Funny responses from strangers...

[DisGirl819]

I have fun with those convos. We're military so nearly every trip were "from" somewhere else. Got the weirdest looks when we came from Washington state. As if people from the west coast never go to Florida. And now were "from" Kentucky and people ask where my accent is.

 

[AliceandAriel]

I've told people I'm from PA, and immediately they ask if I live near or have seen Amish Country. I mean, I have, but that doesn't mean everyone in PA sees it!

 

[Kensch1980]

Also you should of gotten a Coney dog from Laffiette while you are here next time you visit.

 

[mistysue]

When I lived in Vermont, I had someone ask me what state Vermont was in. When I sat there dumbfounded, they asked me if it was in New Hampshire or Canada.

That is the time when you just make up some crazy state name, just close enough to real to sound good. "East Dakota" would probably get a smile and nod.

 

[Ametista]

Every time somebody asks us where we are from and we say Denver, Colorado the response is "OH!!!!! So you must love skiing!" We say "No, we don't ski" and the response is always a blank stare, followed by "Well then why do you live there?"

Apparently the world thinks Denver is a ski resort (or right next to one? They are a mile higher in elevation and 60+ miles away) when in fact is a semi-arid desert that doesn't get much snow.

 

[MacClemsons]

I'm from Niceville.

Yep, that's a real town and we are all nice. The mayor actually sends new residents letters to encourage people to keep the nice in Niceville.

 

[MacDalt]

LOL I cannot hear Vermont and not think "Vermont. Must be beautiful this time of year. All that snow." But that's not a negative thing is it?

Haha! Snow. Snow. Snow. SNOW! I get it. Does anyone else?!

 

[CarolAnnB]

Oh, I know a boy that was born and raised in South Detroit.

Did he take a midnight train going anywhere?

 

[elfling8]

And now were "from" Kentucky and people ask where my accent is.

I get the same thing My Dad was civil service, so we lived in Upstate NY, Long Island, Massachusetts, Virginia and Vermont. Then I married an Army guy, and we lived in California and Kentucky. We moved to Mass. when he got out. Nobody can place my accent

 

[Lorilais_mommie]

My DH and I took OUR DD to MK and why We were talking to a CM before getting on a ride..

She saw our anniversary buttons and asked us how long we had been married.. I said 5 years!
She asked DD few questions and Then she asked us where are from.. We both said Boston at the same time...
She said "OOO so guys live together"

 

[leeg229]

I'd get asked all the time " So, You ever meet Snooki or Jwoww?" I would just shake my head because it seems like that's all New Jersey is known for now.

 

[AuroraMeansDawn]

Haha! Snow. Snow. Snow. SNOW! I get it. Does anyone else?!

Pinetree! Pulling into Pinetree!

I'm a little bit of an old movie dork. My favorite Oscar joke was when he introduced Christopher Plummer and kept saying "The Von Trapp Family" and showing the closed stage door.

 

[golf4miami]

I'm from Niceville.

Yep, that's a real town and we are all nice. The mayor actually sends new residents letters to encourage people to keep the nice in Niceville.

OT:
My best friend when I was getting ready to go into 7th grade moved to Niceville because his dad was military and being transferred somewhere down there. Still miss that kid.

Back on topic, I'm from Ohio. The only time people hear about us is in an election year.

 

[andyman8]

Oddly enough, I've never really been asked one of those "weird questions" in Disney, but anytime I go up to the Northeast and I say I'm from Florida, I'm usually asked if all I do on weekends is go to Disney and the beach (little do they know that those are at least 50 minutes apart).

 

[JWCJ]

I'm from one of the most Northern cities in Canada. No, I don't live in an igloo or have sled dogs. Yes, we send our kids to school in -36F weather (I can't recall ever hearing of a snow day). Yes, I watch hockey. No, I don't know Bob from Toronto.

;-)

Crazy, eh?

 

[sillylily]

I'm in South Carolina. No, we don't all say "Bless your heart" and call people "honey," any more than we all deer hunt or fly rebel flags. We did more hunting in Indiana than they do here!

 

[Offsides]

LOL I'd probably just ask if you like Todd Bertuzzi but then my honey took me to a romantic Valentine's trip to Detroit in February to watch the Stars play the Wings at the Joe. Yeah, the Joe was cool. And I won't mind when you hear my drawl and find out I'm from Dallas if you ask me if I know JR and if I know who really shot Kennedy. I mean we ALL know, but we're keeping it secret.

Todd Ber-Tuzzi *clap clap clap clap clap* Ha ha. I love the Bert chants at the Joe!

 

[kkendle]

I'm in South Carolina. No, we don't all say "Bless your heart" and call people "honey," any more than we all deer hunt or fly rebel flags. We did more hunting in Indiana than they do here!

Haha..this one reminds me of something my 19 yr old college freashman daughter told me recently. She goes to school in Springfield MO and apparently some of the older women there think it is OK to say whatever they want as long as they follow it up with a "Bless Your Heart". So you could say...."wow, that person is really fat...bless her heart".

Anyway...pretty funny.

 

[jackieinJuneau]

I have gotten some odd questions. Once when I was a teenager I was asked if I was from Eroupe? Don't know where that came from, I am from the upper peninsula of Michigan or a Yooper as we are called and most people think we sound Canadian. I am now an Alaskan and when you tell people you are from there in a Disney park they have often been on a cruise so or are thinking about taking one. Mostly people ask about bears, how long are the days and have you met Sara Palin. I have lots of bear stories, the days are really long or short and I almost ran over Sara coming down a steep hill with a curve in it that she was crossing not at the cross walk. Honestly I think I am the person people would tell stories about, "I met the strangest person in line" lol.

 

[sillylily]

Haha..this one reminds me of something my 19 yr old college freashman daughter told me recently. She goes to school in Springfield MO and apparently some of the older women there think it is OK to say whatever they want as long as they follow it up with a "Bless Your Heart". So you could say...."wow, that person is really fat...bless her heart".

Anyway...pretty funny.

That is EXACTLY the way it is here! I once had a woman in her 80s tell me, "You gave your daughter a stupid name, bless her heart." The midwestern girl in me didn't feel the need to add a blessing to the end of the ear blistering rant that ensued. My daughter (Sommer) is named after my grandmother, so the old crow probably could have picked a better way to go about that. The younger girls don't do that; they have learned to use sarcasm as their weapon of choice, like me! Hopefully it's a dying speech pattern, because it is oh so rude.