Intelligence Not Found in Halifax

[theoldwolf]

Lost-And-Found-Again-Land
Car Rental | Halifax, Canada | Abroad

(My customer asks me for a map and says he is going to be heading over to Newfoundland. I give him a map and point it out for him.)

Customer: “Why do you spell it ‘Newfoundland’? It’s New Finland.”

Me: “Well, its pronounced sort of like New Finland, but it’s actually Newfoundland, as in ‘this is a New Found Land.’”

Customer: “No, it’s New Finland.”

Me: “I can guarantee you there are not many Finnish people there.”

Customer: “Of course not. They left 1,000 years ago!”

Original article at Not Always Right.

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If I were in charge of a country like Libria, I wouldn't punish feelings, I'd punish stupidity. The Grammaton Clerics would be waiting for every customer who ever displayed thermonuclear ignorance, surround them, and demonstrate their best slap-kata. After which, the dumb yutz would be hauled off and held in a school for manners until they had learned how to interact with people properly.

Comments

[oceansedge.livejournal.com]

mwhahahahah

[dhlawrence.livejournal.com]

Didn't get Finns, actually--mostly Iclanders. Their welcoming committee was less amenable than the one that met the French five centuries later.

[torakiyoshi.livejournal.com]

Yes, a reference to Equilibrium! I was beginning to think I'm the only one who's ever seen that movie.

Also, just let a few Newfies hear that he said that. He'll be corrected, promptly. *Evil grin*

[deckardcanine.livejournal.com]

Now, now. Don't confuse stupidity and ignorance; the latter is usually a product of mere upbringing.