overheard between work cubes... and the Atlantic ocean

aj: there's a country called ascension?
mary g: it's off the coast of madagascar.
aj: check out the big brain on mary!
mary g: watch out, it's filling up my cube!

and then the descending geographical forces weighed in from edinburgh:

Ascension is an island in the Atlantic ocean. It's part of the British
Commonwealth. It is not a country, nor is it off the coast of Madagascar, which
is an island in the Indian ocean.

I don't know what Mary's big brain is full of but it ain't geography!

— Steve B.