Back in the early days when computers were just beginning to talk, the company I worked for (major telecommunications provider in the Western US) had one that had a bad database. It could say "Iowa" when "IA" had been entered, "Washington" when "WA" had been entered, but in the beginning it had a bit of trouble with "OR, MT, and NE" which came out "Or, Mount, and Northeast," respectively. As the various upgrades took place the mistakes were eventually fixed, except for "NE". That system never seemed to figure out "NE" is "Nebraska." It was probably programmed by a Sooner.

I decided to stay in Grand Island for two days rather than driving to Minnesota today and having a day off tomorrow in an unknown truck stop. This way I