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From: "Michael Corwin" <>
Subject: [IA-IRISH] IOWA
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2001 22:04:12 -0700


I want to apologize in advance. I realize that I'm violating the purpose of the IA-IRISH list,
ie: Iowa-Irish Genealogy. BUT, I just couldn't resist.


You might be from Iowa if:

You've never met any celebrities exceptions for presidential hopefuls
Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on the
highway
Vacation means driving through the Amanas or going to
Adventureland
You've seen all the biggest bands ten years after they were popular
You measure distance in minutes
Down South to you means Missouri
You know several people who have hit a deer
You have no problem spelling or pronouncing "Des Moines"
You know the answer to the question, :"Is this Heaven?"
Your school classes were canceled because of cold
Your school classes were canceled because of heat
You know where all the Yoders live (or Andersons, or Van den
Bergs)
You know what "hawks" and "clones" are
You've ridden the school bus for an hour each way
You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day
You think ethanol makes your truck "run a lot better"
You know what's knee high by the Fourth of July
Stores don't have bags, they have sacks
You see people wear bib overalls to a funeral
You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in it
no matter what time of the year.
You end your sentences with a unnecessary preposition. Example:
"Where's my coat at?" or "If you go to the mall I wanna go with."
All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit or vegetable
You can locate Iowa on the map
Detasseling was your first job
You've ever been on a "Geode Hunt"
Your idea of a really great tenderloin is when the meat is twice as big
as the bun and is accompanied only by ketchup and a dill pickle slice
You say "catty-wampus" instead of "kitty-corner" see here for
etymology
You learn your pickup will run without a muffler
You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both
unlocked
You think of the four major food groups as beef, pork, beer, and
Jell-O salad with marshmallows
When asked how your trip was to any foreign exotic place, you say,
"It was different."
Being a bit younger, you remember Terry Branstad as governor the
whole time you were growing up
You consider being called Pork Queen an honor
People from other states love to hear you say "Iowa" and other words
with "O" in them I don't get this one. Can someone help me out?
You carry jumper cables in your car, I do!
You drink "pop"
You know what the numbers I-80, 280 and 380 mean

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