Where is this magical Narnia land you call Illinois?

[Cyphr]

well it made money and if people liked it whats the trouble?

[Elandora]

Ah Florida... you need better geography teachers...

I know it's probably a huge coincidence that the most geographically ignorant people I've dealt with have been from Florida... but dang.

Once my friend, who lives in West Virginia, was calling a credit card company to apply for her first credit card over the phone, at some point the phone operative mentioned she was in or from Florida. Anyway, they asked her which state she lived in so they could put it on the card application, when she said 'West Virgina', the person said 'That's not a state, and this residence does not exist in Virgina.' they declined her application at that point and she had to call back and talk to someone else.

And then there's been the two separate occasions in which a person who happened to be from Florida told me matter-of-factly that as a Minnesotan, I must live in an igloo, and by a different person that I must be lying that I can't drive a tractor, because I live on a farm. When I said I live in a city, they countered that I was lying because there are no cities in Minnesota.

(no offense to anyone from Florida)

[Imogene]

well it made money and if people liked it whats the trouble?

No trouble, I just think it incredibly arrogant to do a comic only for the money, when there are thousands of comics out there that don't get half the notoriety Garfield does, because they're not professionally done, and they're doing those comics for fun, not for money.

[Chrono180]

Not to mention all the people who don't realize New Mexico is part of the US. They are like "I don't care how new Mexico is, we don't sell tickets outside of the US!"

[PepperElf]

"It's the state surrounding chicago"

[weirdboy_1]

It's not just regular people who don't know where Illinois is! "Journalists" also do not know!

I was watching one of those morning shows late last week when they were talking about all the different states for Super Tuesday. They were using a touch screen to pull up the stats on the different states and one of the ladies says "Now, let's take a look at Illinois". She then proceeds to pull up the info for Minnesota. Fantastic...how much do they pay you?

Side note: I use the word journalists lightly-do they really talk about news on those morning shows anymore?

[Dark-Star]

Which show was that? I want to know so I know to never take something from it seriously.

[Broomjockey]

No trouble, I just think it incredibly arrogant to do a comic only for the money,

It's worse than you think. He not only does it for the money, but deliberately manipulates things to prolong the popularity. Back when Garfield plushies became super-popular the first time around, he PULLED THEM OFF THE SHELVES so they wouldn't become a fad and burn out and die away. He's done his damnedest to keep the popularity at a fairly steady level. As a marketing case, it's fairly fascinating. As a comic strip, it's a tragedy.

[Meegz]

I once got a phone call asking where DELAWARE was.

I know we are a small state but come on..if you're gonna call from MARYLAND, please consult a map, a teacher, or a psychiatrist before me. Thank you.

[TruthHurts]

"Where's Illinois??"

"Second star to the right and straight on 'til morning"

A cookie for whoever gets that reference.

[Parrothead]

"Second star to the right and straight on 'til morning"

A cookie for whoever gets that reference.

'Twas mentioned in the second post. But where is "Tír na nÓg" from?

[Broomjockey]

But where is "Tír na nÓg" from?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%ADr_na_n%C3%93g

Basically, the Celtic afterlife-type place. Oversimplifying, but close enough.

[cinema guy]

"Second star to the right and straight on 'til morning"

A cookie for whoever gets that reference.

Peter Pan.

[Fawn]

Anything in the US confuses me, but I have the right to be confused since I'm in Canada.

[BookstoreEscapee]

Illinois exists, Wyoming does not. Wyoming is Apache for "No State Here."

Hehe, my ex used to live in Wyoming...

it probably would have been something along the lines of, "you know, I think you're going to love it here!"

Damn, now you've got me singing that song from Annie..."I THINK I'M GONNA LIKE IT HERE!!"

And I'm sorry, but if you live in Maryland and you don't know where Delaware is, you need to just never leave your house again.