"I got a book about the CIA."

[Zoom]

I have come to the conclusion that all those companies that did advertising about how customers are "more than just a number" have totally taken the wrong approach.

Maybe, to change customer's minds, it takes a Village...

"Hello. I have called your phone."

"Well, you're not talking to my phone, you're talking to ME!"
(Does it count as a quote if it has quotation marks in the quote tag?)

SC: "Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh Mango! How do ye do and how do ye do and how do ye do and howdoyedoandhowdoyedoandhowdedoanhowdedoanhowdedo??!?!?!?!?

I must've looked in five pages of Google before I realized this wasn't a song by Chumbawamba.

FIVE THOUSAND MILLILITRES PER DAY.

Which would be... five litres?

"What does CIA stand for?"

Well, obviously it stands for the Coordinated Information Apparatus!

May I ask: what did a website ever do to you?

A WEBSITE TOOK MAH BABY!

His buzzer number (not relevant for addressing purposes)

Except... maybe what he thinks is his buzzer is actually either a) an electric shaver, or b) a cellphone set to "vibrate". Which means there's a 50% chance of the other 50% chance not being relevant either. Well, that's showbuzz.

He took seven days to respond.

"Sorry, busy creating the world there. Then I needed a rest."

I am NOT shipping something to "Frank, Suite 118, Surrey."

So much for that Suite 118 party. (And only 102 years since his last one.)

[Ironclad Alibi]

Me: "What does CIA stand for?"

Cox Insurance Agency.

[BroSCFischer]

.Me: "What does CIA stand for?"

Culinary Institute of America

SC

[manybellsdown]

Now that would create K.A.O.S.

"M.A.L.I.C.E.? What does that stand for?"
"It stands for evil, darling."

[Sapphire Silk]

That explains it. Anyone who's spent time in the Greater Vancouver Area will know what I mean.

I thought Surrey was in England?

And don't forget - the computer is your friend. Believing otherwise is treason. You don't want to commit treason, do you, citizen?

Of course not, Friend Computer! Only evil commie traitors want to commit treason.

[Jester]

There is a Surrey, Canada, just as there is a Paris, Texas, a Baghdad, Arizona, and an Ontario, California....among many others.

[fireheart]

There is a Surrey, Canada, just as there is a Paris, Texas, a Baghdad, Arizona, and an Ontario, California....among many others.

There's also an Australia in Turkey (or was it Cuba?), a township called Adelaide in Ontario, an Adelaide in South Africa and a very tiny township called Adelaide in North Dakota.

Oh and there's also an Adelaide peninsula in Nunavut

ETA: There are towns called Melbourne in Arkansas, Florida, Iowa and Kentucky. Although ours came first

[Jester]

There is also a Hollywood in Florida, as well as a Venice and Naples. Not to mention Jupiter. And while Michigan has Hell, Florida has Inverness.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

"M.A.L.I.C.E.? What does that stand for?"
"It stands for evil, darling."

In that case, let's go A.P.E.

[wolfie]

There is a Surrey, Canada, just as there is a Paris, Texas, a Baghdad, Arizona, and an Ontario, California....among many others.

When I was with my previous carrier, I was doing the linehaul of an LTL load from Springfield MA to Montreal PQ. After getting the paperwork, I took a quick look at the summary waybill, and went right back to the dispatch window. "Are you sure this shipment belongs on this trailer?"

Dispatch immediately called for the shunt driver to get the trailer back into a door. Fortunately the shipment in question was near the tail. It seems that someone had seen "Ontario", and (probably because virtually all "Ontario" shipments they saw were handled this way) put it on the trailer to Canada (which, curiously enough, has the postal abbreviation "CA"). For some reason, unlike this depot's shipments to Ontario, Canada, shipments to Ontario, California don't travel by way of Montreal.

[Teefies2]

There is also a Hollywood in Florida, as well as a Venice and Naples. Not to mention Jupiter. And while Michigan has Hell, Florida has Inverness.

I saw what you did there Lived the next town over from Inverness for 5 years

[Jester]

What did I do there, other than point out various cities that have names of other places with the same name, some of them amusing? Just wondering....

More of the same: you won't find any beaches in Miami, Arizona.
And when you're from Arizona and you hear people talking about Glendale, sometimes you have to remind yourself that they are probably talking about Glendale, California, not Glendale, Arizona. (Both of which are boring places, anyway.)
Also not going to see too many major golf tournaments in Augusta, Maine.
And I doubt you'll find the Empire State Building in Manhattan, Kansas. Or for that matter, in Manhattan Beach, California. (Though you will find plenty of bikinis in the latter.)
And I'm relatively sure you won't find the Steelers playing in Pittsburg, Kansas.
And whoa be to you if you wake up from a drinking binge and find yourself in a place called Decatur. Because you could be anywhere. And by anywhere I mean you could be in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, Tennessee, or Texas. None of which should be confused, however, with Decatur City, Iowa.

Me, I'm from Tempe, Arizona. As far as I know, the only Tempe out there.

[Geek King]

Also checking in with Lima, Versailles, London, Dublin and Paris in Ohio!

[wolfie]

One that I read about in the trade press was a trucker showing up at a plant in Duluth Minnesota and apollogising for being late, saying he had a bit of trouble finding the place. The receiver checked his list of expected trucks, and that truck wasn't on it. He then checked the bill of lading, and saw why - the trucker was supposed to have made his delivery in Duluth Georgia.

[XCashier]

And whoa be to you if you wake up from a drinking binge and find yourself in a place called Decatur. Because you could be anywhere. And by anywhere I mean you could be in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, Tennessee, or Texas. None of which should be confused, however, with Decatur City, Iowa.

That's nothing compared to the list of cities named Springfield...!

Me, I'm from Tempe, Arizona. As far as I know, the only Tempe out there.

Well, the city was named after the Vale of Tempe in Greece. There's are also places named Tempe in New South Wales, Australia and outside Bloemfontein, South Africa. Still, at least it's pretty unique in the USA.