bokonon Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 So I had a bet going tonight for $1000. How many states are in the USA? I talked to ten different Canadians and they all gave me the same answer (which was contrary to my own). So Jambands.ca memebers, how many do you think there are?P.S. No looking it up before you answer (I'm looking at you BradM!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayr Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 52...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bokonon Posted March 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 One reply but ten views? WTF? Don't be pussies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolarGarlic Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 (edited) Fity Edited March 14, 2008 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolarGarlic Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 How many can you NAME...I couldn't come close to naming them all...i don't think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWeeJig Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 52 but Alaska should be ours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWeeJig Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 Hold up a second. I've been drinking. In otherwords, I would have never responded to this thread unless buzzed.Still got time to plead the 5th? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 50.I'll bet that most people you asked said 52, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 (edited) there are 46 stateswhy are canadians dumb again? people are the same everywhere - dumb people are everywhere who won the $1000 bet? Edited March 14, 2008 by Guest velvet made me smarter today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badams Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 Why would Canadians be dumb if they can't name the US states? Ask us about our own Provinces and leave the states to the Americans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishtaper Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 Why would Canadians be dumb if they can't name the US states? Ask us about our own Provinces and leave the states to the Americans agreed. besides, everyone knows there's only one state: confusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 Why would Canadians be dumb if they can't name the US states? Ask us about our own Provinces and leave the states to the Americans agreed. besides' date=' everyone knows there's only one state: confusion.[/quote'] Intoxication. Aloha, Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badams Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 Why would Canadians be dumb if they can't name the US states? Ask us about our own Provinces and leave the states to the Americans agreed. besides' date=' everyone knows there's only one state: confusion.[/quote'] Intoxication. Aloha, Brad Ahhhhhhhh yes... sweet sweet Intoxication. I will see you there in 13 hours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwa. Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 50 for sure. I always think of the term "the lower 48" and just add Hawaii and Alaska. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captainsunshine Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 I'm American.. And there's 50.. But don't think that Canadians are dumb because if you ask Americans, you'll probably get the same mixed answers.. So maybe generalize the statement to say PEOPLE are dumb! Haha! (not ALL people, just LOTS of people..) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomson Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 I did a similar poll of my American pals back when i lived in the states and the answers ranged from 48 to 52.What I find even more shocking is the number of people that think Africa is all one country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Wish Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 I can't believe this. Sounds like Mercer needs to do a Talking with Canadians bit......... Seriously??? WTF people? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badams Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 It's a nice piece of trivial knowledge for Canadians but not all that important that we need to know how many states there are. I would not base any Canadians knowledge on the fact they don't know the answer. Though I am guessing that more Canadians would get it right compared to Americans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blane Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 interesting. My first reaction was to think 52, 'till I gave it a moment's thought and realized there are 50. Maybe we get with confused with how many cards are in a deck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 We all know the Joker is from Texas, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 Perhaps I woke up on the wrong side of the bed, but my initial reactions are:Who the fuck cares, and the headline of this thread is remarkably insulting. To accuse people of one country as being stupid because they don't know another country's trivia is fucking lame.And yes, the amount of states in the USA is trivial to Canadians.How many states are there in Mexico brainiac? It's part of North America so I guess you should know bokobrainer.The best part of your smug post bokowrong is that I assume you think there are 50 states. Wow, are you fucking dumb. There are 46 states. Virginia, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Kentucky are not states, they're commonwealths.Fuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 That's good lernin'! Thanks Todd, I didn't even think about that. Although maybe that makes me a dumb Canadian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 (edited) Further to what Velvet said: the people who don't know this (or some other piece of) information aren't stupid, they're ignorant*. Ignorance isn't nearly as severe or bad as stupidity, as it can be corrected, and corrected pretty easily. Stupidity is much harder to overcome.Aloha,Brad* And given the vast number of things that can be known, each of us is much more ignorant than knowledgeable. Edited March 14, 2008 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 Brad, on this topic, I don't know, and I don't care Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 i think it's spelled ignernt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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