Connecticut Got Cut

(Friend #1 and I are at Friend #2]s house. She has a map of the US in her room, and we get on the subject of the different states.)

Me: “There are always a handful of states that I can just never remember. It’s like my brain just doesn’t consider them real states. Like Connecticut. For some reason, I always think Connecticut is a city.”

Friend #1: *in confusion* “Isn’t Connecticut in Vermont?”

Me: *slightly contemptuously* “Vermont isn’t a state, you idiot.”

Friend #2: *looking at the both of us in silent horror*

(Friend #2, ashamed by our ignorance, later posted this exchange on Facebook. Our English teacher actually commented, saying ‘please don’t share things like this with me.’ On the plus side, I now never forget Connecticut or Vermont when listing the States.)