Susan's Geography Lesson

Today's entry is a multi-chaptered tale of stupidity so you'll have to keep up, but rest assured that by the end you may understand this enigmatic figure slightly better.

Susan has a friend who is cycling to Germany. This confuses Susan:

How can he cycle to Germany, I thought there was sea between here and Germany?

Apparently she had asked him whether he was flying, to which he replied 'no'. The average person would, at this point, have used deduction to work out which mode of transport he would have used to cross the English Channel. Not Susan. Susan's brain simply couldn't get past the question- how does someone cycle on water? Until she figured it out:

Oh, of course! He's going from London!

Please take a moment to let this question sink in. I had to, and I feel it's a question that is worth taking time to savour. See- felt good didn't it? I then explained that the English Channel lay south of London, and that her friend would presumably be taking a ferry or train to France and then he would be able to complete his journey by cycling to Germany. Susan, not missing the opportunity to broaden her knowledge then asked me:

Is Germany the only place you can get to from France without crossing the sea?

At this point I had to explain what continents were. It is probably worth noting that at no point during this did she feel patronised.