“Hahahah QOTD: ‘What borders on stupidity? Mexico and Canada.’ #USElection” was posted on Twitter by Niklas (and many others) on November 9, 2016. Many people felt that the U.S. presidential election between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump (the winner) had made the country look bad.
     
“There is a joke circulating in Germany: ‘What borders on stupidity?’ ‘Mexico and Canada!’” was posted on Twitter by 𝕋𝕠𝕞 ℍ𝕚𝕔𝕜𝕤 on August 15, 2020, and this tweet went viral (over 130,000 likes). There is no question that the joke was originally told in German.
     
“Was grenzt an Dummheit? Mexiko und Kanada” was posted on Twitter by Hoschi on May 17, 2016. It is uncertain if this is the origin of the joke.
   
                   
Twitter
Hoschi
@MatthiasHoschek
Was grenzt an Dummheit?
Mexiko und Kanada.
6:58 AM · May 17, 2016·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
ANGO
@angomania
Was grenzt an Dummheit?
Mexiko und Kanada !
8:27 AM · May 17, 2016·Twitter Web Client
   
Twitter
Andreas Weier
@andywei_57
http://tagesschau.de/ausland/trump-257.html Trump gehört in das Visier des CSI…aber, repeat: Was grenzt an Dummheit? Mexico und Kanada…
Translated from German by
http://tagesschau.de/ausland/trump-257.html Trump belongs in the sights of the CSI ... but, repeat: What borders on stupidity? Mexico and Canada ...
2:39 PM · May 17, 2016·Twitter Web Client
   
Twitter
Quatschfeder Fio
@El3v3n_Fio
Vorhin bei Fratzenbuch: Was grenzt an Dummheit? Mexico und Kanada :D
ich find den zum ‘schießen’
Translated from German by
Earlier at Fratzenbuch: What borders on stupidity? Mexico and Canada :D
I find the one to ‘shoot’
6:36 AM · May 18, 2016·Twitter for Android
 
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@shdr_alina
what borders on stupidity? mexico and canada #ElectionNight #ElectionDay #USElection2016
8:11 AM · Nov 9, 2016·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
Lena
@Raviolena
Was grenzt an Dummheit?
Kanada und Mexiko
(Luke Mockridge)
12:04 PM · Nov 9, 2016·Twitter for Android
 
Twitter
Niklas
@neverklap
Hahahah QOTD:
“What borders on stupidity?
Mexico and Canada.“
#USElection
12:04 PM · Nov 9, 2016·Tweetbot for iΟS
 
Twitter
Peter Niepel
@NZHomebrewer
Joke on German radio: “What borders on stupidity?” “Canada and Mexico”
2:24 PM · Nov 9, 2016·Facebook
   
Twitter
Val
@Atlacamani
What borders on stupidity? Mexico and Canada #bestjokeaboutUSelection2016
4:00 PM · Nov 9, 2016·Twitter Web Client
   
Twitter
Ondine, MD
@Ondine_MD
Bro from Switzerland has this to offer:
Q: What borders on stupidity?
A: Canada and Mexico.
5:33 PM · Nov 9, 2016·Twitter for iPhone
 
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/MoonlightJester September 19, 2017
What borders on stupidity?
Canada and Mexico aparently.
Forgive the spelling error, I’m from America.
 
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/viemari April 16, 2018
What borders on stupidity?
Mexico and Canada
     
Twitter
ingrid_wien
@ingrid_wien
What borders on stupidity?
Mexico and Canada
Johann König, German comedian
12:53 AM · Aug 8, 2018·Twitter for Android
 
Twitter
𝕋𝕠𝕞 ℍ𝕚𝕔𝕜𝕤
@tlhicks713
There is a joke circulating in Germany:
“What borders on stupidity?”
“Mexico and Canada!”
12:26 PM · Apr 15, 2020·Twitter for Android
 
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/B0b_Howard April 15, 2020
What borders on stupidity?
Canada and Mexico.
(Stolen from a German friend on FB where it’s apparently making the rounds…)
   
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/bluffbuster May 26, 2020
What do Mexico and Canada have in common?
They both border on stupidity.
   
Reddit—Oneliners
Posted by u/justadair June 30, 2020
Right now, both Mexico and Canada are bordering on stupidity.
 
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/BatterdNut August 7, 2020
What borders on stupidity?
Canada and Mexico
(German Joke)
 
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/floatingsaltmine August 17, 2020
What borders on stupidity?
Canada and Mexico.
 
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/CoolKangarooo April 15 ,2021
What’s close to stupidity?
Canada and Mexico