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- From: brian@sgmlinc.com (Brian E. Travis)
- Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
- Subject: 'Springfield' is NOT a city in all states!
- Distribution: world
- Message-ID: <725692701snx@sgmlinc.com>
- References: <lisqabINN7mg@news.bbn.com>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 92 05:18:21 GMT
- Organization: SGML Associates, Inc.
- Reply-To: brian@sgmlinc.com
- Lines: 18
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- In article <lisqabINN7mg@news.bbn.com> pdsmith@bbn.com writes:
- > How many of you have heard the rumor that there's a "Springfield" in
- > all the states of America?
- >
- > NOT TRUE! In fact there are *no* towns that are found in all states!
- > This is easy to determine; just get an atlas and start comparing ...
- > (I recommend comparing 'Nevada' and 'Alaska' first; they have hardly
- > any towns to begin with).
-
- Scientific Experiment: Why don't we take 51 postcards and address
- them to General Delivery in Springfield for each state. Let the
- Post Office earn it's pay. If We don't get any back, we'll know
- they were delivered.
-
- BTW, I heard that Aurora is the only common town/ship/village/burg/
- city name.
-
- Brian "P.O., P.O. He's our man...If he can't do it, no one can" Travis
-