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RE: She does Pokemon, I do photography, cute meet in downtown Albion
Richardsonian style... so most likely after someone named Richardson - never heard of that before.
Most surprising is to see that there are 3 Noble County court houses in the US, which makes things confusing again. But the Albion one was the first.
It's not unheard of for us to get calls in dispatch from people who are actually looking for Noble County, Ohio, or Noble County, Oklahoma. And with over two dozen Albions, we get calls for other towns, too.
Really, Oklahoma? They must have taken a seriously wrong turn somewhere... :)
It reminds me of the famous story of the wife of a British soldier in Germany, who wanted to drive to Britain to visit relatives. (For that, you need to cross through France to get to Calais for the Tunnel train or the ferry, or through Belgium to get to Antwerp for a ferry).
She began to wonder why it was taking so long to get there, and why all the road signs were in spanish... :)
:-)
The basic problem is that people either look up a number or ask an operator, and in both cases they don't double check their work before they put the call through. If I hear an address I'm not familiar with I'll often say to the caller, "Let me ask you a strange question: What state are you trying to call?"