Tuesday, May 29, 2007

I'm sorry...what?!

Granted, I was at a bar, but the following quotations were overheard on Friday night:

“The war in Iraq is much more important than what’s going on in the Sudan. After all, people are, like, dying in Iraq.”

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Person A: “I love living in New York! I mean, like, where do you go after New York? Can you live anywhere else?”

Person B: “I dunno’. I guess London. I’ve known a lot of people that have moved to London after living in New York.”

Person A: “London, huh? I wonder why? I guess I like how old everything in New York City is – it’s, like, one of the oldest cities, you know. New York has so much history and all. I’d never get that if I moved to London.”

9 comments:

RR said...

You have got to be kidding. Who are these people?

Lia said...

Wonderful! It's good to know there are some people so totally clueless. Means less evolutionary competition for the rest of us.

Deals On Wheels said...

RR: Remind me to tell you. Not sure you've met them, but you've probably heard stories.

Lia: Haha! Exactly. I just hope they never leave the country. People like this perpetuate the whole "stupid American" stereotype and give us all a bad name.

Heather said...

Yikes.

I just got back from London last night, and Person A is spot on. London has no history to speak of. All of those buildings are brand new. And the monarchy? Just established.

People are amazing.

Deals On Wheels said...

Heather: My favorite is how they try to make everything look old in London. Like all those castles, churches and such. Who do they think they are?...Euro Disney?! I think not! HA!

In all seriousness, though, how was your trip? I’m SO jealous…

Anonymous said...

I just got back from London too, and I guess our tour guide was lying about the whole "this part of London is a 1000 years old and that part is 2000 years old" thing.

It's funny too, that pub didn't look THAT new. I knew it! It was a fake!

LIARS!! I want my 22 pounds back.

Anonymous said...

Yes, ... yes, ... the crime infested streets of New York TOTALLY beat any civilized small town that hasn't had a murder in 40 years.

I'm sorry but the snobbish East Coast arrogance is just too much for me. It obviously, by the content of the conversation, does not mean that east coast = intelligence.

~Jef

Deals On Wheels said...

Actually, PERSON A is from Dallas, and has only been a resident of NYC for 3 years or so. Therefore, s/he doesn't personally identify with terms like "New Yorker" or "some one from the east coast", so I'm not sure this arrogance is associated with that part of the country. I think it's just ignorance, pure and simple.

Sad, isn’t it? Alas...

Unknown said...

Sad for sure! And also kind of hilarious... I am going to pretend they were just kidding! (I can do that, what with not knowing them and all.)