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thats awsome,,,,, first?
yes you are first, congrats!
*wheels in celebratory “powered by” cannon*
*loads with real cannonballs*
*points*
RUNAWAY!!!! Runaway!!
affbafbaf
Why is everyone so psyched when they’re first.. that’s lame.. (yes, I ám saying this because I was never first.. once second, it still bugs me.. damn it)
*tsk.tsk*
‘Tis a sad, sad state of affairs.
Because they never came first in their lives before, can you blame them for not being able to hold their excitement?
It feels good to come first.
dude, you must really suck in bed
hahahaha WIN
In all fairness, NOT many people would recall or know where budapest is. Paris, Berlin, Rome, those are obvious. But Budapest, I don’t blame them.
The failer’s responses to the question and answer, however, are pretty stupid.
100% chance she voted for G.W. Bush.
Hope she’s not old enough yet to vote …
ok ok lets not talk treason plz
Oh, that’s good. Never heard that one before…
Granted, Budapest may not be common knowledge for many… But thinking Europe is a country sealed the deal, LMAO…
The real problem was not her ignorance of Budapest, but of her general geographical ignorance and her inability to hide it. She should have just shut up and deferred to the (male) 5th grader instead of repeatedly opening her mouth as dumb women are prone to do.
And now for the flurry of angry comments…
she doesn’t need education she is tall and blonde
thats all u need to be a successful singer dancer or model
Rich and famous ok. Stupid not ok.
In her defense, she did have a decent answer.
She just choked.
skip to about 3:10 for the answer
So true. That’s Kelly Pickler. They must have had a celebrity show or something. She’s a country singer and successful at it.
hm…i know all of the europeans and amercians capital cities…hmm..am i an alien?
Are you an alien?
No, you’re probably European.
If not, you should move here.
That’s was a win:D Magyarország 100%-a meg röhög:D Jó hogy nem Bukarest:D
Yup, just like there are way too many people out there that think the continent of Africa is a country
Don’t you mean “not many people in the US”? Everywhere else in my experience people do have a rudimentary knowledge of international geography, which includes knowing the capital of a big and important country such as Turkey.
Well, at least the Americans in this conversation have a rudimentary knowledge of what country we’re actually talking about here.
Oh, I know this. Honduras, right?
Is that where Hondas come from?
Huh? Hondas is an island in Cuba… Where they talk Chinese, and dance polka. Sheesh…
WIN.
Turkey, hum, that would be Ankara. This video pertains the capitol of Hungary though. It’s just a shame that your vast amount of rudimentary knowledge has left no room for a short term memory.
Not exactly true. Here in Germany, kids apparently are not even taught the four cardinal directions. It’s a rare occasion a child can tell you in what direction one city lies in relation to another. Ignorance is a plague common to the entire human race.
Maybe they aren’t taught the cardinal directions to prevent you guys from invading Poland again
BWAH!!!!!
I totally lol’d and scared my dog.
belated LMAO. Well done
Let’s see now. Buda has somethin to do with some sort ov asian heathen religon and a pest is some one who bothrs you. So budapest is a asin religon abot bothrn peeple. Right?
Ah, I see the contestant’s 3rd grade classmate is here.
Oh yeah! It must be where the pagan religion of Buddhism was founded!
Well…Budapest were once separated to 2 cities, Buda and Pest, bethween the 2 flows the Donau, but as the 2 grow, they become one.
Only if you’re an idiot.
well i know where it is, and I’m American, but my mothers side is all of Hungarian descent… unfair advantage? =P
Only if it involves gulyasz.
American.
No, blonde american.
No, blonde north american.
Actually, in all fairness, the question was concerning a matter of fact, and everyone knows that the typical American cannot answer matter of fact questions because of the failing of their education system combined with an apparent shallow genetic pool.
My opinions are equally as valid as your facts. You’re just being dogmatic about your reality-centered world view. You should keep an open mind and be tolerant of people with fantasy-based and bullshit-based world views.
Oh, hush up, Eerotrash…
It’s always nice to see people combating ignorance with such powerful skills as making sweeping assumptions and being arrogantly judgmental. It’s nice to know I slogged my way through a failing educational system with every effort to learn and develop a broad and honest worldview as well as at least a general understanding of many subjects including geography, only to have the rest of the world jump to the conclusion that I am an inbred fool based on such profound evidence as the color of my hair and the country I happened to be born in.
Maybe next time you should leave out the phrase, “in all fairness” when making remarks such as this.
tl;dr
“Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt”?
i have to disagree with you, in all fairness, if our lil’ nursing case above would’ve spend less time of geography class with her mirror image and more time with geography, she would’ve known better. so she deserves to fail that hard. in front of millions. on national tv.
thank you thank you
The contestant is County music singer Kelly Pickler, she was playing for a charity on that show.
im from Albemarle NC, and i know kellie and shes not really that ditzy. But in all fairness, i didnt know where Budapest was either.
Oh, so the school system in NC stinks; that must be what you’re saying. Gotcha. Too bad you didn’t get a real education.
Bright side: At least you learned to read and type! Now you can Google your way to a basic education. :-/
I am confused. it’s a third grade question, but she slept through fifth grade? or did sh sleep throught the whole elementary AND middle school?
my guess is that she slept (around) throught the whole school
Description required, work blocky, sorry!
USA version of ‘are you smarter than a 10 yr old?’.
Woman thought Europe was a country, had never heard of Hungary but she’s heard of Turkey.
Err.. I mean it was a truck going into a bridge.
Oh dear oh dear oh dear.
Europed me into it!
# Going for Gold #
*Czechs in*
*Russias out*
Are you Finnished yet?
She’s stupid, but where’s the fail? I personally think, that less than 5% of Hungarians know for example where Chicago lies.
im hungarian and yes i can point it on map not like americans who pointed at Australia when they searched korea xDD failz
XD im quarter hungairin quarter welsh and half english nd it would takeme ten mins to find anything on a map lol
oh ha ha ha you = racist retard ha ha ha failz. Grow up.
wow. “alll”, you must be talking about some pretty stupid Americans.
I’m American.
Everybody in my 1st grade class could point out Australia, knowing that it wasn’t Korea.
In 1st grade.
Well your first grade class is obviously among the most respected intellectuals in the US.
It’s not the rest of the world’s fault that you’re portrayed as a bunch of idiots. Examples like this just show you as ignorant morons and that’s all we have to go on… that and Bush.
Oh my…what a racist you are. things like what you said is what makes YOU an ignorant. Sorry but you Failed…do you know that war start like that? Maybe everyone ”presume” too much…no one is better then the other, period! Grow up!
no.. war starts when americans decide to have a war…
I’m pretty sure Americans are portrayed as idiots for a reason. It’s not like the entire world just had a massive meeting about deciding to call you that, because we don’t like Wendy’s or something.
So You r in the 5 %
. I exactly know that Chicago is in Florida 
. I am out of the 5 %… Budapest and Pilisborosjenő rulez.
Dude, only the US citizens are so stupid and undereducated to not know anything outside their country. 100% Europeans (except for the babies) will know where Chicago or other major US city is.
Wishful. Having traveled, thats decidedly not the case. The only difference between our morons and your morons is that ours magically become wealthy enough to travel and, thus, give us all a bad name.
Also, not to split hairs, but the state of Illinois has 130% of the pop. and over three times the gross domestic product of Hungary. IL was also distinguished in its most recent revision in 1818 vs Hungary’s 1989. My 3rd grade world geography class is out-dated with regards to Hungary (although the capital hasn’t changed in over a hundred years).
Amen. I’m American, but I lived in Europe for a while and am now in Japan. I can now say conclusively– there are morons on all continents.
Stupidity truly knows no bounds.
Although there is a lot of truth in that it’s not the whole story. Cultures can become a victim of their own success in a way. It takes effort and time to learn things about another culture, unless people have a higher than usual interest in other cultures there has to be a reason for most people to learn about other cultures or they’ll just be lazy and live in blissful ignorance with their prejudices to keep them company. An example in Europe is the UK, I’m half British and visit there at least once a year on average. The people in the UK in general are much less aware of what is happening in other cultures than mainland Europe. With all the success the UK has had before it lost all of its empire people from other countries and cultures learned English and how to deal with the English people.
There are a lot of aspects to it but for example in England it is not compulsory to learn a foreign language which teaches you a lot about a culture and opens the doors to learn more. In the Netherlands where I live you have to have at least 3 foreign languages and there are lots of foreign TV channels which everybody gets.
We watch lots of programs from the US and the UK and some Belgian, German, French and Italian TV too. Just how much foreign TV do you watch in the US?
So it is only to be expected that the majority of the US citizens who never visit another country, don’t learn a foreign language, haven’t watched any foreign films or TV is more ignorant about the rest of the world than people from less dominating cultures.
Wow, I promise I won’t ever post such a long or serious comment on failblog again!
I sorta wish I’d honestly be able to say tl;dr to that, but anyhow…
Your point is valid, though it seems the richness loving Americans will take money over skill/knowledge (unless that’ll become money later) more often than people from other cultures.
Not knowing the continents, and that they are continents, is quite bad, really
How stereotypical of you. I myself, a true American, would rather work a ranch my entire life and not make a surplus of $1 a year than live in some big city full of fat cats.
Let me guess, you live in Texas right?
100% true. I’m from the land and move to the big city to work my ass off…for what? stress ans only stress…And i did work for the Cirque du Soleil…each minutes I wish to go back to my nice and quiet little town…I’m I stupid for that? I’ve travel so much these pass years that I can tell there’s morons everywhere as well as good people…
Wow, stereotypes and globally lumping all of one country into a statement. Apparently I’m not an American by your definition. I would take knowledge, acuity and handiness in various areas over financial incentives in a nanosecond. As an American I am appalled by the global stereotype that has been placed upon the population. I, myself, try to develop my knowledge, sharpness of mind, and build upon aptitudes in many areas
The question in the video was extraordinarily easy. Although, would it make good television (relative to many TV executive’s mind) to put an intelligent contestant on the show? No, they are going to choose the contestant who demonstrates a very low IQ so that they get moments like those in the clip. America has shown that they enjoy to laugh at those who are demonstrating their inaneness on television.
You’ll hardly ever see a reserved, but highly intelligent individual on a show such as this. (Notice: hardly ever, so that anomalies in the shows will not make my argument null and void) They would not make “good television” on a show such as this, it would be “boring”. No, you’re most likely going to see a extravert who demonstrates very little intelligence that gives wild answers. That will get laughs in the minds of most TV executives and that is the type they will try to recruit for the show. That is also the reason why the world will very rarely see someone such as myself upon this show and shows like it. Those who don’t think with their emotions, but have a logical thinking style and don’t let their emotions have a major impact upon their decisions won’t get laughs. So, if you are basing your opinion of America upon individuals shown in TV shows such as this, you are foolish and demonstrate a lack in logical thinking. If I offended you in any way, I’m sorry, I’m just a very blunt person and don’t sugar-coat things. I like my opinions to be plainly obvious and expect my opinions to be scrutinized in the same manor.
Whilst it may be true that one cannot make conclusions based on this incident, the incident does not show that common americans are smart. the fact that you may be smart also does not indicate that most citizens are smart. Actually common citizens of mostly any country are not so smart. What can be said is that average awareness of other cultures is much higher in some countries than others. In such a case, the average U.S. Fox News believer is not as cultural aware as let´s say an average Finn. Looking at OECD results from school performance surveys, Finns are much smarter than Americans.
Just look at the part where she says, I thought Europe was a country. No one laughs! According to your theory everyone should be laughing at this point because it is an incredibly wild answer.
BOOOM
Well, I do not believe that I stated that as a whole Americans were “smart” anywhere in my argument. What I did say, however, was that you will typically only see those of very low intelligence participating in these shows. Nor did I say that I myself exemplified the typical American either.
There is a fallacy in your second paragraph. You are only considering the studio audience, you did not consider the nationwide audience. I’m not saying whether or not the nationwide audience laughed or not. Although, you did not consider that possibility, which is a major oversight. As the studio audience constitutes a miniscule percentage of the overall viewing audience. I do believe that my argument still stands.
I know you did not say that average americans are smart or dumb, but you still have not considered all the OECD tests on schools. In which the U.S.A. is lagging in many areas such as math.
I did not oversee the reaction of all the audience watching at home, it is just impossible to measure. The only possible measure is the reaction of the audience, which in turn is a very good representation, if not statistically significant unless it was an audience of about 5,000 people, of the reaction of real viewers. It is a common practice in television, such as sitcoms.
In regards to the OECD tests, while this may indeed sound like an ‘out’, I do believe that this is at least partly due to the educational system. The problem with using generalized tests as a means to assess intelligence is that they typically test learned knowledge. I believe that is flawed, what should be tested instead is the rate at which you can learn and natural intelligence (An example would be pattern finding). These would be better suited for assessing intelligence instead of knowledge amassed.
The only way that you could say that this country is smarter than another country when comparing learned knowledge tests is if they received an absolutely identical education. Without an identical education there are far too many variables for there to be an accurate comparison. Also, I’d like to know how you found out that the reaction of the studio audience is a “very good” representation of the reaction of the nationwide audience. Can you provide some valid data to affirm your stance?
OH Come on. You define someone as being smarter than someone else if that persons is able to learn faster than others under ceteris paribus conditions and not as a condition of knowledge. I define being smart as a condition of knowledge. Educational systems have a high correlation on the amount of knowledge of those within the system. The fact that Budapest is the capital of Hungary IS learned knowledge. No one in the world is born with that knowledge. Therefore I still sustain that average Finns are smarter than average U.S. citizens. I am not a Finn or a U.S. citizens.
Of course the results of the tests do not comply with your arguments and therefore you just consider them flawed and of course the tests you would be considering as valid are impossible to create. Within social sciences you would then not be able to accept any results of tests or experimens of any kind because they are/never will be conducted 100% under ceteris paribus conditions. You then say all results from any experiment or test from social science is flawed and therefore should not be accepted.
Unfortunately, there is no data I can present on the correlation between the reaction of the live audience and the entire T.V. audience, and even if I had, it would for sure be flawed considering your arguments.
That is the vaild data I present to say that many did not laugh.
By the way, SAT tests and all other admission tests are, under your view, also flawed since they do not measure intelligence but knowledge amassed. You should write a letter to the Secretary of Education, they have not considered this.
Anyway I have to leave. I just will make the following points coming from the small debate.
-There is absolutely no indication on the differences between countries on the ability of its citizens to learn.
-The indications on differences between citizens of different countries are given in the amassing of knowledge and its application, such as math skills. There are rules in math you must LEARN and then APPLY. In such skills the average americans score lower than other developed countries but higher than other countries. Indicating that average americans have a lower amount of knowledge than average citizens from other countries.
-This does not mean that all Americans are stupid and that all Finnish are smart. This also does not mean that the knowledge or intelligence of the elite in Finnland and America is substantially different.
-Too bad there are no humility tests
Yes, your definition of intelligence and my own definition of intelligence are fundamentally different. I can see that you will not easily be swayed to my definition as you find it unreasonable. I can tell you that I will not be swayed to your definition, as I find my own definition to be logically sound. And at this point in the debate, I do believe that we have deviated from the original question enough for you to ascertain that I was not relating my arguments to the original question in the video at this point.
There is also a logical fallacy in your second paragraph. You are implying that the sole reason as to why I do not find a test result to be sound is due to the fact that the results do not agree with my argument. This is not correct, I have previously laid out the reasons as to why this is so, you can reread them if you like. In regards to the second half of your paragraph, yes, I do realize that it is unlikely that the conditions for a test to validate my point are unlikely. Although, that does not mean that the results of such a test would disagree with my argument. It also does not mean that I should have to “make do” with current tests because they are done under non-ideal circumstances.
Let me state why I believe that standardized tests should not be taken as a means to assess intelligence. (For the remainder of the explanation please equate IQ to be the natural knowledge and also the learning rate of a human. I do not mean this to make you believe that I equate IQ to be an accurate or perfect way of measuring intelligence. Although for the explanation please assume it to be both accurate and perfect.) Student A is born in Sweden and has an IQ of 120, Student B is born in Mexico and has an IQ of 120. Student A receives an excellent education and is learning at the maximum possible rate they are capable of due to the government standards for education. Student B receives a poor and inconsistent education and is learning at less than half than what they are capable of due to the government standards for education.
Student A scores a very high result on a standardized test that measures intelligence for all nations. Student B scores an average result on the same test. Assume that Student A is representative for all of Sweden’s scores and Student B is representative for all of Mexico’s scores. By your definition Mexico would be less intelligent overall, even though if the population was swapped, the scores would be swapped as well and Mexico would be more intelligent by your definition. According to my definition both countries would be equal in intelligence. I do believe this should demonstrate my point.
As for your last paragraph, if you can present no solid data to support the correlation between the reaction of the studio audience and the nationwide audience, then I cannot accept it as valid. If you had solid data, I would accept it as valid. In response to your second comment, yes, I do believe that SAT tests and all other admission tests are flawed. And thank you for the advice, I probably will put my thoughts into a letter to the Secretary of Education and send it to them. I have contacted many representatives in the government before to express my concerns, this would be nothing new.
“Extravert”? rofl
Once more. I am not stating that all americans are ignorant. I state that the average american does not have the same amount of knowledge than the average citizens of other countries. On the other hand average americans have more knowledge than the average citizens of other much more countries.
You DO have great elite universities. The elite in the U.S. as stated before is probably the best in the world on the account of knowledge. This is obviously not an effect of the education system, it is an effect of something called Brain Gain and its eventual fallout. See operation paperclip for an example.
The U.S. is a great nation with great people. It has made bad choices just as every other country in the world has made them too, but it is still a great nation. What the U.S. really needs is to be a bit more humble under certain circumstances.
do you really expect anybody will read all of that?
well ok so your excuse is that hungary is a somehow “new country” but what about Portugal… name the capital! please…. and FYI portugal is the oldest country in the world with defined borders!!!
a hint so that I don’t feel ofended it is not Madrid ( that is Spain)
hungary is a young country?
lol
read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungary
Hungary was emerged in 896
america when? 1492
America, 1776.
I knew someone would say something like this. You are truthfully the fool here. Why should Americans care about other countries and their cities; they don’t care about ours. You think Europeans are not as stupid and uneducated, stupidity knows no bounds. Europeans will have just as many stupid people as here. Don’t call Americans stupid because of the select few and a trendy though about Americans.
Right. If you believe nobody cares about the US outside of people I don’t think you really have much experience with foreign cultures because we sure as hell have had a LOT of experience with yours. It must have occurred to you that a lot of the films, TV series, music, books etc. that are exported out of the US are actually watched by foreign people that somehow must have an interest in the US culture?
I know there are lots of people from the US who DO take an interest in foreign cultures because they visit my home town Amsterdam in droves, but it’s very obvious from some of the stuff we get that a lot of people in the US who don’t go abroad don’t give a crap about this “Europe” country they sometimes hear about on the TV when they’re skipping channels.
There are two clear extremes among Americans (and obviously lots of people in between): those who appear neither to know nor to care much about the rest of the world; and those who are both very aware of and very interested in the rest of the world. Of the latter group, some spend years or decades living and working in one or more other country – I was taught by an American who is now a professor in the third or fourth other country in which he’s lived over a long career. Which is to say that Americans per se are neither more nor less intelligent, educated and informed than anyone else; only perhaps more internationally visible when they happen to be really, really ill-informed. So let’s leave off the silly parochialism, nationalism, etc. As it says in the fine print at
ht tp://failblog.org/2009/12/11/hygiene-fail/
“C’mon people, we shouldn’t have to say this”
“films, TV series, music, books etc.”
I was referring to our cities and the people. The world is full of culture, but most of it can be found here in the U.S. we are a melting pot. Only reason I’d visit another country is to get the full effect of another culture and it’s landmarks. But for the most part, a lot of people in the world don’t care about or like Americans themselves.
well i wouldn’t say your cities have much of a culture (not the people in it) your cities are 300-400 years old and were planned from the beginning to the end, our cities took hundreds or thousands of years to grow and “evolve”
i don’t mean to insult you or any other american and i do think your cities are more or less beautiful and exciting
You won’t get much Italian culture by going to a pizzeria in New York or much Mexican culture from Taco Bell. The melting pot also suggest a certain elimination of cultural diversity.
I’m not saying it’s a bad thing, but you can’t compare what you learn about a culture from a second, third or more generation immigrant as compared to learning the language and going to the country.
“The world is full of culture, but most of it can be found here in the U.S. we are a melting pot.” you don’t have a culture, you don’t have history, and still you think you are the greatest nation in the world. Thats what i hate about americans.
WHY!!!!! WHY MUST EVERYONE INSULT AMERICANS!!! JEEZ!!! I’m half American and it really hurts me whenever I see something so rude.
I don’t know.
Why must you call every non American insulting?
Well, look, I have quite a few American friends, and some of them know a lot about the world around their country but others – in particular, one of my friends – doesn’t have much knowledge outside of the states. She asked me what time of the year it was in Australia a few months back and I replied, “Winter”, to which she responded, “No, I meant what month”. It’s people like my friend who give the American stereotypes.
damn right matey.
I’m an American and I think Americans are arrogant, they think anything different must be inferior. It’s so refreshing for me to travel to other countries or interact with foreigners because they’re so much more polite and easy to get along with.
Wow, generalize much? You base an entire country’s temperament on the few people you have actually met out of their total population? Let me tell you what I think. I think YOU have an issue against Americans PERIOD. Your idea of how the US is doesn’t fit what you think it should be, so, instead of making a decent argument, you make a gross generalization about muliple foreign countries and we’re supposed to take that seriously? You sound awfully arrogant yourself.
Um, Europe as a country?
It’s got a common currency, common values… All they need is a language and next step… The US of E!
An american not knowing what Europe is very different from a Hungarian not knowing where the location is of a American city (Thats not even a capital)
There were about 650 comments when I posted this, and yours is probably the most directly smart one. Kuddos
Yes, the only one I’ve seen yet to mention that Chicago is not the capital.
jojo – te eszméletlen nagy fasz vagy
elmehetsz a jó kurva édes anyádba gyalogsági ásót szarni.
jojo – you are an idiot
do you think Magyar people so stupid? Do you think? And what about the scientists? The man who made PEN first? Have your heard anthing about József László Bíró? Have you heard about Farkas Kempelen, who made the chess-machine? He?
no, he’s never heard about Rubik (he made the Rubik cube), or Janos Neumann..
i dont know how in which sentence jojo says that Hungarians are stupid. I dont know how your comment is related to jojo’s comment because jojo’s comment isnt about Hungarians.
BTW Farkas Kempelen’s true name is Johann Wolfgang Ritter von Kempelen de Pázmánd and he was Irish…
He was born in Pozsony, and that’s were Hungary, his parents were Irish, but he isn’t
wait a second, Bratislava ( in hungarian Pozsony or german Pressburg) is capital of Slovakia, even if the Slovakia was part hungarian reign.
We are talking about the capitol of a country, not a random city of your choosing. And you ask where’s the fail? She thought that Europe was a country! And had NEVER HEARD OF Hungary!
I have to agree with european dude.
OK, here is a section on the industrial districts of the US from the sixth grade Hungarian curriculum:
“2.5. az USA ipari körzetei (az északi körzet, a déli körzet és a nyugati körzet) az USA ipari körzeteinek, az egyes körzetek jellemzőinek számbavétele, a körzetek területének megkeresése a térképen Az USA három nagy ipari körzetéhez hozzá tud rendelni legalább egy jellegzetes iparágat. Meg tudja mutatni a térképen Chicagot, Californiát és Texast. Rövid leírást tud adni az USA három nagy ipari körzetéről, az egyes körzetek alkörzeteiről és ezek ipari jellegzetességeiről.”
I’m hungarian and I can assure you that 80% of hungarians know where chicago is (ER
)
we had to learn the states (and capitals) of USA in highschool.
It’s a “not knowing when to shut up” fail. Dysentery of the mouth.
you are crazy. the hungarian elementary schools much better then the americans elementary schools..
I’ve been to Hungary only once and very briefly, but based on general state of awareness about US in EU, I am fairly certain the percentage of those able to locate Chicago, IL would be much higher then here estimated 5%. One of the reasons being EU countries being much smaller then US, people cannot get by with only recognizing theirs and ignoring others. It does not necessarily have anything to do with being smarter or stupider. As correctly stated in the discussion, idiots are more or less evenly distributed around the world.
K, but the problem was that she thought Europe was a country.
I`m Hungarian and I could point out Chicago on a map at elementary school just as everyone in my class. But when I was at the states i met many americans, who knew the name of the Hungarian capitol and there was a waiter who even knew that Buda and Pest were two cities a long time ago. But there was a polce officer who wrote me a ticket and he wrote on it Hungry instead of Hungary
But the common in every americans is this question after introducing: Are you hungry?
I’d just like to point out that depending on how you define sovereignty the E.U. is a country and Hungary is just a state and Budapest is no longer a national capital.
Umm … “state” has two different senses: (1) sovereign territory, as in “head of state” (e. g., President of the USA, monarch of the UK), and (2) sub-division of sovereign state with its own government, as in “New York State” (and in other countries sometimes also known as a “province”). In formal usage, the components of the EU are almost always referred to as “[sovereign] states”, and at least one (the UK) itself has several “countries” (England, Wales, Scotland, Norther Ireland) within it, but it is very difficult indeed on any historical criteria to see the EU as presently constituted (i. e., with no single currency, army and other security apparatus, economic or foreign policy, judicial system, transport system, or central government responsible for these and many other things) as a “country” or a “[sovereign] state”, rather than an economic and political federation or union of sovereign states with institutions of gradually increasing power. It may one day be a “state” / “country”; not yet.
Or, to make it a little shorter: No, Narcoran.
Point fail
Arthur, you always make my day with your comments.
Remember, we too were united States until we became The United States via use of military force… now we all have to say the pledge of allegiance on penalty of flogging ;D
There is not a single currency in the E.U., but there is a common currency in the E.U., with distinction only being that there are some hold outs. I was being a little facetious, but that said, there were a lot of states in the U.S. who at one point thought they still were sovereign nations after joining a union.
Arthur Eld, detecting facetiousness fail and typing someone else’s name fail.
Just how is one supposed to detect facetiousness, large or small, in a bare text post that could express a real opinion, and could be believed too?
Of course, even if one did think the EU a (nascent) federal megastate, “Europe” would still not be a country, given that some pretty large and historically important parts of it aren’t within the EU.
Nacoran.
HUGE FAIL. What about Switzerland. Is that not part of Europe now? It was a Geograpy question!
Short lesson
Europe is not equal to European Union
Is that the same way Canada is not in America?
There is a country (=sovereign, independent state) called the “United States of America”. In English, there is no other country or territory generally called “America”, or with that word prominent in its name. There is a continent generally called “North America”, and one generally called “South America”, and both together generally called “the Americas”, geographical, linguistic and cultural divisions of which are generally called “Central America”, “Latin America”, etc., but again, none is generaly called only “America” in English, so in English “America” functions as a convenient and unambiguous shorthand for the USA.
This is not the case for “Europe”. There is no country (=sovereign, indepedent state) called “Europe” or with “Europe” as part of its usual English name; and there is a geographical area (a continent) always called “Europe” in English, of which the member states of the European Union occupy only part, while those of other continental bodies like the Council of Europe occupy different parts. Now, “Europe” can and does function in some contexts as shorthand for various organizations of European states; however, that does not make it any less true that the European Union is not coexstensive with the geographical area conventionally called “Europe”, nor does it make the usage of “Europe” in this case equivalent to the usage of “America” for the USA, for the reason given above.
What do you mean, that “Budapest is no longer a national capital” ? Then what is it? The EU, as AferVentus described, has a very different structure, than US. So I’m pleased to inform everyone (you too:), Budapest IS the capital of the Republic of Hungary:)
Greetings from Hungary
“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”
And while of course you can go ’round calling a continent a country (or horse, or bread, or anything else really..) , it still doesn’t make it so. Sorry.
I am at home not at work…..No, you are right, that is true.
Tried that one for years. Eventually I had to face the facts though..
Shame
Facts are for those who can’t handle delusions.
E.U is not a country, E.U is an alliance between several countries …
Hungary is a country, Budapest is a national capital. E.U is not a federal country
From France.
Is that so , captain obvious?
It’s EU not E.U
~.^
Oh, EU forgot to tell this, when we Hungarians joined
Bit sad. ):
Just a series of comments from the contestant demonstrating she does not know much about the Europe country.Nor do I….and I live here!
Hm. I'm not sure whether sleeping through the thread really counts as living here.Now I am embarrassed.
*runsawaytohide*
She wasn’t really sleeping — I saw her sneak a peek through a half-closed eye…
*pokes*
Oi!
Telltale.
*sulks*
*tickles k@ gently*
Come on…cheer up!
*giggles*
Fankoooo!
I was just looking out for Santa, in case he turned up early! ………honest! :halo:
*polishes tarnished halo above k@ head*
Man, I am running out of this stuff. I need to get to the store before they close for the holidays.
Check your stocking!
*opens stocking, removes all the coal*
*saves it for DW*
*screams like a little girl*
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeee!!!!! Thank you. It’s what I ‘ve always wanted.
I hope it isn’t too much, but I thought you could use a self cleaning halo, to, well..you…know, save on polish!
Ooh, fankoo for saving the coal for me!!
*happily sits in the middle of the thread playing with coal*
*compresses coal and gives it a *FOOOOM!!**
*admires beautiful shiny diamonds she just made*
Diamonds????
*reaches for sparklies*
Ai kan haz?
You’re taking back my christmas pressie?
*puss-in-boots expression*
*Runs out*
*Makes a call to t’pit*
*Paces for a few hours*
*Takes in delivery of the days’ coal mining results *
Happy Christmas DW
*does Jazz hands*
Well, no but you made diamonds!!! You are right…I can’t take it back. I know where to go next time I need some sparklies now.
You guys are very cute. Absolutely made my day today!
i must say, you guys make me vomit in my mouth with the poke squeeze and tickle bullshit. sorry that is all
Sounds like somebody needs a hug!
Careful, jaysen: your jealousy is showing.
ok a little jealous….and lonely, and heart broken, and kind of hungry
*tries to mend heart with paste*
I’m very sorry to hear it. Especially at Christmas time. Lucky for you, however, you’re here among people who care.
*squeeze*
Mends paste with lonely and a kick of jealousy.
You can’t mend a heart with that!
*hands k@ Super Glue™ and duct tape*
Forceps?
I’ve found it works very very well to mend a heart with home made cookies.
*offers*
damn you guys, see now i feel bad about being mean….also about having this pink avatar but being to afraid to sound noobish to ask how to change it. as well as not having a verifiable pun to deliver to mend all wounds. damn…
*slaps pair of tweezers in k@’s hand*
Sorry, that’s all I’ve got.
Here is everything you need to know:
ht tp://failpeeps.wordpress.com/faqquity-faq-dont-talk-back/
Gravatar.com
*staples*
Why do all trolls – who turn out to be good sometimes – always start with insults anyway? I have high hopes for jaysen.
Some people ridicule that which they do not understand. They believe it makes them less of an outsider, when literally the opposite is true.
check test check test…1…2…1.2 hopefully it works or i will look stupid
It will take a few minutes, and you will need to clear your cache.
yea hey i totally understand where yall are coming from, i never like respond to this stuff i just frequent failblog and check out the stuff and move on but im on my third 13 hour shift at work in a row and a bit cranky i guess i apologize again, i’l leave yall alone now
Thanks for the apology, jaysen. We appreciate it. Stay and play, if you can. We don’t bite!
Stay, play, sorry about the duct tape!
Apology accepted.
Don’t leave.
Stay and play.
*noms LGB*
*noms Ms B*
Hmmm. Tastes kinda like bubble gum…
And just where in the hell is my holiday squeeze, young lady?
*holidaygroupsqueezes*
*gives out pressies*
*SQUEEEEEEEEZE!*
*festive holiday squeezes all present*
*squeeze*…don’t know if i did that right and just solidified myself as a full blown hippo-crit. and i deffin don’t mind a bit of ductape and biting.
Woah. Just had some not so good flashbacks.
No wrong way, jaysen. Just be yourself.
Oh, little Qwazie — don’t give it a moment’s thought.
You are loved!
*skaweeeeeze*
*goosesJaysen*
Past is past, apologies are done and dusted!
and holiday cheer appears to be on the top of everybody’s to do list….
Snowballs?
Pay what a moment’s thought?
*Joins in squeeze-fest*
*Jon’s in squeeze-fest*
are people really this dumb, and get to be on tv?
oh wait i have seen real world…
Only when they display trollish behaviour as you have ^ there.
Nah, they go out of their way to pick the smart ones for *this* show. Just like in reality TV, everybody is really competing in a real contest n whatever.
no but only the dumb ones want to be in tv ;D
4th?
Who is Hungary for Turkey people?Are you being Serbed?
Yes, and on fine China.
Make sure you eat your food properly though. Don’t Russia through it.
It will tend to make a bulg aria, around your tummy.
If Ukraine your neck, you might spot it.
This is so Romania-ic…
Iran all the way here to eat it and now it’s gone?
Would you like some Swiss steak?
Iraq ‘en I should try some.
*throws some sweden japan and starts to fry*
*add Swedish fist to Judy’s japan*
*throws in a brazilion Swedish fish too, also*
Yes, but you’re not paying for it. We’ll go Dutch.
OK. Mind if I Peru-se the menu before we order?
I recommend the Chile, you seem like Uruguay who likes a good bowl of Chile.
Blech! You put too much Greece.
Oman! This stuff israeli good! Kenya pass me some more?
You must be pretty Hungary… Stop Russian! You’ll get indigestion.
That can be a terrible Malays(ia).
Are you going to Finnish that? Or do you thing it’s to Creece-y?
Brazil nut roulade for afters please.
I wouldn’t order that if I were you. You see, for a Germ any roulade is like paradise.
Iberia can take peninsula for that.
I am still Ghana go for it!
*noms*
Jamaica’n me crazy with your risky eating habits.
There is Norway you’re going to finish all that!
*sigh*
Okay, if you insist. You eat here or is it Togo?
Alright, but if you pu.k.e, do it over there away from me.
I will Rome around till I find something else to eat.
Yes we all want it Togo, if you’Rwanda-ring
Olur! It’s Swed to see you back again!
Aden know what you just did here but I like it.
I don’t know either, but it makes me smile an go la-la-la.
I Canada stand any more of this nonsense.
Humphrey, we’re leaving.
Oh, LGB, don’t leave. That would cause Syria Spain.
Talk about deja-peru.
Iran away once. I wouldn’t recommend it.
*goes shopping with Ry*
Woot woot!
Yay Ry!
*confettis*
Hooray for our Ryannon!
*cannons*
Wait… I mean: damn it, Ry!
Yay Ry!
*makes with the confetti throwin’*
Now, where’s the drinkies?
*pops open for Ry…
*fills glasses while standing on head*
WOOT WOOT Ry!!!!!
*waits for confetti to settle*
*hands out sparklers to all failpeeps*
Congrats Ry!
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!! Sparklers!!!!!!
*retreats to far corner*
Let me know when the sparklers are gone…
*wheels in the shiny chrome confetti cannon*
*overloads it*
*safety*
*lights fuse and dives into grave*
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMM!!!!!
Congrats, Ry.
*whacks sparklers out of everybody’s hand and stamps them out*
Sparklers are dangerous, people!!!
…
We’ll use Roman Candles instead.
Why not throw in a couple of M-80′s??
Genius, Suzie!
*turns to the fireworks shelf and starts tossing stuff into a pile*
Okay, here’s the M-80′s, and the cherry bombs, and the mortar racks, and the fuses, and the tactical nuclear missile…
*adds napalm*
Adds custard powder……trust me on this.
C-c-custard powder?
Yup, seriously. Google it!
I actually have a container of Bird’s Custard Powder in my cabinet from my last trip to England.
MMMmmm.
Well by now Custer will be a power. Or what was left of him after Little Bighorn.
Custer wasn’t a power back then, so he certainly won’t be a power now.
Now excuse me, I need to take a powder.
Powder to the People!
*mumblemumble* I could of swarn that there was a d there.
All power corrupts, but we need the electricity.
You might want to duck, Critter. *winces*
I can’t watch. Hide me, LGB, I’m scared.
*hides Shadow in bunker*
*pads bunker with hay bales and sandbags*
*purchases chips, sodas and TV/DVD combo*
*hides in bunker w/Shadow*
So, what do you want to watch first?
Hmmm… it’s Tuesday, so there’s really nothing on…
I want to watch Dogma.
I love that movie.
AAAAAAUUUUUUGGGGGGHHHH!!!!!!!
*head asplodes*
*mops up the mess*
*finds brain bits everywhere*
*safety*
*puts as many back as possible*
*noms a few extra bits, knowing she has plenty*
*stops cold*
*takes a moment to control self again*
*finishes putting DW’s head together*
Thanks, ZA, though that was a tad…disturbing.
And for some reason, I can seem to remember my freshman year in high school anymore.
Is that a good thing or a bad thing, DW?
Heehee…for me it would be a bad thing. I’m one of those weird aberrant people who actually really loved high school.
Count me in that group.
*holds out glass*
*pours*
Hey!
*squeeze*
Sorry for the late *squeeze* back atcha!
Work interfered, hooray! *mumblemumble*
*¡ƃnןƃ ƃnןƃ ƃnןƃ*
*sʞuıןɔ*
You gonna lap that one up, too?
Teehee!!
*pours straight up*
*reminds AA of the gravity of the situation*
*Destroys credit cards*
YAY Ry!!!
*collects cc shreds and tapes them together*
*calls the girls to go shopping*
I hear ya, girlfriend!
Woot woot for Ry!
Now, let’s shop!
Um…my car was stolen. Who is driving?
Hey, anybody got a car we can borrow?
I found a driver and that’s a start ♪
Just keep an eye out for that Rita!
I didn’t notice that the light had changed.
That was you? I thought the walrus was Paul.
Don’t egg us on, man!
Sunday driver, yeah?
step on the gas and let that tear away.
a newspaper taxi just appeared on the shore…
*hands The Dude a ticket to ride, allowing his his post to get back to where it belongs*
*sneaks back*
*grabs excessive possessive*
*sneaksawayrapidly*
Congrats Ry!
Woot-woot, Ry!!
Bah, it was Hungary! I actually knew that in 3rd grade, not now though
Tell me this isn’t the Smarter than a 5th Grader fail! This chick scared my 12 yr old nephew!
*crosses fingers behind back*
*tells BG this isn’t the Smarter than a 5th Grader fail*
You’re from Hungary?
So… you’re Hungry people?
*flees*
*noms on Aja*
Please sign below if you require therapy sessions where you learn not to nom on your failpeeps.
X___________________________
*sign, sign, pass*
*sign, sign, pass*
*looks at paper*
Nope. Not signin’!
*noms Leila*
Hee hee!
*runsawaywithaquicknees*
*Ahem*
Do we need to review Failblog rule #15?
Methinks mayhap we do!
*pouts*
Fine.
*sign, sign pass*
*pat.pat*
You can nom me anytime, sweetie.
Can someone make Ms B spit out whatever it she nommed from me?
*goes to ER*
Abstract had a syrum that would cure this, but she’s hardly seen anymore. I hope Ms B ♥ is cured before rigor mortis sets in, that is an unpleasant experience to say the least.
*rips off finger*
*squeezes out some decomposing matter*
*safety*
*uses finger goo and a very shaky hand to sign*
*limps away unsteadily*
isn’t rule 15 “PROFIT!!!”?
That’s Kelly Pickler from American Idol.
She is a countryThat explains everything.
Just goes to show you don’t have to be smart to be famous…
yeah, she’s got people to be smart for her. because she’s waaay to busy (and completely braindead) to think.
lol you called her braindead, but used the wrong tense of “to”. Good job calling the kettle black, Pot.
I think being fascinatingly stupid kind of helps.
She’s also stupid… but hot.
Oxymoron.
I see what you did there!
She was just here in Vegas. That’s so funny, because I was making fun of the promotional flyer in the elevator at my work.
Yeah… this chick has more money than all of us. Fan-effing tastic.
No she doesn’t. Her accountants have it. She has an allowance. Someone this dumb can’t handle all that money on their own, or understand what the accountants are babbling about. Especially about the off shore account in the the accountant’s name…
And that “commission” with that number she can’t count to then a line and some circles…
Happy Belated Birthday, Jon!
*belatedsqueeze*
*belatednoproblemsqueeze*
So, how many fingers are you?
More than half of them.
In fact, more than all of them. I need to break out some toes.
Well, good material for me.
I am from Turkey and I live in Hungary.
selam! & szervusz!America doesn’t care about a poor little country named hungary… -.-
Man, you should die.
He or she will. The Buddha pest told me so.
Did you rub its belly first?
All in good time, spawnin.
All in good time.
… Or another one not so little called Yourope or something.
I know that! They have funny videos!
And they all understand English, so long as you speak very slowly and loudly.
I wasn’t aware that you felt this strongly about others’ stupidity that doesn’t affect you in the least and never will but of course you have the right to get pissed off about it anyway because of course you have your right to your opinion and all that.
Damn that Voltaire.
Uh, I mean PRAISE VOLTAIRE!
Hip-hip, dammit!
Hold up, I know woek is blocking this, but no one mentioned the talking dog
Won’t stop yapping!!!
Anyone got a rolled-up newspaper? Shock collar? Squirt bottle?
Here’s the shot caller you asked for.
Oooh! Does it come with the alcohol??
Pick yer poison!
*holidaysqueeziesdabuttacow*
SQUEEZEfest!!!!!!
*joins LGB and SQ*
I’m game!!!
*squeeeeeeziesforLGBandLeila*
Squeeze Pile!
*SqueezeLGB,Leila,andSQ*
*Squeezes all the squeezers*
*Squeezies for the Failpeezies*
Yippee!!!!!
*squeeziesBGeezies,Leila,dabuttacow (again),andGS*
*divebombsqueeze*
Mwahahahahahahaha
*running start*
Cannonball!!!!!!
*conservatively average squeeze-dive*
Why did a mexican throw his wife off a cliff? Tequila.
Somebody slept their way through the fifth grade!
*sleeps through Judy’s comment*
*sleeps through Ms B’s reply*
*sleeps through thread*
You guys sleep around a lot!
Yeah, we’ve been around the blog.
No, I tend to starfish over the bed!
At your services.
Woo Hoo!
I like how you turned my name into an action verb. I just might have to borrow that.
No, because what if somebody forgets to use an action verb in their sentence? I don’t think FailBlog could take it if you were accidenty and lost forever.
On which principle, I expect we should all think about using “troll” as an action verb much more often.
Would you like some custard with that?
Mmmmm custard. I love custard.
Why thank you!
zzzzzzzzz
*wakes in time to Squeeze MRN …*
ZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
*soft hug & kiss on the cheek*
*blanket tuck*
A blanket WHAT?
*tanket bluck*
Did he hang out with Robin Hood too?
aw shucks…
Who, Triar fu-… Ohh, you thought you had me there!
♫ I’m not the pheasant plucker,
I’m the pheasant plucker’s mate ♫
(clickie)
I just have to add this, she is blonde too. lol.
I know! And she’s also a girl. And in her mid-20′s. And wearing a black dress. lol.
That’s what I keep sayin’.
Yeah, because it’s not like there’s any sort sarcastic punctuation or anything؟
Of course not. Don’t be ridiculous؟
Balky؟
I’m so Hungary right now.
Would you go for some Turkey?
Ok, I’ll prepare my china.
Is there some kind of echo in here?
Echo…
Echo…
I just want to tell you both good luck. We’re all counting on you.
Simon’s turned to jelly!
*walka-walka-walka*
Surely you CAN’T be SERIOUS!
I can’t take this anymore! I gotta get out of here! I gotta get out of here!!
Excuse me, stewardess. I speak jive.
*experiences intense flashbacks of traumatic events*
I can’t stop sweating!
Shep, no! Shep, down!
Jive ass dude don’t got no brains anyhow.
Blonde jokes…nobody?
Nope.
Unfortunately for most americans, they do not receive the education they deserve. For such a wealthy country, it is startling how easy it is to find people just like her.
…and they don’t have maps.
It’s because we have the GPS! Never get lost again. Ever.
I’m on the brink of a joke (clickie).
I have worked in the tourism industry a long time and even with GPSs, people get lost. (Dead batteries, don’t know how to use it, didn’t type in the right address, yada yada yada…). Nothing like a good ol’ map and a wee bit of knowledge!
It’s the wee bit of knowledge part that is so rare and so often becomes useful.
Yes, but nothing can replace common sense.
*squeeze*
Why do I need a map? I just get into my car, tell my GPS I want to drive from the capital of Connecticut to the capital of Hungary, and off we go!
Hmmmm, Sat Nav is not that accurate over here, One truck driver managed to get to England rather than Gibraltar.
It’s a part of the UK, how far can it be?
*facepalm*
Please turn left 1093 miles back
But avoid the route through Crackpot (clickie).
Great Clickie!!
Just hook her up with Miss South Carolina.
♫ Express yourself! ♫
Strike a pose!
I have a vogue idea about that.
It leaves me frozen.
Vogue!!!!
Mwahahahahaha! jinxed you :p
Leila! Leila! Leila!
*stupdid refresh button is stale*
Thank you MRN!! *squeeze*
*stupid refresh button is stale*
Thank you MRN!! *squeeze*
lol ... I see what you "did" there.You saw nothing…now move along sir. Just move along.
Where should I move?
Budapest if you know your geography.
*doesn’t know her geography*
I’m lucky I can find the bathroom without a detailed map.
*installs GPS in LBG’s head*
You will never get lost now.
and…
*POUNCEtackleSQUEEZE*
*Ooooofff**
Yes, but now I can’t be lost when I really want to get lost.
*squeeziesformysweetieLeila*
All you do is just press here *points to left temple* and you can choose to get lost. Don’t forget to turn it back on. You do that by hopping on your left foot about 3 times, twirl once to the right and shake your booty like so… …or is it hop on right, twirl left and shake fist? Well, you’ll figure it out.
*tries to do as Leila describes*
*falls on booty*
Sweet! Booty! I get the diamonds!
Mmmmmmmph!!!!
The Bhudda was a pest because he was hungry.
Budapest – Hungary
Thats how my mom told me to remember it in like 5th grade lol
Good trick!
She reminds me of Sarah Palin.
You got the point!:)
*points at Punkie*
I thought that was the point?
She shoots Moose?
I don’t think so. But you are entitled to your opinion because we have a constitution that safeguards that right. Oh by the way Sarah’s son is deployed to a combat zone taking care of a major problem that threatens your right to have an opinion.
Because I could see the weapons of mass destruction from my house!
She almost appears to be drunk. Which could be a reason for her full mental collapse.
Then explain how I’m coherent right now.
Some people can handle their booze and some people can’t. Or simple geography for that matter. Or reading. Or even forming coherent sentences. Need I say more?
Yes, but first, can you make MRN and I another drinkie? Thanks!
White wine for me, stan.
A girlie drink will do me.
That would be a first for you, I’m sure.
Wow. Just wow.
I know where my Absolut Boston is.
Seattle?
San Francisco?
That’s where I left my heart once
Did you wear some flowers in your hair?
No, that’s just where he left his heart.
My wallet is in El Segundo.
Damn, AE, why you drive so far for?
You can’t really blame her 100%. She might not be naturally intelligent but noone can be that clueless without a total failure of parenting.
Maybe she can sue her parents. Is this a capital offense?
She can make a city-zen arrest.
Mmmmmmmm… City Zen.
ht tp://www.mandarinoriental.com/washington/dining/cityzen/
Six-Course Vegetarian Tasting Menu
*FAINTSreallyHARD*
Oh yeah, it’s expensive, but the food is amazing.
I didn’t even check the price to tell you the truth, I just never knew a restaurant to serve a decent vegetarian meal much less a SIX course vegetarian one. *GASP!!!!*
*faints again*
I got the question right. B-)
People like her just give Blonds a bad name. -.-
Blondes, too.
My gut just burst open.
Thank you LBG
*quickly flips B and G to correct places*
RUNAWAY!!!!
:LOL:
You’re quite … erm … welcome, I think?
OH MY GOD!! i live in Hungary :@ f.ck your mother!! :@
I live there too but i wish i didn’t, because people like you live there.
It’s OK, people like that are everywhere. It’s like a contamination or something.
dont be so angry. Most people know where hungary is. but most people’ve never heard of my country. Slovakia. Here in England i’ve met just 6 people who know what is Slovakia. But two of them were from Poland and one from Croatia…
You nerd. Slovakia only exists from 1993. It existed before as Chechoslovakia, but it’s area mostly belonged to Hungary before 1920. Then some french bastards decided to tear apart our country for no reason. We want revenge! Viva la Jobbik!
Benz: Hungary, you understand?! Write the countries’ names with capital letters!!! This thing called respect. We are people too, like americans…
And yes, America doesn’t care about other countries, becaue it just cares about money and oil. I….no, we, all over the world hate that egoism which american idiots use!
Thanks for attention, and sorry for my perfect english knowlegde.
ps.: oh, and read some sentences from our beautiful language: Nem tudom, egyesek mi a jó büdös francot képzelnek magukról ott, a tengeren túlon, de kurva nagy tévedésbe vannak, ha azt hiszik, hogy ők egyedül uralják a világot. Igazából aki osztja ezt a fajta ego véleményt, az egyen meg egy kádnyi algás tehénszart, majd süsse meg a heréit lassú tűzön – mármint a sajátját. Csókoltatlak titeket. Ja, és ha már itt tartunk, igazából le is szophattok.
Aki ezt el tudta olvasni, az jó arc.
Yeah, so… there’s disrepectful, money-grubbing, American cake in the break room.
Mmmmm… cake. Now I’m Hungary too!
I love it when you’re on break from school, Shadow. You bring a certain je ne sais quoi to the blog. A sort of salt for our pepper, n’est-ce pas?
Aw, je suis flatté, madame.
Tu est flatulente?
Je pense qu’il y a un medecin pur ca..
*le soupir*
x2!
LMAO!
Tu as se rire sur ta derriere? In french it would be MRSMD. Which I’d why French people generally stay well away from acronyms.
Tch. IPhone fail. Stoopid corrective text
You’re being a little hard on the iPhone – in my experience, Nokia’s predictive text functions are just as … predictable.
I am America and I do care to teach you how to post a proper response.
See the lovely Reply button top right? USE IT!!!!
♥ America
“… and sorry for my perfect english knowlegde.”
BBB, if you’re still looking for an example of irony…
Except that irony is for the most part done on purpose. If you are unaware that you are being ironic then you are just wrong, methinks.
Wouldn’t you say, though, that something can still be “ironic” (i. e., from the perspective of a person who sees the potential for irony in it), even if it’s not originally intentional irony?
I would copypaste what i wrote to the retard above you but i’m lazy. Don’t you just want to die so i can say my country (hungary, with no capital letter to piss you off) is a peaceful little place? Unknown but peaceful? It’d be wonderful. Thank you in advance.
Nacionalista barom.
Akkor én jó arc vagyok.
Shut up and:
- ‘american’ ‘english’ should be written with capital letters too
- tengeren túlon — > tengerentúlon
- tévedésbe –> tévedésben
stb.
You should learn our ‘beautiful language’ before you start to educate to whole world about it :S
I know where Belgium is….its next to the other countries over in by the big ones above the boot country, but closer to the french border but not too close to the place of west and east germany.
kurva jó
That would be a good name for a drink.
Like Jose Cuervo?
You wouldn’t wanna drink anything named ‘kurva’. Seriously.
… or take home to meet mama.
Actually, there’s this drink in Hungary, called “Kurvák vére” (Blood of whores). I don’t know what it is actually (might be just wine), but it’s gotta be the most disturbing name for a drink ever.
Is that Kelly Pickler?
She’s Pickler than she was an hour before the show, I’m guessing.
Did somebody say…..pickle?
Oh God… no…
Your wish is granted, hammy. God had absolutely nothing to do with this.
Twice in one week, Judy? You are cruel.
But it’s Christmas week!!! I didn’t want anyone to feel deprived!
(BTW – my sister is now very worried about me and my friends!)
As well she should be.
*SKA-WEEEEEZE!!*
We all are, Judy dear, we all are.
Do I dare ask why??
Clicky her clicky!
Whoops! I mean…um…
*innocent face*
Click on Judy’s clicky. You’ll love it!
Could someone hand me the mind bleach?
*ppbbbbbbttttt*
*knew he would regret that*
*removes brain*
*safety*
*soaks brain in bleach for a long time*
*still can’t unsee it*
*removes eyes*
*bleaches them too*
*removes head*
*bleaches that too*
*tries to remember how to reassemble himself …*
Woo-hoo!
blond…
…James Blond.
More proof of blonds being dumb as a box of hammers…
This might be a really stupid contestant.
Maybe. It remains to be seen.
Watch out for the TROLLS STAMPEDE today.
I’ve got my guns. Haven’t used ‘em in a while, but my aims as good as ever.
*sends two bullets under the curves in Leila’s avatar, just to prove the point*
*runsawaywithaquickness*
*spits out slugs*
Leila! You can’t eat those raw!
Thas whay I spitz zem out.
*ching*
*ching*
*ching*
*double doors swing open*
*ching*
*double doors swing closed*
*theme from The Good, The Bad and The Ugly plays*
*prefers the other whistly one they play on Neg’s Urban Sports*
*readies revolvers*
blond and American…
Coming right up, will you be paying with cash or a cheque?
*snork*
Do you take internetz. I will buy for AE so he can get a break from shagging sheep. Christmas present of sorts.
*digs through cartons in back room*
Hey, Starfish – did he want a male or a female?
I think Starfish said he asked for a male Czech.
Male. He left off the ‘e’.
This is intolerant! Why should Nobody be only male?!
I declare we coin the term Nobodess for a woman, or Nobody becoming applicable to both sexes.
Anyway, I think she wanted a bald Norwegian lumberjack…
Where do they find these people?
A troll would tell you in America.
… and then force you to read words in a beautiful, obviously perfect language that you don’t understand.
*snorekitty*
*whackkitty*
*poorkitty*
Heh, no I was referring to the Snorekitty’s brother.
failblog.org/2009/12/21/model-rocket-fail/#comment-721400
Yes but only Ace Ventura is allowed to speak like that and have people listen anyway.
Don’t they teach the continents in USA’s elementary school?
PS: At least for this time, so we don’t fail like the blonde, let’s remember America is a continent just like Europe. No wonder why a USA citizen thinks Europe is a country while all of them name their country America.
Oh dear God… ‘Budapest is the capital of which European country?’ not ‘what European country?’. I hate how Americans bastardise my language :’(
*sigh*
Don’t talk to Mr English, inventor of our language, like that!
According to Wiktionary:
what
Determiner:
1. which; which kind of.
What shirt are you going to wear?
What time is it?
What kind of car is that?
You own a language, wow.
Me too. I made up mine, though.
I made mine out of cheese rind.
They already have a Swiss language.
Your argument is full of holes.
Yes, it could be picked apart with emmenthalery logic.
Edam it
*stomps off*
Aw, don’t brie like that …
So we all speak Nickglish now?
You have to give Foxworthy a break though; compared to his “Blue Collar Comedy Tour,” this is some high-class stuff!
All right, then… In light of the malice being shown towards the US of A by the general internet population, I propose we leave this fail to the trolls, go back to the previous one, and hope for a bonus fail for today.
As I know, english english and american english two different languages. And that problem is a perfect example.
Which makes your “english” is the third kind.
I accidenty my is.
That was a close encounter.
We are used to the hate and all the evil spewed at us every which way we turn.
Yes, we are… it just gets annoying.
Stop whining. Take it like a man.
But I don’t wanna!
I advise you to change your avatar. A cowboy hat does not fit your comments. Well, at least my stereotypes get hurt by that.
I’ve been wanting to change it for a while, anyway.
Hang on.
There we go. A more literal shadow. Now… how do I make it Christmas-y?
A string of Christmas lights?
Tinsel? Bing Crosby?
A santa hat suffices.
You folks are going to wear out that empty cache button of mine.
Leila, I called this sentence a mixed methapor, if you inderstand, what i mean:D (’cause I NOT understand, what do you mean with this).
Sorry, I do not inderstand.
Lemme explain:
If you’ll understand, I understand that you understand that I do not stand the understanding. And something about a mixed metaphor.
Do you understand the words coming out of my mouth?
All I want to know is how did he find out about my methapor lab?
What methapor lab?
*in case Judy is busted*
Oh, yeah, right, I meant Arthur’s methapor lab! That’s it!
Well sometime shagging sheep just doesn’t bring in enough..
Questions like that make me wonder. If you’re on the phone with some network support guy named Amil and he says something like “blahblahblahblahblahblahblahblah”, is it rude to ask him directly “was that even English”?
Im from Hungary, what a shame.. :/
Géza: Ironic?
Gaza: Pyramidic?
Ginza: Nipponic?
Ginkgo: Organic?
Ginsu: Blade-tastic?
Gin palace: historic?
GÉZA. HUNGARY FTW
Blonde. That’s a fail.
Blonde on Blonde. That’s a Dylan.
Blonde on Blonde on MRN. That’s a party.
♫ Blonde on white, white on blonde ♫ That’s Texas.
♪ She makes luuuuvvvvv just like a woman… ♪
♫ Dude (looks like a lady) ♫ ?
Can I just say, the only way we are ever going to work together on a global scale is to quit the mass Xenophobia, bigotry and downright idiocy I see on a daily basis, the failpeeps themselves have this down to a fine art, but the rest of the world has a Sh!t load to learn.
Hopefully we can push people towards this point of view, in the end?
I tried it the other day. Tough job, not too much success. And that were only two people…
*sigh
Why do people have to be like this.
‘Cause it’s nice and conveniant to be sure.
I find life to be easier when I have an open mind. But what do I know?!
Well, you also don’t have a driving need to feel a false sense of superiority…and we love you for that!
*squeeze*
*has a driving need to give everyone a squeeze*
Some people thrive on chaos and destruction. Sad, unfortunate fact of life.
More like US school system fail …..
THERE’S THE POINT!!!!!
I count five. Where did you go to school? Shame on your school system for not teaching you to be able to count to five!
He can’t help having a short attention … what comes after one again?
Law of gravity? Alaska?
Oh, I know! George Washington!
I think Americans learn about our geography same (or less) then we do about theirs.
I’m sure you can’t tell all the states and their capitals by heart.
Don’t misunderstand me, I think this is a huge Fail, but you shouldn’t take this so serious.
Hey, guys, I’ve a question: it’s true that in th US pupils only learn about the USA’s history?
It is not true, although our World History is very light on Asian, Arabic and African history/culture (at least it was way back when I took it). It focused on Europe and South America.
… Until you get to college – and maybe in a really good high school. But college World History would be elective courses for most majors.
The only history class I am required to take is limited to 20th century Canadian history. There are also American and World history courses, but they’re not necessary (and as such I will not take them)
(Mistake!)
I absolutely loved my European history class I had to take as a high school sophomore. But then I did go on to minor in history in college.
I minored in Russian history in college…I LOVED it!
I might take history as an elective, but I really don’t have room in my schedule this year. But really, it’s like, my favourite subject – after math. And music. And physics, bio, chem, French, philosophy…
I took history throughout high school, and ancient history as an undergraduate, here in South Africa – and the curriculum was pretty much as limited as all are: much local focus, nothing later than the beginnings of the Cold War, and only patchy coverage of other countries (e. g., French Revolution, US War of Independence). But I’m not sure formal education is really the point: I had a grandfather who left school at 16 for economic reasons, but in retirement had a vast vocabulary and general knowledge due to reading, reference books, and crosswords. I did not much like geography as taught at school; but loved atlases and geographical reference books. Which is to say that I think far more of this kind of knowledge may be achieved and retained by those motivated to refresh and expand what they know, than by formal teaching (not that that is not important too). Geographical knowledge can also come from quite unexpected sources – I know at least one person who gained some of hers from having a serious fan of the James Bond films, with all their international travel, in the house.
I remember taking AP (Advanced Placement) US History in high school — but the teacher was really behind & we barely got through the Civil War. Granted, it was only in the mid 1980′s (so we had less history than the kids do these days), but we were still woefully behind. I was never “taught” states or capitals, but I learned the capitals on my own just for fun. We never learned a darn thing about Canada. The only things we learned about Europe or Asia were in relation to wars in which the US fought.
Yeah – our history education sucks. I loathed history in high school, but wound up majoring in it in college. It’s amazing what a difference good professors can make.
I learned the capitols by watching this:
♥!!!
I like how Canada only has 13.
We South Africans are even luckier – only nine provincial capitals (but THREE national ones, one each for the executive branch, the legislature, and the judiciary). On the other hand for several editions, the electronic Encyclopaedia Britannica had one of the provincial ones wrong.
Pretoria I know, Cape town and Jo’berg?
(my favourite town was Bela Bela- It just sounded sooooo cute)
Pretoria/Tshwane = executive capital (seat of government)
Cape Town = legislative capital (seat of parliament)
Bloemfontein = judicial capital (although the new highest court, the Constitutional Court, sits in Johannesburg)
These were the capitals of the two major Boer republics (Pretoria, Bloemfontein), and the major British colony (Cape Town), at the end of the South African War, and their new status was part of the effort at reconciliation after that conflict. Jo(hannes)burg is a commercial and industrial centre, but was only a mining and business town in one of the Boer republics, and so did not gain capital status.
They are great aren’t they?
Checkoslovakia hasn’t existed in almost seventy years… just sayin’
It’s Czechoslovakia, and it existed from 1918 to 1939 and then 1945 – 1993. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czechoslovakia
But Transylvania have never been a sovereign country.
I had a similar experience, er, Flufflepuff.
I had a good AP US History teacher, but he was frequently called away from school. We had fun inventing secret assignments to explain his absences. I didn’t have good experiences with history in school except for this one class which managed to hold my attention.
That wasn’t my experience, and I’m from Texas – they learned us real good stuff there!
Anyway, my high school history classes were very in depth and informative, but I chose to take the ‘Honors’ route and apply myself. Even my U.S. History teacher focused on the history of other countries. Sure, it was just their political history, but that’s why we had World History to teach us about culture.
I know that there are a lot of places in America where the educational system is lacking, but I’d bet you a nickel that there is not a single country in the world you couldn’t say that about.
Well, Europeans don’t learn the states, but I’m sure that just about everyone know what “the group of states” are. If they don’t, then maybe they don’t even have access to education. Calling Europe a country is… well, can’t find the words to qualify that especially if she is rich and (apparently) known… Just wonder if she ever went to school, if yes, what the hell did she went there for, if she ever read a book, a magazine, a newspaper, anything at all; what kind of crap she sees in the TV; and, for a conclusion, what is she doing on this show.
Well, part of the point of this show is to show up what adults don’t know that primary school kids are expected to, so she’d be ideal fodder from that point of view; but the broader point seems correct: for example, over the last two decades, I’ve seen quite a lot of British TV quiz programmes (and not just the ones with fairly taxing general knowledge questions like Mastermind), and on those, basic US (and world) geography, such as major cities, and country and (US) state capitals, is de rigueur.
From what I have heard so far about Americans they don´t know anything about other countries just because they do not care about other countries at all …. I¨m from Czech Republic and believe US history/geography was even one of topics for graduatino on gymnazium so ….
This is a pain for me, because I’m Hungarian. So that’s what I call Infinite Stupidity.
You’ll find that in most Americans.
Game show host is a PIG though…
# It’s the final countdown
We’re leaving together #
♪ Keep on walkin’ that road and I’ll follow ♪
♪ Go, Johny, go! ♪
*shakes fist at the Blog Monster*
Let’s see if posting on IE rather than Firefox works…
It worked! I haven’t been able to post here all morning through Firefox, but I’m able to post at ICHC.
Sometimes modern technology baffles me.
I’m using Firefox without any problems.
*sigh*
Right now, I can only post here if I’m not logged into WordPress. However, I can only post on ICHC if I am logged into WordPress.
*hides under the bed and starts to whimper*
Tried again. I can still post on ICHC with no trouble, but none of my FB posts are getting through when I’m logged in. My ICHC posts don’t go through when I’m not logged in. *grumble*
Who are you and what have you done with our sweet, non-cantankerous NS?
Mah inner kitteh iz sweet & non-cantankerous — but teh BlogMonster seems to be nommin teh sweetness frum teh insied owt.
My outer kitty is getting really ticked off right now. I want to be able to play on both sites, but the computer isn’t cooperating (and I’m being reminded of just how much I hate IE — more to the point, I hate not having AdBlockPlus).
I’m going to reboot again and hope maybe something settles itself out. Otherwise, I may not be over here for the rest of the day.
Good luck, sweetie NS!!
I has a sad that you are having a rough time!
*squeeze*
I’m not having a hard time with this site, but the other FB on my phone seems to be borked.
*floofy squeeeeze*
Your furs are all poofy and sticking straight out!
Does the fluffiness make my butt look big?
Still can’t post here like I normally do, but I wanted to give a big *squeeeeeeze* to my dragon friend.
Your fluffiness makes you look bootylicious.
*SQUEEEEEEZE* for my kitteh friend.
Hell Kitteh, that’s funnier than you could know. A co-worker is a big HK fan and had an old slightly worn out Hello Kitty seat cover in her car, done with cursive writing and the whole bit. Nauseatingly cute. I was outside one day looking at it and couldn’t stop giggling – it was slumped over in a way that made it look like it said “Hells Kitty”.
I like the juxtaposition of overwhelming cuteness and a touch of evil.
I’ve never seen a Bitter kitteh before.
Of course not. They’re usually very savoury.
You people are mean.
:[
I’ve seen very disapproving rabbits.
I am european and I wouldn’t have known that. Who gives a shit about buddhapest anyway?
I’m looking forward to visit Budapest one day. It must be a beautiful city – or a lot of people lied to me.
It is!
I know.
I’m living here. xD
I bet you have heard about Turkey.
This is why I’m not proud to be American.
Agreed. I am ashamed of you.
Really? Because for me it’s the history of senseless killing of innocent people and attempt at domination of other countries just because they have natural assets the mega-rich and powerful here can capture, as if entire nations are just pieces on a giant game board.
Did you breathe when you were typing that?
Exhaled only.
I don’t know why but that troll just killed my FB buzz.
*tickle*
*tickle*
Stop or I will pee. Speaking of which, BRB.
Sorry, I didn’t help any too much. Happy Holidays, BTW.
Well, flinching from the truth is something else I would put on that list.
Happy holidays to you, too!
*squeeeeze*
Cheer for the home team or get tfo of the stadium.
I just hope not all americans think my country’s name means hungry…
Most Americans don’t know there’s a world outside their country, so I think that might just be the case.
If it wasn’t for idiot trolls all over the internet telling us so, nah, we probably wouldn’t.
The important thing is that she is pretty.
This is one isn’t as bad as this one lady that was on there. The question was something about which planet is closest to the sun or something & her answer was the moon.
I saw that one too! The question was “Which planet orbits the Sun in the least amount of time?” and she said the Moon…. much much worse than not knowing where Budapest is.
Sorry, I didn’t help any too much
???
*whispers*
Let it go MRN. Let it go.
Dumb broad!
I’d hit it, because she only needs to know where the kitchen is.
It’s also great how she goes “This might be a stupid question”… but then proceeds to make a statement about how stupid she is.
*ignores all the new troll comments*
Did NS ever make it back?
*ignores all troll comments, new, old, you get the picture*
Hey Leila and everyone. Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and all that stuff.
Hello stranger! Where have you been? Merry Christmas to you as well.
Ahh, work has reared it’s ugly head and devoured me. Hope it gets better…
What? Those bastards expect you to work? I don’t get it.
Skratty!! Nice to see you!!
*festiveholidaysqueeze*
Nice to be back for a while!
*holidaysqueezies to all*
Nope.
I’m pseudo back. I’m not quite myself, but at least I can post.
Thanks for asking!
*squeeze*
I’m Hungarian and I live in Budapest:) I cant say anything..
I’m hungry and live in Texas. Small world.
I had no idea everyone in Budapest, Hungary was Mute.
Isn’t that Carrie Underwood?
That would be Kelly Pickler…smoking hot, but with the IQ of a rock.
Did you say rock cake?
*ears prick up*
Is that to be eaten or thrown at someone?
a little from colum A a little from colum B
*crosses fingers*
Please let it be throwing, please let it be throwing, please let it be throwing.
SURVEY SAYS……
*buzzer sound from family fortunes*
Neh-eh.
I’ll throw it, and you catch it in your mouth!
How about we reverse the order?
You throw me, and the cake will catch you in its mouth?
Why did you find it necessary to throw about such an insult? Were you hurt as a child? Didn’t anyone tell you that the rock had to be thrown and couldn’t have hurled itself?
*sticks tongue out at blogmonster*
Fine! I won’t complain about going to this stupid “family” party!
I miss my family.
I should think the BlogMonster would be full by now.
*tosses computer out the window*
AAAAaaaa
CRASh
Ouch!
I’m unbelievably frustrated right now. Maybe it’s time to go to lunch.
A good lunch solves any problem.
redneck southern girl. you is it.
And I live there -.-
america fails much.
Atheists fail eternally.
did anyone else catch that he mispronounced ‘budapest’?
it’s actually pronounced ‘budapesh’.
look it up if you don’t believe me.
You are incorrect. It is pronounced exactly as it is written.
The Hungarian pronunciation of the name is more like “budapesht”, but you can’t expect foreign people to know that. Just like with the silent “s” in Paris.
Almost, it is pronounced [ˈbudɒpɛʃt] (like this: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Hu-Budapest.ogg)
Hungery ? What the hell hungery has to do with politics ?
Gotta love the American school system …
i love kellie pickler
I just saw the following headline on a news site:
“Man jailed for eating rare tiger.”
Apparently, my thoughts are rather food-centered. My first thought was, “would he have been jailed for eating it medium rare or well-done?”
Definitely well-done. *shudder*
*welcomebacksqueeze*
Problems all fixed?
*snorkittyroffle!*
Since we can’t fix the Internet for the kitteh, I vote we extend Rule 15 to all of feline-kind.
Nopers. >.<
*sigh*
Nesting fail. I really hope this is better tomorrow.
Poor baby kitteh!
Hooray! I hope it’s better for you tomorrow, too.
Maybe if we all hope enough, we can make a Christmas miracle: a computer fixed in less than a day without tech support.
*sympathysqueezes for teh sad kitteh*
Awwww.
*sympathy-squeeze*
Few things suck worse than when the internets aren’t working properly.
*refrains from vacuum cleaner comment*
I’m pretty sure now that it’s a WordPress issue & not something specifically with my computer. The WP site has been somewhat wonky all day. *shrug*
Well, then we’re going to need a very big Christmas miracle to fix an entire website.
Okay. So Americans get all pissed off when the rest of the world calls them stupid. But then they go and put specimens like this on television and sell the show to stations all over the world. For shame!
Can I? Can I??
Don’t worry…those of us who aren’t stupid get pissed off at the people who sell the stupidity, not just at those who believe that all Americans are like that.
Amen, Sistah!
Americans are really, really dumb. Sad.
Well?!? Make up your mind, girl! Are we dumb, or are we sad?
I’m not dumb, I’m sad. Wait…
And foreigners are even dumber. And sadder.
A D O R A B L E
FAIL FAIL FAIL, no surprise its an american XD lol
must be a thorough-inbred West Virginian.
Now, its been a long time since my geography class, and I will admit I could not guess that. How ever Europe as a country?, and not even knowing the existence of hungry?
I realize Idiots are every where, but I think they like to migrate to the southern united states where they can be with others of there intellectual abilities.
lmao southern state American people take the cake when it comes not knowing anything about a thing going on outside of their state. She just showed how well and how long her family has been inbreeding their kids. I would say a good 5 generations of inbreeding would lead to this, but im no expert you should ask her
On a side note, while snowboarding in New York (state) some American kids came up to me and my friends and questioned why Canadians would go to America to snowboard when we said this was the closest resort to snowboard (2 hours drive with crossing time) they said, well why don’t you go to Alaska.
*face palm* the kids were serious .
someone said Bidapest is no longer the capital of hungary ->> FAILBLOG
Personally I don’t think this is worthy of a failblog mainly because Hungary is a confusing country. You’d be like are you hungry? Or are you from Hungary!?!?!?! Glad Turkey close by though so they can always go for left overs. Hahaha Get it? Get it? Anyone? Anyone? Aw
uh…no? Hungary is not that confusing. And the joke is more “I thought Europe was a country”.
You. Are. An. IDIOT!
Me got it. Ough!
Well, that blondie might spot turkey if she is hungry,
but there is no way she ‘ll find Hungary if she is in Turkey
(I am Greek btw, and although both these countries are close by, I always confuse Budapest with Bukurest! I was never good in geography, but not to the point that I would think America, Africa, Australia or Asia are countries. )
My flatmate goes out with a Greek guy, who, for the first time, have visited a foreign coutry to visit her in Hungary. He said Greeks don’t have to travel to foreign countries because they have everything in Greece.
=( they did not post the full fail! the entire video is even funnier! including a moment when the host made an EPIC WIN =D
here for you to enjoy:
ht tp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEP7uti0PDw
Who cares if she’s got brains? She’s cute!
I still don’t understand why there are some people trying to actually defend this lady. All I have to say is that not knowing Europe is a continent especially when there are only 7 is incredibly ignorant on her behalf. I don’t care whether or not she’s American all that matters is that there are other people like her out there….reproducing :s and giving birth to more ignorant children like herself.
Wow.. I thought the earth was a country !
lol ... earth girlsInsult of the earth …
Unreal stupidity. At least she will be made fun of on the internet for years.
True. So far as I saw, no contestant has ever made it to the top of the class on 5th Grader.
(Those contestants should have known better about common knowledge, right?)
Quiz masters know the best about common knowledge. If a quiz master took on the 5th Geader show, he/she will certainly make to the top unlike any other contestant on the show!
(I would make the top prize a progressive jackpot – increasing by a certain amount if it is not won – pretty good idea for a prize game show!)
Certainly contestant FAIL. ‘Hungary’ was correct answer for that question.
There is two ends to American intelligence, one end there is the extremely stupid (like this person), and there is the extremely intelligent. The truth of the matter is that stupidity exist everywhere, in America, UK, Hungary,etc.
There ARE two ends to American intelligence, not “there is two ends…”
..sigh..
It’s more like she slept through life.
Awww, I love Kellie Pickler, she’s so cute!! And as a person who’s grown up in the US, I can honestly say that the capital of Hungary is something you would never learn in public school whatsoever let alone in the fifth grade… LOL but sad.
You lie… I remember having to lable a blank map of euprope in 6th grade as part of a final. The other half was matching the capitals with the countrys.
Well I don’t know what classes YOU signed up for… I know everyone in the U.S. has to pass the constitution test in 7th grade, but that’s just on the U.S… Wait, you had FINALS in 6th grade?!?!? Wtf nazi school did you go to?? lol
What you SHOULD have done was pay attention to English class, because adding an “s” to the word “country” is wrong-wrong-wrong.
The plural is “countries”.
What about continent? Did you learn sthg about them in public school?
continents
I watched this on tv and couldn’t stop from laughing. However, this isn’t any ordinary contestant. This was Kelly Pickler and she was playing for a charity. Don’t think she won very much, but its the thought that counts!
There was “thought” involved?
Is everyone is US stupid?
No, but sadly their access to information is kind-of “limited”.
Yes, all 300 million Americans are stupid. Of course I’m only basing this on a game show clip featured on FAILBLOG. Jesus…
Im from Hungary. It hurts
xD
Your finger is broken?
This is why all Europens are thinking you Americans are idiots.
And we’re right!
Well, if you judge an entire country as large as the U.S. based on a clip from a game show INTENDED to make people look stupid, on a site ABOUT people doing stupid stuff…
…that, my friend, is why we think YOU’RE an idiot. And we’re right.
…and I, ignorant European, was under the impression that the USA was a federation of independent states… I must have missed the USA-Revamp there…
Ignorance is not a lack of knowledge, but an unwillingness to accept new knowledge.
An open mind can always learn. An ignorant mind will always hold on to a familiar ideal no matter how blatantly out of place it is.
You missed something… we arn’t independent states.
We are one country, every thing still falls under the central government.
… yet we can actually spell “European”.
We had this show in Hungary, invited celebs turned out to be equally dumb as in the US version
Guys i have to comment this. Seriously.. This could be a stereotype, I saw a lot of this for example in Australia. They had no idea at all (I talked to people originating from Hungary, parents Hungarian but born in Australia) that upon arrival asked if we have big beaches in Hungary and if we can (SERIOUSLY!!) ice skate on the streets when its winter. And these were 18-something year old guys.
Problem is that US and Australian education tend to concentrate on the local geography/history etc., and the rest of the world is just.. well, the rest of the world.
Take for example the “Stupid Americans” video, I mean seriously, where the hell can you find bunch of clowns of that intelligence?
A friend of mine was a baby-sitter in the UK. When the family went for a vacation, and they were sitting in front of the bungalow at night, the mother asked: “Oh, can the Moon be seen from your country (Hungary) too?”
Stupidity is worldwide
But fortunately you can find normal people everywhere.
Ta dam ta dam: and thats why people hate America
Because of Kellie Pickler on a game show? I thought it was just because of simple jealousy.
Guys, pretty please, these jokes about Hungary-hungry are just so cheap and not funny at all, could you leave it? Being a Hungarian, you get to hear them a million times and see the disappointed faces when you can’t crack a smile…there is a lot worth getting to know about Hungary, and I hope the girl will consider a bit of research after this fail. http://www.hungary.com/
Haha thats Kellie Picle Poor thing
cant blame her…..who knew…!!!!!! that question was difficult……..NOT
meh could be worse
*headdesk*
Seriously. If a friend told me about this video I wouldnt believe. I cant even imagine not being able to count the sides of a triangle. OMFG, *heartattack*.
OMG!!! they didn’t know.. TONY BLAIR?!!! just the sexyest prime minister ever!!! <3
That one black kid knew germany was in the Axis powers… that's pretty good for the average street tough.
A mosque is an islamic temple… why do people think israelis are muslim?!
The old guy who didn't know what hiroshima and nagasaki were… WTF??!?!!!!? They bommed them in your time man! three world wars?! dude…
No one speaks latin any more, it's a dead language..
Berlin is in @%!@#$^ Germany! Where were you in 1989?! Regan? "Tear down this wall?!" COME ON PEOPLE!
Whomever subtitled this couldn’t even spell New Zealand properly…
Now that’s sad…
cant blame her……who knew!!!!!!!!! that was a really difficult question …………………………………………………………………NOT…………………………
i’m hungarian, this is a small country in europe. i think it’s a difficult question for an american person, so it doesn’t matter.
No, the real fail is believing that Europe is a country, saying it out loud, and announcing it as a probable stupid question.
And not knowing the country whose capital is Budapest, may be ok, but saying she never heard of Hungary?
“I know they speak FRIDGE there”… ROFL
She’s too cute to be smart.
Her lack of intelligence is compensated by her good looks, so it balances out…seriously.
I can see her landing a nice, rich, desparate, strip-club-going husband.
a baseball player probably.
yeah, happens all the time.
Kellie Pickler is a wealthy and famous country singer who plays a “dumb” character, and did this show for charity, which if you actually read any of the replies, you’d easily know. I’m really beginning to see which side o’ the pond really doesn’t like to learn here…
Hungry and turkey are not countries, that was a stupid question. That babe for president (of US, we don’t want thet kind of smartasses in Europe)!
What do you consider Hungary & Turkey then?…they’re not states or continents, so that pretty much narrows it down to “country” geographically.
Greetings from Budapest BIAAATCH!
Hungry? I thought it was called Hungary. I’d say they both failed on that one.
She didn’t actually failed. Just was just being American.
Lol! but you did failed, I thinked.
Not all of us Americans are that stupid. I actually tried out for that show and firmly believe they screen for the stupidest people they can find. I knew, for instance, that Mark Twain’s real name was Samuel Clemens. I never got a call back.
She didn’t actually fail. She was just being American.
Ha-ha-hah! Hilarious and original!
Or neither…
typical american ignorance
Typical “not reading the comments and has no idea what’s going on” ignorance.
Talking about Turkey made me Hungary.
It’s not the full video
“I though Europe was a country!”
http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/picard-facepalm.jpg
That just makes you wonder are people that stupid or they just get payed to act like that… because i bet she doesn’t even know how many states the US has xD
Hungry for Turkey? come to Europe!
I’d skip that, ya know, I mean, if I’m going to a moon of Mars, it’s going to be cold and turkeys would be expensive…
That’s Kelli Pickler from American Idol, and now a some-what country singer/star. Her whole schtick is being stupid like that. I personally think it’s a put on for the attention.
What’s really stupid are the people here who think this is “OMG TIPYCAL AMEIRCAN!!1″ because that’s what they’ve been spoon-fed their entire lives.
Well that was rather unfair. It’s Kellie Pickler after all.
Another stupid american.
Another piece of third world garbage.
what a waste of life
can we say failblog failed here? ‘someone slept through 5th grade’ when the video states it’s from 3rd grade geography? or am i missing something
Ugh…such an idiot.
I can understand if someone guessed another eastern European country like Bulgaria or Slovakia. And then, upon hearing it’s actually Hungary to go “oops, of course!”—that wouldn’t be so bad.
But to (A) actually think Europe is a country and not a continent, (B) never heard of Budapest, AND (C) never heard of Hungary? Well that’s just plain stupid, end of story. You should be resigned to a life of scrubbing toilets.
actually she is rich an famous
Only in America.
Nah, there are dumbasses everywhere. I’m sure your country has more like you at home.
she doesn’t need to know this. she has boobs. fear the boobs!
I just want to say… I love Kelly Pickler. She is hilarious!! I adore her even though she’s as smart as a box of tampons.
^_^
Tampons at least have a purpose.
greetings from budapest
I’m a Hungarian and as I remember this show was even in the news few years ago in here.
But the sad thing is that she can be famous even if she thinks that Europe is a country…
are you smarter than a 5th grader? Seriously? Isn’t that whole show an epic fail?
The real fail is I’ve never seen an episode where somebody wins.
Are you smarter than a 5th grader has tons of this crap on it. I cant believe that old jokes like that keep making it to the front.
Whoever wrote the question also skipped a class.
Should be “which” European country, not “what”
this is old, and that woman is stupid.
they way she talks makes me want to punch her teeth out.
Hungy, can you eat that XD
Typical American whore.Abdul blows up his face soon. hehe;)
While this may seem to be a person of extreme stupidity I doubt that she is the only person out there with little or no knowledge of world geography. I am a public school teacher and we do not teach much in the way of US history or geography in my school district. We do teach Social Studies which hardly qualifies as a useful subject. We have students that think that Trenton is the capital of the USA.
I’m hungarian and i was in fits of laughter watching this:L:L and so where my parents:P She’s so stupid its entertaining:L
Isn’t she a singer though? Bless her heart. She’s just a small town girl living in a lonely world. She got a train ticket going anywhere.
Yes. She is country music singer Kelly Pickler, she was on that show playing for a charity.
this is old
She is dumb as a rock
Budapest is actually two cities Buda and Pest (pronounced Pesht). However not knowing that there is a country called Hungary is just plain stupid. We are raising multiple generations of dummies because of the dumbing down of our educational standards. When someone tells me that the scored 1200 on the SAT it is not as impressive as it once was. Every aspect of our educational system from preschool to Grad school has been changed so much that a BA or BS is not nearly as hard to attain as it once was. Grades at every level are inflated to the point that having a college degree in most areas today is like having a high school diploma from the 1940s. Our education system is in serious trouble. No Child Left Behind is such a joke that has caused major damage to the schooling of our children it will take years to undo that damage. It is highly unlikely that anyone will actually do anything about fixing the problem. We have too many colleges and universities and far too many people attending them. Most of the people who go to college probably don’t really belong there. That is why no one will fix the problem. Even though the majority of students in college really should not be enrolled the amount of money that is made by these diploma mills is too much to give up. If the military can turn a green recruit into a competent jet mechanic in less than two years and put him or her on the flight line or an aircraft carrier why does it take 4 to 5 years to turn out a college educated teacher. Because the longer a student pays tuition the more money is made by the education system. The military is accountable for the money it spends (to a degree) and when they train someone to be a jet mechanic, a medical corpsman or a Navy SEAL people’s lives are at stake. The training has to be done quickly, efficiently and well. Otherwise the others who depend on these personnel will be injured or killed. I know because I was trained as a SEAL back in 1970 by the Navy and as a Parachutist by the Army and the training was efficient, quick and no BS involved. I survived Vietnam because of proper training(education). The corpsman that served with us and the Marines saved countless lives because the Navy and Marine Corps knows how to educate or train a student or trainee to do the job right. Our educational system does not have the ability to do so.
It’s because civies are to cuddly mate. It’s very hard to be efficient with all the hand-holding that goes on.
Everyone needs to learn how to read, but not every one can handle being hit over the head with the text book… so we spend YEARS learning so everyone can keep up and feel fuzzy.
The military gets to pick who they teach, if you’re a dolt you won’t make the cut. When people are willing to throw cash at you it’s very hard for the colleges to tell them they can’t have their bit of paper.
Spot on. If colleges were more selective, which will never happen, then the problem we have in education would be solved to a point. You must have spent time on active duty. I hope that I am right and thank you for your service. You used the word mate. Are British, Australian, a New Zealander or etc? Were you a Para, Royal Marine, SAS or a Regular Army. Whatever the case. You nailed it.
*facepalm*
Hot + retarded = an ethical conundrum.
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I’m an American by birth, but I think I knew about Budapest… I’m living there now!
pfújj sok barom…szegénységi bizonyítvány. Anyátok szüljön sünt!
Sok hülye….
No matter who I feel is at fault the girl is a straight up dumb ass pure and simple.
And a very rich and famous country singer, so I doubt she cares.
I do not want to generalize but it is a shame! I live in Budapest, but I know that
- Washington, D.C. has been the capital of the United States
Shame! Shame! Shame!
Um, she’s a rich and famous country singer… but thanks for playing!
guess im stupid because i don’t know what the capital of it is. or hungary, never even heard of budabest. i went to a private school and we didn’t learn about those. i did know europe was a continent but have spoken to people who think it is a country
well.. i learn at home too.. i dont use the internet only for chatting or other stupid things, i use it to be useful. you should do that too
anyway, here is the original video
Veryvery dark and stupid woman , I’m from Hungary
I’m too from hungary. She’s soo stupid..=D
It’s not Hungry like I’m hungry… It is HungAry. there is a stress on “A”
I don’t blame her for that, because a lot of Americans believe that the EU is a country, and they are sort of right, I live in Austria, but I’m describing myself as and EU citizen, because all people who live in the EU (not in whole Europe , but the most countries are a member states of the EU), are not only citizens of their country, their are also EU citizens, we all have a passport who say that.
Actually most Americans are probably unaware of the EU since they don’t pay much attention to world affairs or much else unless it is sports or entertainment. We have the old Roman society going on here. Bread an circuses. Welfare and TV sports. Sports that are outside of the US Borders except fot the Canadian hockey teams are largely ignored as well. A prime example of American stupidity is the last Presidential Election. The majority of Americans that voted actually believed Obama’s promises even when the overwhelming evidence pointed to him not only being just another Chicago politician and completely unqualified to hold the office of POTUS.
And yet here’s a giant litter (no pun intended) of Europeans on a site which is almost exclusively American content, with the “ROFLrazzi” exception of the occasional British nobody-actor or unfunny Monty Python (which was always unfunny anyways) caption.
What a totally vapid hayseed.
Maybe Europeans are so worldly because they mooch off their parents until they’re 30. It’s easy to travel with someone else’s money… especially when all you have to do is jump on a train. And they have a lot of time to do so – what, working 40 or less hours a week in ONE job, with tons of vacation time? Oh! And it’s easy to go to university to become more “worldly” when you don’t have to pay for it.
How does it feel… being generalized? Makes you think.. “hey? maybe everything I hear/see on tv isn’t true???!?!?!?!”
Gasp! Maybe you’ll have to form your own opinion, instead of blindly following the “trendy” way of thinking.
Why am I not surprised that this happened. It is like when Rick Mercer asked American “How many sides does ‘tri’angle has?” and people answer four.
hehe,I’m living in Budapest,I’m s hungry hungarian,and all I can do for all of this is just ROFL:)
few years later it will be: “Europe?what’s that?”
greets and merry Christmas from Budapest:)
basszátok meg:)
hehe,I’m living in Budapest,I’m a hungry hungarian,and all I can do for all of this is just ROFL:)
few years later it will be: “Europe?what’s that?”
greets and merry Christmas from Budapest:)
basszátok meg:)
When you’re Hungary, what you need is Turkey.
Hm. This has prolly been written before.
Hihetetlen ostoba ez a nő
De sajnos az USA ban élők 80% a nem tudja hol van Magyarország 
Greetings from Hungary!
i don’t care if she is stupid. Her accent is just adorable: “this might be a stupid question”. <3 From which region is she? I'm asking, because i am not an american.
The host really sounded like he said hungry.
I would say that excuses her for the Turkey comment, at least
And she will probably get through life not having to know that particular fact of info
I suppose it is still a fail
A friend of mine was told by a U.S. of A. Geography teacher that Tasmania was a country. When my friend, very politely, tried to correct said teacher by explaining that Tasmania was, in fact, a state of Australia, he was told that he was wrong. When my friend pointed out that: (a) he was Australian; and (b) Tasmania was a state of Australia and had been since Federation in 1901, he was again told he was wrong and didn’t know what he was talking about.
Ignorance and arrogance: what a wonderful combination…
“Someone slept through the 5th grade”?
It’s a 3rd grade question.. D:
Really? This stupid 15 sec intro before every video now? Really??
Fail.
she’s hot she never had to learn anything, hell i’d still take care of her for the next 15 years with that cute face and great body
Blondie!
Should have changed the title of the video to “Fail Blonde”.
“hungry? ive nvr heard of hungry? now ive heard of turkey…”
*mackenzie giggles*
happy new yr!!!!!!111!!!
LOL!
Isn’t it a double fail that the poster of this vid listed this contestant as having slept through 5th grade when it was a 3rd grade question?
Americans on the internet have (generally speaking) given me the impression that they are, as a people, not very good at geography and have little understand of the outside world.
Because the curricula of public and private schools from pre kindergarten through college have been dumbed down for reasons that I won’t discuss here most of our citizens who graduated from high school after 1980 or maybe a bit earlier don’t have a grasp of history or geography. I pick 1980 since many of the younger people I associate with graduated high school about that time.
Is She drunk
LOL! “I thought Europe was a country” man, that was EPIC.
We should capture her, extract her genes, merge with an ape’s (by the I believe a regular ape would be way smarter than her) and there is the lost link in human evolution.
I’m from Turkey and I happen heard some Thanksgiving jokes, that’s okay, even funny at some point, but calling Hungary as “Hungry” and making a connection with a Turkey between that, that was totally epic, idiotic and funny at the same time.
“abdul felrobbantja magát a kocsija mellett”
(Y)
The even bigger fail is when people confuse Budapest with Bukarest.
Wow! Hmmm is France a country?? I know Europe is, I know for a fact Turkey is a village. rofl
Hulje kurva.
shame, almost all central and east european capitals begin with “b”. bratislava, budapest, belgrade, bucharest. oh yeah, one more thing : budapest =/= bucharest.
i can point at washington, tbh, but i dont know all federal capitals in US
but i know where the most important citys are.
one foreigner here once said to me: “budapest is real nice. it’s like the paris of europe.” awwk. no, she was not american.
um…
Paris, London, Madrid, Vienna, Tbilisi, Moscow, Athens, Helsinki, Tirana, Minsk, Sarajevo, Sofia, Zagreb, Prague, Copenhagen, Reykjavik, Riga, Vaduz, Vilnius, Skopje, Amsterdam, Oslo, Stockholm, Warsaw, Lisbon, Rome, Dublin, Kiev, and I agree that B is about as popular as any other letter.
There are many intelligent Americans. NONE of them are on television.
Somebody stated the no war starts unless the US starts it. Better get a history book. The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941. The Germans and the Japanese had already set out to conquer the world before that. The Kaiser and his lackeys started WW1. The North Koreans and the Chinese attacked the South Koreans. I could go on citing the history of the world in the 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st century. I don’t think any person who really cared to check the facts would have made such an outrageous statement. Al Queada and 9/11/01 ring any bells.
Shame on you little girl.
is anyone surprised that she’s a blond southerner?
They never taught me ANYTHING about Europe in school. And who cares about European geography anyway? The fact that she went through her whole life not knowing this just shows how unnecessary the knowledge is.
so.
mentally retarded woman vs children?
this is mean.
so.
what exactly is this contest? looks like mentally retarded woman against children…..this is mean.
dumb blonde
what a stupid average american girl! horror! but most of the americans are te same like her: ignorant and illiterate idiots
Well, i live in Budapest. I lol’d