On a long and dull interstate trip in the US...
...i had to change my CD now and then...in the small breaks in the music i eavesdropped on my father's conversation to a middle aged american suited and booted (therefore one assumes) businessman

BM: Oh its triangular...so how big is the UK then?
Father: about 700 miles or so...
BM: oh thats quite small. Wow .So hows that tunnel thing of yours going going?
Father: Its finished.
BM:Really? So that makes getting into France and Germany easier then.
Father: Yes, well it's much faster than the ferry.
BM:Ferry?
Father: Ferry across the channel.
BM:Channel?
Father: Yes the water inbetween France and the UK.
BM: Oh so theres water inbetween?
Father:Erm, yep...the UK is an island...
BM: Really? I thought it was inbetween France and Germany in the mountains.
Father:Erm, no, its an island off the coast of France.
BM: Really? I was only in the UK a few weeks ago and we got a train into France.
(notatoosyet, Mon 10 Jan 2005, 20:17, Reply)