Czech foreign ministry advises geographically challenged Americans

[pscot]

The Czech Republic is not the same as chechnya!

"As more information on the origin of the alleged perpetrators is coming to light, I am concerned to note in the social media a most unfortunate misunderstanding in this respect,” Ambassador Petr Gandalovič wrote in a statement.

“The Czech Republic and Chechnya are two very different entities – the Czech Republic is a Central European country; Chechnya is a part of the Russian Federation,” he said."

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2013/04/czech-republic-ambassador-dont-confuse-us-with-chechnya/

[sadbear]

1. I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because

uh, some people out there in our nation don't have maps and, uh, I believe that our education like such as in South Africa and, uh, the Iraq, everywhere like such as, and, I believe that they should, our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., uh, or, uh, should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries, so we will be able to build up our future...

[pscot]

3. A pithy, yet eloquent summation

[Fumesucker]

5. We haven't had a war with Chechnya yet

"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography." - Ambrose Bierce

[flamingdem]

8. aaarg that is such a good quote

okay where is dxzuyistan again

[HiPointDem]

19. are you making fun of that beauty pageant girl?

[sadbear]

25. My smilie indicates something else.

I'm lamenting her.

[Xipe Totec]

2. God created war so that Americans would learn geography. - Mark Twain nt

[pscot]

4. Ameicans invented drones

so we could kill foreigners from the comfort of our basements.

[Union Scribe]

15. Odd OT to that

I'd always heard that as credited to Ambrose Bierce, so I Googled it. I came up with a lot of results for both he and Twain. Then a page said neither was true, that the saying came from stand-up comedian Paul Rodriguez. Go figure.

[Xipe Totec]

24. God created Google to teach posters humility. nt

[Douglas Carpenter]

6. That reminds me of a scene from Jim Carrey's Dumb and Dumber

unfortunately, this is the reputation of American's and geography and it is largely true.

[napi21]

7. I've seen several discussions about this, and I must admit, I didn't realize

there was a difference between Chechnya and The Czech Republic. I'm not horrible with European geography, but certainly not as good as I should be.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

9. Tell someone it's North of Georgia and watch their reaction.

[ReRe]

10. ;-)

[zeeland]

13. Sides hurt...

[lexw]

16. :D

[Art_from_Ark]

17. Oh, I left my home in Georgia,

headed for the Chechen Bay...

[Spitfire of ATJ]

20. Sounds like an old Caucasian Mountain ballad all right.

[AtheistCrusader]

11. Face. Palm.

For a second there I almost asked "Really? Really? Was someone this stupid?"

But then I realized, yes, yes someone probably was.

[eridani]

12. And also bear in mind that

--there are no kangaroos in Austria.

[TimberValley]

14. Reminds me of the military action taken by Russia against Georgia in 2008. nt.

[kentauros]

18. However, I can understand how some confusion might have started.

The word "Czech" was in the news this week. The town of West, Texas, was founded by mostly Germans and Czechs. They even have a place called the "Czech Stop" (it's a bakery.)

Also, Chechnya and Czech have a similar sound when spoken. I personally can't visualize what either country looks like and would still have to look at a map to find them. But, at least I do own a wall map (one of those upside down ones) and know where to start

[d_b]

21. trolling

like saying josef fritzl is australian

[Lobo27]

22. He is asking to much.

Most still think Mexico is part of South America, and not part of North America.

[Art_from_Ark]

23. I don't know if Mexico itself considers itself a part of North America,

since when Mexicans say "norteamericanos", they are not referring to themselves.