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[momsalive1]

Yesterday I was walking into the Gilded Otter, a restaurant and bar named for one of the Dutch ships that brought settlers to New Paltz, and I overheard a woman explaining the name to a group of kids she was with.  "On the west coast," she said, "otters don't have gills.  Here on the east coast, they do."  I considered staging a professional intervention, but, really, where would I begin?  My son, when we came here 8 years ago, also had trouble with the name, which he thought was "Grilled Otter".

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[nutmeg3.livejournal.com]

I have no words.

[msb66.livejournal.com]

Exactly - this. *shakes head*

[black-raven135.livejournal.com]

It reminds me somewhat of when I was traveling once in uniform,
(dress whites, we had just had a change of command) and I had no time to change before I rushed out to the airport.
A lady and her little girl were seated across from me in the lounge.
The little girl asked her mother if I was a nurse (I guess because I was in white) and her mother replied, "No dear she is a police officer"
>;-)

[reginaspina.livejournal.com]

Hee! Last time I was at the National Zoo looking at the Asian elephants, I heard someone walk by and talk about how they were from China. AAAAAARGH!