My first year out of the state, I got these questions:

"First time on a freeway?" (It was a four-lane paved road.)

Guy shows me a Rand McNally road atlas. Dad's lending him the RV for the summer and he wants to take an Alaskan road trip. Why did they leave so many of the roads off the map? Does the atlas just show the major highways or something? (I couldn't help laughing. There ARE no roads to the towns and villages he was pointing at. He just couldn't get his head around the notion of a mainland community with no road access whatsoever!)

"Ever seen cable television before?" (Actually, IIRC, Alaska and Hawaii were the first states to make cable pay. Anything to ward off cabin fever.)

And my favorite:

"I hear you're from Alaska."

"Yeah."

(long silence, peers at me suspiciously) "Why are you white?"

Hey, Alaska Mike, do you know any LeMoyne songs? Needs a woman to sing it, but something tickles me about "That Hungry Look Again" being sung in a pub. Hobo Jim was here in Kodiak over Halloween and I missed both shows, darn it!