questions not to ask me

As many of you already know, I’m looking for a sublet in San Francisco this summer from the beginning of June to around mid-August. [Related plea: anyone know of apartments that will be available during that time? I've lived in enough places over the past few years that I'm not really that picky anymore, I just want somewhere I can chill when I'm not working.] So far, not so much luck. Here’s a conversation I had with a prospective landlord the other day:

Me: Hi, I’m calling about the sublet you posted on craigslist

Landlord: Oh hi, great. So, where are you calling from? You showed up as zeros on my caller ID.

Me: Right, I’m in Peru.

(pause)

LL: Peru… wow… say, I have another guy that called me from Spain. Peru is pretty close to Spain, right?

Me: Um.

*10 seconds later*

LL: Hey, the people in Peru are really dark, right?

Until now, I didn’t even consider myself that much of a snob about this — I’ll admit that extreme geographic ignorance bothers me a little, but I can’t really be a purist since I do occasionally get mixed up about parts of the world I haven’t traveled to. But those 2 questions coming right on top of each other left me flailing for a response. I mean, seriously: if we’re talking on the phone and I say I’m in Peru, that’s what you ask before anything else? Or better yet, that’s the only thing you ask?

Reiterating plea: if anyone has any apartment-hunting leads for this summer, let me know. I’ll be eternally grateful — and see what you’ll be saving me from?