I’m an Australian & I’ve been compiling a study on the basic American World Racer over the last 9 months…
But PLEASE please note:
That this is a generalization and not all applies to everyone. There are definitely people that don’t tick all of these boxes, but you can’t argue that they don’t tick most of them. Just sayin.
(Also Jackie is the exception to this rule, she insists she ticks only 1 of these boxes)
– They assign characters to everyone. To me they have assigned: Ron Swanson from Parks & Rec, Candor faction from divergent, Bellatrix Lestrange from Harry Potter, Ryan from the office, Sharpay from high school musical AND Phoebe/Rachael from friends!? I’m also a Koala in our zoo and a chamomile tea with a slice of lemon.
– Feed them Oreos, Peanut Butter, Fried Chicken, French Fries, Starbucks and Mac & Cheese. Oh and taco’s.
– They will spend hours doing quizzes on basically anything eg. “Pick a Taylor Swift song & we’ll tell you which theme park to go to”.
– They are hell bent on pronouncing the “R” in every word.
– Beloved Chick-Fil-A is a fast food franchise that they are “high key” obsessed with. (To be honest it’s pretty good chicken).
– The word ‘literally’ is used quite frequently.
– They are very very very very scared of spiders. And all bugs of any kind.
– High School Musical is a torturous conversation topic that can last for hours, accompanied with singing the soundtrack & dancing (I’ve never felt more alone when these sessions are going down).
– Mostly all are experts in Pop Culture.
– They are not RnB educated though. They do not know who Ja Rule is.
– If you think you’ve seen a lot of movies, you are probably wrong… they have.
– Do not ask them what they think of Donald Trump.
– They all wear these shoes called “Chaco’s”. They are ugly as but fit for any occasion… apparently.
– Clothes being worn for the 5th time without being washed is okay because of “Febreeze”?
– They love it when I use the word “fortnightly” to describe 2 weeks.
– Physical touch is mostly everyone’s love language. Prepare to be touched.
– It seems to some that showering every 3-7 days is totally okay!??????? Halp me.
– Their favourite phrase of mine is “I can’t be bothered”. Gets them every time.
– I can get away with anything by saying “Well it must be an Australian thing”… wrong spelling, accidental false information… just blame it on your country.
So my advice to you if you are a foreigner planning to go on the World Race
would be to study up on pop culture (if you can watch every movie & TV show that was ever made in the history of all time), train your nose to not smell or speak up & tell them to shower today, be prepared to have pronunciation battles in English class, pack your bag full of their favorite treats to win friends & influence people (food speaks louder than words) and just don’t ask them about Donald Trump okay.
P.S. I love you, don’t hate me.
10 out of the 12 Americans here are wearing said “Chacos”
