Monday, April 30, 2007

Aussie Landmarks

The gang at Chaser's War on Everything really love to pick on gullible Americans. This time, they showed some of the world's most famous landmarks to random Americans to see if they would know the difference.


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This man got convinced that the leaning tower of Pisa was actually a replica of the "Leaning Tower of Perth".


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"That is the Great Wall of China, but China is just a town outside of Darwin."

The best part was this man:


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He got convinced that not only Taj Mahal is located in Australia, but it was Steve Irwin's old residence and he used to keep live crocodiles in the rectangular pool.

3 comments:

  1. Oh gosh..that's so embarrassing. I overheard a student asking another student, "Did you know that the word 'gullible' isn't in the dictionary?" I bet those kids who answered, "Really?" turned out like those guys in the video.

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  2. My guess is that this idea was "borrowed" from Rick Mercer's "Talking to Americans" feature on This Hour has 22 Minutes.

    Well done, though.

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