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[quote name='zabbazooey' date='Aug 15 2005, 04:20 PM']Old Joe -- you're from NE? where?
BTW -- I live in Omaha. I'm on permanent vacation :D:
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Lincoln, NE

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[quote name='Raphael' date='Jul 14 2005, 10:54 AM']:lol:  I should hope not.
Yes, a giant pagan gathering.
:cool:
:drool:
Stupid Pagan U.
"best thing to come out of Iowa"!  Hahahahahahahaha!
Exactly.
Yep.
My uncle is a Knight of Arsarben.
Only during the football season.
I remember seeing Kitty Clover chips...don't think I ever had any.  They don't still make them, do they?
Extra credit if you find it amusing based on the Freudian theory of why we build skyscrapers.
One word: delicious.
No, that's just a redneck thing.
Nah...it's safe...mostly.
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Now, now. I go to Pagan U (I mean the Univesity of Nebraska-Lincoln). Ah, what am I saying! I go to a Pagan University. :sadder:

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These are just some of the ones I have personally experience:

Texas:

People look at you funny when you talk in Boston.

You don't realize "fixin" is not a word until you're in eighth grade grammar.

You've never seen snow

Every other restaurant is tex-mex

You know basic Spanish vocabulary

The rodeo is THE event of the year

........

Lauren

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[quote name='homeschoolmom' date='Jul 14 2005, 10:09 AM']I know what jimmies are, but I don't mind calling them sprinkles...
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I didn't know what jimmies were until I was sixteen and visiting Boston.

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[quote name='hugheyforlife' date='Jul 14 2005, 09:34 AM'][b]Texas[/b]
You choose a brand of Mexican salsa with the same care that another might use to select a bottle of fine wine

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I was shopping for salsa with two nuns in a Boston grocery store, and they couldn't believe how upset I got when they only had one brand.

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[quote name='Totus Tuus' date='Sep 11 2005, 05:33 PM']I was shopping for salsa with two nuns in a Boston grocery store, and they couldn't believe how upset I got when they only had one brand.
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:lol: My mom's homemade salsa is the best though...

Oh gosh...you know you're from Texas when your mom makes salsa! :)

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My turn!

[b]You know you're from Michigan when...[/b]

You've never met any celebrities.

"Vacation" means going to Cedar Point.

At least 1 member of your family disowns you the week of the Michigan/Michigan State game.

Half the change in your pocket is Canadian.....eh!

You drive 86 mph on the highway and pass on the right.

Your idea of a traffic jam is 40 cars waiting to pass an orange barrel.

You know how to play (and pronounce) Euchre.

It's easy to get VERNORS Ginger Ale, Sanders Hot Fudge sauce, AND Faygo Pop.

You know how to pronounce "Mackinac."

You've had to switch on the "heat" and the "A/C" in the same day.

You bake with SODA and drink a POP.

The movie "Escanaba in Da Moonlight" wasn't funny. You consider it a documentary.

Your little league game was snowed out.

The word "thumb" has geographical, rather than anatomical significance.

You show people where you grew up by pointing to a spot on your left hand.

Traveling coast-to-coast means driving from Port Huron to Muskegon.

You measure distance in minutes.

When giving directions, you refer to "A Michigan Left."

You know that Kalamazoo not only exists, but isn't that far from Hell.

Your year has 2 seasons: Winter and Construction.

Home Depot on any Saturday is busier than toy stores at Christmas.

You know when it has rained because of the smell of worms.

Owning a Japanese car was a hangin' offense in your hometown.

You believe that "down south" means Toledo.

You define summer as three months of bad sledding.

You think Alkaline batteries were named for a Tiger outfielder.

You can identify an Ohio accent.

Your idea of a seven-course meal is a six pack and a bucket of smelt.

You know how to play (and pronounce) Euchre.

The Big Mac is something that you drive across.

You learned how to drive a boat before you learned how to ride a bike.

You have experienced frostbite and sunburn in the same week.

You expect Vernor's when you order ginger ale.

Your favorite holidays are Christmas, Thanksgiving, the opening of deer season and Devil's Night.

Your snowmobile, lawn mower and fishing boat all have big block Chevy engines.

You know what a millage is.

You know what a "Yooper" is.

Your car rusts out before you need the brakes done

Half the people you know say they are from Detroit... yet you don't personally know anyone who actually lives in Detroit

"Up North" means north of Clare.

You know what a pastie is.

You occasionally cheer "Go Lions- and take the Tigers with you."

Snow tires come standard on all your cars.

At least 25% of your relatives work for the auto industry.

You don't understand what the big deal about Chicago is.

Octopus and hockey go together as naturally as hot dogs and baseball.

You know more about chill factors and lake effect than you'd EVER like to know!

Your snowblower has more miles on it than your car.

Shoveling the driveway constitutes a great upper body workout.

You never watch the Weather Channel - you can just assume they're wrong.

The snowmen you make in your front yard actually freeze. Solid.

The snow freezes so hard that you can actually walk across it and not break it or leave any marks.

All your shoes are called "tennis shoes", even though no one here plays tennis anyway.

Your major school field trip includes camping and cross-country skiing.

Half your friends have a perfect sledding hill right in their own backyard.

You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Michigan.

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You know the difference between field corn and sweet corn when they are still on the stalk.

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I can do that, and all of my friends think I'm weird!

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