Ignorance is NOT bliss!!

I met the most ignorant woman today. The kind of woman that you see on tv shows like "this hour has 22 minutes" or hear about in a really bad joke. I went to get my hair cut today at a salon just down the street. The lady who washed my hair was making polite conversation. I went something like this:

hair lady: "Where are you from? You sound like you have an accent."
me: "I'm from Canada."
hair lady: "Oh, is that in America?"
me: "No, Canada is it's own country."
hair lady: "Oh, I thought it was a state."
me: "Nope, it's north of America."

just wait, she doesn't stop there...

hair lady: "Since you live near America, do you call yourself an American?"
me: "No, I live in Canada, I am a Canadian."
hair lady: "Oh, I never did understand that." (Clearly...)
me: "Me calling myself American would be like you calling yourself European."
hair lady: "Oh, well I wouldn't tell someone that, now would I?"

No. No hair lady you would not.

The hair cut itself (once I got over my initial shock) went quite well. I am back to a very short 'do which should last me for quite awhile. It's not a "dana" cut, but it will have to do. And I have bangs back, which is so nice! Actually, the hair lady also mentioned that she thought it was 'cute' that I called them bangs. Does anyone know what British people call them? Oh well...