At last... we're here. Along the way, we passed by Springfield. Coming down the interstate, all we saw on the horizon was two separate, HUGE plumes of white smoke, coming from two smokestacks. And then it dawned on us: Springfield... two smoke stacks... oh my god, it's the Nuclear Reactor from The Simpsons!!
Ok. So it's really not a Nuclear Reactor. And after looking into it, the Springfield in The Simpsons' isn't really modelled after any particular town. But being from Canada and ignorant of that fact... still pretty damn funny. What's even funnier? There are 71 different towns in 36 separate states, and they're all "Springfield". America really went all out when it went looking for ways to name their towns. Apparently there are 9 separate cities/towns named "Springfield" in Georgia alone!
And I found out that you can still make calls TO a payphone in the US. While taking a breather at a QT gas station, the pay phone nearby started ringing...! I wasn't sure at first. But sure enough, it was ringing. I debated answering it... and by the time I realized there was no good reason for me not to answer it (unless this turned into a moment from Phone Booth), it stopped ringing.
Ah, well. That, and a jack-knifed tractor-trailer along the way that we all had to STARE at for some reason (I guess this happens everywhere, not just Ontario) made for a pretty decent second day of driving. :)
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Just LOOK at my oh so CUTE car!!!!! and my BEAUTIFUL FLAG!!!! YEA CANADA!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
LMAO
yes yes... the lovely echo without A/C! :P
Yeah, but who needs A/C in Missouri... I mean really!
It's not like the sun is closer to the earth or anything there (insert sarcasm here)... :P
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