Note: 11th grade. Not 11 years old.
In Vegas, I once asked a kid in grocery store parking lot what is the three planet from the sun. His reply: I don't know. We haven't got that far yet in school. (Quoted almost exactly) I then asked what grade he was in. His reply: I'm a senior.
The above is a true story. From that day I continued to ask the same questions to a myriad of different people. Most women answered with Venus and most men answered with Mars. Few said Earth.
Once, a middle aged man correctly stated all the planets in order starting with Mercury, with the exception of the one he's on. I asked him if he forgot one, whereupon he recited again the list, still leaving off Earth. Then I asked him so which is the third planet, and I quote, "Let's see: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter. It's Jupiter!" How I kept a straight face, I don't know. Somewhere in America there's a man walking around that doesn't know what planet he's on--or able to count to three. Yet he wears a suit.
~Bruno~
In Vegas, I once asked a kid in grocery store parking lot what is the three planet from the sun. His reply: I don't know. We haven't got that far yet in school. (Quoted almost exactly) I then asked what grade he was in. His reply: I'm a senior.
The above is a true story. From that day I continued to ask the same questions to a myriad of different people. Most women answered with Venus and most men answered with Mars. Few said Earth.
Once, a middle aged man correctly stated all the planets in order starting with Mercury, with the exception of the one he's on. I asked him if he forgot one, whereupon he recited again the list, still leaving off Earth. Then I asked him so which is the third planet, and I quote, "Let's see: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter. It's Jupiter!" How I kept a straight face, I don't know. Somewhere in America there's a man walking around that doesn't know what planet he's on--or able to count to three. Yet he wears a suit.
~Bruno~
Before/during/after Third Rock From The Sun?
