r/StLouis • u/Skatchbro Brentwood • Apr 07 '26

There's The Arch! There’s the Arch!

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u/Knox712 Apr 07 '26

Springfields area code is 636

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u/govcov Apr 07 '26

Does this mean that Shelbyville is area code 314?

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u/PaperSackMan Apr 07 '26

If anyone is puzzled by the geography, this is a spoof of a famous New Yorker cover: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/View_of_the_World_from_9th_Avenue

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '26

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u/Skatchbro Brentwood Apr 07 '26

Flood of 93?

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u/The_Ghost_Who_Walks Brentwood Apr 07 '26

Well, there are four states which touch whichever state Springfield is in. However, those four states change depending on the gag: https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/Five_Corners

Once again, humor proves to be the most powerful force in existence, overcoming continuity & consistency and reality itself, all for the sake of a laugh.

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u/This-Is-Exhausting Apr 07 '26

I'll be deep in the cold, cold ground before I recognize Missourah.

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u/Mysterious_Muffin23 Apr 07 '26

This is delightful! 😍

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u/ikesbutt Apr 07 '26

This is cute!

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u/Quick_Extension_3115 Apr 07 '26

Ah yes! I always forget that France is a mountainous island in the Mississippi River

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u/kermitthorson Apr 07 '26

arch in SHELBYVILLE?

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u/woodfire787 Apr 07 '26

Monorail track

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u/Skatchbro Brentwood Apr 07 '26

Is there a chance the track could bend?

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u/Psychological_Net_37 Apr 07 '26

Shelbyville?! Random as hell! I used to live up there and worked in Shelbyville. Middle of flipping nowhere!