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Originally Posted by cellophanedeity
My opinion of the United States isn't very well educated.
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True enough... (i posted this in my journal because it amused the heck out of me -- it also scared me) Conversation overheard in the airport. Mother talking to her daughter who was probably in her late teens. They are sharing a bag of nuts. Darling daughter asks mom what kind of nut something is. Mom says its a filbert. Mmmm filberts. They [make awesome nut butter. I digress
Mom then goes on to educate darling daughter that filberts were named after a president. Not many presidents get nuts named after them so he must have been great
I'm still thinking president filbert? She from mars, or canada
? Mom didn't disappoint. Ah yes the great mullet filbert. President. I had to board at that point but I wondered if perhaps the mullet was named after him also.
Near as I can figure, she was talking about the underrated Millard Fillmore...
the trivia buff in me remembers that fillmore's claim to fame (other than being the name of the junior high school that marcia brady went to) was that he was the only president to never be elected ( bush bashers, shut up) Filmore was the 13th president and succeeded Taylor --after he died - but filmore was never elected president in his own right.
However, I'm hoping this woman was in the minority, I'd say the US is pretty well educated, just not overly educated in affairs that don't deal with the US directly.