<b><a href="http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/013842.html">We Took the Trail to Get Here</a></b><br/> <p><!-- ID = 67607 -->College girl #1: Which way to the Eiffel Tower?<br/>Suit, puzzled, pointing East: That way?<br/>College girl #2: How far is it?<br/>Suit: ... About three thousand miles.<br/>College girl #1: No! No! [Makes peak with fingertips of both hands.] The... Eiffel... Tower!<br/>Suit: Yeah, that way about three thousand miles -- across the Atlantic Ocean -- in Paris.<br/>College girl #2, also making peak with hands: No! No! It's a... It's a... The Empire State Building!<br/>Suit, pointing at looming Empire State Building: The Empire State Building is right there.<br/>College girl #2: You have to excuse us -- we're from Oregon.<br/><br/>--45th & 5th</p><br/>via <a href="http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/">Overheard in New York</a>, Mar 8, 2008