Which country is the Philippines in?

[Englishman2010]

The one I like is:

"Where are you from?"
"England".
"Really? What language do they speak there?"

Yep, Taxi driver asked me the same thing last week

[Manila_Paul]

Yep, Taxi driver asked me the same thing last week

haha, this reminds me of a funny I've had with a taxi driver in Manila too. I mentioned to him that I was from England but my parents are from Ireland. He then said something that just completely threw me: "The Soloman Islands... that is an American colony, isn't it?".... so after picking myself up off the floor I tried again with: 'No, Ireland, the country near England. It is not an American colony. It used to be a British colony'. Cue a perplexed look from the taxi driver and silence. A few minutes later and he asks 'So... do you visit the Soloman Islands much?' Then I corrected him again and once again he asked something about the Soloman Islands - so I just gave up and played along!

What makes me laugh about this is 1) if you're mistaking Ireland for 'Island' then it could be any Island in the world. Where did he get the Soloman Islands from? 2) How come he is aware of the tiny Soloman Islands (population about 500,000 and a British colony, not American) and not the entire nation of Ireland? Classic.