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« Reply #15 on: November 29, 2003, 06:39:22 PM »

From this side of the Pond:

New York, New York: Urban Hell, but exciting.
Maine: where Stephen King's stuff is set.  Best avoided.
The South: filled with extras from Deliverance. Talk funny.  Not keen on outsiders.
Texas: like The South, but more so.  Illegal not to carry a gun in this state.
Chicago: all residents are members of The Mob.  Except those who are police.
California: aka the rest of America.  Consists of Beaches and Urban Hells.
Los Angeles/San Francisco: Apart from the name, completely identical.
Utah/Omaha/Nevada:  Big Empty States.  Major export is desert, or ICBM's.
Las Vegas:  See Chicago, but with sand.
The Rockies: series of films about boxing
Atlanta: legendary city beneath the sea.
Florida: Population consists of Cuban gangsters or pensioners, or both.
New Mexico: like Mexico, but with better designers.

Apologies to anyone I failed to insult!

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« Reply #16 on: November 29, 2003, 07:23:58 PM »

Chicago: all residents are members of The Mob. Except those who are police.

Sometimes they're both

Los Angeles/San Francisco: Apart from the name, completely identical.

In San Fransisco, the hills are covered with asphault.    In Los Angeles, the hills are filled with silicon

Florida: Population consists of Cuban gangsters or pensioners, or both.

I don't think Cuban gangsters live long enuogh to collect  a pension

New Mexico: like Mexico, but with better designers.

Pretty much :)  We'd take offense if we weren't taking a siesta
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« Reply #17 on: November 29, 2003, 11:07:45 PM »

>But I half to ask what the hell kind of trivia question can you ask about Wisconsin.

As I recall, the questions weren't really that specific to Wisconsin, he just picked a state and asked questions that he knew the guy couldn't answer, like what is the size in sqaure feet, what is the population etc. When the guy couldn't asnwer them, he killed him.
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« Reply #18 on: November 29, 2003, 11:13:31 PM »

Don't like to put down anything, but I must admit that New Jersey is the butt of most "state" jokes. I live in New Jersey.

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« Reply #19 on: December 02, 2003, 10:05:36 AM »

North Dakota. Particularly Fargo.  Funny just because it is.
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« Reply #20 on: December 02, 2003, 10:44:07 AM »

ASHTHECAT wrote:

> Well being from Iowa, my state is either regarded as heaven or
> the lamest place on earth.
>
> It can be boring for those people who have no
> imaginations....but I kind of like it.  Most people think corn
> or farms when they think of Iowa.  Yes it is true that we have
> alot of both but there are cities here that can be fun if you
> know the right people and what's going on.
>
> If I struck it rich & became a millionaire I still think I
> would maintain a home here.  When you're from Iowa it kind of
> indicates a status symbol as being somewhat pure & uncorrupted
> unlike some people from states like N.J., New York & California
> where violence & crime are rampant.  
>
> Admit it, when meeting 2 strangers...you hear that a person is
> from Iowa or any of the other midwestern states & another is
> from New York or California, you DO form two very different
> opinions in your mind as to each person's upbringing & values.
> Movies in general tend to portray Iowa as a very pure & special
> place.
>
> At least that's how I see it.
>

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> Post Edited (11-29-03 00:36)

Here, here.  Couldn't agree more.

IOWANS UNITE!!  

Slightly off subject - You know why Iowa doesn't have a professional football team?

Because if we got one, Minnesota would want one, too.

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« Reply #21 on: December 02, 2003, 10:48:23 AM »

jmc wrote:


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> New Jersey is probably the only one that has gotten to a
> punchline level.  Usually regions of the country are made fun
> of in the movies, not so much individual states, although FARGO
> is definitely a two-hour long joke about Minnesota.  
>

You know, that's funny, since the entire movie takes place in North Dakota.

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« Reply #22 on: December 02, 2003, 07:19:38 PM »

But the characters aren't from there.
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« Reply #23 on: December 02, 2003, 07:53:43 PM »

ASHTHECAT wrote:  "uncorrupted unlike some people from states like N.J., New York & California where violence & crime are rampant. "

Violence and crime are "rampant"?  Ash, time for you to do a little travelling.
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« Reply #24 on: December 03, 2003, 03:28:26 AM »

Right now I'm feeling persecuted for living in California.  Seriously, it's really embarassing. We're getting pretty slammed with jokes right now.  

That said, I live with a devout Texan.  This has allowed me to "hear it" EVERY time someone says "texas" with the slightest hint of ANYTHING in their voice.  My husband would therefore say that Texas is the most made fun of state.


PS: I wasn't born here... it isn't my fault.
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« Reply #25 on: December 03, 2003, 03:44:51 AM »

"That said, I live with a devout Texan. This has allowed me to "hear it" EVERY time someone says "texas" with the slightest hint of ANYTHING in their voice. My husband would therefore say that Texas is the most made fun of state."

At risk of setting some people off, I find this to be totally true.  I've known a fair share of Texans in my time and without exception, they have all been EXTREMELY touchy when it comes to anyone disparaging their state.  Without a doubt the most defensive group I can think of.  I've never been to Texas so I can't offer any theories as to why, but it comes across as insecurity.

I myself hail from New Jersey - and it seems to me that NJ is the most made fun of, but that could be that I just notice it more.  But I also try to have a sense of humor about it (when people ask me "what exit?", I say with a perfectly straight face "Eleven").  I guess it beats being from some state like New Hampshire or South Carolina that nobody ever even thinks about.
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« Reply #26 on: December 03, 2003, 03:49:59 AM »

Yeah, it isn't very hard to offend a Texan.  My husband goes on and on about how great the "country" of texas is and how everyone else is just jealous that they weren't born there blah, blah, blah.  

When I asked him why he moved away if it is so great, he said he had to forage out to spread the good word of Texas to all that don't know it.

Yeah.  I married him knowing this.
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« Reply #27 on: December 03, 2003, 04:35:11 AM »

That's okay Kory.  I knowingly married a central New Yorker.  They have no overbearing personality traits, but have you ever heard a central New York accent?  Nails on a chalkboard, man.
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« Reply #28 on: December 03, 2003, 04:55:16 AM »

I pity you, like you pity me.  Such is life.
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« Reply #29 on: December 03, 2003, 02:55:04 PM »

I think pretty much any southern state is made fun of often because of their southern accent. I hate it when people think other people are stupit because they speak with a accent.

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