A few years ago, we were at a local comedy show here in NC, the comedian was from NYC and was talking about how different thing were in the South, somehow the topic of tornadoes came up and some one from the audience asked him if he had any "tornado magnets". For several minutes the comedian stammered his way around and improvised because he had not idea what a tornado magnet was. When someone finally told him the answer was one of the funnest things I've seen.
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