The joke's going to fly over some of your heads. And then minutes later, come back like a boomerang. Or miss. Just the way I want it for my reading audience.

Anyways, until a few months ago, I always thought Salem of the Salem Witch Trials fame was in Oregon. When in fact it wasn't. Which, in retrospect, now makes sense. I mean, the US wasn't even a country yet. How could I have thought it was in Oregon?

If you haven't gotten the joke yet, then it might help to know that this is a lesson in US history and the English language. Burned/burnt. Hung not hanged...yeah. I swear if you still don't get it...