On a London to South Africa flight :
"Will we be able to see Table Mountain when we land?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"Because it's in Cape Town and we're flying to Johannesburg."
"I know that, but surely you can see it from there."
And again, it's early morning, dawn breaking off the port wing as we cruise down the west coast of Southern Africa .......
"Is that sunrise or sunset?"
"Sunrise, it's just before 6 am local time."
"Oh, I thought it was different when you cross the Equator."
And on an Olympic airways flight JNB - NBO- ATH, this beautiful dumb Afrikaans brunette next to me, as Captain Kostas announces our approach into Nairobi some 4 hours after departure from Jan Smuts .....
"Are we still in Serth Effrica?"
"No, this is Kenya ...."
"Yiss, but are we still in South Africa ....."
So I showed her the map of Africa and the southern part of Europe in the IF magazine ..... and she ways to me ..... "Ag, so is this the whole world ....?"
"No," I said, "Have you heard of America?"
"Yiss, but I think maybe it's too small to show on here."
Dumb she was, but I let her take advantage of me on our night stop in Athens!