Why do you find Finland so great? It's so dark and cold.

-- A Belgian radio DJ when interviewing The Rasmus, a band from Finland.

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I heard this in the car on the way home and it stunned me. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black.

"Brugge is great! It's just like Disneyland, except it's Brugge!"
- American tourist overheard talking to her friend about Brugge, Belgium while at a Thai restaurant in Leuven, Belgium.
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BTW, I'm an American married to a Belgian and have lived here since August 2002.
This made me want to cry.