About that puddle -- the one on the opposite side of the U. S. can also be a challenge.
Some years ago, while teaching an advanced ESL class to Spanish-speaking kids, they were working on a lesson on "What would you do if ---?". To those not up on grammar, such "conditional" sentences are just about the highest form of verb study, and also, in Spanish, where the lovable subjunctive comes into play. (Subjunctive is almost non-existent in English, but very much a part of many languages.)
ANYWAY, one question in the exercise said, "What would you do if you had a car?" One girl answered, "If I had a car, I would drive to London." Well, there isn't a thing wrong with the sentence, except in the realm of possibility. And so far, the mother of all bridges hasn't been built.
I might mention that this took place in Los Angeles, which makes the distance even more of a problem.