America as seen by an Australian (LOL)

[OneGrassRoot]

As seen on reddit

[NYC_SKP]

1. Funny!

[sufrommich]

2. That's funny.Although I resent Michigan being

thought of as Mitt Romney.He only makes an appearance in Michigan when he's campaigning and has a weird obsession with our tree heights.

[OneGrassRoot]

3. LOL!

Oh man, you have me giggling now.

[pinboy3niner]

4. Under "Mitt Romney" they should have added...

&quot Trees the right height)"

[OneGrassRoot]

5. THAT would have been funny!

I'd love to tweak it. Do an "America by an Australian (tweaked by an American)" version.

[sufrommich]

6. Our trees are fantastically height appropriate.

I think I'll suggest that as our new state motto.

[pinboy3niner]

7. Then you could put it on your license plates

[sufrommich]

8. That would be so cool. nt

[WilliamPitt]

9. New England = "I don't know"

Neither do I, frankly.

[Cleita]

10. Not just Australians. Many Americans too, don't have much of an idea

what America is outside of their own county.

[localroger]

11. Acutally, Texas and Florida are the fore and aft feet.

Louisiana is the wang. And the US is retromingent. (look it up. like cows.)

[Gidney N Cloyd]

12. They forgot DC. I guess we all would like to.

[LiberalElite]

13. It's there but I think he got a little confused

He put "president town" where Washington State should be.

[tavalon]

15. Washington State, Washington DC

What's the difference? Not much when you live anywhere else. Nice comeuppance. I doubt any of us would do better with Australia, truth be told.

[marions ghost]

14. DC is out there near Seattle LOL

Once I told my Australian niece that (English) America "began" in the first successful colony at Jamestown, which we were going to visit-
She was amazed and said she thought the first settlers were in California. (Cowboys, wild west, gold rush) She had no concept of the early states or where they were.

A lot of Americans would have the same problem drawing Australia--probably more so.

[tavalon]

16. I wish, or maybe I don't

I'd love to be closer to DC for the various protests but then again, I'm quite happy being in Seattle, mostly uncontaminated by DC politics.

[KittyWampus]

17. Actually pretty darned good for someone not from this country.

[Violet_Crumble]

19. They did better than I would have....

I know the names of places and states, but there's very few I could point out on a map if I got asked to. The two Washington thing confused me for a long while, as I thought Washington with the White House was the capital city of Washington the state.

[Kurovski]

18. He knows more about america than i do about australia.

Lets see, there's aborigine area, a big kangaroo desert, an island, maybe? And where was the penal colony? Everywhere?

[KittyWampus]

20. That would be about as sophisticated as my map. Except I know Perth is on the left somewheres and Sy

Sydney is on the right.

[Kurovski]

22. Yes, I saw in my mind's eye the Opera House on the right, kinda middle-ish?

When I was five I had a yellow-colored 45 that was a recording of waltzing Matilda, which I think is like a list of camping equipment.

Is there a great central Koala/Eucalyptus forest?

Of course the sexy Australian lifeguards are near water somewhere.

Hey, we're doing pretty well.

I remember a painting by Hockney of Canberra? Or is it Hanna-Canaberra?

[Blue_Tires]

21. Well he plays GTA, so he's ok in my book!

[NickB79]

23. I wonder what an Australian map made by an American would look like?

Probably a circular blob with pictures of kangaroos, dingos, and Foster's beer scribbled across it. And Tasmania would just be Taz from Loony Toons.

[Art_from_Ark]

24. I'd add a few more pictures to my map

Cute Koalas, Giant Spiders, Dangerous Snakes, Great White Sharks, and Crocodile Dundees