An Iowa Story

A South Dakotan walks into a coffee shop in Iowa and orders a beverage. The first worker at the coffee shop takes his order, and begins working on it. A second worker comes in and begins to operate the cash register.


"Do you have our punch card?" the second worker asks.
"No, I do not. I am not from here, so I am not in need of a punch card," the South Dakotan replies.
"Ohhh, well what brings you to our fine town?" the second worker responds.
"Well, I'm here on business working for the local phone company."
"Ohhh, well, where are you from then?" the second worker asks?
"I came from South Dakota."
"Really!! Where is South Dakota?"
'Seriously? Did that just come from her mouth?' the South Dakotan wonders. 'Certainly she is joking. However, judging by the look on her face, she legitimately has no idea where this place is.'
"Well," the South Dakotan answers, "South Dakota actually touches the north west corner of Iowa. It's a neighboring state."
Suddenly, with no warning, a third worker joins the conversation. "Yes! I've heard of this place."
'Thank Goodness,' the South Dakotan thinks to himself. 'There is some sanity here.' However, this is short lived as the thought is interrupted by the continued utterance of the third worker.
"I've heard it's increadibly cold there!!"
'Well, so much for sanity," the South Dakotan thinks. 'I wonder where the Iowa education system went wrong.'
"Actually," the South Dakotan replies, "South Dakota's weather is almost exactly the same as it is here."

Now, it's both of the coffee shop employees who are stunned. The stare off into space thinking of this new, mysterious land with the funny name. "South Dakota!"


****Unfortunately, this is a completely true story.
Only the names have been left out to protect the stupid Iowans.****