Yeah those are good ones.

Another question that used to crack me up: which way is quickest to drive to Anchorage, the Glenn Highway or the Alaska Marine Highway. I was always tempted to ask if they had water wings on their cars….

Chris, those were my first thoughts as well when reading the responses to the silly questions.

I used to do the office ordering at the place I worked in Fairbanks. I had a VERY long conversation with a worker of an office supply company I was trying to order from. The person argued with me about AK being a overseas. I eventually had to speak to the supervisor to get the order processed.

To this day, a lot of companies in the contiguous states won’t ship to AK.

“Do you take Canadian money?”

“Where is Denali from here?” Then, after I pointed it out to them, “oh ok, so then where’s Mt. McKinley?”

Also, after explaining that Alaska Natives can legally hunt certain protected marine mammals and use the materials for various types of Native art we have in our store (and using the pronoun “they” a lot), “so, did you make any of these?” I’m very, very white.

And my absolute favorite, after explaining about the marine mammals, “so do they kill the mammoths for their ivory too?”

No really, we get asked that question all the time! It’s because of all the beautiful 4000+ ft. Mountains jutting right out of the sea.

I think you should reply, “why yes, as much as we can get from you!”

That’s amazing. I guess government employees in Alaska actually do their jobs. I had to call the DMV recently and was amazed that someone just answered the phone.

Funny! You know, though, I worked on a farm in Palmer in 1983, and the farmer there — who had a very unusual last name — had actually received a piece of mail addressed only to his name and “Alaska,” and it had gotten to him! Amazing…. Also, I live in Illinois and recently got to know a fellow from North Carolina. It turns out we both know the same random person who lives outside of Anchorage! What are the chances?!!! Well, I guess that 600,000 AK speed dial thing is doing its job…. ;-D

My old supervisor was told in a Texas Doctor that they couldn’t accept her insurance because they didn’t take international insurance.

January? Really I’m from wasilla and no it does not get dark at midnight in January.

I went from Ketchikan to the University of Washington in Seattle and was invited to the Foreign Students’ Club.

For once I agree with you God. DP Sarah Palin?

A friend of mine had to convince someone that yes, you could drive to Alaska, and that it is not an island by Hawaii.

That’s hilarious

I get asked this when people see my car with a plug hanging out the front of it…
I usually say yes but its a nightmare untangling the extension cords when someone goes the wrong way on a one way!!

Europeans can name almost every country in the world and their capitols by the time they finish University. Americans can’t even recognize all of our states. Fail.

How many barrels? That’s hilarious.

We can spell “TROLL” ape boy.

Lmao!! That is too funny!!!

Next time let ’em know that if Alaska was cut in half, Texas would be only the third largest state.

Why did you move down here? I just tell them it is temporary, they are rebuilding my igloo since I melted it one night. My pet penguins are with the neighbors till I get back.

The tourist leaving the cruise ship who asked what is the elevation here probably meant what is the latitude here. To paraphrase a common expression, ignorance of the language is no excuse.

When the northern lights are out in summer? Wow I vaguely remember that.

Hey now. She’s kinda sorta hot. She’s just really stupid.

I’ve never had the guts to actually try this, but if it is high summer and if some ignorant tourist asks me when the Northern Lights are out, I am so tempted to say something like “Uh, yeah … the Legislature cut funding way back on the Northern Lights this year to save money, declining oil revenues and all that. Come back in September and you might see some.”

I swear some of these people left their brains back in the Lower 48.

And if one more person asks me if I really can see Russia from my house, I’m going to introduce them to the delicate Alaskan art of shoving my xtratuf-clad foot somewhere very private.

Also #6 – I get asked this one so much I wish I could just tape this response to my forehead!!

Awesome

Still going with horrible person. She spews nonsense that is bigoted.

As in the shit from a bull had more attractive qualities than that of Sarah Palin.

“You can see the waves coming, can’t you just steer around them?”

“What’s the elevation here?”

I actually never knew the difference. Just went with the generic ‘native.’

Alaskan Native- someone who can trace their ancestry to the native peoples of Alaska- regardless of where they currently live.

I noticed that after I read it. What a hypocrite I am, making fun of people and everything. I am going to change it and give YOU credit.

The question I was most asked? Do you live in an igloo. Yep, here’s a picture. LOL!!!!!

1. What language do they speak there? I replied Alaskianian, but we will have translators.
2. Do you also have to stay in an igloo? I replied, yes, but the have central heating and air in them.

Oh yeah, I got asked if I was native a few times, but I worked with a bunch of natives.

Amazing.

Uh???

Bull shit had more attractive qualities.

How much does it weigh?

Some people don’t know anything about anything and fall below the intelligence curve. Often times this inability to see eye to eye with people makes them angry. They walk around kind of frustrated because they don’t ‘get’ stuff. And they’re too dim to really learn how to interpret their anger, so they just act real aggressive and piss off the people above the curve. I think you are that guy.

Q: “How high above sea level are we?”
A: (As I look over the side of the dock) “Well the tide is out… So about eight feet…”

Q: (By a passenger walking off the gangplank) “How long until we arrive in Alaska?”
A: “About two days ago.”

Q: “What’s the name of this lake?”
A: ” The Pacific Ocean.”
(This was followed by… “See dear I told you Canadians were polite.” WTF?!)

Lol. No it’s five dollars a liter. What an idiot.

Haha. Deer turn into elk. Love it.

I also had a lady in the Seattle airport ask me how much gasoline was. When I told her, she asked me if that was by the gallon.

Haha. The elevation at sea level. I would just want to push them off the dock.

Haha. I thought it involved chugging a bottle of bootlegged Popov.

Yes she wasn’t the best employee. Also that thing about her having horrifying and borderline dangerous political beliefs.

Yeah that one should go in part 2, haha.

Person steps off a cruise ship onto the dock.
Cruise ship patron: “So, what elevation are we at?”
Me: Looks down at water “Um, about six feet I guess.”

Stupid and arrogant, always a great combo.

*where you live

Contrary to your contrary, Alaska does get dark in the summer and has daylight in the winter. Number of hours of each, of course, depends on where live within the state. SE Alaska gets dark around 11pm in the summer and around 4pm in the winter, give or take.

Really? Where in Alaska do you live? Here in Anchorage, while it doesn’t get pitch black like it does in, say, January, it does get quite dark(ish) every night, it just happens after midnight and only for a few hours this time of year.

And whaddya know!?! The exact opposite happens in basically the same way in the wintertime! (gasp!)

Also: I hate to break it to you (mostly because you say it like it is an Alaska only thing), but the equinox happens everywhere on the planet. That’s why it’s an equinox. They usually indicate the start of a season…

And while I don’t know Mrs. Palin personally, it’s probably best to reserve judgment on what type of person she is. But as an Alaskan, I have no such reservation in saying that she flat-out quit her job to move on (literally in this case, to Arizona, last I heard) to greener pastures (and bigger paychecks) outside of Alaska, rather than seeing her duly-elected term through. I suppose one can draw their own conclusions from that scenario. :/

Bullshit!

Thanks