job questions (was From Viggo to Venison)

[moongirlk]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "lupinesque" <aiz24 at h...> wrote
> 
> Interesting.  I've been told that the British seldom ask this, at 
> least in comparison to USAmericans (and that within the U.S., 
> Northeasterners are more likely to ask this than, say, West Coast 
> dwellers, though I haven't observed this myself; I *have* observed 
> that Northeasterners are much more likely to ask where one went to 
> college).  John or other frequent floaters-between, care to comment?
> 
> Amy

Sadly I can't comment on the British, but I had to laugh about 
the 'where'd you go to college' thing.  I'm from St. Louis, and the 
joke there is that when you meet other St. Louisans, someone's bound 
to ask (and in large part for the same reason, I imagine), 'Where'd 
you go to high school?'  It's something St. Louisans are known for, 
and somewhat embarrassingly provincial.  You wouldn't get around to 
establishing where someone went to college until after that.