Why don't we just give it to them, then?

When I travel to SSM to work football, we take the I-75 through Michigan. I've determined that the 6-of-one, half-dozen-of-the-other is Toronto. East of TO and you're better off to drive up around Georgian Bay.


True story:

About 10-12 (?) years ago, my cousin was going to an event at the Joe, and it would conclude around midnight - therefore driving back around 12:15am. The border guard told my cousin that if he hits a red light while driving back to the border crossing, to slow down some, but then to continue right on through when it was safe. :eek:


I remember this trivia question from years ago:

What is the most southernly state?
What is the most northernly state?
What is the most easternly state?
What is the most westernly state?

Back then, I was told that there are only 2 states to satisfy answering all 4 questions. I never verified it though.

Alaska covers three of the answers.

Works for me, as long as they take that annoying suburb of Ann Arbor too.

Letterman had a good line last night - he was talking about the NFL labor issues, and the fact fans may have to go a whole year without professional football. Kinda like living in Detroit.

Alaska and Hawaii.

That's the one that people trip on!

Minnesota is one of 3 states that has a portion of its state that is only accessible by land by going through Canada. Vermont (peninsula in Lake Champlain) and Washington state (Point Roberts, a peninsula in the Salish Sea) are the others.

Thanks Cliff! :D

I was feeling left out.

More trivia:

How many places on earth can you travel 1 mile south, 1 mile west, then 1 mile north, and then end up at the exact same spot in which you started?

and

How many places on earth can you travel 1 mile north, 1 mile east, then 1 mile south, and then end up at the exact same spot in which you started?

The same single place I can shake Santa's hand.

The same single place where, when you start, you can never go south.

Okay, how about this one.
How many points can you travel 1 mile south, one mile north, one mile east, and end up where you started?

The West Pole? :confused:

Conversely, there's an Canadian island -- Campobello, New Brunswick -- that is only accessible via a bridge in Maine, or a ferry via another New Brunswick island. If you take the bridge, you have to drive another hour through eastern Maine to get to mainland New Brunswick. (Gap knows the road.) I've often wondered if Canada would take the Northwest Angle in a trade for Campobello.

That would be Alburg, Vermont. I have gone through there many times. I've even stopped there a few times. I think they officially added an 'h' to the town name to sound more archaic. Bridges from Swanton, VT; North Hero, VT; and Rouses Point, NY, are the other access points.