There are no canaries on Canary Island. The same thing is true about the Virgin Islands.

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NoNatural3590@reddit

There are no orcs in the Orkneys, either. And no one gives two sheds about the Shetlands except Arthur Jackson.

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gonzal2020@reddit

Next you are going to tell us that there are no lesbians on Lesbos, aren't you?

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johnwcowan@reddit

Michael Dukakis was the first serious U.S. presidential candidate who was a Lesbian.

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I have no idea. But his father's family is from the island of Lesvos (Lesbos in ancient times), where the poet Sappho came from. His mother's family are Aromanians, Greek nationals of a minority ethnicity: their home language is closely related to Romanian, and there is some evidence that it was his first language before Greek and English.

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ecp001@reddit

IIRC the Canary Islands were named after canines.

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FunnyKozaru@reddit (OP)

The teeth?

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P99X@reddit

The teeth were named after the Canines bearing them

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FunnyKozaru@reddit (OP)

r/whoosh

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VeniVidiViciAgain@reddit

What about Isle of Man?

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FunnyKozaru@reddit (OP)

No canaries there, either.

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CJBill@reddit

That's not true, my auntie lives there and she's definitely got one

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well-of-wisdom@reddit

A canary or a man?

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eltedioso@reddit

What about Isle of Lucy?

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FredFlintston3@reddit

Da canaries got some splainin to do, just like Lucy

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Evening-Tomatillo-47@reddit

No canaries

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Optimal_Law_4254@reddit

No canaries?

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sourisanon@reddit

What about Epstein's Island

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Fnordmeister@reddit

No. And it was one of the Virgin Islands.

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P99X@reddit

Rapist wit

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Fnordmeister@reddit

Actually, it's true. Little Saint James island was Epstein's island, and it was part of the Virgin Islands.

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NonspecificGravity@reddit

Are there sandwiches on the Sandwich Islands?

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QuickPickaStick@reddit

The Earl of Sandwich is dismayed.

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P99X@reddit

Tell him Hawai’i for me

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SofEdM@reddit

... you can't get a hotdog in Frankfurt nor a hamburger in Hamburg...

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bflaminio@reddit

Chuck Norris once visited the Virgin Islands. They're now known as just "The Islands".

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Frescanation@reddit

I’m reading this sitting in St. Croix and can confirm there are no canaries in sight. Or virgins either.

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dkesh@reddit

Is there any bubble water?

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bartonar@reddit

Only bubbly holy water

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QuickPickaStick@reddit

Magellan was a straight guy.

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QuickPickaStick@reddit

But there are plenty of cooks on Cook Island.

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druidscooobs@reddit

It's named after dogs.

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DavyDavisJr@reddit

After sea dogs which are seals.

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druidscooobs@reddit

Canariae Insulae," which means "island of dogs

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will17blitz@reddit

Do the Cook Islands also have tv dinners?

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RpTheHotrod@reddit

Did you know that wolves can jump higher than an average 1 story house? Absolutely true, but mostly because houses can't jump very high.

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kriscardiac@reddit

Is it ever Christmas on Easter Island?

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P0L1Z1STENS0HN@reddit

Yes. It's called Easter island because they have Easter every day, but that's no reason not to have Christmas the same time we do. If you want to experience how it is to have Easter and Christmas at the same time, relocate there to find out. The first time it's fun, but it's getting boring very soon...

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Combat_Armor_Dougram@reddit

And is it ever Easter on Christmas Island?

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analysisdead@reddit

Au contraire: I can vouch that Manar Pet Store in Charlotte Amalie has canaries for sale.

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pedrito_elcabra@reddit

There's absolutely canaries on the Canary islands.

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Frodo34x@reddit

The birds are literally named after the Islands!

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CJBill@reddit

Although the islands are named after dogs

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ContainsTracesOfLies@reddit

I believe Canary Wharf is so named because it's located on the Isle of Dogs.

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AlternativePea6203@reddit

If that's true that's going to be my next pub fact

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ContainsTracesOfLies@reddit

I'm absolutely convinced, but annoyingly there's nothing definitive and there are other suggestions (all just as unprovable but less likely). Wikipedia suggests it's because of trade with the Canary Islands, which I find tenuous. The Isle of Dogs logic is a much more elegant and intelligent.

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