18 Weird Things About America That Confuse The Heck Out Of Non-American Travelers
“Americans greet each other in passing by saying, ‘How are you doing?’ without any care for a response.”
“Americans greet each other in passing by saying, ‘How are you doing?’ without any care for a response.”
“When band kids see other band kids on campus…we just give each other ‘the look’.
Because no one knows.
But we know.”
“Met my now wife at a train station in London when we both missed the same train, we took the next train and talked for a while before she got off a few stops before mine in Portsmouth. That was 8 years ago.”
“They become someone who knows you pretty much as well as you know yourself. You can’t wear a mask, put on airs, pretend to be something you’re not. That’s the only person, other than a close sibling, who will give you and honest and uncensored opinion about the most personal of things.”
“My dog ate a Christmas ornament. No, seriously.”
“I step in to give her a hug, and kick her big toenail clean off. Completely off.”
Him: “Have you come in Scotland before?”
Me: (with confused look) “Do you mean ‘Have I come TO Scotland before?'”
Him: “No.”
A buddy of mine who went to high school in Los Angeles once had 10% of his grade lowered on a report because when he stapled them together, he did it horizontally instead of at a 45 degree angle.
“A friend of mine was at a funeral last year with his dad. Forgetting to turn his phone off he received a phone call during a silent prayer, blasting ‘Don’t Fear The Reaper’ by Blue Oyster Cult.”
“Equality is not a concept. It’s not something we should be striving for. It’s a necessity. Equality is like gravity.”