Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site duke.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!sdcrdcf!sdcsvax!dcdwest!ittvax!decvax!mcnc!duke!gaj From: gaj@duke.UUCP Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: Geography Lessons Message-ID: <4442@duke.UUCP> Date: Thu, 14-Jun-84 14:03:19 EDT Article-I.D.: duke.4442 Posted: Thu Jun 14 14:03:19 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 22-Jun-84 03:53:16 EDT Organization: Duke University Lines: 30 Born and raised in St. Louis, I first learned about "warped" geography my first week at Stanford. I met a woman who was born and raised in LA. When I told her I was from St. Louis, she said "Oh, from the South." I informed her that LA was significantly farther south than STL. She responded, "Well, isn't St. Louis down around New Orleans, Louisiana?" Sigh. In my continuing geography lessons, I moved to Colorado and heard the following on the radio one morning. The DJ was giving away tickets to something, and a woman called in. Having won the tickets the DJ put her on the air: DJ: Where are you calling from? Woman: I, ah, I don't know! DJ: Well, you must be in Boulder. Everyone who doesn't know where they are live in Boulder. A final lesson: upon arriving at Duke University in North Carolina I overheard the following conversation. (Note: the University of South Carolina is located in Columbia, SC) A: I just came from a conference at Columbia. B: Oh, I didn't know you went to New York. A: No, No, I was at USC. B: How was the weather in California? >From the coast-to-coast travails of Gary Jackoway