Things you see only in your area.

[TwasBrillig]

Oft seen at coastal resorts all over Britain, usually teamed with sporty shorts and a smart short sleeved shirt in contrasting colour, worn by men of about 65+. And they say we don't have style!

And no, please no hankies tied at the corners. No boyoes from Abercam. Although. having been with a Welsh choir (sung with, not been with) it's maybe a chuckle or two.

 

[TwasBrillig]

In NJ in during bad winters when you had to spend an hour or two shoveling out your car from the snow, people would put garbage cans to save their parking spaces.

Didn't you just love that?

 

[TwasBrillig]

Utz potato chips. With a name like that, they've got to be good.

With a name like that they need help. Or, not.

 

[TwasBrillig]

Oh yeah, we've also got the world's largest Turkey (turkey flambe anyone?).
World's Largest Turkey, Frazee, Minnesota

Oh - and yes - the largest mall in the US (much to the disdain of those who live here in the cities... lol)
Mall of America - Home

I'm sorry. Who could possibly top any of the previous posts. Except for the trash cans in the street. You had to have been there.

 

[Principessa]

I had never heard of or seen souse before moving to Georgia.

 

[D_Ivana Dickenside]

things you only see in LA...

-people in flip flops all year round
-starbucks coffee joints across the street from each other
-traffic accidents almost every day

 

[Mem]

things you only see in LA...

-people in flip flops all year round
-starbucks coffee joints across the street from each other
-traffic accidents almost every day

Where I grew up on our main street (Broad St.) there was a Rite Aid pharmacy across the street from a Rite Aid.

 

[mgmnguy]

Um, who's trying to top anyone? Get your minds out of the gutter.. Let me rephrase - who's trying to one up the other?

A question was asked - I answered - I've traveled a lot - both across the country and internationally - and I haven't seen as many giant statues of crazy things per capita anywhere except in MN and the Dakotas.

We're a quirky bunch here in the midwest - good sense of humor, great attitudes, we like to have fun.

People may put us down and say we're backward's and it's frigging cold here in the winter - which it is - but we look at it like this - keeps all the riff raff out.

I'm sorry. Who could possibly top any of the previous posts. Except for the trash cans in the street. You had to have been there.

 

[deleted3782]

Every time I read a post by you I crack up! Everything - and I mean everything - sounds like a double-entendre! And yeah I heard shagging was big in the sixties too!

Haha thanks. If I crack you up, does that make me a cracker (American term for white person). :wink:

It's not Christmas without a tin of Moravian spice cookies on the kitchen counter.

I wager you're at least part Moravian as well.

Nah, I'm Quaker. Our cookies are oatmeal.

I had never heard of or seen souse before moving to Georgia.

I have never heard of souse, and I grew up in the state to your north. Isn't "to get soused" to get drunk?

 

[mgmnguy]

We've also got 90,000 miles of shoreline - more than California, Florida, and Hawaii combined.

10,000 lakes - gotta love em!

Minnesota Fast Facts and Trivia

 

[Mr. Snakey]

You can get a piece of pussy and a Rolex watch for $ 20.

 

[Runco]

Haha thanks. If I crack you up, does that make me a cracker (American term for white person). :wink:

Nah! Having researched the connotations behind this term, I would never call you a cracker! But your humor is the right side of impish! Will that do?

 

[midlifebear]

We've also got 90,000 miles of shoreline - more than California, Florida, and Hawaii combined.

10,000 lakes - gotta love em!

Minnesota Fast Facts and Trivia

How can you possibly leave out that SPAM's world headquarters are in Minnesota. They've got a SPAM museum and a great SPAM gift store where one can purchase anything and everything remotely related to SPAM. You can even buy SPAM there!

Minnesota is SPAM-licious! Pork shoulder and ham (and the occasional lost digit).

 

[D_Chaumbrelayne_Copprehead]

neutral grounds, soft shell crab po-boys, barq's root beer, sno-balls, Bunny bread (the best bread ever), crawfish etoufee.

Unfortunately though we've just lost a local icon, someone we'll not see anymore:

Ruthie the Duck Girl dies of cancer at 74 - Breaking News from New Orleans - Times-Picayune - NOLA.com

Ruthie Grace Moulon

NO is the only place I ever lived where people made groceries before passin' by their meemaw's place.

 

[Mem]

I've seen Krispy Cream stores in this area. Where I was before they were only sold thru other retailers.

 

[B_Jennuine73]

http://allroundpropertymaintenance.com/images/detroit_skyline[1].png

You can see the Detroit skyline...

Al Capone had part ownership of a bar here, it's called Abar's now.

Hiram Walker's (Canadian Club Whiskey) mansion is here.

Ketchup, gravy and vinegar on fries.

We don't use Celsius for the temperature, we talk Farenheit. When it is 80 degrees outside, it's 80, not 27 degrees.

 

[Mem]

We have brown gravy fries and gravy and cheese on fries at the diners in NJ.

 

[deleted3782]

Nah! Having researched the connotations behind this term, I would never call you a cracker! But your humor is the right side of impish! Will that do?

Fair enough! Thanks :smile:

I've seen Krispy Cream stores in this area. Where I was before they were only sold thru other retailers.

Krispy Kreme was invented in Winston-Salem (20 miles west of me) but expanded across the globe...and is now retracting.:frown1:

 

[SpeedoGuy]

Stuff I only see around here?

Redneck hippies.

 

[deleted3782]

Bump...considering an active thread with discussions of regionalism.