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By jcedarholm - 13/09/2012 05:19 - United States - San Marcos

Today, at work, I was talking to a Scottish woman when my coworker and I both told her we were also Scottish. To this she replied, "We Scottish people get around." I then said, "Tell me about it, I'm one of four siblings from my dad, he definitely gets around." She was talking about travel. FML

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Today, a customer asked me if I was English, because I was struggling to understand what he was saying. I said yes. He then called me a liar, and said I must be "one of them Polish immigrants." Oh, and he also had a thick Scottish accent. FML

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By Bullet - 13/08/2010 16:28 - United States

Today, I had to go along with my mom to meet some of her old friends from high school. When they asked her about how her life was going, she said she was married, always traveling, no kids, and introduced me as the neighbor's kid she babysits. FML

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By Anonymous - 09/08/2024 14:00 - United Kingdom - Manchester

Today, while sitting at a table in a coffee shop, I overheard someone on the next table talking about their horrible boss. I joined in, complaining about mine, and going into great detail about what an arsehole he can be. Turns out, I was talking to my boss's sister. FML

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By Oriianna Raiinbow - 23/10/2010 06:07 - United States

Today, talking to my boyfriend about each others families, we noticed we both had an aunt with the same name. After a while of trying to figure things out, we decide to call her. Turns out that we are long distance cousins. FML

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By kggggg - 12/08/2010 11:00 - United States

Today, while at my friend's house, I noticed her brother had a bit of an accent. I laughingly said "Is it me or does your little brother have an accent?" She stared and replied with "No, he has autism." FML

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By SweethomeAlabama - 01/06/2021 01:00 - Turkey - Konya

Today, a customer asked me if I was my husband's sister. A little flabbergasted, I replied, "No, I'm his wife." He went on to say, "Ah! But surely, you're related? Cousins?" FML

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torbey 23

Thursday 13 September 2012 12:03

I'm Scottish ;)

slooby_fml 25

Thursday 13 September 2012 12:07

I thought the same thing as you op

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Enslaved 36

Thursday 13 September 2012 12:40

Bagpipes! Haha! I like your train of thought better. Easy mistake. When you think of it, which "people" don't get around. I may be bias 'cause where I live, it's a melting pot of culture! :P

lil_ham1644 29

Thursday 2 April 2015 23:55

I'm confused by this comment

tj4234 35

Thursday 13 September 2012 13:45

Out of interest OP, were you born in Scotland or are you first/second generation? It's just that over here (I'm from Scotland itself) when an American comes over as a tourist, they always insist that they are Scottish instead of American. lol.

lysx84 24

Thursday 13 September 2012 13:54

True, are they ashamed of being American? On saying that maybe they say they're Scottish because being Scottish is awesome :)

Enslaved 36

Thursday 13 September 2012 14:09

They should tell you that they're Scottish/American instead. Can you blame them for wanting to honour and hang on to their Scottish roots? No one is a true American except, the natives. If you say-- you're American, it doesn't mean much because the people asking will still want to know from where your ancestors came from.(:

lysx84 24

Thursday 13 September 2012 17:24

Nobody is a true anything really, all scots have Viking in their blood but we don't go round telling people that we're nordic.

CptZoe 10

Thursday 13 September 2012 15:26

Us Scots don't offend easy, so don't worry! I would have laughed, blow a note on my bagpipe and swan out twirling my ginger hair, eating haggis!

lysx84 24

Thursday 13 September 2012 17:27

You forgot the whisky, no true scottish stereotype would be caught dead without a drink!

CptZoe 10

Thursday 13 September 2012 23:17

True! I am a cider lass myself though.

lil_ham1644 29

Thursday 2 April 2015 23:56

Don't forget the unicorn!

perdix 29

Thursday 13 September 2012 15:51

If you are four siblings from the same mom, your dad really didn't "get around" at all. I'm surprised you didn't play on the "tight with money" stereotype. I love the Billy Connolly story about how his dad was counting change in his hand when a coin dropped. He bent over to catch it and it hit him in the back of the neck.

saksxalmo 20

Thursday 13 September 2012 21:16

If OP and her siblings had the same mom, I'm pretty sure she wouldn't specify that they're her siblings "by her dad". They're most likely half-siblings.