A woman called a travel agency. The following conversation ensued:

A woman called a travel agency. The following conversation ensued:

• Customer: “I want to go from Chicago to Hippopotamus, New York.”
• Agent: “Er, are you sure that’s the name of the town?”
• Customer: “Yes, what flights do you have?”

Baffled, the agent scoured around but finally had to give up.

• Agent: “I’m sorry, ma’am, I’ve looked up every airport code in the country and can’t find a Hippopotamus anywhere.”
• Customer: “Oh, don’t be silly. Everyone knows where it is. Check your map!”

Just then, the agent had a stroke of inspiration.

• Agent: “You don’t mean Buffalo, do you?”
• Customer: “That’s it! I knew it was a big animal!”