Food for Thought: The All-Pygmy Team

A friend and I were talking last night about her most recent love interest. From the little that I remember, she described the new guy as a tall, blonde, blue-eyed All-American type from Western Pennsylvania. The description, innocuous at first blush, got me thinking...

Do other nations of the world have a similar saying to the common "All-American" description, afforded to those of us who look and act like All-American football players? For instance, do you think they say in Africa, that Ari-Ari is dating so-and-so, a short, stouty, pug-nosed All-Pygmy type from Burundi, or in England, Elizabeth's snogging a tall, lanky, bad-teethed All-England type from New Essex? Or I've heard that Maria's been asked to siesta with a tall, dark, slender All-Portuguese type from Lisbon, when describing an athletic looking man in that country?

Seems silly but if they do, I surely would like to know.

Which reminds me of one of my all-time favorite Onion articles:

"Surinameese Man Struggling to Write the Great Surinamese Novel"

BROKOPONDO, SURINAME--Aspiring author Nikklis Doekhie said Monday that he continues in his struggle to write the Great Surinamese Novel. "I want this book to capture the essence of the Surinamese experience," Doekhie said. "Desi, the wide-eyed protagonist, quits his job in a bauxite mine to hitchhike from Paramarimbo to Alalapadu, searching for his piece of the Surinamese Dream." Doekhie said he hopes to pitch the book to a Surinamese publishing house this fall.