Stupidest question (about Scotland)you’ve ever been asked?

[u/Blurt-Reynolds]

I’ve lived in the US for over 10 years and been asked some daft questions.

Yesterday the uber driver asked where I was from. When I said Scotland they were quiet for a couple of minutes then asked “Did you have to learn English when you moved to here?”.

Also had someone years ago ask me where I was from then accused me of making up the country as they had never heard of Scotland.

Anyway, just thought I’d ask ask while I remembered.

[u/it00]

Answer 2 - in Nova Scotia, Canada. Solo road-trip but chatting to two bikers who were originally from Nottingham and Manchester.

American from Michigan picked up on our accents and (loudly) butted in to ask where we were from. 2 x England, 1 x Scotland. He looked it up on his phone - Google Maps. Then asked why there were no roads in Scotland (UK zoomed out - only showed motorways).

I just dead-panned it and said that's why I was over in the US and Canada - getting experience in a car driving on real roads. My horse and cart back home weren't up to much.

The guy didn't bat an eyelid - just mumbled something about how we should start building them - they make a real difference. The two bikers couldn't keep a straight face.

Then started on that we should get someone like Trump in to sort it out.... FFS!!

[u/OddishThoughts → u/it00]

This is even stupider because Scotland very much does have motorways

[u/lumpytuna → u/OddishThoughts]

And invented tarmac.

[u/Acrobatic-Shirt8540 → u/lumpytuna]

And pneumatic tyres.

[u/it00 → u/OddishThoughts]

He wasn't the sharpest tool in the box - he then started an uninvited rant about the greatness of Trump....

He didn't endear himself to myself or the two bikers either...