I always thought it was an urban legend, until today !! (Wasilla: home, refrigerator)

[ysr_racer]

I actually met a woman at work today that thought Alaska was down by Mexico.

She couldn't understand what "North to Alaska" meant, when I couldn't understand what she meant, she pulled out a map that looked like this.

[Led Zeppelin]

Originally Posted by ysr_racer

I actually met a woman at work today that thought Alaska was down by Mexico.

She couldn't understand what "North to Alaska" meant, when I couldn't understand what she meant, she pulled out a map that looked like this.

Oh, it's no urban legend. People REALLY ARE getting this stupid in America. Sometimes evolution really does work in reverse.

[Omatic]

Originally Posted by Led Zeppelin

Oh, it's no urban legend. People REALLY ARE getting this stupid in America. Sometimes evolution really does work in reverse.

People are getting dumber, and America will be the the movie 'Idiocracy' soon.

You mentioning evolution reminds me of the Darwin Awards haha.

[Mr. In-Between]

Reminds me of a co-worker I had many years ago, when I worked at a camera store in Minnesota that sold high-end gear to professional photographers. She was on the phone one day, and I could hear her arguing with the other end of the call. She finally hung up, rolled her eyes, and said, "Oh, my gawd!!!"

I asked, "what was all that about?" She said, "some bonehead who lives in New Mexico. I told him we only shipped to the United States, and he just kept telling me I didn't know what I was talking about. How stupid does he think I am, anyway?"



Oh, I just remembered something else about her. One night 2 of us who carpooled gave her a ride home because her car was sick that day. It was a beautiful October afternoon, and as we drove past a lake in Minneapolis called Lake Calhoun, we saw a number of city water trucks backed up to the edge of the lake, pumping it into their trucks so they could water some newly planted trees in the park. She wanted to know, "so, what are they doing there?" And of course I said, "they're emptying out the lake for the winter."

I could see her thinking that one over for a few seconds, and she finally asked, "well, why are they doing that?"

I said, "oh, that's to make room for the ice."

She took a few more seconds, and asked, "why do they need to do that?"

I explained, "well, didn't you ever notice that the lakes are all ice in the winter? If they leave the water in there, they wouldn't have enough room for the ice, and it would flood. Because remember, ice expands. And the ice gets really dirty, too, just sitting there all winter without any rain to wash it off. So they pump out the water in the fall, and then in the spring when the ice melts, they pump the nice, clean water back in."

She probably needed about 15 more seconds to absorb that, and then said, "wow. I never knew they did that!" At that point, the other guy in the car couldn't hold in the snorts anymore, and just exploded in laughter. He was shaking so hard he damned near drove off the road. I swear, though, that if he'd managed to keep a straight face, she'd be telling people to this day about that... "hey, did you know they pump the water out of the lakes every winter to make room for the ice? No, really, it's true - these really smart guys I used to work with told me all about it!"

I honestly don't know how some people in this country don't starve to death for forgetting how the refrigerator door works. What were they doing every day for 12 years while the other kids were reading books and listening to what the teacher was saying?

[ysr_racer]

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The scary part is she's got this guy's picture in her office

[richelles]

Funny thing is he's got the position and you don't. Must mean something when you are just a dum dum trying to make it and he's got it made. Why do you think he is not better than you? It seems that being a success isn't enough for some people. He did get elected and reelected didn't he? Don't forget the guy he beat last time made $300,000,000.00 taking a lot of jobs and sending them to China. Is that where you wish you were?

[Mr. In-Between]

Huh. The woman I was talking about, who didn't know that New Mexico was a part of the United States, voted for Bush, idolized Sarah Palin, and hated Obama. I neglected to mention that because I couldn't imagine any reason it would be relevant (much less "scary"), but since the OP seems to think it's important, then OK. The idiot I was talking about was a republican.

Gee. Didn't this get productive all of sudden.

[AKStafford]

My wife talked to a customer service rep in North Carolina the other day who had never heard of Alaska. He couldn't be convinced that there really was a state called Alaska. The wife had to ask for his supervisor to put get her order completed.
And of course once the wife gave the supervisor the shipping address in Wasilla, the supervisor asked if we knew a certain famous politician.... To save time, the wife lied and said "no". In truth, she used to babysit the kids during the first mayoral term.

[retiredinhomer]

I always spell out Alaska never Ak. It seems Ak. is Arkansas and the mail will go there even with the correct zip code.

[Metlakatla]

I doubt if this is even true -- probably just another troll post to set the stage for something else. Either that or someone's got a sense of humor.