Quote Originally Posted by ardchoille View Post
I've noticed that too. I've also been asked "do you know Jim? He lives in Scotland."
One of the funniest stories I heard on that score was from an instructor I had once. He was over in Europe and he got hit with the "Oh you're from Canada? Do you know ____?" and before the person could get the name out he tersely cut him off with "Look, Canada is a country of over 25 million people, spanning an entire continent! How could you POSSIBLY expect that I would know this person?" Well the other person sheepishly said the name and it actually turned out that he DID know them.