# My co-worker doesn't believe I'm American

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-co-worker-doesnt-believe-im-american/562635>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 2, 2010, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-co-worker-doesnt-believe-im-american/562635 "2010-12-02T05:40:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-co-worker-doesnt-believe-im-american/562635/101 "2010-12-10T01:43:11Z")

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> [@NinjaChick](#):
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> Funny enough, I just went to check the local weather and discovered that, according to The Weather Channel, I [no longer live in a state](http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b118/EcoSquid/Misc/Picture1.png).

Well, duh. Everyone knows Santa Fe isn’t in just any state, because it’s a railroad.

😃

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**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-co-worker-doesnt-believe-im-american/562635/102 "2010-12-10T03:31:33Z")

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> [@Sunspace](#):
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> > [@Emily\_Litella](#):
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> > Are you saying there’s a city in Nunavut? Where are they hiding it?
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> It’s underground. And the proper word is ‘lair’. Where do you think all those federal surpluses went?
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> Oops, I’ve said too much.

Liar! Edmonton is hiding it in his ass-crack, with his weed stash. Just ask Regina, she’ll tell you! Winnipeg also saw him hide it there…

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**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-co-worker-doesnt-believe-im-american/562635/103 "2010-12-10T11:48:07Z")

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> [@Cheshire\_Human](#):
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> Liar! Edmonton is hiding it in his ass-crack, with his weed stash. Just ask Regina, she’ll tell you! Winnipeg also saw him hide it there…

Well, Canada does have an awfully big Regina…!

::: _wanders off whistling “Mull of Kintyre”_ :::

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**Author:** ![Big\_Norse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/big_norse/32/9954_2.png) [@Big\_Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Norse)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-co-worker-doesnt-believe-im-american/562635/104 "2010-12-13T18:43:42Z")

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> [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](#):
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> A woman I met working at a Dunkin Donuts in Connecticut didn’t know where New Hampshire was.

When I told friends in California I was moving to New Hampshire I was asked more than once what state it was in.

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