Canadians, learn from my shower curtain!
June 25th, 2006I received this email today:
“I noticed on your site as number eight (8) you have it as ‘Victoria Island’. That should read ‘Vancouver Island’. Thought you should be aware.”
That is the single most commonly recurring email people send me.
My reply: ” Thanks for writing. Vancouver Island is 42nd; Victoria is in another part of Canada — please see the attached view of my shower curtain:”
That’s not soap scum, by the way. It’s, uh, pack ice. In any case, the curtain did not survive my getting married. [Canadian geography]
November 22nd, 2009 at 12:27 pm
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