A honestly real conversation I had this morning ...
 

Went to get a hair cut and it was a new place so the woman doing my hair was giving me all the normal 'where are you from' stuff that I get when they hear my voice. I was answering all the normal questions when this exchange happened:

Her: Have you been to San Francisco?
Me: Yes, it is one of my favourite places.
Her: Did you go to Alcatraz?
Me: No, I wanted to but when I as there the tickets were all booked up. I did see it from the shore though.
Her: Oh, I really want to go. I hear they show you where Nelson Mandela was held.

....wow.

nelson mendela?!???

Who is Nelson Mandela?

holy shit :)

Get your toes painted and take pictures British bird.

And you let her lose with sharp objects so close to your head????

Of course Nelson Mandela was held in Alcatraz, where else would he have been held??? :)

Ahhh, stupid people are everywhere

She was otherwise nice and she had already started cutting. So, I just smiled and let her do her work.

Would have made me watch her very closely in the mirror. lol

who the fuck is Nelson Mandela?

What one Cali-dude said to me once:

"Until I met you, I thought Quebec was some place in Iraq"

Phonetically:

"'til I met y'all, ah thote Q'beck wuz sum'place in Eye-rack"

:D

LOL wrong prison ... wrong country

I heard Nelson and Al Capone were cell mates.

LOL

should have told her that she's confusing it, that it's Clint Eastwood who is responsible for overthrowing Apartheid

Sad.. Really sad.

And for the American haters that will Jump in, here, I do Believe that Sarah still lives in England and that was an English person that said it. so.....

He was the leader of the ANC in South Africa He then got thrown in prison for about 20 years on Robben island When he was released he became the president of SA.

His ex wife Winnie Mandela is a totaly fucked up stupid bitch

Wow.

As much guff as Americans take for lack of international knowledge, that's pretty awesome, actually.

or the person was being sarcastic, knowing how the US treat foreign prisoners? :D

srsly? .-.

No, that really wasn't it.

I think she was taking the piss out of you.

Now that I think about it I think the tower block that Delboy from "Only Fools and Horses" lived in is named after him, I guessed he was someone famous when I heard that but never really though about it.

Did she at least do a good job on the hair cut?

Wow, I don't think I would have been able to keep my mouth shut about a comment like that! Well done on being able to show restraint, it is probably best not to upset your hairdresser while you are in their chair;p

I've given quite a few history lessons since moving to North America. One of the common responses I get when I tell people I was born & raised in South Africa is 'why aren't you black then?' I certainly don't expect people to know every little detail about the history of other countries because I definitely don't. But how can you not be aware of colonialism at all?

Dumb Ameri... oh

She meant Al Capone.

lmfao.....!

Americans are mind-numbingly STUPID.

You should have told her that he was a cell mate of Jesus.

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who's alcatraz?

Haaahaaaa!!:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

Yes, I figured that. The two are so easy to confuse :)

She was actually a nice person though apart from that.

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Where's fatfoo with the Alcatraz and Nelson Mandela facts?

coming soon

She's not in the US.

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What?! They'll show you Nelson Mandela's cell but not Napoleon's? Such a disappointing Customer Service Alcatraz has.

LoL :1orglaugh

Okay, funny enough, and not trying to be Fatfoo, but you can understand her confusion if she just heard about it in passing. Mandela was held on Robben Island, a prison sometimes referred to as "South Africa's Alcatraz." Like Alcatraz, the prison was on an isolated island, and is a museum now.

I just did the Alcatraz tour a few months back when I visited. Fascinating place, although a bit smaller than I imagined. The Indian history with the island was pretty amazing.

I want to do it but I didn't know you had to book in advance. At least that was the case when I was there and then I couldn't get a ticket in time before I left.

LMAO :thumbsup

I'm not sure what is worse, her or the people in here posting "Who the fuck is Nelson Mandela?"

Two years ago I just walked up and bought a ticket. Not sure if it's changed, it was mid week if that means anything.

haha big win

It was about four years ago for me and they were requiring pre-booking. No idea how normal that is but it was the case that time. I was disappointed but it gives me a reason to go back. It was such a nice city.

I was hoping they weren't serious.