What STuPiD stuff do people believe about YOUR state/area?

Oh yeah, I LOVE my coffee strong with lots of cream and sugar (the real stuff [])
Mmmh, I might have to try Dunkin Donuts though!
If anybody wants to try some german coffee, let me know, I'll send you a sample []!

While I was cruising IKEA a couple of days ago, I picked up a bag of their coffee.  I haven't opened it yet, but I'm looking forward to trying Swedish coffee. Has anybody else tried it?

Joyce

Nadine- If you're looking from strong coffee, I wouldn't go with Dunkin Donuts. I love love love DD because of the different flavors they have...Like for instance, sitting on my desk right now is a coconut flavored ice coffee....YUM! [] They also have blueberry, cinammon, vanilla spice, raspberry, toasted almond, hazelnut, french vanilla...yeah thats about it. Can you tell I go there a lot? [] My favorite flavor was marshmallow, but they discontinued it. []
 
Starbucks may appeal more to your coffee taste. I personally don't like the taste of it, but it is really strong. Give it a whirl.

ORIGINAL: cookiemonster

Nadine- If you're looking from strong coffee, I wouldn't go with Dunkin Donuts. I love love love DD because of the different flavors they have...Like for instance, sitting on my desk right now is a coconut flavored ice coffee....YUM! [] They also have blueberry...

 
Blueberry- what a horrible thing to do to a cup of coffee!  []   I desperately needed some Joe at work one day, and all they had was blueberry.  Figured it would be better than the caffeine headache I'd have, but, boy was I wrong!  I managed to get about a half a cup down before I gave up and tossed it.

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I don't know if this is true or not, so some of you guys from the south will have to set me straight if it's wrong. I've heard that you can say something absolutely awful, totally insulting to someone, but if you follow it with "Bless your heart", [] then it's OK.  Like "My godness, you look like death warmed over - bless your heart" or "Gracious sakes, you must have packed on 50 lbs. in the last couple of months.  You're as big as an elephant - bless your heart". True? Not?  Just curious.[]

Joyce

people do say stuff like that, but to get away with it you need to be either my grandmother or my great aunt. otherwise i would be offended.

I thought I was the only one that did not like Starbucks coffee, people rave about it here, too me it is like drinking the last cup in a pot that has sat all day.

Micksmom, I'm not a redneck from upstate NY, I'm a redneck from "the island"...[] Imagine the looks I get!

Stupid things people believe about my state of South Dakota:
1. We don't have phones /electricity/ running water. (of course we have all of these things!!)
2. It's always cold. (WRONG....last July we reached 110' )
3. Tourists expect to see "real" indians living in tepees. They also ask where they can meet Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and Red Cloud. (Sorry, everyone in SD lives in a regular house. No teepees or sod houses here. All those famous native american leaders died over 100 years ago.)
4. While visiting other states I've had people ask "What's in SD?" I start listing things, and usually mention Mount Rushmore. Many people are surprised, because they seem to think that Mt Rushmore is in Washington DC, not South Dakota. (really people, take a second look at those history books)
5. Residents have to shop at general store, and "trade" for supplies. (Sorry, I shop at the mall like everyone else. Last time I checked, the Gap only lets me make a purchase if I have a credit card. They do not accept corn or wheat.)
 
Where we live now in SD is probably much closer to most peoples idea of the wild west. It's a tiny town, in a very unpopulated county (one half person per square mile)........ but until I moved to this part of the state 3 years ago, I had no idea that towns like this really existed anymore, and I have lived in SD my entire life!!!  The more typical town in SD is similar to where I grew up in the beautiful Black Hills!

They have Blueberry coffee at the Quik Checks around here.
I prefer my coffee to taste like coffee.

I had to go into Berkeley this a.m. with DS#1 and he wanted to stop at Starbucks on our way out of town. I had my very first *frappaccino* (sp) - "Blackberry Green Tea" - some kind of green colored coffee/tea frozen stuff covered with whipped cream with blackberry sauce drizzled on it.  It was soooo good, but I don't think I could stand one every day. [] Plain old coffee for me - most of the time.

Joyce

[sm=tex.gif]I hate Starbucks coffee.  My nephew told me to try it  "its trendy"  so I tried it.  It SU#@ED![sm=cry.gif]  Well I ordered a regular coffee, small.  The girl behind the counter looked at me like a had more than 1 head.  I looked at the menu and it was like a diner menu of coffee.  I was supposed to be ordering some kind of mocha-latte-cinnamon-cream-chocolate-half decaf-espresso-light foam-nutmeg-carmel-supersize.  I got in my car took a sip and threw it out the window.  It was horrible.  My personal favorite in all fast food coffees is 7-11.  I love it and you cant buy it by the bag to take home.  Try 7-11 coffee.
[size="5"]Benedict, You survived New York.  Congrats!!  Three things NY is know for  1) shopping   2) food   3) tap water LOL
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I'm from Sweden.   We're not all supermodels (hello, I'm standing right in front of you - it should be pretty obvious), we don't live in igloos, we don't all have open relationships because we're just so sexually liberated.   And there is no Swedish Bikini Team.

I don't remember any stereotypes from living in Boston or Chicago, but I must say that most of the stereotypes of Southern California were true.   And I did drink an awful lot of tea in England.

In Canada, we don't have dog teams pulling us in sleds (I kind of wish we did) and Toronto is really not that clean.   I don't personally know any Eskimos (and you're not supposed to say "Eskimo").   Yes, there's a lake in Toronto!   It's called Lake Ontario.   Toronto is really not that much like New York at all.  The exchange rate doesn't mean you get 20% off everything!!!  But it is true that people are really nice.    And Timbits are amazing.  And there are an awful lot of strip clubs in Montreal.

I thought Toranto was clean, but them I'm used to Chicago[:'(].
 
I'm in a weird situation.  I live in NW Indiana and am about an hour outside Chicago.  We get all our news, etc from Chicago unless you happen to find one of the dinky local stations or get a local newspaper.  In many ways, we are like a suburb of Chicago.  I even have a very slight Chicago accent.  I was always irritated when I hear people in Indiana called rednecks, until I traveled to central and Southern Indiana--I was like "Hey, we are a bunch of hicks, aren't we?"  One of my college profs calls IN the "Northern Most Southern State"
 
 

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I thought Toranto was clean, but them I'm used to Chicago[:'(].

I'm in a weird situation. I live in NW Indiana and am about an hour outside Chicago. We get all our news, etc from Chicago unless you happen to find one of the dinky local stations or get a local newspaper. In many ways, we are like a suburb of Chicago. I even have a very slight Chicago accent. I was always irritated when I hear people in Indiana called rednecks, until I traveled to central and Southern Indiana--I was like "Hey, we are a bunch of hicks, aren't we?" One of my college profs calls IN the "Northern Most Southern State"

Okay, I have one burning question about Indiana: What the hell's a HOOSIER?

And we always called Missouri the northernmost Southern State. The racial tension in St. Louis is palpable just walking down the street, pretty awful.

Oh, and people from St. Louis call lowlifers "hoosiers." (My ex was from St. Louis.)

ORIGINAL: inne

I'm from Sweden. We're not all supermodels (hello, I'm standing right in front of you - it should be pretty obvious), we don't live in igloos, we don't all have open relationships because we're just so sexually liberated. And there is no Swedish Bikini Team.

So you aren't six feet tall and blonde? You don't have a gorgeous tennis-playing boyfriend named Bjorn?

In Canada, we don't have dog teams pulling us in sleds (I kind of wish we did) and Toronto is really not that clean. I don't personally know any Eskimos (and you're not supposed to say "Eskimo"). Yes, there's a lake in Toronto! It's called Lake Ontario. Toronto is really not that much like New York at all. The exchange rate doesn't mean you get 20% off everything!!! But it is true that people are really nice. And Timbits are amazing. And there are an awful lot of strip clubs in Montreal.

I'm so please to find I'm not the only one being told I live in an igloo with Eskimos and have to go everywhere by dog team. And you are right, you don't call people Eskimos. You call them Natives, or their tribal name, Inupiat, Athabascan, etc. In Canada, First Nations.

I can just see some bonehead American tourist thinking that 20% off thing. Sheesh.