Iowa sounds almost like Northern Ontario, but Iowa is warmer, has tractors
instead of logging trucks, and has two extra food groups (but missing
moose). Oh, and the logging trucks are those vehicles that pass you in the
blizzard with the 13' of snow going 75....
Ontario's the province where you drive for 1,000 miles and you still have
300 to go 'til you get out of the province....
I thought they had 5 seasons in Cedar Rapids - usta live there.
Tom
On Monday, December 17, 2001 at 14:09, Ken N <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote re "[OM] Going Nowhere again" saying:
> And then my wife (tried and true Iowa native) sends me the
> following. BTW, #15 isn't totally true--just normal.
What's sexy is the contents, not the covering. Nothing beats skin for
warmth...
> You know you're from Iowa when:
>
> 1. Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on
> the highway.
>
> 2. "Vacation" means going to Des Moines for the weekend.
>
> 3. You measure distance in hours.
>
> 4. You know several people who have hit deer more than once.
>
> 5. You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
>
> 6. You use a down comforter in the summer.
>
> 7. Your parents or grandparents drive at 65 mph through 13 feet of snow
> during a raging blizzard, without flinching.
>
> 8. You see people wearing hunting clothes at social events.
>
> 9. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both
> unlocked.
>
> 10. You think of the major food groups as deer meat, beer, corn, and soy
> nuts.
>
> 11. You carry jumper cables in your car and your wife knows how to use
> them.
>
> 12. There are 7 empty cars running in the parking lot at the corner store
> at any given time.
>
> 13. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a
> snowsuit.
>
> 14. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with
> snow.
>
> 15. You think sexy lingerie is tube socks and flannel pajamas.
>
> 16. You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter? still winter? and
> construction.
>
> 17. It takes you 3 hours to go to the store for one item even when you're
> in a rush because you have to stop and talk to everyone in town.
>
> 18. You actually understand these jokes and forward them to all your
> friends from Iowa.
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