One of the cool things we have in the bookstore is a world map with the legend, "The world walks through our doors. Where are you from?" Our visitors mark their hometowns with map pins, and we have pins in every state and continent, including Antarctica, where two customers were stationed for a year. Last week two USA-centric visitors were admiring the map.
"Wow!" one said. "Lots of people from all over America! Especially that state there." She gazed at the map with a puzzled look on her face. "What
is that state--the one with all those pins?
Perry cleared things up for her. "That's Europe."
3 comments:
Well, if New Mexico can be a foreign country, why can't Europe be the 50th state?
Silly Chuckbert. Because Canada already is. Isn't it out there by Dakota somewhere?
What can we teach about geography? Ask Mei.
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