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Kind of ironic, since I'm a Canadian living in the US and and every time it comes up, people tell me about who they know that lives in Canada. I realize they ar
by stinkytaco 10y ago
Kind of ironic, since I'm a Canadian living in the US and and every time it comes up, people tell me about who they know that lives in Canada. I realize they are just being polite, they don't expect me to know these people, but I can't help but feel that it's a little ridiculous. How the hell would I know Frank?
- dmix 10y agoMy girlfriend always does this to people when she finds out they went to x university. "Oh do you know this or that person". A university with 100k students. Some people's brains don't consider scale/space when hearing a familiar connection. :p
- eschutte2 10y agoIt happens. I was once in SF talking to a total stranger from LA (pop ~4m) and when I mentioned I grew up in Dallas (pop ~1.3m), she said "oh, do you know [X]?" And I did.