Overheard at UBC
I'm at Blenz in the Village, sitting at a table next to a flirty pair of first-year undergrads. They're making googly eyes at each other while talking about American history. I hadn't been paying any concentrated attention until I heard this come out of the girl:
"So was the Versaille Treaty the one that made Japan attack Germany?" This was followed soon after by: "I always liked the Civil War a lot better. The Monitor and the Merrimack were indestructible, it was so cute."
I really wish this was an interchange between Canadians, and I could thus attribute this to their never having bothered with US history, but alas, the girl revealed that she's American.
"So was the Versaille Treaty the one that made Japan attack Germany?" This was followed soon after by: "I always liked the Civil War a lot better. The Monitor and the Merrimack were indestructible, it was so cute."
I really wish this was an interchange between Canadians, and I could thus attribute this to their never having bothered with US history, but alas, the girl revealed that she's American.