- what did you eat in Canada?
- do bears walk around?
- my cousin went to Canada last summer, did you meet them?
- do you know ....? They live in Vancouver, or in a tiny town in Manitoba?
- you must love winter?!
- did you always go skiing, snowboarding, etc?
- there is already snow there now, right?
- is it ever not cold?
- do you think in English?
- you always eat hamburgers and french fries, right?
- you have to drive more than thirty minutes to see anyone, right?
- do you have horses?
- is your dad a cowboy?
- everyone is white there, right? So how do you feel about the multicultural population here?
- do your parents farm?
- do you ride through the Wild West and yell "yeehaw"?
- did you have potatoes there?
- does everyone have a gun behind their front door?
- why would you leave Canada, isn't it the end all, be all?!
- what do you think about Trump? (UHM... YOU KNOW HE IS NOT FROM CANADA RIGHT?! :o)
- wait, you have cell phones and WiFi there?
- don't you measure temperature in Fahrenheit?
- did you ride in a horse and buggy?
- were your neigbours miles away?
I could go on. It's the typical. The stereotyping. Generalizing.
So often I respond with things like:
- it's never sunny in the Netherlands!
- you always wear woodenshoes!
- everyone eats kale and potatoes mashed together!
- all you eat is meat, potatoes, veggies!
- you can't go without kroketten!
- you only ever bike, there are no cars here!
- only Dutch immigrants live in Canada and they all live in a 2 mile radius!
Oh, dear people.
One day - you should go to Canada, and see for yourself.
Read up on it before you ask these questions.
They say there are no stupid questions. Sorry. But it's kind of funny and kind of pathetic.
