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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI have racked my brain all day and I still can't think of an island
that is not "surrounded by water".
Sneederbunk
(14,319 posts)Ms. Toad
(34,130 posts)HipChick
(25,485 posts)eventually....Turtle Island..
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)world wide wally
(21,762 posts)So, how about Rock Island, Illinois?
dweller
(23,709 posts)😁 I can't remember the riddle I learned this from ...
unblock
(52,503 posts)grantcart
(53,061 posts)csziggy
(34,140 posts)About 3 minutes in:
lostnfound
(16,203 posts)An island of character and sanity surrounded by a sea of idiots and con men.
Turbineguy
(37,420 posts)smart to run for president in the republican party.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Where Tabasco is made. It's inland but surrounded by marshes. Does it count?
Binkie The Clown
(7,911 posts)Blues Heron
(5,954 posts)I think it might be surrounded by a bog though, not sure
Leith
(7,816 posts)Say it out loud.
SergeStorms
(19,205 posts)The "Isle of Lucy" was one of their favorite places to play.
Leith
(7,816 posts)One of their "side" cartoons talked about the Isle of Lucy in the middle of Veronica Lake.
SergeStorms
(19,205 posts)Rocky and Bullwinkle came before "Spinal Tap", so that's where Chris Guest et al. gleaned it from I guess. You learn something every day. Thanks for that!
underpants
(183,043 posts)I'd forgotten about that
Takket
(21,712 posts)Then maybe he will understand what an island is
nocalflea
(1,387 posts)Give 'em each a blanket and a bucket and let the tourists throw peanuts at them.
arthritisR_US
(7,303 posts)matt819
(10,749 posts)If he considers Australia his head will explode. Island. Country. Continent. Ocean.
Maynar
(769 posts)Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)Is that when you woke up this morning, you already knew that Puerto Rico was an island.
You didn't need someone to explain that to you as if you were a five year old.
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,364 posts)My dad's old joke:
I'm taking the family on vacation to the islands. Blue Island, Stony Island and Rock Island.
0rganism
(23,994 posts)has Ocean Man taken us to a land that only he understands?
world wide wally
(21,762 posts)"I" land
edbermac
(15,952 posts)Brody: It doesn't make any sense when you pay a guy like you to watch sharks.
Hooper: Well, uh, it doesn't make much sense for a guy who hates the water to live on an island either.
Brody: It's only an island if you look at it from the water.
Hooper: That makes a lot of sense.
DFW
(54,506 posts)WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)small "i" island---i.e., an island IN REALITY---is not "surrounded by water."
Clearly, there are places NAMED capital-"I" "Island" that do not merit the designation!
IOW and IMO, the OP was rhetorical!
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)Everywhere.