very, very sad

[lindaj]

"Hello, United Airlines."
"Hi, I'd like to book a ticket from Boston to Santa Fe."
"Is that Santa Fe, Argentina, or Santa Fe, New Mexico?"
"Oh, sorry. That would be New Mexico."
"Well, you'll need to phone our International Reservations department."
"And why exactly would that be?"
"Because you want to buy a ticket to New Mexico."

Comments

[blaisepascal]

Hmm, I guess I was wrong, then. I didn't think RI was a state. I thought it was a Commonwealth (specifically, the Commonwealth of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations).

But I just checked the RI State Constitution, and it's a state, not a commonwealth. It's still "Rhode Island and Providence Plantations" though.

I wonder when that changed, or if I was just mistaken.

[lindalee.livejournal.com]

Massachusetts is a Commonwealth, and I believe there is one other, but I don't know which one it is.

[leenah.livejournal.com]

Virginia.

[blaisepascal]

It appears that Kentucky and Virginia are also commonwealths. I thought there were four, though.