“So, you’re from England?”
“Yes, I was born there.”
“So what brought you to America?”
“I have a visa to work here for a year.”
“So how did you get here? Did you drive?”
“What? No, I didn’t.”
“Oh, right. You took the train, didn’t you?”
“No, I flew.”
“So what do you do when the Thames is frozen every winter?”
“What?”
“Doesn’t the Thames freeze every year? You’re on the same line of latitude as Quebec!”
“We have a jet stream that gives us warm a- Never mind. I just wanted to know where the loo is.”
“Oh, he’s right over there.”