He once told me: "If you ever come to New Zealand and land at the Auckland airport, be careful not to tell the taxi driver to take you to Oakland, which a city at the other end of the country." (Both names are pronounced very similarly.)

At a conference here, I once met a lady from New Zealand, we chatted a bit, and she asked me "Have you ever been to New Zealand?", obviously expecting a "No". "Only once," said I. "Oh, that's a lot!" was her reply. 🤣 She knew him, of course.