Should I go to the Midwest to visit Du'ers? or should the midwest come to me?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

i mean i am "la" lioness.

Should i not expect some royal treatment?

I think I should. However the midwesternern du'ers dont think so.



Dilemmas.

[Left Is Write]

1. You should come to the midwest in July, when I plan to be there.

Until then, you should come to the great unwashed West.

[JVS]

7. Make sure that she's there for sweetcorn season

[Deep13]

17. FYI, sweetcorn is exciting around here...

...because it is a diversion from the intense ennui of our painfully uneventful, meandering lives.

[JVS]

21. Painfully uneventful lives? What a crock of shit.

The midwest is where it's at. It's where I do my work, and live my life without a bunch of extraneous bullshit getting in the way. I love living in my city of only about 100,000 and being able to do whatever I need to get done at any time, without the bullshit of 12,900,000 other space wasters getting in my fucking way.

[Deep13]

24. Sorry, East coast humor. Not everyone finds it funny.

I find suburban Ohio to be an easy place to live, but at the same time there is really nothing special about it. Plus I find people really uptight around here. Back East I lived in the sticks toward western MA. Maybe it is hometown bias, but it just seemed like the place had a lot more character than Ohio does. There was a greater variety in merchants, landscape, cultural attractions and I could park on the street without getting towed. We had mountains and the ocean within driving distance, and I could go snorkling at the local pond without getting arrested by the parks dept. And I was 90 minutes from Boston. While we banished the letter "R," we did not make war on our vowels. (Is this your hay-ett? No, it's my hat. Are your peerents coming? No, my parents are. It's petty, but I still find it grating.) On the other hand, New England was a harsh place to live in terms of climate, cost and just finding ones way around. People are superficially less nice there, but when they are nice, they mean it.

[Left Is Write]

23. I'm quite certain that Minneapolis and St. Paul are the dual centers of the universe.

[Deep13]

25. Well, I'm not privileged to live in the land of 1000 lakes.

I live in generic Ohio.

[Left Is Write]

26. There are just a few more than 1000 lakes.

;)

[geardaddy]

33. Well...

Minneapolis is anyway. ;)

[geardaddy]

34. And cheap corner store vodka season?

:shrug:

[SacredCow]

2. Throw them all a curve....

and come south! I'll buy you a Hurricane (but just for the glass- I don't recommend actually drinking that hootch!)

[Midlodemocrat]

3. I predict this thread will end badly.

:rofl:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

9. i think this thread will go as intended.

:loveya:

[Midlodemocrat]

11. I'm just piggybacking off your PM.

:rofl:

:loveya:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

13. LOL

:rofl:

[no name no slogan]

4. ....

[Midlodemocrat]

6. Coolest pic ever. COuldn't believe it was real the first time I saw it.

[no name no slogan]

28. I'd like to know where it was taken

Judging by the deck of the boat, it's an ocean-going (as opppsed to Great Lakes-going) vessel of some sort.

[Midlodemocrat]

31. I think I can answer that for you.

I will have to check my emails, but a friend sent it to me when a hurricane was coming in. She had received it from someone on the ship.

I'll PM it to you when I find it.

[no name no slogan]

32. Cool! Thanks Midlo!

I'm a bit of a ship buff in my spare time, mostly about stuff on the Great Lakes. Weird hobby I know, but hey it beats trainspotting. :)

[JVS]

5. You have to go there to experience Midwesterndom .

[sasquatch]

10. True but having a bunch of fat people around usually is the same

[KitchenWitch]

8. Mind if I set a spell?

:popcorn:

[geardaddy]

12. make the MWers come to you

I need every chance I can get to get out of the MW. :D

[Deep13]

14. We would be delighted to see you...

...right before you lapse into a boredom-induced coma.

[kentauros]

15. You should go to Midlo

and meet madinmaryland.

[Midlodemocrat]

16. Hello?? Different states?

Mine is way better because I live here. :eyes:

[kentauros]

18. hello?

making fun of the whole misunderstanding thing! :D

[Midlodemocrat]

30. Hello? I didn't get that.

:)

[kentauros]

36. Hello! You have five seconds...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjHwxYqcFbI


:P

[SallyMander]

19. If you come here, I will take you to my favorite bar

The decor is "cowgirl-pirate." How is that not cool? :D

[PeaceNikki]

20. You should visit us.

I've told you before, the Great Lakes are swimming with dozens of cool peeps.

Do it up, girl!

[Zuiderelle]

22. I hate to admit to living in the midwest, but you are welcome to come stay with us.

[Rosie1223]

27. I don't think the mid-west would fit in your apartment

I've seen pictures of your kitchen.

You're welcome to visit me on the farm anytime, though!

[sarge43]

29. You don't want the midwest to come to you.

It'll crash on your couch, eat you out house and home, drink endless six packs of beer, watch ESPN 24/7, run up your phone bill and never go away, ie the midwest is the slacker brother-in-law of regional America.

[NewJeffCT]

35. How about both?

They come to you, and then you come out there to visit those that couldn't come to NY?