Theos-Talk Archives (February 2004 Message tt00100)

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, leonmaurer@a... wrote:
> About the same time when HOW I GOT TO ALWAYS BE RIGHT by Steve 
Stubbs gets 
> published.

I coudn't resist ribbing you a little bit. If it is any consolation, 
I did some consulting work in the Washington area years ago and was 
surprised when a Chinese fellow who lived there said he thought he 
lived in a "northern" city. One of his co workers explained that the 
city is south of the Mason-Dixon line, which astonished him. Most 
people do not keep up on things which do not concern them in their 
daily lives. Unless you are a truck driver geography tends not to be 
that relevant to the business of making a living.

It is hard to believe, but a lot of people in the world not only do 
now know the name of the capital of Uzbekhistan, but do not know the 
maiden name of the wife of the fire chief's second cousin. So much 
for the effectiveness of our geography teachers.

So here is a test for the geographically challenged:

Question number one: "Which direction is the North Pole?" (Is it 
north or south?)

(This is NOT a trick question. Assume Euclidean space.)

Bonus question: Does your answer mean we live north or south of the 
pole?