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NRALIFR wrote:
“ (not really, just pulling that old Sarah Palin gaff out of the archives for effect)”


I know that was said in jest, and I accept it as such. But, just for the record, that was actually Tina Fey, playing Sarah Palin on SNL, who said “And I can see Russia from my house.”

What Sarah Palin actually said, and is 100% true, is that “They’re our next-door neighbors, and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska, from an island in Alaska”.

While that quote even gets a chuckle out of me, It’s very much like the quote that’s always attributed to Sherlock Holmes. He never said that in any of the books authored by his creator.

:):)

I didn't expect to "fact checked" on that reference, but right you are. I was thinking more people might recall the SNL skit by using SP's name than TF's. Haven't watched SNL since the mid-80s. Lorne Michaels must be the unofficial king of TV producer longevity? Born in Toronto left Canada to make his home in the USA, and became a US citizen in 1987, like most of our successful media types eventually do.
Thinking about the Russia reference, we could have seen Russia from the Yukon, and BC, if you folks hadn't bought that big snowy piece of real estate from them. There are probably still lots of Russian names and places up there to this day. I almost spit coffee when I saw the sign for Kalifornsky when we were headed out towards Homer a few years ago. It's quite a place, Alaska.