So, I'm at work early this morning, and two other employees arrive. I
overhear one of them tell the other that he is going to be spending
Fathers' Day weekend by himself because his wife has gone back East to
see her father, and that the wife and her sister were going to be
hiking the Appalachian Trail. I waited for a pause in their
conversation, then said, "John [not his real name], I heard you say
that your wife and her sister were going to be hiking the Appalachian
Trail." He replied affirmatively. I continued, "Well, I hope that
they can speak Spanish." He asked, perplexed, "Why would they have to
know Spanish to hike the Appalachian Trail?"

--Bryan