remember how many times I've heard about South Dakotans going to a coast for a vacation and meeting people who have never heard of our state. And we have one of the most recognizable monuments in the nation!

Yeah, but you also have the world's ugliest jewelry.

[Gaz]

I'm pretty sure I've been there. I was somewhere large and really ugly.

Edinburgh was AWESOME, however.
Edinburgh is pretty cool, but Glasgow can be that way too, just look in the right places.

[Mike Smith]

BlairH, can you play bagpipe?

[darkkeeperjr]

Every thing you heard about North carolina is so true. If it wasn't for the sublimlital messages I read and hear everyday i would had been left.

[BlairH]

Glasgow can be that way too, just look in the right places.
Hahahahaha! Gaz you crack me up!

BlairH, can you play bagpipe?
Of course! In the same way that all Japanese people know kung-fu! :D

But to answer your question: Nope :( I would like to learn though, and I do know a disturbing number of professional bagpipe players.

[K'Nort]

Bagpipes are hot.

[Donald M.]

Humans seem to be big on self-delusion.

There, fixed your typo.

[BlairH]

Bagpipes are hot.
Y'know I've never met a female bagpipe player. Not once. Nor do I know of any.

[K'Nort]

That narrows it down to Glasgow or Stirling. Most likely it was Glasgow (the defacto capitol city)

Actually, looking at a map, it seems to have been Aberdeen.

[Johnny_Storm]

I know I'm late on it, but Tages are there really no taxes in Nevada?

[Donald M.]

I know I'm late on it, but Tages are there really no taxes in Nevada?

That is true, as a matter of fact.

I wonder why no taxes, honestly. I guess gambling's really, really lucrative.

P.T. Barnum would've loved Vegas.

[K'Nort]

Alaska only has property taxes. Well and some cities have a sales tax. But no statewide sales or income tax.

[BlairH]

Actually, looking at a map, it seems to have been Aberdeen.

Ah! Did people throw big blocks of granite at you? Indeed, I even hear that a small number of the population of Abredeen ARE actually made of granite.

Aberdeen is actually an ok place. It's just that there's way too much granite for my liking. GRANITE IS MY KRYPTONITE!!!

[Donald M.]

Alaska only has property taxes. Well and some cities have a sales tax. But no statewide sales or income tax.

Well yeah, but you'd stil be in Alaska.

Meanwhile in Massachusetts, we've got shitty weather and taxes up the ass! Yay!

[Nate C.]

We're not all members of the KKK. (I've never met a member in my 33 years on this planet.)

There are at least 8 Mississippi's.
1. The Coast- very similar to New Orleans in it's Port City atmosphere with clashing cultures, great food, and a more liberal air.
2. South Mississippi- a blend of Coastal, Louisiana, and traditional Mississippi culture.
3. Central Mississippi-Rural, racist, backwards, and enlightened all at the same time. The best and the worst that humanity has to offer.
4. Big City Mississippi- Jackson, Hattiesburg, Oxford (okay, Oxford isn't a big city, but...) a lot like cities everywhere else. Educated people, higher crime, looser lifestyles, free love, meth, big churches, etc.
5. Rural Mississippi- See Central Mississippi but still with a lot of good folk.
6. The Delta- See Central Mississippi but with good, dirt poor people.
7. North Mississippi- A bedroom community of Memphis.
8. Black Mississippi- mostly the same as White Mississippi, but with obvious differences.

We don't all hunt. (never been myself.)

We don't marry our sisters/first cousins (unless they are really hot.)

Yes, our women really are as hot as you see on the Miss America Contests.

(so, okay, we sometimes do marry our sisters/first cousins)

We do have blacktop roads.

We don't lynch anymore (and haven't since the 60's and even then, it was an anomoly.)

We have more black politicians than any other state in the nation. So yes, Mississippi is first in something positive.

One more thing Mississippi leads the nation in? Giving. (per capita, MS is the most giving state in the Union.)

And it's Bi-LUX-ee. (Biloxi), not Bi-LOX-ee.

[BlairH]

I wonder why no taxes,

Economic and social freedom is an important concept in Nevada...

AND ALIENS!

[Donald M.]

Economic and social freedom is an important concept in Nevada...

AND ALIENS!

The good news is, no taxes! The bad news; quarterly anal probes.

[Gaz]

Actually, looking at a map, it seems to have been Aberdeen.
Aberdeen, home of grey, grey and more grey.

[BlairH]

Aberdeen, home of grey, grey and more grey.
and GRANITE! Which is mostly grey! :)

In other news, I hear there'a a little area in Nevada with loads of greys.
(X files music!)

[Tom]

Note to self: Skip Nevada. They sound snotty as hell over there.

[Tom]

"Skip Nevada" would be a great gay porn name.

[StoneGold]

We're not all members of the KKK. (I've never met a member in my 33 years on this planet.)

Isn't that why they wear the hoods though?

[StoneGold]

"Skip Nevada" would be a great gay porn name.
You couldn't have just edited that on? Responding to your own post in another post seems a tad... I guess pretentious will work.

[Tom]

Reading too much into what buttons I push in order to post seems a tad...I guess pathetic will work.

[StoneGold]

Reading too much into what buttons I push in order to post seems a tad...I guess pathetic will work.
Well duh. We are all on a comics message board. I thought that was implied.

[Nate C.]

Isn't that why they wear the hoods though?

not to church.

wait?

[StoneGold]

not to church.

wait?
I'm just saying, I've never seen Batman and Bruce Wayne in the same room at the same time.




Well, there was the one time, although it was odd, because someone had just accused Bruce Wayne as being Batman. Actually come to think of it, that happened more than once. Which is odd, because Batman doesn't exist. He's just an urban legend.

[Nate C.]

I'm just saying, I've never seen Batman and Bruce Wayne in the same room at the same time.




Well, there was the one time, although it was odd, because someone had just accused Bruce Wayne as being Batman. Actually come to think of it, that happened more than once. Which is odd, because Batman doesn't exist. He's just an urban legend.

well, it's just that you would think by now, if the KKK were as bountiful as people imagine they are, that being white, male, and an adult, I would at least get an RSVP card or something.

Don't get me wrong- I've met plenty of flaming racists in Mississippi (white and black) but no card carrying members.

[Donald M.]

Which is odd, because Batman doesn't exist. He's just an urban legend.

I know! Flying aliens, animated staues from Amazon Island, guys who talk to fish, this I can buy, but a guy in a funny suit who punches muggers? What do they think we are, stupid?

[Slam_Bradley]

Don't get me wrong- I've met plenty of flaming racists in Mississippi (white and black) but no card carrying members.


Do they carry cards now? What color are they?

[Donald M.]

well, it's just that you would think by now, if the KKK were as bountiful as people imagine they are, that being white, male, and an adult, I would at least get an RSVP card or something.


You forgot stupid.

[BlairH]

Do they carry cards now? What color are they?
Surprisingly they're multicoloured.
They're equal oppourtunity bigots now!

[StoneGold]

well, it's just that you would think by now, if the KKK were as bountiful as people imagine they are, that being white, male, and an adult, I would at least get an RSVP card or something.


Maybe you're just not very likeable.

[Nate C.]

Do they carry cards now? What color are they?

White (with red borders. The font is a nice book antique with raised letters.)

wait?

[Donald M.]

Surprisingly they're multicoloured.
They're equal oppourtunity bigots now!

Multicolored but most emphatically not rainbow colored!

Racists are big on semantic quibbling.

[Nate C.]

You forgot stupid.

The KKK or me?

Cause your post implies me. :(

[Nate C.]

Maybe you're just not very likeable.

That is ENTIRELY plausible.

(or they know I got jungle fever.)

[Donald M.]

The KKK or me?

Cause your post implies me. :(

I meant the KKK, but now I'm reconsidering . . . ;)

[Nate C.]

Well, I DID just stop beating my wife. :o

[Slam_Bradley]

Well, I DID just stop beating my wife. :o


I know. And I had to take up beating her. And man are my arms tired.

[Nate C.]

I know. And I had to take up beating her. And man are my arms tired.

*Bu-dum ting*

[Adam Crocker]

I just hates it when people assumes all Scotts are English because it implies the likes of Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Robin Cook is engluish, it really angries up the blood. It is bad enougth Heath was English.

So 'English' only implies those kinds of figures in Scotland? Does this have something to do with Scotland's history with England, particularly being forcibly incorporated into domains of the Crown and such?

I have a really strange Scottish accent. It sounds like old rural Scottish crossed with an electric shaver.

Man, that description alone makes me ready to DEMAND that you send us recording of your voice. :D

[Tages]

That is true, as a matter of fact.
We have no income tax. We have a sales tax and the rest is paid by casinos, for the most part.

[Tages]

Note to self: Skip Nevada. They sound snotty as hell over there.
Funny you say that, that's what a lot of us say about tourists, especially from California and the Northeast. Which is why we encourage them to drink, party and gamble; hard to talk down to someone when you have a mouth full of whisky and one hand on the craps table.

[Tom]

Yikes.

Alrighty then.

[Tages]

Yikes.

Alrighty then.
C'mon, Tom. You know you want to come visit me. I have peanuts...

[K'Nort]

C'mon, Tom. You know you want to come visit me. I have peanuts...

I don't think that's a trunk.

[Lex]

Yeah, but you also have the world's ugliest jewelry.Oh oh oh! You better not have been dissing Black Hills Gold!

Now I'm going to work extra hard to beat you if we have to battle again in DC League!

[Slam_Bradley]

Contrary to popular belief, not all Idahoans are tater farmers.

[Tadhg Adams]

Contrary to popular belief, not all Idahoans are tater farmers.

Some of you are peelers, right?

[Michael P]

Contrary to popular belief, not all Idahoans are tater farmers.
That's right. Some of you are right-wing militiamen.

[StoneGold]

Contrary to popular belief, not all Idahoans are tater farmers.
Just the employed ones?

[hulahulk]

Since Smoogis has not posted yet, I'll be the Maine Representative:


Not all of our family trees resemble Christmas wreathes.

We aren't buried in snow year around. But winters do suck. Summers are fantastic, especially along the coast.

Maine has more coastline than California.

Bangor is pronounced Ban-gore, not bang-er ("Bang-er? I hardly know 'er!").

I HAVE met Mainers who DO NOT like lobster. The are crazy fools, but it's true.

[Donald M.]

Since Smoogis has not posted yet, I'll be the Maine Representative:


Not all of our family trees resemble Christmas wreathes.

We aren't buried in snow year around. But winters do suck. Summers are fantastic, especially along the coast.

Maine has more coastline than California.

Bangor is pronounced Ban-gore, not bang-er ("Bang-er? I hardly know 'er!").

I HAVE met Mainers who DO NOT like lobster. The are crazy fools, but it's true.

When my brother went to school in Maine he was asked more than once if he'd ever been shot at.

[hulahulk]

When my brother went to school in Maine he was asked more than once if he'd ever been shot at.

Was he wearing antlers?

[Donald M.]

Was he wearing antlers?

No, but some of the kids he went to school with apparently have some weird misconceptions about the "big city".

I've lived in Boston all my life and I've never been mugged, never heard a gunshot or so much as seen a gun that wasn't in a policeman's holster.

Mind you when I was in Middle School there was more than one gun scare, someone was shot in the playground outside during school hours and two of my classmates have since died in drive-bys. Boston's like any other city but it isn't like I've ever had to dodge bullets.

It's nothing particular to Maine, I'm sure there are people in upstate Massachusetts who think the same thing.

Movies and TV are to blame of course, especially the damn news.

[hulahulk]

No, but some of the kids he went to school with apparently have some weird misconceptions about the "big city".

I've lived in Boston all my life and I've never been mugged, never heard a gunshot or so much as seen a gun that wasn't in a policeman's holster.

Mind you when I was in Middle School there was more than one gun scare, someone was shot in the playground outside during school hours and two of my classmates have since died in drive-bys. Boston's like any other city but it isn't like I've ever had to dodge bullets.

It's nothing particular to Maine, I'm sure there are people in upstate Massachusetts who think the same thing.

Movies and TV are to blame of course, especially the damn news.

Where did he go to school?

[Grant]

Well I've never met anyone who does and I've lived here for thirty years.

Nearly everyone I know from Boston has an accent. That's like a dozen or so people.

Maybe they crank it up a notch whenever they see the Yankees logo.

[heretic]

Los Angeles is neither a perennial war zone controlled by rival gangs nor a sun-gilt paradice filled with siliconed Beautiful People.

Before you ask, it is not partitioned between the two either. There are large swaths where normal people of several ethnic backgrounds live.

HTG

[SteelTownr]

The so-called "Boston accent"?

Nobody actually talks like that.

Bullshit.

I deal with lots of folks from New England as a bartender in Florida and they do talk like that.

Mark B.

[SteelTownr]

Pittsburgh is no longer "The Smoky City".

And there is an "H" on the end, damnit.

I am aware of no misconceptions about Ft. Myers.

Mark B.

[Paul Newell]

EVERYTHING is true about Australia.

Especially Crocodile Dundee.

[Sanagi]

No one can pronounce Oregon worth a damn either.

But you want misconceptions, try Alaska.
Yeah, when I read the thread title I thought "hoo boy, where to start."

Let's see here.

Alaska is not located in a little box next to Hawaii, off the coast of California. It's not adjacent to Mexico. Considering the weather, the Earth's rotation would have to be a good deal more complicated than it is in order for this to be the case.

Alaska is not the 50th state. You'd be surprised how often this comes up. Also, its abbreviation is not AL.

Alaska's really a nice place in the summer. Warm and light all day long. If you have some kind of compulsion to see Alaska when it's covered in snow, fine, but if you want a pleasant experience you should come up here around summer solstice.

No penguins. Not really bears much either unless you go out into the woods. You do get the occasional moose wandering through your backyard and leaving their nice gift basket for you to find when the snow melts. But wildlife is not nearly as much of an issue for most people as learning how to drive in winter conditions.

We don't live in igloos. Sometimes people will make igloos and camp in them just for the fun of doing it, but it's not exactly the standard.

You may think you've seen some mountains in your cute little lower 48 states, but those were in fact merely small hills. Bumps. Protrusions, if you will.

[Tages]

How true is that one line of dialogue in "Insomnia" (the American remake)?

"I can't judge. There are two kinds of people in Alaska: those who were born here and those who come here to escape something. I wasn't born here."

[Sanagi]

How true is that one line of dialogue in "Insomnia" (the American remake)?

"I can't judge. There are two kinds of people in Alaska: those who were born here and those who come here to escape something. I wasn't born here."
It should be more like "there are people who live here and people who just work here." There are a lot of job opportunities in specialized fields(for instance in the oil & gas industry, and geological and wildlife research) and several military bases so a lot of people follow their careers here but don't really like it and eventually move away.

[SteelTownr]

It should be more like "there are people who live here and people who just work here." There are a lot of job opportunities in specialized fields(for instance in the oil & gas industry, and geological and wildlife research) and several military bases so a lot of people follow their careers here but don't really like it and eventually move away.

It sounds like you are escaping something.

Mark B.

[BlairH]

Man, that description alone makes me ready to DEMAND that you send us recording of your voice. :D
I may just consider recording and posting a video of my hilarious Scottish antics!

[Dissonance]

Most of the misconceptions you've heard about California (or the Northern part from which I hail) are likely to be accurate. Sadly.

[The Mirrorball Man]

Switzerland is not Sweden.
Switzerland is not Swaziland.
There's no such thing as a language called "Swiss".
We don't all live in the mountains.
We don't all have assault rifles.
Most of us were not actively involved in stealing Jewish Gold in WW2.
What is called "Swiss cheese" doesn't actually come from Switzerland, and it only has a passing resemblance to real cheese.
Heidi is dead.

[Dissonance]

Heidi is dead.
Thanks for ruining my childhood. :(

[The Mirrorball Man]

Thanks for ruining my childhood. :(
And the Tooth Fairy doesn't actually exist.

[Dissonance]

And the Tooth Fairy doesn't actually exist.
Now that's a damn dirty lie and you know it.

[WOMAN >=O]

Most of the misconceptions you've heard about California (or the Northern part from which I hail) are likely to be accurate. Sadly.
That's almost Yogi Berra-esque..."The misconceptions are accurate."

[Dissonance]

That's almost Yogi Berra-esque..."The misconceptions are accurate."
"No one goes there anymore; it's too crowded."

[WOMAN >=O]

"You should always go to other people's funerals; otherwise, they won't come to yours."

[The Mirrorball Man]

Now that's a damn dirty lie and you know it.
I'm a professional journalist: I don't lie for free. ;)

[Fabian]

*We're not all rich (Jake's damn poor)

*We don't all want to be actors or musicians (Jake has no talent)

*We're not all pretty (Jake gets no action)

*We're not all snobby (Jake has low self-esteem)

*We don't all do Yoga (Jake is naturally flexible)

*We don't all drink Mocha Frappucinnos with Soy Milk (Jake prefers caramel with light whip cream)

*We're not all beach bums (Jake can't bum while doing community service hours)

[BlairH]

*We're not all pretty

Hrrmph! Coming from the dude with devilishly good looks?

[eJm]

*We're not all rich

*We don't all want to be actors or musicians

*We're not all pretty

*We're not all snobby

*We don't all do Yoga

*We don't all drink Mocha Frappucinnos with Soy Milk

*We're not all beach bums
Damn, there goes my ideal senario :(

[Fabian]

Hrrmph! Coming from the dude with devilishly good looks?
Doesn't make it any less true, I've seen ugly around these parts

[Fabian]

Damn, there goes my ideal senario :(
You want to live near Jake? You dawg!

[eJm]

You want to live near Jake? You dawg!
No, I just wanted to live near Rachel Bilson. :D

[Fabian]

No, I just wanted to live near Rachel Bilson. :D
Who? I don't think I've seen her

[eJm]

Who? I don't think I've seen her
Forget it.

*Cries over the OC not being like the TV show*

[Fabian]

*Cries over the OC not being like the TV show*
*looks for her picture on google*

Those women are a dime a dozen here and when they turn out to be nickels, they're spending the rest of their cents trying to look like that

[eJm]

*looks for her picture on google*

Those women are a dime a dozen here and when they turn out to be nickels, they're spending the rest of the cents trying to look like that
I hope I'm allowed 5 quotes, cause that one is sigged!

edit: Damn, have to remove one. Sorry, Stretch Dude.

[Fabian]

I hope I'm allowed 5 quotes, cause that one is sigged!

edit: Damn, have to remove one. Sorry, Stretch Dude.
Did you just make me French? That reminds me of something


*We're not all liberals. When everyone was angry at France, we poured French wine down our drains while drinking our CA wines

[eJm]

Did you just make me French? That reminds me of something


*We're not all liberals. When everyone was angry at France, we poured French wine down our drains while drinking our CA wines
I'm not sure what you....ahh! I getcha.

*changes sig*

[thomas_catbiscuit]

i live in manchester (uk) where its supposed to rain all the time but it doesn't. it does in scotland where the only summer they get is 2 weeks long in august apart from that the other 50 weeks of the year it rains or snows (frozen rain) FACT!

[eJm]

London is supposed to rain all the time and be filled with men in suits and hats.

What really happens is that people don't wear hats and get drenched in the rain :D

[Dennis K]

People think you're allowed to marry your first cousin in North Carolina.


Oh, wait, they're right, you can marry your first cousin in North Carolina, it's your double first cousin that you can't marry. Whew, that was a close call, if they hadn't made that law people would have thought the state was full of inbreds.

[SteelTownr]

People think you're allowed to marry your first cousin in North Carolina.


Oh, wait, they're right, you can marry your first cousin in North Carolina, it's your double first cousin that you can't marry. Whew, that was a close call, if they hadn't made that law people would have thought the state was full of inbreds.

I don't think "Deliverance" when people mention North Carolina.

I do lump both Carolinas together and equate them with "Pedro's South of the Border" though.

When I was five, we drove to Disney land and stopped there on the way. For the longest time, I thought that I had been in Mexico.

Mark B.

[Davideaux]

When I think of North Carolina, I think of mini-golf.

[K'Nort]

Switzerland is not Sweden.
Switzerland is not Swaziland.
There's no such thing as a language called "Swiss".
We don't all live in the mountains.
We don't all have assault rifles.
Most of us were not actively involved in stealing Jewish Gold in WW2.
What is called "Swiss cheese" doesn't actually come from Switzerland, and it only has a passing resemblance to real cheese.
Heidi is dead.

So you ARE all bankers?

[The Mirrorball Man]

So you ARE all bankers?
Of course we are. Send me your money and I'll prove it to you.

[Tadhg Adams]

So you ARE all bankers?

Don't forget about the cholocateers.

[StoneGold]

Don't forget about the cholocateers.
And clockmakers.

[i_mmmchocolate]

We're not rude. We're nice in a different sort of way!

[hulahulk]

We're not rude. We're nice in a different sort of way!


A good friend of mine just moved from Maine to Manhattan. She is so excited to meet new people. I told her to be careful of all those NY Yankee fans though!:p :D

[i_mmmchocolate]

We're nice unless you say something like this:

I told her to be careful of all those NY Yankee fans though!:p :D

Heh heh heh.

[heretic]

Switzerland is not Sweden.
Switzerland is not Swaziland.Well... it could be argued that you are in between the two....
There's no such thing as a language called "Swiss".Tell that to the Germans I know.
We don't all live in the mountains.Where the heck else is there?!?

HTG

[Tages]

*We don't all want to be actors or musicians (Jake has no talent)
Not having talent doesn't stop most wannabe actors or musicians.

It should, though.

[K'Nort]

No penguins. Not really bears much either unless you go out into the woods. You do get the occasional moose wandering through your backyard and leaving their nice gift basket for you to find when the snow melts. But wildlife is not nearly as much of an issue for most people as learning how to drive in winter conditions.

Now that one depends on where you live. In Juneau, everyone gets bears in the backyard going through garbage like people get racoons down south.


You may think you've seen some mountains in your cute little lower 48 states, but those were in fact merely small hills. Bumps. Protrusions, if you will.

People around here hate it when I snicker at "Mt" Hood.

[Smell]

In London, we don't all walk up the apple and pears complaining about our plates of meat, then go down the boozer and spend a godiva on some britiney spears.

Dom

smells like aunt nell

[i_mmmchocolate]

mmm...godiva

[K'Nort]

mmm...godiva

I was totally intimidated to go into the Godiva store in Paris because it was raining and I looked like your total schleppy American drowned-rat tourist and the place was all done up in heavy dark woods and crystal chandeliers and the staff were wearing Hermes silk blouses for a uniform. They were very nice after all though. I actually asked if it was okay to come in.

[Corsair]

In London, we don't all walk up the apple and pears complaining about our plates of meat, then go down the boozer and spend a godiva on some britiney spears.

Dom

smells like aunt nellAh, glad to be rid of that misconception. I am, however, pleased by the affirmation of my belief that the English don't speak English.




(Somebody wanna translate that into, I dunno, Arabic maybe? Something that more closely resembles an actual language at least...)

[BlairH]

it does in scotland where the only summer they get is 2 weeks long in august apart from that the other 50 weeks of the year it rains or snows (frozen rain) FACT!
Simply not true.

[i_mmmchocolate]

I was totally intimidated to go into the Godiva store in Paris because it was raining and I looked like your total schleppy American drowned-rat tourist and the place was all done up in heavy dark woods and crystal chandeliers and the staff were wearing Hermes silk blouses for a uniform. They were very nice after all though. I actually asked if it was okay to come in.

Did any employees feed chocolate samples to customers?

[The Mirrorball Man]

Well... it could be argued that you are in between the two....
It can be argued that in a chicken sandwich, the chicken is between two pieces of bread, that doesn't mean that chicken is bread.
Tell that to the Germans I know.
We would probably have a very interesting conversation about a vast selection of colorful dialects collectively known as "Swiss German", but there still isn't any language named "Swiss".

Where the heck else is there?!?
Uh... you know, the usual: plains, cities, lakes, woods.

[Pól Rua]

EVERYTHING is true about Australia.

Especially Crocodile Dundee.

Yup.
It's all true. Every bit of it.

[heretic]

Where the heck else is there?!?

Uh... you know, the usual: plains, cities, lakes, woods.
All of which are either in the mountains or nestled between them.

HTG

[The Mirrorball Man]

All of which are either in the mountains or nestled between them.

HTG
No, they're not. I'm sorry, are we here to simply repeat misconceptions about where we live?

Here (http://geospace.co.at/images/schweiz.jpg). You can clearly see mountains, and you can clearly see regions without mountains.