Line #100 Quotes/GlobalIgnorance


1	->'''Barney:''' Well then, you're not going to be able to pay for that trip to UsefulNotes/{{Spain}} that you've been planning. Say goodbye to [[UsefulNotes/{{Venice}} riding around in gondolas]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Germany}} eating bratwurst]], [[UsefulNotes/ModernEgypt seeing the pyramids.]]\
2	'''Robin:''' I don't think you know what Spain is.\
3	'''Barney:''' Well I know that a trip there costs some serious ''lira''.\
4	'''Ted:''' It's dinero.\
5	'''Barney:''' [[Creator/RobertDeNiro Where? I want his autograph.]]
6	-->-- ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', "Exploding Meatball Sub"
7
8	->''(A customer with a thick Southern-US accent comes in, starts looking at me and frowns.)''
9	->'''Customer''': “Hey, you.”
10	->'''Me''': “Hello, madam. How may I help you?”
11	->'''Customer''': “Do you understand me?”
12	->'''Me''': “Why, yes, I do.”
13	->'''Customer''': sighs “But my friend told me all you stupid hicks up here speak Spanish!”
14	->'''Me''': “Well, that’s a bit odd. We aren’t located anywhere near Mexico, Spain or anywhere in Europe.”
15	->'''Customer''': “Liar! Just so you know, I went to college and I know d*** well where this state is!”
16	->'''Me''': “I’m sorry?”
17	->'''Customer''': “You b*! You ‘re a stupid hick who thinks she knows everything! I know d* well where this state is!”
18	->'''Me''': “I’m quite certain Montana is located in the northwest corner of the USA.”
19	->'''Customer''': “Ugh! Make me teach the brainless rednecks! It’s not in the northwest, you dumb f***! It’s in the south, by the country Idaho!”
20	->'''Me''': speechless
21	->''(The customer rolls her eyes and storms out of the store.)''
22	-->-- ''Website/NotAlwaysRight'', "A State of Mindlessness, Part 3"
23
24	->'''[[Myth/KingArthur Arthur]]:''' Sir Percival! Have you started looking [for the Grail]?\
25	'''[[TheFool Percival]]:''' Yeah, slowly.\
26	'''Arthur:''' Yeah, [[LazyBum I can believe that.]] So, what have you found in Wales?\
27	'''Percival:''' How should I know?\
28	'''Arthur:''' Did you start looking or not?\
29	'''Percival:''' Yeah, at home!\
30	'''Arthur:''' You're not from Wales?\
31	'''Percival:''' ... No?\
32	'''Arthur:''' "Percival the Welsh Knight" isn't from Wales?\
33	'''Percival:''' ... No?\
34	'''Arthur:''' Huh. My apologies then, but you gotta admit it's confusing. Then where are you from?\
35	'''Percival:''' I'm from Caerdydd.\
36	'''Arthur:''' From Caerd- -''DisapprovingLook''-\
37	'''Bohort (leaning in):''' Caerdydd. It's in Wales.\
38	'''Percival:''' Really?\
39	'''Arthur:''' Yep. [[CaptainObvious Caerdydd is in Wales.]]\
40	'''Percival:''' You sure?\
41	'''Arthur:''' Dead sure.\
42	'''Percival:''' Oh. So that's where the name came from!
43	-->-- ''Dies Irae'', the ''{{Series/Kaamelott}}'' pilot
44
45	->'''Neil:''' What is Swansea? Is it an animal?\
46	'''Simon''': It's a place.\
47	'''Neil:''' It don't sound near.\
48	'''Simon:''' It's in Wales.\
49	'''Jay:''' Oh, mate. They say it's well grim up north.\
50	'''Will:''' Yes, they do, but Wales isn't up north, Jay.\
51	'''Jay:''' Well wherever it is, Michael fucking Palin, it ain't around here, is it?
52	-->-- ''Series/TheInbetweeners'' Season 3 Episode 6, "The Camping Trip"
53
54	->'''Pedant''': Number 7: demonstrate your ignorance about all the other countries in the world.\
55	'''Corresponding addition to comment''': You called it a speaker, in our zip code [[SeparatedByACommonLanguage we call those Zucchinis]]. Dumb Aussie go back to [[UsefulNotes/SriLanka Ceylon]].
56	-->-- WebVideo/{{Techmoan}}'s [=YouTube=] Pedant sketch ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57cUS9pWTXI&t=112s How to Write A Youtube Comment - in 10 Steps]]''
57
58	->''But like Spanish is a language but it's not a nationality like they speak Spanish in Mexico and Port o' Rico and stuff but it's not like theres a place called Spania full of Spanish people''
59	-->-- [[https://useless-spain-facts.tumblr.com/post/127706035817/that-time-when-spain-didnt-exist That time when Spain didn’t exist]]
60
61	->'''Trapp''': Oh, what about Canada? That's basically America.
62	->'''Pam''': No! No, it's not.
63	->'''Trapp''': I'm bad at geography. You know, it's this shoddy American education system. Or should I say, Canadian education system.
64	-->-- ''Website/CollegeHumor'', "Um, We Have A Few Questions About the Purge"
65
66	->(Lola and Bugs are in front of the Eiffel Tower)\
67	'''Lola''': Stonehenge. One of the oldest structures in the world.\
68	'''Bugs''': Lola.\
69	'''Lola''': Was it the druids who build it or aliens? The world will never know.\
70	'''Bugs''': It's the Eiffel Tower.\
71	'''Lola''': The World. Will never. Know.
72	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow''
73
74	->'''Anonymous''' asked: What does the arab in your carrd mean? Is it like [[UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} afab and amab?]]\
75	'''movedwifeasahi''' answered:.. i’m [[UsefulNotes/{{Palestine}} palestinian]]
76
77	->'''Soldier 4''': Sir, good news! Looks like we did it. Every major city is reporting zero Peruvian flute bands. We got 'em all! [other soldiers cry out "All right! We did it!"]\
78	'''Michael Chertoff''': Calm down people, we still have work to do! We have to take out the place these flute bands came from so they never come again!\
79	'''Official 1''': We don't know where they came from, sir. We... we've been researching, but we... can't figure it out.\
80	'''Michael Chertoff''': Well think about it, idiot! Where else would "Peruvian" flute bands come from? [everyone else mulls it over]\
81	'''Official 1''': Hmm...\
82	'''Michael Chertoff''': The country is in the name!\
83	'''Official 2''': No. Sir, we checked the entire map. There isn't a country called Peruvian anywhere.\
84	'''Michael Chertoff''': Not Peruvian, retards, Peru! It's right here! [points to the country on a world map]\
85	'''Official 3''': Peh-roo.
86	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''
87
88	->''"The Eiffel Tower? Whoa! I must be in Germany!"''
89	-->-- '''[[DumbJock Lightning]]''', ''[[WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Total Drama All-Stars]]'', "[[Recap/TotalDramaEvilDread Evil Dread]]" Exclusive Clip
90
91	->'''Nicole:''' Okay, so if this is America... then ''this'' must be Iraq!\
92	'''Teacher:''' Let's go back to that "if", Nicole.\
93	'''Nicole:''' ''[pointing at Antarctica]'' Okay, so if ''this'' is America...
94	-->-- ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot''
95
96	->'''[[KindheartedSimpleton Bobby]]:''' Now he [Sergio] wants to go to ''Fiji''? How are we gonna afford tickets to ''Europe''?\
97	'''[[TheSmartGuy Tío Carlos]]:''' Fiji is not in Europe!
98	-->--''WesternAnimation/TheCasagrandes'', "Snack Pact"
99
100	->'''Bodie:''' He's a well-known Deb's Delight. The original [[UpperClassTwit Hooray Henry]]. Probably thinks Latin America is a place where you speak Latin.
101	->'''Doyle:''' Well, it is, isn't it?
102	-->-- ''Series/TheProfessionals'', "Blood Sports"
103
104	->'''Gloria:''' What is the capital of Mexico?\
105	'''Cricket:''' ''(buzzes in)'' The answer is M!\
106	''({{Beat}})''\
107	'''Gloria:''' ...Come again?\
108	'''Cricket:''' [[InsaneTrollLogic The capital is the first letter, therefore the capital of Mexico is M.]]\
109	''(Other Greens groan)''\
110	'''Remy:''' ''(buzzes in)'' It's Mexico City.\
111	'''Gloria:''' And right you are, Remy! [[NoJustNoReaction Cricket, wow, just... wow.]]\
112	'''Cricket:''' Dang! I was real close!
113	-->--''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'', "Trivia Night"
114
115	->God created war so that Americans would learn geography.
116	-->variously attributed to Creator/MarkTwain, Creator/AmbroseBierce or Creator/PaulRodriguez
117
118	-> But as beautiful and popular as I am, I bet there are some people who've never even heard of me: people in countries like Paris or Toronto, or in cities like Africa.
119	--> '''Mindy''', ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy''
120
121	->'''[[WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers Captain Planet]]:''' [[NoJustNoReaction We are not wagging war on America!]]\
122	'''Gi:''' Not just America. Once we command the US military, we'll fight China to the death!\
123	'''Wheeler:''' This is so important, Gi will fight her own people!\
124	'''Gi:''' I'm from UsefulNotes/{{Thailand}}.[[note]]In the series she was stated to be South Korean[[/note]]\
125	'''Wheeler:''' The Capital of China.
126	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken''
127
128	->''Don’t you know that other kids are starving in Japan?''

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