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[wormholes101]

It seems that South Korea's academic prowess on the world stage doesn't extend to fringe subjects such as world geography!

Two pesky letters appear to have been the downfall of Korean city officials who created a minor diplomatic embarrassment with a miniature set of G-20 leaders intended to welcome their likenesses to South Korea.

The dolls, displayed in a square near Seoul�s city hall, were clad in the traditional garb of their real-life counterparts� countries � except for Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, whose red-and-white dirndl dress seemed more reminiscent of the Austrian Alps than the outback

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But it wasn�t the only case of mistaken national identity G-20 guests suffered at the hands of their hosts.

A giant globe outside the conference center where the summit took place featured a flag from each participating country tacked into its proper geographic place � save the Indian flag, which was fastened to central Africa.

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[nukeday]

and they say americans don't know geography....this was a huge, face-enhancing (they think) event to them.

[johnnyrook]

My boss once told me Arnold Schwarzenegger was from Australia. I usually don't feel comfortable correcting people about their false conceptions but I thought this one was far too embarassing for him to continue believing so I said, "No, he's not actually..."

He cut me off, "Yeh, he's not anymore, he had to give up his citizenship to become Governor of California."

I just let it slide.

[Slowmotion]

[redaxe]