Re: CHAT: Ability of Americans & Europeans to locate each others cities

From: "Thomas Leigh" <thomas@...>
> Clint Baker wrote:
> > When all else fails, say "Springfield"! (Most common
> > city name in US, capital of two states (I think), the
> > reason "The Simpsons" is in Springfield and all the
> > in-jokes about how you can't determine what state it's
> > set in.)
>
> Somebody once told me that the Simpsons have to live here in
> Massachusetts, because he saw an episode (which I've never seen, so I
> can't verify) in which somebody was driving to Springfield on I-90
> (which is, for all you furrin-type folks, a highway that goes all the
> way from the East coast to the West coast) -- and Massachusetts is the
> only state whose Springfield is actually on I-90! :)
There are actually a lot of conflicting clues as to what state Springfield is
in.

http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=826022
http://www.snpp.com/guides/springfield.list.html

BTW Thomas your Reply-To: line is set (which makes it indirect for people to be
able to reply to your messages to the list).

    *Muke!
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