OT, but this reminds me: several years ago on my way to my office after getting off the subway in Times Square someone approached me looking like they had a question. I don't remember exactly why I stopped to talk to them (normally I would keep my earbuds on and just ignore people who looked like they were trying to solicit something since it's generally pretty obvious when someone is a tourist and actually needs help compared to having some other agenda), but I was absolutely thrown by them asking me "What state name ends in the letter K?" I assumed this was some sort of experiment and said "I'm really sorry, I'm on my way to work and don't have time for something like this". Before I could walk away, they asked me "What state are you from?", and I interpreted the question as being about where I grew up and not where I currently lived and said "Massachusetts". They looked at me strangely and said "the answer is New York, we're in New York right now". I told them I still had to get to work and said goodbye and rushed out due to embarrassment, and I still have no idea what their purpose for asking that was.
