A coworker and I were discussing Bill Clinton’s recent heart bypass surgery. Somewhere I mentioned how the surgeon would need to spread the ribs to work on the heart.
Coworker: There are ribs up there?
Me: Yeah…
Coworker: But I thought your ribs were here (pats stomach).
Me: …
Coworker: I thought up here (indicating the chest area) was just all boobs ‘n’ lungs ‘n’ stuff!
Me: … :rolleyes:
well, I checked the oven last night, and where is the model number?
Opposite the door?
No… it’s on the damn doorjam! Hidden under the seal down the bottom behind the hinge-brace.
So why did I ask the girl at the suppliers where it was? So I wouldn’t spend needless time searching for it.
She was right. It wasn’t on the wall… :wally
I had a very attractive female friend of mine tell me once (and I shit you not)
Her: “I went to the dentist today (for the first time ever, she’s 27) did you know you’re supposed to brush in the inside of your teeth as well.”
Me: “Um, yeah…”
Her: “Why are you laughing? What’s so funny?”
It just amazed me how some one 27yo can have such a pretty smile and still never (apparently) have brushed the inside of her teeth. yuck
It was so long ago, I don’t quite remember, but I think I asked him if he meant non-electric and said “No, basic guitar!” But maybe you’re right.
My only other guess was that a lot of people learned using a lesson book called Alfred’s Basic Guitar Method. Maybe he thought that was a style.
Our campus catholic center has midnight mass at 10pm and Midnight to accomodate all the worshippers.
I was talking to a particularly ditzy co-worker once, and the conversation shifted to where we were from. I told her that I was from Plattsburgh, New York, about an hour south of Montreal.
Coworker: “Montreal? Where’s that?”
Roland: “Quebec, Canada.”
C: “Oooh, you’ve been to Canada?”
R: “Yeah, plenty of times, it makes for a fun day trip. And I get to practice my Fren…”
C: “But how did you get there? Did you drive?”
R: “Yeah.”
C: “You can drive to Canada?”
R: “…yes…?”
C: “Like, where?”
R: “Well, um, the entire northern border of the continental U.S.”
C: “So, like, North Dakota?”
Yes. Yes, that one road in North Dakota. It’s a pretty busy road, ya know, handling 100% of the U.S./Canada traffic. Tends to get backed up a lot. You must have misheard; it’s not that you can’t drive to Canada, just that you probably don’t want to, since the customs agents get kinda irate after their 600,000th inspection that day. And yeah, it’s a bit hard to get to North Dakota from Upstate New York and back for a day trip, but it’s worth it. After all, then you can say you’ve left the continent.
I know students in the U.S. suck at geography. I know other countries have been laughing at us for years. I just never thought it was that big of a deal. I mean, not knowing the capital of Guatemala is one thing. Not knowing that freaking CANADA is accessible from the U.S. via automobile is another.
Of course, I don’t know if that question made me go “Huh?” as much as it made me want to scream, but it’s close enough.