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I just moved from Atlanta the other day and am stuck in an extremely small (compared to where I was living) town in the middle of nowhere. The food is godawful, theres nothing to do, the house im living in is old and falling apart, cigarettes are ridiculously expensive (five bucks a pack!), gas is too damn high, and the tap water has a disturbing taste. On top of all this the locals have an extremely annoying accent. I feel like im cut off from civilization, theres no major highways or cities near me, so I couldnt go for a weekend holiday even if i wanted to. Upside is I'm pretty close to Canada, so when I get some money saved up I might go up there for an extended vacation. Jesus please kill me now. /rant

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well look at the brightside, Cuban Cigars are only a border away

And Zuban cigars only a light-year away.

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I just moved from Atlanta the other day and am stuck in an extremely small (compared to where I was living) town in the middle of nowhere. The food is godawful, theres nothing to do, the house im living in is old and falling apart, cigarettes are ridiculously expensive (five bucks a pack!), gas is too damn high, and the tap water has a disturbing taste. On top of all this the locals have an extremely annoying accent. I feel like im cut off from civilization, theres no major highways or cities near me, so I couldnt go for a weekend holiday even if i wanted to. Upside is I'm pretty close to Canada, so when I get some money saved up I might go up there for an extended vacation. Jesus please kill me now. /rant

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Still, get a blog.

You have to be into the outdoors to really dig the Northern Plains (I took up hiking and yoga to cope). I moved to Bismarck, ND from Seattle two years ago. You're closer to Minneapolis than I am (it's 8 hours for me, or 6 to Winnipeg, which is a cool city), so quit your bitchin' and get down there.

I just moved from Atlanta the other day and am stuck in an extremely small (compared to where I was living) town in the middle of nowhere. The food is godawful, theres nothing to do, the house im living in is old and falling apart, cigarettes are ridiculously expensive (five bucks a pack!), gas is too damn high, and the tap water has a disturbing taste. On top of all this the locals have an extremely annoying accent. I feel like im cut off from civilization, theres no major highways or cities near me, so I couldnt go for a weekend holiday even if i wanted to. Upside is I'm pretty close to Canada, so when I get some money saved up I might go up there for an extended vacation. Jesus please kill me now. /rant

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lol, that's what I did at the end of April. You learn that it is best to just turn your brain off.

well look at the brightside, Cuban Cigars are only a border away

I just moved from Atlanta the other day and am stuck in an extremely small (compared to where I was living) town in the middle of nowhere. The food is godawful, theres nothing to do, the house im living in is old and falling apart, cigarettes are ridiculously expensive (five bucks a pack!), gas is too damn high, and the tap water has a disturbing taste. On top of all this the locals have an extremely annoying accent. I feel like im cut off from civilization, theres no major highways or cities near me, so I couldnt go for a weekend holiday even if i wanted to. Upside is I'm pretty close to Canada, so when I get some money saved up I might go up there for an extended vacation. Jesus please kill me now. /rant

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No pity. Now you know how I felt when I moved from Minnesota to Texas. Thank God my exile in the CSA ended. Now, I'm in a shitty little town in New England.

No pity. Now you know how I felt when I moved from Minnesota to Texas. Thank God my exile in the CSA ended. Now, I'm in a shitty little town in New England.

I was in Dallas for about a month between moving from Atlanta, and coming up here. Fucking awful city. Looking back on it I'd rather live here, which is terrible, than live in that stinking shithole of a city. And imo, Texas (or at least the parts I've seen) aren't the South. In the South everythings cheaper, and the people are much friendlier than the assholes I had to deal with in Dallas. The food was much better too.

I just moved from Atlanta the other day and am stuck in an extremely small (compared to where I was living) town in the middle of nowhere. The food is godawful, theres nothing to do, the house im living in is old and falling apart, cigarettes are ridiculously expensive (five bucks a pack!), gas is too damn high, and the tap water has a disturbing taste. On top of all this the locals have an extremely annoying accent. I feel like im cut off from civilization, theres no major highways or cities near me, so I couldnt go for a weekend holiday even if i wanted to. Upside is I'm pretty close to Canada, so when I get some money saved up I might go up there for an extended vacation. Jesus please kill me now. /rant

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This is what we call "culture shock".

i live in wisconsin. so i guess i live in the right ass cheek.

I was in Dallas for about a month between moving from Atlanta, and coming up here. Fucking awful city. Looking back on it I'd rather live here, which is terrible, than live in that stinking shithole of a city. And imo, Texas (or at least the parts I've seen) aren't the South. In the South everythings cheaper, and the people are much friendlier than the assholes I had to deal with in Dallas. The food was much better too.

You've obviously never been to small towns in Virginia.

i live in wisconsin. so i guess i live in the right ass cheek.

Could be worse. At least you're not in the Dakotas.

I will have you know..cigs are only $4.75 here!!

And you Southerners have the accent..not us!!

:p

Am I the only one who actually prefer small towns?

I just moved from Atlanta the other day and am stuck in an extremely small (compared to where I was living) town in the middle of nowhere. The food is godawful, theres nothing to do, the house im living in is old and falling apart, cigarettes are ridiculously expensive (five bucks a pack!), gas is too damn high, and the tap water has a disturbing taste. On top of all this the locals have an extremely annoying accent. I feel like im cut off from civilization, theres no major highways or cities near me, so I couldnt go for a weekend holiday even if i wanted to. Upside is I'm pretty close to Canada, so when I get some money saved up I might go up there for an extended vacation. Jesus please kill me now. /rant

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I actually rather like Minnesota

Could be worse. At least you're not in the Dakotas.

very true. i live in racine along the lake (got one of the best beaches in the country) its pretty ghetto, but its very comfortably only hour from chicago and only 40 mins from milwaukee.

You've obviously never been to small towns in Virginia.

I've spent considerable time in rural Mississipi and Alabama which I can assume is just as bad.

Am I the only one who actually prefer small towns?

I know I do ...

Why? They suck. You have to drive for hours to buy anything that isn't groceries.
So? I rather enjoy the peace and quiet ... I have lived in bigger towns before moving back and enjoy this more


Either way you would be hard pressed to name something that was not less then 15 minuits from my parents house (in a town of less then 1000)

i dont like small towns. but dont like large towns. medium town... thats where its at.

Am I the only one who actually prefer small towns?
Why? They suck. You have to drive for hours to buy anything that isn't groceries.

Am I the only one who actually prefer small towns?

Yes. Millegeville and Athens are cool, but they were in close proximity to my home city.

Why? They suck. You have to drive for hours to buy anything that isn't groceries.

Yea, but they're nice and peaceful, and if you live in a small town in the mountains, you'll see the pretty foliage in the Fall. Sure you'll have to drive from 30 mins to a few hours to get anything good, but the way things are going, small towns are becoming an endangered species.

Am I the only one who actually prefer small towns?

I prefer small to medium towns. Once a US town gets to about 100,000, it's too big for me. I've lived in bigger towns in the US and really didn't like them. I like French towns up to about 200,000, but things are a bit different over there. I haven't lived in a French town over 150,000 (I lived in Angers) but I didn't even like visiting towns that were much bigger.

Yea, but they're nice and peaceful, and if you live in a small town in the mountains, you'll see the pretty foliage in the Fall. Sure you'll have to drive from 30 mins to a few hours to get anything good, but the way things are going, small towns are becoming an endangered species.


damn hispanic power groups....

Yea, but they're nice and peaceful, and if you live in a small town in the mountains, you'll see the pretty foliage in the Fall. Sure you'll have to drive from 30 mins to a few hours to get anything good, but the way things are going, small towns are becoming an endangered species.
I lived in Vancouver, and could be surrounded with foliage with a five minute drive. Maybe your state just needs moar parks.

damn hispanic power groups....

um.....what?

I lived in Vancouver, and could be surrounded with foliage with a five minute drive. Maybe your state just needs moar parks.

Yea, but I still like the small mountain towns. :)

i got a lot of parks and open space of nothingness.

I just moved from Atlanta the other day and am stuck in an extremely small (compared to where I was living) town in the middle of nowhere. The food is godawful, theres nothing to do, the house im living in is old and falling apart, cigarettes are ridiculously expensive (five bucks a pack!), gas is too damn high, and the tap water has a disturbing taste. On top of all this the locals have an extremely annoying accent. I feel like im cut off from civilization, theres no major highways or cities near me, so I couldnt go for a weekend holiday even if i wanted to. Upside is I'm pretty close to Canada, so when I get some money saved up I might go up there for an extended vacation. Jesus please kill me now. /rant

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I TOLD YOU TO MOVE TO LONDON, FOO'.

Yea, but I still like the small mountain towns. :)I prefer cities built in rain-forests. Rain for a week straight is pimp. None of this lame ass Alberta "lets rain for about ten minutes, then get really fucking hot again so the air is too damp for your sweat to evaporate, and when things start to dry a bit, it can rain again!!1"

I just moved from Atlanta the other day and am stuck in an extremely small (compared to where I was living) town in the middle of nowhere. The food is godawful, theres nothing to do, the house im living in is old and falling apart, cigarettes are ridiculously expensive (five bucks a pack!), gas is too damn high, and the tap water has a disturbing taste. On top of all this the locals have an extremely annoying accent. I feel like im cut off from civilization, theres no major highways or cities near me, so I couldnt go for a weekend holiday even if i wanted to. Upside is I'm pretty close to Canada, so when I get some money saved up I might go up there for an extended vacation. Jesus please kill me now. /rant

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A few things:
1. I live in MN, so screw you
2.our accent(ufta) is better thans yours(ya'll).
3. Our food is good, but not as bad as you think.
4. you drink tap water? in minnesota, everybody use a filter in the towns and cities, in the country you filter the water. what you taste is probably an after taste of some of the mining chemicals that are taken down to non harmful levels, since you live up north. If you have a well I suggest puring soem bleach down the well.
5. gas is bad every where
6. Define 'major highways'. if you mean interstates, those only connect major cities, the twin cities, rochester, duluth, ect, with the rest of the each other, and the rest of world.
7. Lastly, suck it up. you'll get used to it. Watch Fargo a few dozen times. oh and prepare for winter sucka'.

I just moved from Atlanta the other day and am stuck in an extremely small (compared to where I was living) town in the middle of nowhere. The food is godawful, theres nothing to do, the house im living in is old and falling apart, cigarettes are ridiculously expensive (five bucks a pack!), gas is too damn high, and the tap water has a disturbing taste. On top of all this the locals have an extremely annoying accent. I feel like im cut off from civilization, theres no major highways or cities near me, so I couldnt go for a weekend holiday even if i wanted to. Upside is I'm pretty close to Canada, so when I get some money saved up I might go up there for an extended vacation. Jesus please kill me now. /rant

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hey,at least your not in central florida,where all the people are dicks,NOTHING! LITTERALY NOTHING TO DO!*us teens hang out at Wal-Mart...WAL MART*the villages are gonna be the new Nazi empire and gas sometimes reaches to $3.05!

Damn foreigners, nay-saying our great state... just shut the hell up and eat the damn lutefisk. If Hubert Humphrey were alive today, he would kick your ass right now.:mad::upyours::sniper::p

Donchyaknow.

I just moved from Atlanta the other day and am stuck in an extremely small (compared to where I was living) town in the middle of nowhere. The food is godawful, theres nothing to do, the house im living in is old and falling apart, cigarettes are ridiculously expensive (five bucks a pack!), gas is too damn high, and the tap water has a disturbing taste. On top of all this the locals have an extremely annoying accent. I feel like im cut off from civilization, theres no major highways or cities near me, so I couldnt go for a weekend holiday even if i wanted to. Upside is I'm pretty close to Canada, so when I get some money saved up I might go up there for an extended vacation. Jesus please kill me now. /rant

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Go to Detroit Lakes.

You can get wasted and tube down the Ottertail River, get wasted at WeFest(10k is over), or get wasted at the Beach. Either way, in that town you can get wasted.

Of course, I'm from that town, and hate it with a passion, but eh, you can always get wasted during the summer.

You can get wasted and tube down the Ottertail River, get wasted at WeFest(10k is over), or get wasted at the Beach. Either way, in that town you can get wasted.
Speaking of wasted... we have the 10,000 lakes festival going on right now. You can't walk two feet in that crowd without being offered a joint.

Damn foreigners, nay-saying our great state... just shut the hell up and eat the damn lutefisk. If Hubert Humphrey were alive today, he would kick your ass right now.:mad::upyours::sniper::p

Donchyaknow.

despite the smilies, I completely agree.

Why? They suck. You have to drive for hours to buy anything that isn't groceries.

Not true. Wal-Marts are pretty popular (here anyways)..you would see one in less than an hours time..

A hundred degrees right now in my neck of the mosquito infested woods. But the good think is, just when you're getting tired of the heat, it drops down to forty below overnight. It's Paradise.

If you want to get to walmart in Minnesota, you have to walk sixty miles uphill through rusty nails and acid rain wearing an onion on your belt.

Not true. Wal-Marts are pretty popular (here anyways)..you would see one in less than an hours time..I almost forgot about that, you people have to shop at Walmart. Ew.

I almost forgot about that, you people have to shop at Walmart. Ew.

Yeah but they came in and everything else closed down.

Remember the four seasons: Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter, and Road Construction.

3. Our food is good, but not as bad as you think.
Lefse FTW!
4. you drink tap water? in minnesota, everybody use a filter in the towns and cities, in the country you filter the water. what you taste is probably an after taste of some of the mining chemicals that are taken down to non harmful levels, since you live up north. If you have a well I suggest puring soem bleach down the well.
I drink tap water... and look at how cool I am. Sitting on my computer, midnight, arguing about Minnesota with someone I've never met.:rolleyes:
7. Lastly, suck it up. you'll get used to it. Watch Fargo a few dozen times. oh and prepare for winter sucka'.
*Prepares to run over thread submitter with snomobile*

Yeah but they came in and everything else closed down.
I'd rather drive the few hours.

Am I the only one who actually prefer small towns?

Nope. I always have. Though I can see how some people wouldn't like it - it's not for everyone.

I'll probably sound a bit nuts here, but I actually kinda enjoy the chunky water up there. :p It's got a little bite to it.

yeah. but you half to either grow up with it, oir get a water softener.

I'll probably sound a bit nuts here, but I actually kinda enjoy the chunky water up there. It's got a little bite to it.That's the iron ore/dead racoon you're tasting. It goes nicely with the deep fried venison you'll be eating for the rest of your life.

4. you drink tap water? in minnesota, everybody use a filter in the towns and cities, in the country you filter the water. what you taste is probably an after taste of some of the mining chemicals that are taken down to non harmful levels, since you live up north. If you have a well I suggest puring soem bleach down the well.


I'll probably sound a bit nuts here, but I actually kinda enjoy the chunky water up there. :p It's got a little bite to it.

I just moved from Atlanta the other day and am stuck in an extremely small (compared to where I was living) town in the middle of nowhere. The food is godawful, theres nothing to do, the house im living in is old and falling apart, cigarettes are ridiculously expensive (five bucks a pack!), gas is too damn high, and the tap water has a disturbing taste. On top of all this the locals have an extremely annoying accent. I feel like im cut off from civilization, theres no major highways or cities near me, so I couldnt go for a weekend holiday even if i wanted to. Upside is I'm pretty close to Canada, so when I get some money saved up I might go up there for an extended vacation. Jesus please kill me now. /rant

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Just wait until winter, I hear they're brutal in Minnesota. :eek:

I find that it envigorates the nostrils just a touch. Can't beat it.
Which means that it helps melt the icicles hanging out of your nose.

That's the iron ore/dead racoon you're tasting. It goes nicely with the deep fried venison you'll be eating for the rest of your life.

I find that it envigorates the nostrils just a touch. Can't beat it. :p

yeah. but you half to either grow up with it, oir get a water softener.Too bad that they cannot have the water pass through the water softener before it arrives at your house. I dunno, I think that the water treatment plant would be a good place, to bad nobody has ever thought of it.

Just wait until winter, I hear they're brutal in Minnesota. :eek:

they were... but thanks to stupid global warming they suck.

I just moved from Atlanta the other day and am stuck in an extremely small (compared to where I was living) town in the middle of nowhere. The food is godawful, theres nothing to do, the house im living in is old and falling apart, cigarettes are ridiculously expensive (five bucks a pack!), gas is too damn high, and the tap water has a disturbing taste. On top of all this the locals have an extremely annoying accent. I feel like im cut off from civilization, theres no major highways or cities near me, so I couldnt go for a weekend holiday even if i wanted to. Upside is I'm pretty close to Canada, so when I get some money saved up I might go up there for an extended vacation. Jesus please kill me now. /rant

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So? You have seasons. It actually gets cold in the winter. You can fix the house and stop smoking.

If you really want to live in the rectal region of the United States, go to Holtville, CA. It has two seasons - hot and hotter. It has a regional smell - something like a cross between a stockyard and rotting fish. It has two-inch long flying cockroaches and you can't take a step without killing at least 10 crickets. The water is undrinkable and mold grows up the walls (because the humidity is @80%) unless you run the A/C 24-7 - in which case your electric bill will be $700-800/mo. The closest large city is Mexicali, Mexico - which is almost as much of a pit as Tijuana.

The only good thing about it is - nothing.

they were... but thanks to stupid global warming they suck.
Yeah..winters just aren't the same anymore.:(

Yeah..winters just aren't the same anymore.:(


until you get to march. for the past few years that is when we get most of our snow. It sucks for hunting, because when its freezing, everything is cold, and the deer want to move around more.

You've obviously never been to small towns in Virginia.

It doesn't get any smaller than Dumfries. Damn, that place was a snoozer. At least it was when I lived near there around late 80s-early 90s.

Could be worse. At least you're not in the Dakotas.

No doubt (check my location and previous post (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12899611&postcount=4)).

Which means that it helps melt the icicles hanging out of your nose.

I wish he was joking about that. I experienced my first -25F/-45F wind chill week in February. It doesn't snow much in Bismarck, but we're in the Missouri Valley, and cold air sinks...it is colder than Dick Cheney's heart in February.

until you get to march. for the past few years that is when we get most of our snow. It sucks for hunting, because when its freezing, everything is cold, and the deer want to move around more.

:rolleyes: Yeah, 'cause I hate it when I'm hunting, and I actually have to, y'know, hunt. You've got ranged weapons, brave boy -- what's the problem?

No doubt (check my location and previous post (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12899611&postcount=4).



:rolleyes: Yeah, 'cause I hate it when I'm hunting, and I actually have to, y'know, hunt. You've got ranged weapons, brave boy -- what's the problem?


you missunderstood. What I meant is that when its cold is the fall, not warm like it has been, the deer move around a little and you can hunt.

until you get to march. for the past few years that is when we get most of our snow. It sucks for hunting, because when its freezing, everything is cold, and the deer want to move around more.

And it's not even MUCH snow. Sure we got dumped on a couple times this past year..but not as much as we used to. I miss the winters where the door to my apartment was blocked from the snow. And being able to sled all winter.

I wouldn't know for hunting..I don't hunt. lol

And it's not even MUCH snow. Sure we got dumped on a couple times this past year..but not as much as we used to. I miss the winters where the door to my apartment was blocked from the snow. And being able to sled all winter.

I wouldn't know for hunting..I don't hunt. lol

Yeah in the past 5 years we have gotten barely as much in 1 year, 10 years ago.

you missunderstood. What I meant is that when its cold is the fall, not warm like it has been, the deer move around a little and you can hunt.

Apologies. I misunderstood in spades. Sorry!

Apologies. I misunderstood in spades. Sorry!

thats ok. everybody makes mistakes.

I just moved from Atlanta the other day and am stuck in an extremely small (compared to where I was living) town in the middle of nowhere. The food is godawful, theres nothing to do, the house im living in is old and falling apart, cigarettes are ridiculously expensive (five bucks a pack!), gas is too damn high, and the tap water has a disturbing taste. On top of all this the locals have an extremely annoying accent. I feel like im cut off from civilization, theres no major highways or cities near me, so I couldnt go for a weekend holiday even if i wanted to. Upside is I'm pretty close to Canada, so when I get some money saved up I might go up there for an extended vacation. Jesus please kill me now. /rant

in b4 get a blog.Anus, eh?
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Perhaps there'll be some mention of prostate health.

Speaking of wasted... we have the 10,000 lakes festival going on right now. You can't walk two feet in that crowd without being offered a joint.

You from DL?

If so, I pity you right now. Worst time to be there. So glad I'm out of that shit hole.

A few things:
1. I live in MN, so screw you
2.our accent(ufta) is better thans yours(ya'll).
3. Our food is good, but not as bad as you think.
4. you drink tap water? in minnesota, everybody use a filter in the towns and cities, in the country you filter the water. what you taste is probably an after taste of some of the mining chemicals that are taken down to non harmful levels, since you live up north. If you have a well I suggest puring soem bleach down the well.
5. gas is bad every where
6. Define 'major highways'. if you mean interstates, those only connect major cities, the twin cities, rochester, duluth, ect, with the rest of the each other, and the rest of world.
7. Lastly, suck it up. you'll get used to it. Watch Fargo a few dozen times. oh and prepare for winter sucka'.

1. MN is awesome. It's a given.
2. Yes.
3. Yes, other than Lutefisk.
4. Well water>Tap water.
5. Indeed.
6. There are plenty of high ways. County Highways, State Highways, and Interstates every here and there. So yeah, no one should complain here.
7. Fargo is the spawn of evil. It is the single most god awful movie ever. If I get one more person asking "Where's your accent?" Oddly enough the winters have been mild for the past few years up this way. Still, southerners will be freezin' their balls off, but us MN folk are far to used to forty below weather to give a shit about a ten below-ish weather. To us, it's a god send.

Still, southerners will be freezin' their balls off, but us MN folk are far to used to forty below weather to give a shit about a ten below-ish weather. To us, it's a god send.

And we consider 0 degrees a warm front..hehe

You moved in. Why don't you just move out...to some place you'd rather be? What kind of a post is this?

Oddly enough the winters have been mild for the past few years up this way. Still, southerners will be freezin' their balls off, but us MN folk are far to used to forty below weather to give a shit about a ten below-ish weather. To us, it's a god send.

Picture it: Minneapolis, 1977. -20F, -40F wind chill. Driving snowstorm. Do they cancel school? They do not. They march a bunch of 5th graders through downtown Minneapolis on a field trip to listen to classical music. The only good thing about Texas was no winter, at least not where I lived. Now I'm in Maine, and back in the deep freeze.

I was under the impression that Georgia was the anus of America, what with its shitty accent.

Sorry, couldn't resist. If you hate Minnesota so much than go back to Georgia.

You've obviously never been to small towns in Virginia.

Obviously, neither have you. Hard to find friendlier people.

hey,at least your not in central florida,where all the people are dicks,NOTHING! LITTERALY NOTHING TO DO!*us teens hang out at Wal-Mart...WAL MART*the villages are gonna be the new Nazi empire and gas sometimes reaches to $3.05!

Orlando is in central Florida!?. If you get bored with that jump in a damn car or take a bus to the beach. Anyone bitching that is from either Florida or Hawaii doesn't have a case. To many things to do in those states. Gas is that expensive in most of the US btw.

Minnesota is not the anus of America. It might be the gall bladder or the appendix, but it's certainly not the anus. It doesn't even look like an anus. Rather, it looks like a tall beer glass with a wall of ice on one side. How appropriate, I would say.

Now, Ohio, where I'm from? That's the anus of America. Sure, they like to say it's "the heart of it all," but now that I think about it, the state looks a little more like an anus than a heart. It stinks to high heaven here, the place is full of assholes...oh yeah, and our long legacy of incompetent Presidents and cannibalistic serial killers. That and we weren't even really a state until 1957. Yeah, we suck.

Remember the four seasons: Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter, and Road Construction.

Here in Ohio, the fifth season is "Damn, It's Hot."

Minnesota is not the anus of America. It might be the gall bladder or the appendix, but it's certainly not the anus. It doesn't even look like an anus. Rather, it looks like a tall beer glass with a wall of ice on one side. How appropriate, I would say.

Now, Ohio, where I'm from? That's the anus of America. Sure, they like to say it's "the heart of it all," but now that I think about it, the state looks a little more like an anus than a heart. It stinks to high heaven here, the place is full of assholes...oh yeah, and our long legacy of incompetent Presidents and cannibalistic serial killers. That and we weren't even really a state until 1957. Yeah, we suck.

Here in Ohio, the fifth season is "Damn, It's Hot."

Isn't Cleveland the actual center of the anus? Or is it just a massive hemorrhoid?

Isn't Cleveland the actual center of the anus? Or is it just a massive hemorrhoid?

A hemmorhoid; Columbus is the actual anus, and Cincinnati is another infection of some sort.

I noticed the last time I went to Cincinnati that all the buildings appear to lean toward the Ohio River. I hypothesize that they're trying to escape into Kentucky. That or drown themselves, one or the other.

A hemmorhoid; Columbus is the actual anus, and Cincinnati is another infection of some sort.

I noticed the last time I went to Cincinnati that all the buildings appear to lean toward the Ohio River. I hypothesize that they're trying to escape into Kentucky. That or drown themselves, one or the other.

IIRC, southern Ohio is one of the few places you can still get a deep fried sliced brain sandwich...

All I know is Minnesota hates me. I went up there after Christmas a couple years ago and apparently it was in the middle of a heatwave and all the snow was starting to melt. We were there for a week. The night before I left it started snowing, I mean at like 11 PM. By the next morning there was a foot of snow out and it was picking up as I left.


God damnit.

I just moved from Atlanta the other day and am stuck in an extremely small (compared to where I was living) town in the middle of nowhere. The food is godawful, theres nothing to do, the house im living in is old and falling apart, cigarettes are ridiculously expensive (five bucks a pack!), gas is too damn high, and the tap water has a disturbing taste. On top of all this the locals have an extremely annoying accent. I feel like im cut off from civilization, theres no major highways or cities near me, so I couldnt go for a weekend holiday even if i wanted to. Upside is I'm pretty close to Canada, so when I get some money saved up I might go up there for an extended vacation. Jesus please kill me now. /rant

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There's plenty to do in Minnesota. You could breed with your relatives, start a distillery in your basement, shoot at protected wildlife.. The possibilities are endless, really.

There's plenty to do in Minnesota. You could breed with your relatives, start a distillery in your basement, shoot at protected wildlife.. The possibilities are endless, really.

Accidentally wander into Canada.

IIRC, southern Ohio is one of the few places you can still get a deep fried sliced brain sandwich...

A what? I guess they'll deep-fry anything...and I'm surprised it wasn't Texas who thought of it first...

I bet all the locals think they would like to choke him when they hear his accent.

I just moved from Atlanta the other day and am stuck in an extremely small (compared to where I was living) town in the middle of nowhere. The food is godawful, theres nothing to do, the house im living in is old and falling apart, cigarettes are ridiculously expensive (five bucks a pack!), gas is too damn high, and the tap water has a disturbing taste. On top of all this the locals have an extremely annoying accent. I feel like im cut off from civilization, theres no major highways or cities near me, so I couldnt go for a weekend holiday even if i wanted to. Upside is I'm pretty close to Canada, so when I get some money saved up I might go up there for an extended vacation. Jesus please kill me now. /rant

in b4 get a blog.The Twin Cities are fine. Not perfect, of course, but no city is. Still, a great place to live.

The small towns and rural bits of the state, however...well, I think the scenery can be lovely, but that's about the best I can say.

A what? I guess they'll deep-fry anything...and I'm surprised it wasn't Texas who thought of it first...

Or Scotland. They deep-fry anything and everything.

The Twin Cities are fine. Not perfect, of course, but no city is. Still, a great place to live.

The small towns and rural bits of the state, however...well, I think the scenery can be lovely, but that's about the best I can say.

So, did you run outside when in the Twin Cities, and twirl around like Mary Tyler Moore?

You've obviously never been to small towns in North Carolina.

You've never been to anywhere in Alabama.

You've obviously never been to small towns in Virginia.

You've obviously never been to small towns in North Carolina.

Acutally, I...

Okay, you got me. I've never been to Alabama.

And hope to somebody's god that you never, ever go.

You've never been to anywhere in Alabama.

Acutally, I...

Okay, you got me. I've never been to Alabama.

I was born in Minnesota...now I live in Wisconsin.

I would move back in a heartbeat if I could...of course, I'd move nearly anywhere else if I could.

Wisconsin is basically the same as Minnesota, except drunker...and Minneapolis is a MUCH nicer city than Milwaukee.

That, and Minnesotans aren't overly proud of their shitty beer and stinky cheese. :p

I was born in Minnesota...now I live in Wisconsin.

I would move back in a heartbeat if I could...of course, I'd move nearly anywhere else if I could.

Wisconsin is basically the same as Minnesota, except drunker...and Minneapolis is a MUCH nicer city than Milwaukee.

That, and Minnesotans aren't overly proud of their shitty beer and stinky cheese. :p

Wisconsin beer isn't too good, I'll give you that. But the cheese is excellent.

Yeah..winters just aren't the same anymore.
Back in the mid '90s, when you had to dig a trail (or a tunnel) to your garage just to start your truck...
And it's not even MUCH snow. Sure we got dumped on a couple times this past year..but not as much as we used to. I miss the winters where the door to my apartment was blocked from the snow. And being able to sled all winter.
But the low temps is still here... less snow, more cold, it's like god is trying to kill off the snomobiler.
You from DL?

If so, I pity you right now. Worst time to be there. So glad I'm out of that shit hole.
No such luck, I hail from the even shittier town of Rollag. Don't tell me you've never been to the steam thresher's reunion.:p
Picture it: Minneapolis, 1977
Back then even the Cities had to go through it like the rest of minnesota. Now they're all a bunch of pussies. I was listening to NPR yesterday, and there was this liberal cityslicker whining about an "epidemic" of woodticks.
start a distillery in your basement, shoot at protected wildlife.. The possibilities are endless, really.
My grandfather made a living doing both.
until you get to march. for the past few years that is when we get most of our snow. It sucks for hunting, because when its freezing, everything is cold, and the deer want to move around more.
November (rifle season) is seeing less and less snow over the years... harder to track the them now, with no powder...

A hemmorhoid; Columbus is the actual anus, and Cincinnati is another infection of some sort.

I noticed the last time I went to Cincinnati that all the buildings appear to lean toward the Ohio River. I hypothesize that they're trying to escape into Kentucky. That or drown themselves, one or the other.

Winner of f'ing thread.
*bows*

Speaking of Cincinnati ...
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=533712

I bet all the locals think they would like to choke him when they hear his accent.

Possibly ... but usually only after hearing him bitching about OUR accent

There's plenty to do in Minnesota. You could breed with your relatives, start a distillery in your basement, shoot at protected wildlife.. The possibilities are endless, really.

1. I know some really funny, sad, and disturbing incidents between cousins who didn't know they were cousins. :D
2. Mmm... booze...
3. Hey now, we don't shoot at protected wildlife, and chastise those who do.

The other two are, infact, correct.

The Twin Cities are fine. Not perfect, of course, but no city is. Still, a great place to live.

The small towns and rural bits of the state, however...well, I think the scenery can be lovely, but that's about the best I can say.

I stayed there for a couple days and found it quite enjoyable. If I could, I would move there in a heartbeat, but I'm afraid I'm stuck here (east bumblefuck) for the time being.

And Zuban cigars only a light-year away.

I get that joke, and I would like to register my approval of it by laughing at the jokes sincere comedic value, lol
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Seriously though, htats pretty good.

I take offense to "shitty little town in New England."

Thank God I live in New Hampshire and not some stupid ass city where crime and assholes are rampant. I get to live in a place with nice clean air, I can see the stars at night, and we even have a nascar track and grocery stores ;-)

Oh, did I mention no income/sales tax? Thats nice too.

Boston has all kinds of homeless people, crime, all that shit. Stuff you just don't get in NH.

And don't even get me started on New Jersey...the place smells like burning trash, I swear.

CT is the only highly populated area near here that doesn't suck horribly.

Point is. Screw city livin'.

Possibly ... but usually only after hearing him bitching about OUR accent

I'm actually very polite in person. I just like to vent occasionally.

I just moved from Atlanta the other day and am stuck in an extremely small (compared to where I was living) town in the middle of nowhere. The food is godawful, theres nothing to do, the house im living in is old and falling apart, cigarettes are ridiculously expensive (five bucks a pack!), gas is too damn high, and the tap water has a disturbing taste. On top of all this the locals have an extremely annoying accent. I feel like im cut off from civilization, theres no major highways or cities near me, so I couldnt go for a weekend holiday even if i wanted to. Upside is I'm pretty close to Canada, so when I get some money saved up I might go up there for an extended vacation. Jesus please kill me now. /rant

in b4 get a blog.
I'll give you the price of tobacco but you can blame that on the state congress. Most of them would love to see tobacco outlawed and pot legalized.

As for the food, I grew up on the stuff served here and can't imagine eating anything else. There's plenty to do here. Summer's fishing season and we've got over nine thousaaaaand lakes. There may be no fish in my pond but that doesn't stop me from casting a line whenever I get the chance.

The U of M gave us the agricultural scientist, humanitarian, Nobel laureate, and father of the Green Revolution, Norman Borlaug, which is more than we ever got from those free-loadin' Canadians.

What? Canada sucks.

I'll give you the price of tobacco but you can blame that on the state congress. Most of them would love to see tobacco outlawed and pot legalized.

Tell me more.

Tell me more.

We are just south of Canada. Do the math.

If we're talking about the anus (ergo, where the waste of processed food and liquid matter is expelled), wouldn't that be either Texas or Florida?

All of our silly, 42-gun-toting citizens go to Texas while our older generations end up in Florida. Waste expelled. :P :P

Am I the only one who actually prefer small towns?

yes. I lived within 20 feet of where this picture was taken this time last year. (http://www.wheels.org/pix/nycycle/critical200307/critical-Images/5.jpg) now I'm in arkansas. why, god, why?

that weird taste you get from the tap water in Minnesota is most likely this thing they call water

city water that gets purified with numerous techniques and then some purify with their own filter when it gets to their tap does not taste like water. it taste like nothing.

that weird taste you get from the tap water in Minnesota is most likely this thing they call water

city water that gets purified with numerous techniques and then some purify with their own filter when it gets to their tap does not taste like water. it taste like nothing.
This is true. I grew up in the Twin Cities, and when I first moved to the East Coast I was baffled by the fact that nobody just drank tap water...you had to get a filter or something before it was drinkable. Eew. Really grossed me out, because I could get a water filter for drinking, but still had to shower in that water.

For anybody thinking of visiting the Cities, I strongly recommend the Sculpture Gardens, the Minnesota Zoo, the Science Museum (or Children's Museum), and an afternoon of walking around the lakes. You can make a day of it walking or biking around Lake Calhoun, Lake Harriet, and/or Lake of the Isles, and you're right by Uptown and a whole bunch of great restaurants.

If you're in town in August, you can probably also catch the Uptown Art Fair, which is tons of fun.

For anybody thinking of visiting the Cities, I strongly recommend the Sculpture Gardens, the Minnesota Zoo, the Science Museum (or Children's Museum), and an afternoon of walking around the lakes. You can make a day of it walking or biking around Lake Calhoun, Lake Harriet, and/or Lake of the Isles, and you're right by Uptown and a whole bunch of great restaurants.

If you're in town in August, you can probably also catch the Uptown Art Fair, which is tons of fun.

Whats the nightlife like?

Whats the nightlife like?
So-so. Weirdly, I've found that stuff stays open later in the Cities than it does in, say Boston. There also seems to be a lot more in the way of 24-hour restaurants and restaurant-pubs in the Cities. In Boston, I was floored to discover that things tend to close around 2, and there's few 24-hour diners you can visit after the pub closes. The Cities seems to have more stuff that stays open later.

I'm not much of a club-goer, so I can't speak authoritatively on that side of it. I do like a lot of the pubs in the Cities, though people from the East Coast might be particularly annoyed with the fact that a lot of good MN pubs are franchises or chains. There's less of the small-pub feeling.

The problem with the Cities, for me, was the lack of good public transit. That hurts the night life for me because of the need to always have a sober driver. In Boston we could all get smashed and take the T home, but in the Cities you have to drive to get just about everywhere.

So-so. Weirdly, I've found that stuff stays open later in the Cities than it does in, say Boston. There also seems to be a lot more in the way of 24-hour restaurants and restaurant-pubs in the Cities. In Boston, I was floored to discover that things tend to close around 2, and there's few 24-hour diners you can visit after the pub closes. The Cities seems to have more stuff that stays open later.
Like a Waffle House (if you know what that is)?

I'm not much of a club-goer, so I can't speak authoritatively on that side of it. I do like a lot of the pubs in the Cities, though people from the East Coast might be particularly annoyed with the fact that a lot of good MN pubs are franchises or chains. There's less of the small-pub feeling.
When you say franchises or chains do you mean Bar & Grill type places?

The problem with the Cities, for me, was the lack of good public transit. That hurts the night life for me because of the need to always have a sober driver. In Boston we could all get smashed and take the T home, but in the Cities you have to drive to get just about everywhere.
Is it dangerous to ride, or almost nonexistent?

Is it dangerous to ride, or almost nonexistent?
I'm pretty sure the latter.

Like a Waffle House (if you know what that is)?

Along those lines, yeah. Perkins rules. I used to come in at 4am every weekday night and order a glass of milk and a side of bacon, and they didn't even bat an eye.


When you say franchises or chains do you mean Bar & Grill type places?

Some of them, yes, but there's also the very popular Sports Bar format. And "pool halls" that are really just very large bars with a couple of tables sitting around.


Is it dangerous to ride, or almost nonexistent?
It's pretty much just the bus system, though there's finally a light rail system getting started. The problem is partly that it's not so safe, but mainly that it's just a bitch to use. It's much harder to figure out than the T or the Metro.

With the subway, you go into the station, buy your token or ticket, and check a map to find your train. With the buses, the stops usually have a schedule posted, but frequently don't have any way of figuring out which bus goes where you want to go.

If you already know the bus you want, it's not so bad. If you don't, it's really a pain.

Plus, if you have to transfer you are left standing on some random corner in the middle of the night.

Along those lines, yeah. Perkins rules. I used to come in at 4am every weekday night and order a glass of milk and a side of bacon, and they didn't even bat an eye.
Actually, Perkins was the first place I ate at here (the town I'm living in). I didn't care for it much. The cookie I had after dinner was pretty good though.

Some of them, yes, but there's also the very popular Sports Bar format. And "pool halls" that are really just very large bars with a couple of tables sitting around.
Eugh. I think I'll pass on that.

It's pretty much just the bus system, though there's finally a light rail system getting started. The problem is partly that it's not so safe, but mainly that it's just a bitch to use. It's much harder to figure out than the T or the Metro.
Can't be worse than MARTA. Or is it?

Actually, Perkins was the first place I ate at here (the town I'm living in). I didn't care for it much. The cookie I had after dinner was pretty good though.

Oh, it's not "good" food. It's just good drunk food.

:D


Eugh. I think I'll pass on that.

I don't give a crap about ambiance, myself, I just like interesting people and good prices on good booze. So I end up in a lot of odd night spots.


Can't be worse than MARTA. Or is it?
Dunno.

So-so. Weirdly, I've found that stuff stays open later in the Cities than it does in, say Boston. There also seems to be a lot more in the way of 24-hour restaurants and restaurant-pubs in the Cities. In Boston, I was floored to discover that things tend to close around 2, and there's few 24-hour diners you can visit after the pub closes. The Cities seems to have more stuff that stays open later.

I'm not much of a club-goer, so I can't speak authoritatively on that side of it. I do like a lot of the pubs in the Cities, though people from the East Coast might be particularly annoyed with the fact that a lot of good MN pubs are franchises or chains. There's less of the small-pub feeling.

The problem with the Cities, for me, was the lack of good public transit. That hurts the night life for me because of the need to always have a sober driver. In Boston we could all get smashed and take the T home, but in the Cities you have to drive to get just about everywhere.

There are a lot of all night places (for food) all over ... I now live in a town of only 70 thousand or so (compared to the cities nothing) and we have 4 or 5 all night places (Some chain's like IHOP and Perkins some smaller ones too)

I just moved from Atlanta the other day and am stuck in an extremely small (compared to where I was living) town in the middle of nowhere. The food is godawful, theres nothing to do, the house im living in is old and falling apart, cigarettes are ridiculously expensive (five bucks a pack!), gas is too damn high, and the tap water has a disturbing taste. On top of all this the locals have an extremely annoying accent. I feel like im cut off from civilization, theres no major highways or cities near me, so I couldnt go for a weekend holiday even if i wanted to. Upside is I'm pretty close to Canada, so when I get some money saved up I might go up there for an extended vacation. Jesus please kill me now. /rant

in b4 get a blog.

Atlanta! Georgia sucks! Georgia peaches my :mp5: If Georgia wanted to succed from the US again. I'd let them. Worst state by far. As far as Jesus is concered. Glad he got me out of there./retort

Atlanta! Georgia sucks! Georgia peaches my :mp5: If Georgia wanted to succed from the US again. I'd let them. Worst state by far. As far as Jesus is concered. Glad he got me out of there./retort

I did not care for Atlanta one bit the two weeks I was there, but you could have said that more clearly and without the gun smiley lol

I just moved from Atlanta the other day and am stuck in an extremely small (compared to where I was living) town in the middle of nowhere. The food is godawful, theres nothing to do, the house im living in is old and falling apart, cigarettes are ridiculously expensive (five bucks a pack!), gas is too damn high, and the tap water has a disturbing taste. On top of all this the locals have an extremely annoying accent. I feel like im cut off from civilization, theres no major highways or cities near me, so I couldnt go for a weekend holiday even if i wanted to. Upside is I'm pretty close to Canada, so when I get some money saved up I might go up there for an extended vacation. Jesus please kill me now. /rant

in b4 get a blog.

I did not care for Atlanta one bit the two weeks I was there, but you could have said that more clearly and without the gun smiley lol

They are still pissed about losing the Civil war there. For god sakes Sherman spared Savannah! Their favorite joke down there goes like this ~

Whats the difference between a yankee and a damn yankee? A yankee is one who visits. A damn yankee is one who stays. I must have heard it about oh...100 times durning the 3 mouths I spent there. ;) (better Smilie? )

yes. I lived within 20 feet of where this picture was taken this time last year. (http://www.wheels.org/pix/nycycle/critical200307/critical-Images/5.jpg) now I'm in arkansas. why, god, why?

I'd probably never sleep again if I lived there. I wake up when the neighbors come home at 4:00 from the bar. And by neighbors I mean downstairs neighbors.

When I lived in France earlier this year I went to Paris several times. After about 6 hours I just couldn't handle the people anymore. Luckily our hotel was in a very quiet part of town.

Atlanta! Georgia sucks! Georgia peaches my :mp5: If Georgia wanted to secede from the US again. I'd let them. Worst state by far. As far as Jesus is concered. Glad he got me out of there./retort

Fixed.

We are just south of Canada. Do the math.Just south of Manitoba and western Ontario.

Can't really comment living in England and all, but still, having spent a month or so in N.Wales (equally dead, and suited to outdoors freaks), I sympathise.

Despite living in a village, and wanting to do so again in 30 years, I'm more of a city person right now; I like clubs, fuck loads of shops, countless pubs and the like more than the chance to look at a cold grey landscape and generic glaciated uplands every day.

I just moved from Atlanta the other day and am stuck in an extremely small (compared to where I was living) town in the middle of nowhere. The food is godawful, theres nothing to do, the house im living in is old and falling apart, cigarettes are ridiculously expensive (five bucks a pack!), gas is too damn high, and the tap water has a disturbing taste. On top of all this the locals have an extremely annoying accent. I feel like im cut off from civilization, theres no major highways or cities near me, so I couldnt go for a weekend holiday even if i wanted to. Upside is I'm pretty close to Canada, so when I get some money saved up I might go up there for an extended vacation. Jesus please kill me now. /rant

in b4 get a blog.

I have a few suggestions.

1. Learn to cook if the food there is awful.
2. Use this opportunity to fix up your old house, which would also give you something to do.
3. Give up smoking.
4. Ride a bike or get a fuel efficient car.
5. Get a water filter to remove bad tastes.
6. Can't do anything about the locals, but they probably think your accent is odd too.

Eugh. I think I'll pass on that.



Eh, you should come to the Fargo-Moorhead area then.

We have Pubs a plenty, Sports Bars, Dives(Shitty bars-however they don't water down their drinks like some other places do), a gaggle of dance clubs, and a few pool halls, a couple of strip clubs, biker bars... etc, and so forth. Oh, and a liquor store every other block. We like to drink up here.

Really, though, if you live in a small town in Minnesota, I do feel for you. It does get BOOOOORING(I grew up in the bumfuck of nowhere Minnesota). If you grow up there, you do come to enjoy a great deal of it(Such as making fun of city folk who have never seen a deer before, who then see one, and go on for about two and a half hours about it-they are very interesting animals yes, and I do stop every once in a while if I see a group in the woods when I'm driving, but I don't have to talk about it for hours on end).

As long as there is texas and florida, america's anus is taken.

Minnesota kicks ass.

My dad's from Mankato, a town that holds a world record.

Minnesota kicks ass.

My dad's from Mankato, a town that holds a world record.

for most executions performed at the same time.

yes. I lived within 20 feet of where this picture was taken this time last year. (http://www.wheels.org/pix/nycycle/critical200307/critical-Images/5.jpg) now I'm in arkansas. why, god, why?

I feel your pain. Lived 26 years in Seattle. Now teaching in Bismarck, ND. Don't get me wrong, it's a really nice place, and the people are terrific. I miss trees (contrary to what they'll tell you in ND, a cottonwood is NOT a tree -- it's a big, wood-stemmed weed), I miss mountains (they have "downhill skiing" at Huff Hill -- I could hike up the son-of-a-bitch in about 20 minutes), and miss water (the Missouri flows right between the twin cities of Bismarck and Mandan, and it's lovely, but it's not the Pacific or Puget Sound).

I can't imagine living in Manhattan and winding up anywhere in Arkansas. Even Little Rock must be a joke to you. :(

for most executions performed at the same time.

I have students from Mankato. I'll have to ask them about that record....

I have students from Mankato. I'll have to ask them about that record....

Wiki knows all!

On December 26, 1862, the largest mass execution in U.S. history occurred in Mankato following the Dakota War of 1862. Thirty-eight Dakota Amerindians were hanged for participation in the uprising; a total of 303 were sentenced to be hanged but President Lincoln pardoned 265 at the urging of Bishop Henry Benjamin Whipple. Lincoln's intervention was not popular at the time. Two commemorative statues are located on the site of the hangings (now home to the Blue Earth County Library and Reconciliation Park).

Wiki knows all!

My hero!

I have students from Mankato. I'll have to ask them about that record....

Oh poop. I was thinking it was the Biggest Ball of Twine, or some felching contest. You know, something dignified.
:(

Oh poop. I was thinking it was the Biggest Ball of Twine, or some felching contest. You know, something dignified.
:(

A Weird Al reference and a reference that's just plain weird. Nicely done!

A Weird Al reference and a reference that's just plain weird. Nicely done!

ThankyousomuchthankyouSOMUCH!
http://www.websmileys.com/sm/love/lieb47.gif

*bows*

ThankyousomuchthankyouSOMUCH!
http://www.websmileys.com/sm/love/lieb47.gif

*bows*

Now, for bonus points, what song by which artist is Weird Al's "The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota" parodying?

Now, for bonus points, what song by which artist is Weird Al's "The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota" parodying?

30,000 Pounds of Bananas, by Harry Chapin? (don't actually know, to my shame)


For YOUR bonus points, who was the first fan to ever autograph Weird Al?

30,000 Pounds of Bananas, by Harry Chapin? (don't actually know, to my shame)

No shame involved, that's exactly right! *dingdingdingdingding!*

Here's your cookie! *hands Brevious a lovely giant snickerdoodle*

For YOUR bonus points, who was the first fan to ever autograph Weird Al?

Good Lord, that's a toughie. Without looking online, I'll guess Dr. Demento.

No shame involved, that's exactly right! *dingdingdingdingding!*

Here's your cookie! *hands Brevious a lovely giant snickerdoodle*
http://www.websmileys.com/sm/happy/1074.gif
*munch*



Good Lord, that's a toughie. Without looking online, I'll guess Dr. Demento.

Good guess, but not according to Al himself. No shame there, btw.

I was.
I signed his left arm while he signed my "Dare To Be Stupid" album. He was on his Alapalooza tour, and he came to my hometown. A lot happened with that guy.
:D