08-30-2016, 10:39 AM
Heatstreet has made the correction, but not Fox News. Hilarious, indeed.
Usually, Stanford is confused with Stamford, right? During my freshman year, I received a phone call from a buddy back home (he was a K-State student, I might add) at 4 a.m. who thought I was going to college in Connecticut.
On the other hand, I went home for spring break freshman year, and went to a party with a bunch of K-Staters. One of the girls whom I had just met asked me if I went to K-State. I told her I went to Stanford and was home on spring break. She looked puzzled and then asked me if Stanford was in Kansas City. I told her no. She puzzled some more and asked me if Stanford was in Topeka. I decided to let her off the hook and told her it was in California.
Usually, Stanford is confused with Stamford, right? During my freshman year, I received a phone call from a buddy back home (he was a K-State student, I might add) at 4 a.m. who thought I was going to college in Connecticut.
On the other hand, I went home for spring break freshman year, and went to a party with a bunch of K-Staters. One of the girls whom I had just met asked me if I went to K-State. I told her I went to Stanford and was home on spring break. She looked puzzled and then asked me if Stanford was in Kansas City. I told her no. She puzzled some more and asked me if Stanford was in Topeka. I decided to let her off the hook and told her it was in California.
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)