Common misconceptions (misperceptions?) about your state/country.
#201
Originally Posted by peaceandjoy
Originally Posted by Rhonda
All Iowans are not HICKS!! And we don't live in the sticks!! A lot of us have actually been to college!!! And we don't all run around barefoot all the time(But I do! LOL).
The thing that irritates me is when they want to make a character sound like he is going into the back of beyond they use Iowa as the place he is going to! We do have culture and it isn't all hog farms and corn fields!! LOL
And there are more towns in Iowa than just Des Moines and Davenport. BTW Des Moines in pronounced D-Moyn Not Dez Moyns.
The thing that irritates me is when they want to make a character sound like he is going into the back of beyond they use Iowa as the place he is going to! We do have culture and it isn't all hog farms and corn fields!! LOL
And there are more towns in Iowa than just Des Moines and Davenport. BTW Des Moines in pronounced D-Moyn Not Dez Moyns.
Actually had a good time, for the most part. It was an adventure! And participated in my first and only Chinese firedrill...
#202
Originally Posted by maryb119
Originally Posted by peaceandjoy
Originally Posted by Rhonda
All Iowans are not HICKS!! And we don't live in the sticks!! A lot of us have actually been to college!!! And we don't all run around barefoot all the time(But I do! LOL).
The thing that irritates me is when they want to make a character sound like he is going into the back of beyond they use Iowa as the place he is going to! We do have culture and it isn't all hog farms and corn fields!! LOL
And there are more towns in Iowa than just Des Moines and Davenport. BTW Des Moines in pronounced D-Moyn Not Dez Moyns.
The thing that irritates me is when they want to make a character sound like he is going into the back of beyond they use Iowa as the place he is going to! We do have culture and it isn't all hog farms and corn fields!! LOL
And there are more towns in Iowa than just Des Moines and Davenport. BTW Des Moines in pronounced D-Moyn Not Dez Moyns.
Actually had a good time, for the most part. It was an adventure! And participated in my first and only Chinese firedrill...
#203
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: East Oklahoma - pining for Massachusetts
Posts: 10,477
Originally Posted by dljennings
Originally Posted by marybs
Originally Posted by Boston1954
Massachusetts taxes are no worse than other places. Food is not taxed. Clothing is not taxed. I lived in Nashville, Tennessee for 12 years and was taxed on everything.
Oh, and it is Massachusetts.....NOT Mass. It is a place not an event. Mass is something my husband might go to on a Sunday morning.
Oh, and it is Massachusetts.....NOT Mass. It is a place not an event. Mass is something my husband might go to on a Sunday morning.
#204
Wisconsin---We all like Brett Farve. Not true...though most of us are probably ticked about him going to the Vikings. lol. Not everyone has that "Wisconsinite" accent (I don't, but I'm told it sometimes slips in there when I'm angry). Not everyone here lives in a diet of cheese...well, I could, but my lactose intolerence wouldn't like it so I don't. But we may possibly consume enough cheese where you'd think our state vegetable would be the chili cheese fry. We may be labeled the "dairy state", but we haven't been living up to our name because in recent years we've been loosing out to California.
#205
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: East Oklahoma - pining for Massachusetts
Posts: 10,477
Originally Posted by Leota
Originally Posted by mary quite contrary
A piece of trivia here. Did you know that if Alaska divided in half to make 2 states, Texas would be the third largest state? In other words, Alaska is more than twice as big as Texas.
El Paso, TX is closer to California than it is Dallas, TX.
Beaumont, TX to El Paso, TX 742 miles. Beaumont, TX to Chicago, IL 770 miles.
Texas is the only state to enter the US by treaty rather than by annexation.
El Paso, TX is closer to California than it is Dallas, TX.
Beaumont, TX to El Paso, TX 742 miles. Beaumont, TX to Chicago, IL 770 miles.
Texas is the only state to enter the US by treaty rather than by annexation.
#206
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: SW Iowa
Posts: 1,139
I am a transplanted Texan to Oklahoma. Been here 50 years now. I've read most of the comments and didn't find many posts from Okies. (I agree with my fellow Texans, BTW) We are not all cowboys in OKLA either. As my fellow Okie stated, there are other schools besides OU and OSU. When we have tornadoes, only a few places are affected. We don't many like the 1999 tornado that was on the ground for a couple hundred miles and did so much devastation. We also claim to be in Tornado Alley.
#207
Originally Posted by Rhonda
All Iowans are not HICKS!! And we don't live in the sticks!! A lot of us have actually been to college!!! And we don't all run around barefoot all the time(But I do! LOL).
The thing that irritates me is when they want to make a character sound like he is going into the back of beyond they use Iowa as the place he is going to! We do have culture and it isn't all hog farms and corn fields!! LOL
And there are more towns in Iowa than just Des Moines and Davenport. BTW Des Moines in pronounced D-Moyn Not Dez Moyns.
The thing that irritates me is when they want to make a character sound like he is going into the back of beyond they use Iowa as the place he is going to! We do have culture and it isn't all hog farms and corn fields!! LOL
And there are more towns in Iowa than just Des Moines and Davenport. BTW Des Moines in pronounced D-Moyn Not Dez Moyns.
#208
Maybe we need a companion thread to post all the things there are to offer in our state! We have museums that preserve Indian History in Iowa and there is a Quilt Museum in Kalona. We have tours of some of the most beautiful old churches. There are beautiful state parks! We have Geode just about 20 miles away from us and we spent alot of time there taking our kids fishing while they were growing up. I'm sure there is alot more but these are the ones in our area SE Iowa
We also have great colleges and great college football teams!
We also have great colleges and great college football teams!
#209
Originally Posted by Rhonda
Maybe we need a companion thread to post all the things there are to offer in our state! We have museums that preserve Indian History in Iowa and there is a Quilt Museum in Kalona. We have tours of some of the most beautiful old churches. There are beautiful state parks! We have Geode just about 20 miles away from us and we spent alot of time there taking our kids fishing while they were growing up. I'm sure there is alot more but these are the ones in our area SE Iowa
We also have great colleges and great college football teams!
We also have great colleges and great college football teams!
#210
Another Alabamian here. No, we don't eat possum. (Or at least no one I know does) Yes, we have paved roads. Alabama has beautiful snow white beaches. We also have beautiful mountains. I live just a couple of miles from the deepest gorge east of the Mississippi. Breathtaking scenery! And southern hospitality is alive & well here!
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