Most surfers have a pretty keen interest in geography. When you’re on the constant search for better waves, more swell or less crowded water, you get to poring over maps. I’ve always been interested in geography as well, but I have to admit that whole Tennessee/Kentucky/Missouri area, basically the Southern states that aren’t on the Gulf coast, is pretty hazy.

But geography aside, I was a little surprised last week to find out that the whole country hadn’t heard about the county clerk in…