Padraig18
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Wed Jan-14-04 04:48 PM
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What makes Iowans so bloody POLITE? |
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Edited on Wed Jan-14-04 04:49 PM by Padraig18
I've seen tons of live footage of campaign events from Iowa, and I have yet to hear one hiss, one boo, one raspberry, not a single rotten tomato or dead rat thrown, no fistfights, nothing. Did coming of age politically in Chicago warp me permanently, or something? :P
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Wed Jan-14-04 04:50 PM
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1. because they are Iowans and Iowans are nice |
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Edited on Wed Jan-14-04 04:50 PM by JohnKleeb
What makes Kleeb so stupid? You gotta ask my parents about that one :P
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Loonman
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Wed Jan-14-04 04:52 PM
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2. Ever been to Minnesota? |
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How do you get 4 drunk Minnesotans out of the hotel pool?
Say, "Excuse me guys, could you please get out of the pool?".
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Padraig18
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Wed Jan-14-04 04:54 PM
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I'd heard, but never understood the term "Minnesota nice" until I went there a couple of summers ago. Now I know why the Mary Tyler Moore show was set in Minneapolis---- it's the only city in America that had the credibility. :P
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Wed Jan-14-04 04:53 PM
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3. Wouldn't it be nice if some of that politeness came our way? |
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Edited on Wed Jan-14-04 04:54 PM by MoonAndSun
I think DU has been very nice today. I hope it stays this way for a while. :hi:
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NightTrain
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Wed Jan-14-04 04:54 PM
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4. They're not polite; they're frozen stiff and can't move or talk! |
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Goddamned winter weather....
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Wed Jan-14-04 04:54 PM
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5. We're nice because that's the way we were raised up. > |
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Dunno how long we nice 'uns can hold out, though. The times they are a changin'.
Just ask Jack DeCoster.
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proud patriot
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Wed Jan-14-04 05:15 PM
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it's because they are Cornfed ...(joke)
he says it's because the community is so small that everyone knows everyone .
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Wed Jan-14-04 05:17 PM
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8. Because they don't live in Michigan. |
Padraig18
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Wed Jan-14-04 05:25 PM
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9. I hope our candidates don't expect IL to be that nice. |
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Well, maybe downstate, but certainly not Chicago! :P
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Wed Jan-14-04 05:57 PM
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10. It's easier to be nice |
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We're raised that way in the Midwest.
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Wed Jan-14-04 06:03 PM
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11. Here lemme burst that bubble |
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{raspyberries} BOO HISS {/raspyberries} You tawkin' to me, eh? Come on, whatcha got? Wanna take it out behind the morton building? The cattle yard? The hog buildings? eh?eh?eh? Let's go!
AHA hahahahaha sorry couldn't resist :evilgrin: Really the folks here are very nice and friendly. Close knit communities and everybody knows everybody. Unfortunately that means knowing much of your personal buisness too. But for the most part that's OK too.
When I visit my friend in Nebraska, the people there, to me, seem even more friendly and polite. Nice Folks.
After being raised mostly in So. Cal. it was most certainly strange to me at first. I like Iowa except that it's so darn flat. I'd much rather be back in the mountains of Colorado.
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Padraig18
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Wed Jan-14-04 08:29 PM
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16. Downstate Illinois is that way, too. |
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Really flat, but the people are very pleasant and polite.
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Wed Jan-14-04 06:22 PM
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12. I Owe the World an Apology |
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IOWA. Some say: I Oughtta Whip yer Ass, IOWA
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underseasurveyor
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Wed Jan-14-04 06:44 PM
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Idiots Out Wandering Around
And that's from the local farmers :-) Many of them ARE happy and proud to be out wandering amongst their fields though.
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Wed Jan-14-04 06:47 PM
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14. We're just good folks here in Iowa |
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Some people, after seeing me get lost numerous times think IOWA means "Idiots Out Wandering Around". Of course we don't take kindly to outsiders saying that.
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Wed Jan-14-04 06:52 PM
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15. I'm a First Ward kid. |
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Edited on Wed Jan-14-04 06:53 PM by Padraig18
'Back of the 'yards' Irish, or was, until we moved to Oak Lawn when I was 15. Any way, back in the old neighborhood, I attended a rally for an aldermanic candidate; the candidate was giving his stump speech while some listened and others heckled. Lo and behold and sure as God sends rain in the spring, an empty beer bottle sails overhead in the direction of the candidate who neatly catches it in mid-air, puts it in his coat pocket and continues with his speech without missing so much as a word.
And people think GD-P2004 is rough. HA! :P
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