Dealing with the Geographically Challenged

The following is an actual conversation between my mother and step-father, who were talking to one of their friends about a trip they are taking:

Step-father: "Our first stop is going to be in Leavenworth, Washington. It's made to look like a Bolivian town ..."

Mother: "No ... no ... Bavarian. It's supposed to look like a Bavarian town."

Step-father: "Bolivian, Bavarian ... it's the same thing."

Mother: "It's not the same thing. Bavaria is Scandinavian and ..."

Me: "No, Mother. Bavaria is not part of Scandinavia."

Mother: "Well, close enough."

-- sigh --

I relate this for two reasons:

1. There's a reason I don't always come across as "worldly"
2. No matter what else is going on in your life, you can generally still find a reason to laugh at your relatives

I double-dog dare you to take a good, hard look at your family and laugh today.