What are the myths about YOUR state?
Going out in minus-12 F. temps this morning (a common occurrence for the past three weeks), it occurred to me that people may rightly question one's sanity for living in Minnesota, and it got me thinking about myths (or facts) about various states. For example, there are folks who have actually asked me whether the snow ever completely melts in Minnesota. (Uh, yeah, once every decade or so, like when it's 102 degrees in the summer and I'm harvesting carrots and potatoes from the permafrost). So for my state, it's the "It's always cold there" myth. What are some of the common myths about YOUR state?[:)]
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quote:Originally posted by dipits
Myth-- That all in Ky. are barefoot. My brother has a pair of shoes.
But your brother is a horse. [;)]0 -
That Washington had good firearm laws.[V] 0 -
The myth of my state; (The People's Republic of) Massachusetts, is that there is any justice or representation of the people. When our Senior Senator (Ted Kennedy) is guilty of killing an innocent young woman and has never even had to answer for his actions in any way, and our Junior Senator (John Kerry) {and also the Senior Senator} can pass themselves off as representing the little guy or the minorities and any other oppressed group they can think of, when both of them are obscenely wealthy (even thought I don't believe in the class warfare the both of them promote) and are so out of touch with any average normal person, there is no justice, there is no true representative republic representation. The other myth is that all of the liberal whack jobs are more enlightened than conservatives... Especially when their great policies are proven to be abject failures on a daily basis yet we continue to accept and promote them for the status-quo.[:(!] 0 -
Yeah, but only Massachusetts has the Cape Cod Sperm Whale. Do ya know how many other states wish he was THEIR Senator?
Um... Oh yeah... NONE [:D]0 -
quote:Originally posted by cartod
3 biggest lies of a West Virginian
Trucks paid for.
I didnt know it was my cousin.
I was just trying to help the sheep thru the fence.
Also, another little known fact about West Virginia.
West Virginia is where the tooth brush was invented.
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If it was invented anywhere else it would be called a teeth brush!!!!!0 -
quote:Originally posted by kimi
quote:Originally posted by T1jetmech
In Mississippi...if you drink Mt. Dew and have a rebel flag hanging anywhere...you must be running a meth lab.[:D] That was actually said in a local paper by the sherrif![:0]
Name the county if you would, please.
Lowndes.0 -
quote:Originally posted by Lowrider
People in Washington are "ruggedly independent."
We USED to be "ruggedly independent" before the state filled up with socialists from Kalifornia. Now the few "ruggedly independent" of us who are left sit on the outside looking in while the big-city socialists steer the state by electing nothing but liberal democrats to the Governor's office and State Legislature. [:(!]
I am so sick of this epidemic.....people who move from one state to another and wanting to change everything there to be like the state THEY JUST LEFT!........0 -
quote:Originally posted by HeavyBarrel
quote:Originally posted by Lowrider
People in Washington are "ruggedly independent."
We USED to be "ruggedly independent" before the state filled up with socialists from Kalifornia. Now the few "ruggedly independent" of us who are left sit on the outside looking in while the big-city socialists steer the state by electing nothing but liberal democrats to the Governor's office and State Legislature. [:(!]
I am so sick of this epidemic.....people who move from one state to another and wanting to change everything there to be like the state THEY JUST LEFT!........
And a great, big AMEN from rural Colorado.0 -
quote:Originally posted by American_Nimrod
The myth of my state; (The People's Republic of) Massachusetts, is that there is any justice or representation of the people. When our Senior Senator (Ted Kennedy) is guilty of killing an innocent young woman and has never even had to answer for his actions in any way, and our Junior Senator (John Kerry) {and also the Senior Senator} can pass themselves off as representing the little guy or the minorities and any other oppressed group they can think of, when both of them are obscenely wealthy (even thought I don't believe in the class warfare the both of them promote) and are so out of touch with any average normal person, there is no justice, there is no true representative republic representation. The other myth is that all of the liberal whack jobs are more enlightened than conservatives... Especially when their great policies are proven to be abject failures on a daily basis yet we continue to accept and promote them for the status-quo.[:(!]
I totally agree. So...why do those a-holes keep getting re-elected? [:(!]0 -
quote:Originally posted by Colonel Plink
quote:Originally posted by HeavyBarrel
quote:Originally posted by Lowrider
People in Washington are "ruggedly independent."
We USED to be "ruggedly independent" before the state filled up with socialists from Kalifornia. Now the few "ruggedly independent" of us who are left sit on the outside looking in while the big-city socialists steer the state by electing nothing but liberal democrats to the Governor's office and State Legislature. [:(!]
I am so sick of this epidemic.....people who move from one state to another and wanting to change everything there to be like the state THEY JUST LEFT!........
And a great, big AMEN from rural Colorado.
Agreed. When I moved here in 1986, I did so because Colorado was charming, quiet, friendly and enjoyable.
Twenty years later, after everyone else followed me, I find it rude, noisy, somewhat enjoyable and filled with a bunch of egotistical twits.
For the first time since I've lived here, I'm actually considering finding a job out of state once I get out of school.0 -
quote:Originally posted by Spider7115
quote:Originally posted by American_Nimrod
The myth of my state; (The People's Republic of) Massachusetts, is that there is any justice or representation of the people. When our Senior Senator (Ted Kennedy) is guilty of killing an innocent young woman and has never even had to answer for his actions in any way, and our Junior Senator (John Kerry) {and also the Senior Senator} can pass themselves off as representing the little guy or the minorities and any other oppressed group they can think of, when both of them are obscenely wealthy (even thought I don't believe in the class warfare the both of them promote) and are so out of touch with any average normal person, there is no justice, there is no true representative republic representation. The other myth is that all of the liberal whack jobs are more enlightened than conservatives... Especially when their great policies are proven to be abject failures on a daily basis yet we continue to accept and promote them for the status-quo.[:(!]
I totally agree. So...why do those a-holes keep getting re-elected? [:(!]
Because gullibility is a product of the weak minded and a liberal will tell them everything they want to hear. On the other side of the coin...not enough right minded people get out and vote so the idiots win by default.0 -
I'm from a small town in the far western corner of Western New York, upstate NY.
When you introduce yourself from anyone who is not from NY, and say that you are "from NY," they automatically assume that you are from "the city."0 -
California
Big earthquakes always occur early in the morning. Just as earthquakes don't care about the weather, they can't tell time. The 1940 Imperial Valley quake was at 9:36 p.m., the 1989 Loma Prieta quake at 5:02 p.m. People who perpetuate the time and weather myths tend to remember the earthquakes that fit the pattern and forget about the ones that don't.
California could fall into the sea because of an earthquake. The San Andreas Fault System is the dividing line between two tectonic plates. The Pacific Plate is moving in a northwesterly direction relative to the North American plate. The movement is horizontal, so while Los Angeles is moving toward San Francisco, California won't sink. However, earthquakes can cause landslides, slightly changing the shape of the coastline.0 -
quote:Originally posted by Spider7115
Going to the senior prom in West Virginia:
Arent you from WV? Is this your prom pic?0
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