tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524377.post3023816039841370519..comments2023-07-14T07:58:23.792-04:00Comments on More Than My Luggage: So, Uh, Just Where IS China?Dennis!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08221557848747905966noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524377.post-17387607944406222372007-04-09T22:52:00.000-04:002007-04-09T22:52:00.000-04:00I actually feel kinda bad for him, cause he was pr...I actually feel kinda bad for him, cause he was pretty close and yet everyone looked at him like he was soooooo retarded for not getting it. Then again, he totally didn't help himself when he then put the pin in Greenland.Dennis!https://www.blogger.com/profile/08221557848747905966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524377.post-34694537592211528832007-04-09T14:15:00.000-04:002007-04-09T14:15:00.000-04:00Didn't mean to imply that you were so ignorant, so...Didn't mean to imply that you were so ignorant, sorry if it came off as such.<BR/><BR/>He was relatively close, and the commercial probably would've been funnier had he got it right and everyone else was a dunce about it.<BR/><BR/>That said sticking a pin anywhere in the middle of asia gets you pretty close to China....assuming said office drone knew China to be Asian/which continent that was.Charlie Asherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02538341619919013228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524377.post-53526040324151445822007-04-09T13:42:00.000-04:002007-04-09T13:42:00.000-04:00I will not confess to being an ignorant American w...I will not confess to being an ignorant American who doesn't know world geography, but he really was pretty close. I didn't catch the nuances of the color scheme of the map. (That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it!)Dennis!https://www.blogger.com/profile/08221557848747905966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524377.post-453651994001932842007-04-09T10:31:00.000-04:002007-04-09T10:31:00.000-04:00Not a problem.It appears he puts it in the orange ...Not a problem.<BR/><BR/>It appears he puts it in the orange area of the map, which is Russia, but just north of China, which appears pink. So he's not that far off.<BR/><BR/>Still a fairly humorous example of Americans complete lack of geographical knowledge.Charlie Asherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02538341619919013228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524377.post-91094205574247711712007-04-09T09:23:00.000-04:002007-04-09T09:23:00.000-04:00Thanks for calling on that -- guess I got my rando...Thanks for calling on that -- guess I got my random trivia messed up.<BR/><BR/>Maybe it's the angle... it looks like he hit China to me, but then maybe he was a bit too far north.Dennis!https://www.blogger.com/profile/08221557848747905966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524377.post-37993487145335930502007-04-09T08:29:00.000-04:002007-04-09T08:29:00.000-04:00China is actually the FOURTH largest country in te...China is actually the FOURTH largest country in terms of landmass (first by population though) after Russia, (which he puts the pin into) Canada and the USCharlie Asherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02538341619919013228noreply@blogger.com