Idaho doens’t exist?
Warning: Don’t take this article seriously.
There may not be a single ounce of truth to the following article and whoever compiled the piece was most likely high off his own stash. Nonetheless, I found the “supporting” evidence a little humorous. So let’s start out with some of the claimed facts:
Do you know anybody from Idaho? Do you know anybody who knows anybody from Idaho? According to the 1990 “census,” there are over one million (1,000,000, or 1 x 10^6) people living in Idaho. But if there are so many Idahoers, where are they?
Any given supermarket in the United States has sacks of potatoes clearly marked “Idaho Potatoes.” People make the assumption, that when they are buying these potatoes, that they were grown in the “state” of “Idaho.” Actually, “Idaho” is a type of potato, just like “McIntosh” is a type of apple. The FACT is that many states have potato crops, as well as foreign countries, and potatoes that say “Idaho” on them are no more from Idaho than Baltimore Orioles all come from Maryland.
The only evidence that there is a state called Idaho comes from maps. Everybody has maps, in almanacs, in encyclopedias, and on the walls of every elementary school classroom in America.
So apparently the whole idea of a state called Idaho even existing is the work of brainwashing cartographers! Could it be true? While attending Washington State Univ. I could have sworn I took a few trips to Lewiston, Idaho. I had to have stepped on Idaho soil. I think? Maybe that nice girl I met at Idaho State never existed? Great, now I understand why everyone would laugh when I brought up her name.
