One said, that explains it, normally Australians are blonde surfer types.... How many Australians had they met? This is a judgement that I have come across many times before but, find it interesting. Even after they know I am Australian, the stereotypes they have learned from the media overpower their reality.

Another such stereotype is that it is always terribly cold in Finland. A heatwave must make a holder of that stereotype really uncomfortable while in Finland before the heat will give that person a pause.