just in case we didn't know why kids don't learn geography...

[arachide]

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/storms/2006-05-14-new-england-flooding_x.htm

in which the highly reliable USA Today shows that Concord is the capital of Vermont, which now borders the Atlantic ocean.

Hmmm....

[laylah]

1. WTH???????

Geography was mandatory when I was in school, and I made sure both of my girls knew it, too. The dumbing of Amerika has been going on for some time, it is just more blatant than it used to be.

Welcome to DU! :toast:

Jenn

[NMMNG]

2. Vermont, New Hampshire,

Those New England states all look the same. :shrug:

[Syrinx]

3. looks like they have Concord in New Hampshire to me

[rman]

4. Except that they call it Vermont

[sarge43]

5. Concord is in the right place, but

in the wrong state. Or the right state is in the wrong place. Oh the hell with it, who's on first?

[Gormy Cuss]

6. Concord is in Massachusetts.

Sheesh. Don't they know anything?:+

[Rockholm]

8. There IS a Concord, MA, but Concord is the capital of NH

[Gormy Cuss]

9. May I refer you to the

clown :+ smiley in my post? The USAToday gaffe of labeling NH as Vermont is just plain silly,too.

I had thought about noting that Concord was in California (there is one, and it's larger than the MA and NH cities combined) but I figured that would be too obscure a reference.

:hi:

[Rockholm]

10. Smiley point taken.

[Gormy Cuss]

11. So how is it in your neck of the woods?

The North Shore got slammed, didn't it?

[Rockholm]

13. Water water everywhere.

Had two sumps running in my backyard to keep the pool of water from coming in the basement. I was lucky. No water. I am up on ledge, so only a bit of seepage in the basement.

[negativenihil]

7. wow..... n/t

[Bigmack]

12. Ain't no proofreaders anymore...

This morning's Seattle PI had a photo on the front page of the business section with a guy having a new radiological proceedure on his PROSTRATE!

What can any of us say when the Pretzeldent says "nukular"?