As one who was born and raised in Mitten-gan and now resides in suburban Chicago...
THAT's funny!
Once on a trip back home to Hawaii from California I was sitting by a young gal from upstate N. Y. who had never been any where before. I mean not even to N.Y. City. She was to meet her hubby there who was on R and R from the military stationed in Japan. As we swung around to land she said , "I didn't know Hawaii was on a lake" . I said , Yes, it's a big lake called the Pacific Ocean. LOL True story. Then to top that off she said do you live here. I said no, I live on the island of Maui. She said, how long will it take you to drive over there.