Random conversations

Random Conversation 1
(while shaking hands)
A: "Hi, I am Sander"
Me: "Nice to meet you Sander, I'm Kaying. Ben jij toevallig Nederlands? [translated: Are you by any chance Dutch?]
A: "Wow, so are you Dutch?"
Me: "Ja, ik kom van Nederland." [translated: Yes, I am from The Netherlands]
A: "So, you speak Dutch then?"
Me: "Uh ja, ik ben geboren en getogen in Nederland." [translated: Eh, yes, I am born and raised in the Netherlands]

Random Conversation 2
(while introducing himself to the hosts of the party - that would be us)
A: "So where's the birthday girl?"
B: "Ah you are Dutch aren't you? Actually my girlfriend is also Dutch."
A: "Oh really? You mean Dutch Dutch or Dutch Chinese?"

Random Conversation 3
(while discussing a Football match: the Netherlands - China)
A: "So who will you cheer for?"
Me: "Difficult, but I guess easiest would be for the winner." ;-)
A: "Hey but you are Dutch right?"
Me: "Yes, but I also have some Chinese culture in me."
A: "Ok, but do you have a Dutch passport?"
Me: "Yes, I do"
A: "Well, then you are Dutch."

Random Conversation 4
(while discussing the competitive government trainee program that I entered in 2003 with fellow (Dutch-caucasian) trainees- only 100 applicants (out of 4000+) will be selected.
A: "Good to see you here, so what score did you get?
Me: "Same here, my score was average, and I am so lucky to be invited to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs"
A: "Yes definitely, only five of them will go there this year. I wonder how they have set up the whole program. It doesn't seem to make any sense, I wonder if they also had to take into consideration on the percentages of minority groups."

*Sigh*
The most frustrating part for me is that most of these people don't even realize what they are saying when they are saying it.