Where's Wales again?
I worked with a girl, studying politics, long ago in a student run charity. One day while reading the newspaper she turned to the group hanging around the office and asked:

"Where's Wales again? I can't remember if it's above or below England"

After much giggling and general 'what the fuck?' type questions we managed to find the root of her problem. She admitted that she never had an interest in geography but she was interested in politics. She presumed the elaborate graphics that news reports showed on the TV during the elections were just "brightly coloured maps of the UK" and not in fact a Bar Chart showing the breakdown of the votes across the UK.
( Bamboo Steamer, Fri 4 Mar 2011, 16:39, 2 replies)

I once worked with a similar woman who had never been outside London
she asked me whether Birmingham was in England or Scotland.
(IHateSprouts is baking a huge pie shaped like an enormous pie, Fri 4 Mar 2011, 18:54, closed)

It's in Alabama.
Glad I could clear that up for you :-)
( Pretender, Sat 5 Mar 2011, 0:15, closed)