our great [count them, 50] states

so i was in trader joe's a few days ago buying myself some food and a bottle of wine. of course i got carded, and i hand over my connecticut driver's license to the guy behind the register. he was nice, american [or rather, californian], about my age. he takes alook at it and says, "hmm, connecticut. massachusetts is in connecticut right? my parents are thinking of moving there."

the last time i checked, we had 50 non-intersecting states. i leave it as an exercise to the reader to imagine how i fielded that one.