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Jenoch

(7,720 posts)
Sun Aug 10, 2014, 10:38 PM Aug 2014

Retirement Options

Retirement Options

You can  retire to Arizona  where...

1. You are willing to park 3 blocks away from your house because you found shade.

2. You've experienced condensation on your behind from the hot water in the toilet bowl.

3. You can drive for 4 hours in one direction and never leave town.

4. You have over 100 recipes for Mexican food.

5. You know that "dry heat" is comparable to what hits you in the face when you open your oven door.

6. The 4 seasons are: tolerable, hot, really hot, and ARE YOU KIDDING ME??

OR

You can retire to  California  where...

1. You make over $200,000 and you still can't afford to buy a house.

2. The fastest part of your commute is going down your driveway.

3. You know how to eat an artichoke.

4. You drive your rented Mercedes to your neighborhood block party.

5. The 4 seasons are: Fire, Flood, Mud, and Drought

OR

You can retire to  New York City  where...


1. You say "the city" and expect everyone to know you mean Manhattan ....

2. You can get into a four-hour argument about how to get from Columbus Circle to Battery Park, but can't find Wisconsin on a map.

3. You think Central Park is "nature."

4. You believe that being able to swear at people in their own language makes you multi-lingual.

5. You've worn out a car horn. ( IF you have a    car).

6. You think eye contact is an act of aggression.

OR

You can retire to  Minnesota  where...


1. You only have three spices: salt, pepper, and ketchup .....

2. Halloween costumes have to fit over parkas.

3. You have seventeen  recipes for hotdish.

4. Sexy lingerie is anything flannel with less than eight buttons.

5. The four seasons are: almost winter, winter, still winter,  and road repair.

6. The highest level of criticism is  "He is different, she is different or It was different!

OR

You can retire to the  Deep South  where...


1. You can rent a movie and buy bait in the same store.

2. "Y'all" is singular and "all y'all" is plural.

3. "He needed killin" is a valid defense.

4. Everyone has 2 first names: Billy Bob, Jimmy Bob, Joe Bob, Betty Jean, Mary Beth, etc.

5. Everywhere is either "in yonder," "over yonder" or "out yonder"..

OR

You can retire to  Colorado  where...


1. You carry your $3,000 mountain bike atop your $500 car.

2. You tell your husband to pick up Granola on his way home, so he stops at the day care    center.

3. A pass does not involve a football or dating.

4. The top of your head is bald, but you still have a pony tail.

  OR

You can retire to the  Nebraska  where...


1. You've never met any celebrities, but the mayor knows your name.

2. Your idea of a traffic jam is three cars waiting to pass a tractor.

3. You have had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" on the same day.

4. You end sentences with a preposition: "Where's my coat at?”

OR

FINALLY You can retire to  Florida  where...


1.You eat dinner at 3:15 in the afternoon.

2. All purchases include a coupon of some kind -- even houses and cars.

3. Everyone can recommend an excellent cardiologist, dermatologist, proctologist, podiatrist, or orthopedist.

4. Road construction never ends anywhere in the state.

5. Cars in front of you often appear to be driven by headless people

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Retirement Options (Original Post) Jenoch Aug 2014 OP
Or, you can retire to Alaska Xipe Totec Aug 2014 #1
That about covers it!!! Suich Aug 2014 #2
Elizabeth, I'm coming to join ya, honey! pinboy3niner Aug 2014 #3
I loved this one... davidpdx Aug 2014 #4
This is awesome and accurate. LisaLynne Aug 2014 #5
very good, but i pick none of the above. orleans Aug 2014 #6
Nebraska sounds a lot like my neck o' the woods. femmocrat Aug 2014 #7
Y'all is NOT singular in the true South ! eppur_se_muova Aug 2014 #8

Xipe Totec

(43,890 posts)
1. Or, you can retire to Alaska
Sun Aug 10, 2014, 10:59 PM
Aug 2014

Where you walk into the wilderness and let the polar bears have a snack.

davidpdx

(22,000 posts)
4. I loved this one...
Mon Aug 11, 2014, 07:18 AM
Aug 2014
You believe that being able to swear at people in their own language makes you multi-lingual.


It was a really bad idea for someone to teach me the swear words in Korean.

On the other hand, it comes in handy. I was sitting out in the hallway at the university I teach at and two students walked by and one said a really nasty word to the other and I commented that they needed to watch their language.

eppur_se_muova

(36,260 posts)
8. Y'all is NOT singular in the true South !
Mon Aug 11, 2014, 10:56 AM
Aug 2014

I grew up in AL and never, ever heard "y'all" used in the singular until I went to school in Cambridge, MA, and heard a Texan use it. But Texans aren't real Southerners.

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