Woman in line: I want to go somewhere foreign this summer. How about Guam?
Cashier: Actually, Guam is part of the United States.
Woman in line: Ugh, these things change so often. We must have gotten it, like, a year ago, right?
Cashier: Actually, we've owned Guam since the 1800s. It sends a non-voting member to Congress, but they have no elector, so they don't matter for presidential elections.
Woman in line: Oh, thank god.
Rite Aid
Doylestown, Pennsylvania
via Overheard in the Office, Jul 20, 2009
1 comment:
Did you really hear this conversation? Well, if not you, someone did--and someone's sense of history and geography is WAY off! (Not yours--the person in line!)
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