Inferior Knowledge On Lake Superior

(I work at a movie theatre in a museum which specializes in showing documentary features. We currently have one about the Great Lakes.)

Customer: “Excuse me! What’s the next movie about?”

Me: “Well, it’s mostly about the attempts to re-introduce sturgeon into the rivers surrounding the Great Lakes and—”

Customer: “Well yeah, but which Great Lakes?”

Me: “Um… all of them.”

Customer: “No, WHICH GREAT LAKES? Like, the ones in Canada, or the ones in America?”

Me: “Uh, I’m pretty sure they’re the same lakes.”

Customer: “No no no, there are the Great Lakes of Canada, and the Great Lakes of America. They’re different.”

Me: “Well, I think the border runs through most of them—”

Customer: “Who would put a national border in the middle of lake? Honestly, you’d think they’d teach you something about the movies you play here.”