On the North Shore one weekend, a tourist asked my buddy "how deep is it out there?"
My friend held up his hand with thumb and forefinger indicating about an inch and replied, "well, it starts at about this deep and then gets deeper from there."
On another occasion, a friend was watching the sunset and was asked..."what direction is that?" while the visitor pointed toward the sun. Does the sun set in directions other than west in other parts of the world?
Some tourists once came out of the water one day after snorkeling and one of them said, "wow, that was great! it's just like being in an aquarium! " My friend and I just looked at each other. (?!?!?)
Similarly to an above post, when my brother lived in Alaska, he was down on the coast near one of the sounds one day and was asked what the elevation was at that location. Ahh, I'm guessing maybe about sea level..?? Here's your sign.