I rode my bike to work one day as I had left my car there, it's about 12 miles. A co-worker says "Wow, you rode all the way from home?"
Years ago a co-worker said an expensive bike was around $300 and there was 'no way' the bikes in the Tour de France could cost more than that.
Some friends rode across the U.S. and up the Eastern seaboard and near the end they stopped at a gas station to ask about the best way to Boston. The gas station guy says "Bahston? That's fahty miles from here!"