The Midwest Is A Whole Different Place, And This Account Sums It Up Perfectly (50 Pics)

Christian Bradshaw 4 years ago

I can confirm that this confirmation is correct

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Lorelei 4 years ago

Me too

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MELISSA TULLOSS-NOLAN - STUDENT 4 years ago

I can also confirm this

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birdie asf 4 years ago

either that, the good old taco (folding your plate halfway), or the napkin on top. if you leave it open for everyone to see, they WILL find you.

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the mom friend 4 years ago

isn't this just common practice wherever you are?

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Marylu Horkowitz 4 years ago

I do that in Pennsylvania

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Tim Barnhart 4 years ago

I too can confirm this.

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Bear42212 4 years ago

I do this in Maryland

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Dre Mosley 4 years ago

That's not a midwest thing at all.

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6th grade representative #1 4 years ago

Yep

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Hermione Granger 4 years ago

I thought I was the only one...

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Leah Oliver-Blase 4 years ago

I'm from the UK and live in Texas. This isn't just a midwest thing.

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Paul K. Johnson 4 years ago

Every time it snowed pretty hard we all sat there listening to the radio hoping for a snow day. Then we'd spend the entire day out in the snow or on the lake skating.

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J. Normal 4 years ago

When the school closed we all grabbed our sleds and went to the school hill.

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Stille20 4 years ago

Oh wow... i forgot it use to be on the radio

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ℜ𝔬𝔟𝔢𝔯𝔱 ℭ𝔞𝔱𝔱𝔢 4 years ago

...And then you had to take summer school all break.

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Nancy325 4 years ago

And the announcer read them one by one so if you missed hearing your school was closed OR NOT, you had to wait for the next time they read the entire list. TALK ABOUT ANXIETY?!!

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LegendYak 4 years ago

Wow that sounds way fun

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birdie asf 4 years ago

welp now there aren't any snow days at all. it's all online school. and even if there is a lot of snow when people go back in person, they'll just do online.

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Noodles Macintosh 4 years ago

Yeah once Christmas was over it was the only thing I look forward to all winter as a kid.

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David Beaulieu 4 years ago

This is not a 'midwest' thing, it's a 'anyone who lived in the US where it snowed' thing.

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CincyReds 4 years ago

Looked forward to this every time it snowed! Then when I was a parent, I would get the 5 a.m. call that school was cancelled, and I got to tell my kids. Always loved the smile I would get as they would rollover and go back to sleep!

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Hermione Granger 4 years ago

Lol still look for it on the news

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May 4 years ago

I've never understood this - why do schools close when it snows? I'm from Norway - we get lots of snow, but we've never had 'snow days'.

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hydrostatic joints 4 years ago

Where I live it only snows once or twice a year, so snow is like a big event. Plus I live in basically the middle of nowhere so there are a lot of kids that live on backroads or places that don't get plowed, so the schoolbus can't pick them up because it's too dangerous. Also, a lot of the teachers live almost an hour away and can't drive when the roads are icy or snowy.

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Lisa Watson 4 years ago

Schools can have bus rides of over an hour for the kids to get to school. From what I understand, they generally close schools if it isn't safe to be on the roads. I'm from the Southeast, we get tropical event days instead when it looks like a tropical storm or hurricane will hit.

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Noodles Macintosh 4 years ago

Apples and oranges.

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6th grade representative #1 4 years ago

Well, I'm gonna get up for my run every morning anyway, so no point in knowing if I have school when i wake up. My sister however....

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dragoneye 66 4 years ago

this or having to get up super early to hear the list of school closings/delays on the radio, or the school website

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xandi.says 4 years ago

And when your school district was in the latter half of the alphabet...geeze.

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Bora 4 years ago

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Midwest, also called Middle West or the North Central States, is a region in northern and central United States, lying midway between the Appalachians and the Rocky Mountains and north of the Ohio River and the 37th parallel.

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Raine Soo 4 years ago

This is sort of like Canadian anger.

96points

Lisa Watson 4 years ago

Canadian anger would have the phrase, "Excuse me, buddy!" in there somewhere.

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Jennifer Hunter 4 years ago

Canadian anger: 8. Sorry... 7. Sorry, but... 6. Oh geez...sorry... 5. Pardon me, but....oh sorry... 4. Hey now...sorry... 3. Excuse me bud... 2. Sorry what was that? Oh pardon me... 1. YOU SHUT YOUR FAT MOUTH YA HOSER!! SORRY!

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Fall Out Genderfluid 4 years ago (edited)

The midwest is basically Canada. We speak like Canadians, our people act like Canadians, and our forms of government are canadian With the exception of Southern Illinois and Indiana. Those places are rough.

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Em Wal 4 years ago

That's because we're basically part of Canada. At least that's what it feels like sometimes in Michigan.

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Tom Lippert 4 years ago

As a Minnesotan we are more angry, but mostly polite though.

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WestWorldEmployee7 4 years ago

Love the Midwest! NYers (not the transplants) block traffic and scream "F*cking go around me, asshole!" Midwesterners are the nicest people in the country!

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Fall Out Genderfluid 4 years ago

ohohoho you haven't experienced Indiana traffic then

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Kiss Army Premium 4 years ago

I am smack dab in the Midwest and I have said over half of these today. (In no particular order though...)

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Deana Kouyoumdjian 4 years ago

"Criminy!"

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Brent Kaufman 4 years ago

Gee manetly! (spelling?)

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Dana 4 years ago

You are forgetting "Cripes Alfrighty" and "Dang it all"

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6th grade representative #1 4 years ago

My history teacher uses those phrases quite often.lol

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Haley Bracknell 4 years ago

I'm from Australia and I say 8, 7, 6 and 2 frequently 😆😆

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Krazy Kat 4 years ago

Yep .

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Demongrrrrl Premium 4 years ago

"Oh, for crying out loud."

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sylvantic 4 years ago

well, i can confirm that my mother is from the midwest.

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6th grade representative #1 4 years ago

Yep...you know, just the other day my grandpa told me....lmao. So true

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Vera Paradiso 4 years ago

meanwhile, there grandpa died a year ago.

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Victor Botha 4 years ago

So South Africa, we also say the other day but we also have the infamous "now" I'll do it now, just now, now now. This could mean anything from within a minute, 5 minutes, hour, day week, year etc ..... you get the idea

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My O My 4 years ago

That means I'm south african by heart 😅

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ƒιѕн 4 years ago

Do this all the time, usually referencing in the last couple years.

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Sarah Simons 4 years ago

It's how we were raised.

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Grumble O'Pug 4 years ago

Westerner here whose family does this.

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Philly Bob Squires 4 years ago

Down the road apiece! = possibly halfway across the state.

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Lynn Morello 4 years ago

Sounds like parents here in Australia.

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Suzanne Haigh 4 years ago

Sounds a bit like the Scottish, "down the road" could mean a half a mile or 3oo miles

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Suzanne Haigh 4 years ago

Sounds like "down the road" in Scotland. Could be 100 yards or 200 miles

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Debbie Burton 4 years ago

I say that too :O and I live in Australia

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xandi.says 4 years ago

"I was talkin' with Bill the other day..." (five years ago)

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The Midwest—as defined by the federal government—comprises the states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.

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Raine Soo 4 years ago

I like seeing cows on my travels too-oo-oo.

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Hi. YOu are wanted 4 years ago

Oh no the cows have breached the system.

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Jamma 4 years ago

Me too. I went to Scotland last year and was so excited to see three breeds I hadn't seen in person before. I was as excited about the cows as any of the other "sights."

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DogMatic 4 years ago (edited)

Lambing season where I live, my favourite part of the year, watching lambs playing in the fields. Little early for calves yet.

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Ben Smith 4 years ago

And you better go “mooooo” when you drive by

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KiwiBubbles 4 years ago

Is it punishable by law to intentionally forgo the MOO as you drive past??? WELL IS IT YET

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Wowie-Zowie 4 years ago

Or yell "Cows" matter-of-factly

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CCTheVampire 4 years ago

I usually scream "I LOVE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY" But when I can't, I'll just go "OHMYGOSH CARS" because my brain is mean.

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birdie asf 4 years ago

when you're half asleep on a roadtrip and your parents shout "COWS" and everyone just wakes up just to look at what's been there for decades

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6th grade representative #1 4 years ago

I used to say "moo" every time I saw a cow. Mom just LOVED me for that

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Hehehehehehehehe (ve/ver) 4 years ago

Me too! She would say ‘Who let a cow in the car?’ And I would be in a fit of giggles

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Hehehehehehehehe (ve/ver) 4 years ago

same with horses

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Kelly Murray 4 years ago

Guy who worked with my dad moved here (Midwest) from NYC. Was very surprised by seeing cows "in the wild". lol

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Luther von Wolfen 4 years ago

I love cows. They are my models for serenity in any circumstance. I think of them often.

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the one dude who likes cheese 4 years ago

my parents say my first word was moo. I am very fond of cows

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AnnaBanana 4 years ago

I love cows!

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California Jones 4 years ago

My grandparents live in a farm town. I still get excited over cows. Especially when they're fluffy.

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von Funnyname 4 years ago

I think this is just Mid-wherever in the states

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SeidWolf 4 years ago

I will add to these... - Living the dream - Upright and breathing - Still above ground - Haven't eaten any bullets yet

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Full of Giggles 4 years ago

“I’ve had worse days.”

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6th grade representative #1 4 years ago

Now, that is not completely accurate, just start with a casserole or two. Then roof.

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Jamma 4 years ago

It's true - if I can't work up enough effort to lie and say "good" and I settle for "oh you know..." or "eh," I'm in significant mental anguish.

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Lisa Watson 4 years ago

If I'm having a bad day my normal response is, "Well I'm awake."

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Demongrrrrl Premium 4 years ago

"Haven't killed anybody today. But the day ain't over yet."

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Noah-It-All 4 years ago

Yup.

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Analyn Lahr 4 years ago

My coworker says this and she's from Michigan.

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Keith Wollenberg 4 years ago

Get her in touch with whatever mental health support your firm provides.

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Sue Knerl 4 years ago

I just say, "l'm above the dirt."

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Sarah Simons 4 years ago

I can confirm this. It's actually how I talk when I'm having a bad day.

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Actually composed of two regions, the Northwest Territory, or the Old Northwest, and the Great Plains, you could say the Midwest has become more an idea than a region: an area of immense diversity but somehow consciously representative of a national average.

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Gyro Pilot 4 years ago

Wind changes everything when outside of the tropics

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Blake Ingram 4 years ago

I can tell you from living in Florida, the wind is a welcome thing. Otherwise, the air just sits there, and its humid. Unless it's one of the rare cold days.

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Dippin Dot 4 years ago (edited)

I am in Wisconsin, and yes, wind is everything. The low for Sunday is -26* F (-32* C) and that's without the wind. Then add the wind at 13 mph it will feel like -51.* F (-46*C)

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J. Normal 4 years ago

Midwest wind is weird, spring wind is warm and welcoming pushing away the cold. In the fall - winter the wind is bitter and cold and bites down to the bone.

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California Jones 4 years ago

Story of my Maine life.

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Philly Bob Squires 4 years ago

That happens here in the Poconos. It could be -12 here with no wind and we're standing outside in T-Shirts. 45 degrees WITH wind and we're freezing our sox off!

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RoseTheMad 4 years ago

Applies to me as a Brit, too. xP

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I’m A Black Cat 4 years ago

Northern Europe alike

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Lesbean Bookworm 4 years ago

How many times can I upvote this?

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Coco 4 years ago

Also in Edinburgh xD

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Rowan_boi 4 years ago

Me

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Brent Kaufman 4 years ago

I think we say, “wouldn’t be so bad if it weren’t for the humidity." More than wind.

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Iampazuzu 4 years ago

LOL

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KiwiBubbles 4 years ago

I... I... do this... I understood all of these perfectly but... yeah no yeah I guess I can see how that's confusing... I just... thought it was normal but... yeah no it's not.

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kasa alex 4 years ago

That actually sounds pretty Australian lol yeaahhh naaa

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lenka 4 years ago

I was thinking the same thing. lol. Very Aussie.

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vogonpoet 4 years ago

Or Kiwi. So many "yeah, nah, yeah"

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Debbie Burton 4 years ago

I was about to type your exact answer hahahahah

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Xandra, The Little Hufflepuff 4 years ago

This is accurate

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Adrienne Early 4 years ago

No yeah this is spot on guys. Also, "guys" could mean both a group of men or "all you other peoples". 😂

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Just Your Regular Avocado 4 years ago

This is also commonly used in Australia.

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Sammi Danni 4 years ago

Canada too!! Yea, no, for sure bud

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SlothyK8 4 years ago

I moved to the midwest from the west coast over 11 years ago, and I'm STILL learning this one.

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Jon Varley 4 years ago

So that's where they borrowed it from for the Vicar of Dibley....

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Katherine Heasley 4 years ago

No no no no no no no no no . . . yes.

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J. Normal 4 years ago

OMG I totally understood this.

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"'Midwest vs. Everybody' was a build-out of our original page, Iowa Chill," the creators of the fun online project told Bored Panda. "Most of the following is from the Midwest and we figured that people in Iowa have had similar experiences to people in Ohio or Indiana."

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birdie asf 4 years ago

basically if you live in illinois, there's a reason everyone says they live in chicago. nobody remembers "JOLIET" and "ROCKFORD" off the top of their heads

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earringnut 4 years ago

In Michigan we use the mitt map.

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Brian Gunning 4 years ago

From Galena ... We started with "Ever hear of Dubuque, Iowa?" If that got a blank stare then we went with 3 hours west of Chicago.

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M O'Connell 4 years ago

Cities that are mentioned on highway exit signs are usually good ones to use also. You might not live in Kewanee, but more people would recognize that since it's a destination.

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Lisa Watson 4 years ago

When I talk to someone from Illinois, I ask if they're from Chicago, or corn.

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alwaysMispelled 4 years ago

God I hope I remember to steal this!

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AnInrovert 4 years ago

I do that in Canada too. Imma just say im from Toronta!

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LOttawa 4 years ago

Same, I don't live in Ottawa but I chose it as my profile name because it's the biggest city near where I live.

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GirlFriday Premium 4 years ago

This is also accurate. It is easier for me to say "I am originally from the St. Louis area" rather than explain where I am actually from.

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Hilary Mol 4 years ago

I dated a guy who lived in Granite City, IL. Whenever he had to explain where he lived, he said either "just outside downtown St. Louis" or "the St. Louis area". The smell of Granite City is something you don't soon forget... (Same goes for Gary, Indiana.)

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von Funnyname 4 years ago

Same in the Northeast

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Hermione Granger 4 years ago

In Michigan we just point at our hands and then people don’t know what we mean

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abby smink 4 years ago

I also do that with Upstate NY, because I can guarantee you haven't heard of McLean

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Daniel Marsh 4 years ago

I'm actually from Long Island, which is not New York, just New York, even though most people who live in New York, New York live on Long Island, but they're from New York, not Long Island. If you need an explanation: The majority of residents of the City (of New York) live in Brooklyn or Queens, which are the Island (here, Long Island), but when you say you're from the Island, you typically mean you're from the part of Long Island that's East of the City, which is really confusing because most of New York City is on the Island (again, Long Island), but when people think of New York, they usually think of Manhattan, which is on another Island. You certainly do NOT mean Staten Island, which is part of New York City, but located somewhere in Central New Jersey. If you're from New Jersey, you might say, "Yeah, I'm from New York?" "Really, what part?" "New Jersey." It's kinda like asking for a Coke but make it a root beer.

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Demongrrrrl Premium 4 years ago

I thought that if you say you're from New Jersey, the correct response is "what exit?"

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Pseudo Puppy 4 years ago

Same in Australia for those outside of major towns. If living in rural / bush areas, the "nearest city" can be an 8 hour drive away.

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DogMom 4 years ago

People just outside Toronto do this when they speak to people outside Canada

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Thenatural 4 years ago

Same ritual here in the uk but we say 'right then' as we slap our knees and rise out of a chair.

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Natalie Bohrteller 4 years ago

Same in Germany, but we say "So!"

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Martine Remmelzwaal 4 years ago

Yea sounds familiar herein the Netherlands too

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Daria Z 4 years ago

Same in Russia with a similar phrase :)

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Dorothy Cloud 4 years ago

Just shows we're not all that different the world over!

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The 5-star rated 5-star rating system 4 years ago

Yep.

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Annika Jorgensen 4 years ago (edited)

I was about to write this xD

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Jon Varley 4 years ago

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Tim Barnhart 4 years ago

My father does something amazing. He just blurts out "bye" and walks out the door. I love it. No conversational kidnapping him.

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My O My 4 years ago

I'm a fan of your dad!

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von Funnyname 4 years ago

Northeast US, we just yawn and hope everyone gets the point...

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Dynein 4 years ago

One of the phrases my boyfriend's international coworkers learned very early on their stay in Germany (pre-covid) was "Packmas?" ("Pack ma's" in the local dialect and "Packen wir's" in proper German). Literally "shall we pack up?" and figuratively "alright I think everyone's done and finished, let's go then". Said after lunch.

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Marnie 4 years ago

My older sisters used to joke that my parents got engaged when my Dad looked at my Mom one day, slapped his knee and said, "Well, I supposed it's about time we got married." And my Mom said, "Yep, s'pose so." We're from Minnesota.

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LoveThePanda 4 years ago

My aunt has this thing when she visits, we all know when she uses the bathroom she leaves. We all guess what she's going to say. It's usually "welllllll"

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6th grade representative #1 4 years ago

LOOKING AT YOU MOM

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California Jones 4 years ago

Seriously, the Midwest and the upper South are hella similar to backwoods Maine.

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Spittnimage 4 years ago

My mom used to say "Bad as I hate to..."

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Tami 4 years ago

One of my friends is from Ukraine, and when she says 'ok, bye' on the phone or in person she hangs up or leaves. I like that a lot!

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"All of the people that run the account live in the Midwest. We endorse the simple and warm culture of living in an area of the Midwest that is usually seen as a flyover," the team explained.

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Rebekah 4 years ago

Oh geez... just realized I do the "sneak right by ya" much more than just at thanksgiving.

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birdie asf 4 years ago

there's never enough space so you end up squeezing in your butt and stomach and leaning over the table. it HURTS.

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lazy panda 4 years ago

North Dakota girl here. Was visiting Boston a couple years back and went to a game at Fenway being the Red Sox were playing the Twins. A guy was going to his seat on the other side of my husband and I and says "ope, excuse me. Just gonna sneak right by ya." Turns out he lived less than 2 hours away from us lol

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PineappleQueen 4 years ago

You have to say ope. Otherwise it doesn’t count

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Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago

Ope

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Tami 4 years ago

My mom's always using "sneak", like you can hardly do anything without her saying, "I saw that, sneaky!" Or, "Think you're pretty smart, huh?" when you do something mundane as locating the remote that's hiding under a magazine. Kinda bugs me, actually.

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VaggieVibes 1 year ago

Gotta do the tango to get past the crowds

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Rowan_boi 4 years ago

Lol yes.

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GirlFriday Premium 4 years ago

YES! or, who would clean all those windows?

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Anna Repp 4 years ago

Or - Imagine what the heat would cost with all those windows!

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Jamma 4 years ago

Definitely. First thing I think of when I see a sloped driveway - ICE!

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J. Normal 4 years ago

Use to drive past some beautiful houses in Algonquin IL They sat on top of a steep hill, driveways straight down. Made me shudder.

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birdie asf 4 years ago

that's the reason corner houses are less popular where i live. it's always "imagine having to clean all of that snow" or "imagine having to mow that lawn"

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Adrienne Early 4 years ago (edited)

I look at a awesome sporty car and first think either "that could not handle winter" or "that car would bottom out going down an expressway after a thaw"

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Raine Soo 4 years ago

Heated driveway, my friend, heated driveway. Or invest in a good snow blower.

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Batwench Premium 4 years ago

I think, must be a pig to keep clean and dust free.

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Veronica Richard 4 years ago

I just said that yesterday to a friend. And yes, I live in the Midwest!

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Suzanne Haigh 4 years ago

The men on hear sound so wet, moving a bit of snow? Your Grandpa/ancestors would shudder at heated driveways

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Kristal 4 years ago

Lol did that on Sunday when driving through Wisconsin countryside

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The Northwest Territory entered the United States in 1783 at the conclusion of the American Revolution and was organized under a series of ordinances that set the precedent for the admission of future territories into the Union.

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Raine Soo 4 years ago

Yeah, that's right. We had a snow storm in my city today that I felt yesterday. I live in Canada, by the way.

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VidaLife 4 years ago

Raine you mean you're Canadian and can talk about Americans without insulting anybody??? You must be pretty high up on the path to enlightenment.

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Hilary Mol 4 years ago

I'd suggest Canada is an honorary Midwestern Area, but with all the shenanigans we've had going on down here for the last four years, I'm guessing being associated with us isn't the first choice for most countries at the moment. You guys totally get the golden snow shovel award, though, since you slog through some pretty nasty storms every year.

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*sneezes in pansexual* 4 years ago

yup we've had a snowstorm for the past couple of days but I felt it the day before it arrived, I'm in Ohio

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GirlFriday Premium 4 years ago

This also applies to thunderstorms and tornadoes. I can smell both of those coming, too.

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Helen Haley 4 years ago

Living in the midwest in an act of intentionally ignoring the smell of the air. Depending on which way the wind is blowing you smell pig or cow.

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Dana 4 years ago

Or dead worms... but yup, mostly cows

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Sue Grigg 4 years ago

Except we don't say "y'all". we say "you guys".

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Vance Neumann 4 years ago

As a Floridian I find that emoji slightly offensive

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Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 4 years ago

I've never not had a good time in Florida!

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CincyReds 4 years ago

The Floridians cracked me up

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Erin E 4 years ago

Oh in texas you can smell plenty of smells in the air.

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Rebekah 4 years ago

Totally. Snow has a smell. Tornados have a smell. Just like rain has a smell.

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Danieletc 4 years ago

They pegged Florida, they win the round.

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Katherine Heasley 4 years ago

Ah, the smell of impending snow! As a former Alaskan, I know it well.

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WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago

Although all my family is Dutch and still living in the Netherlands, we appear to be from the Midwest....

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Martine Remmelzwaal 4 years ago

Dutch here and wanted to type. That sounds like every goodbye I ve had (well those that were at a house)

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Deana Kouyoumdjian 4 years ago

When they came to America, they settled in this area because it's on a close meridian, and they knew how to farm the land. (Story from my grandma from Sweden)

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DaVo 4 years ago

Hmmm maybe all the Dutchies went to live in the Midwest when they migrated.

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Sander 4 years ago

I believe Midwesterners are originally predominantly Dutch, so that makes sense.

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DaVo 4 years ago

Also Dutch and yes, Agreed.

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Hilary Mol 4 years ago

My dad's side of the family is Dutch and they all did this. I grew up thinking it was a Dutch Thing, until I realized far later that my mom's side (German, Canadian, British, French, you name it...) did a version of the same thing.

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Sarah Kitsune 4 years ago

German here but literally the same

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Jeremiah Berends 4 years ago

A lot of Midwesterners have Dutch in their family heritage...

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Marina 4 years ago

same in Romania

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Anne 4 years ago

Welcome home. 😂

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Rajz 4 years ago

Was thinking the same :P

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Kim Kermes 4 years ago

You forgot: - walking out to the car together - hosts leaning on the car roof talking to you through the window

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Gary French 4 years ago

To be fair this is most wives in the UK. If they say "It's time to go" it really means you have another 30 to 50 minutes before you do.

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AnnaMaja Lindblom 4 years ago

This is a thing in Sweden as well!

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Daria Z 4 years ago

Must be universal because it's exactly the same here in Russia :D

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Patrick James 4 years ago

Doesn't everyone who actually likes their guests do this.

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My O My 4 years ago

I hated this as a kid

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Susan Egan 4 years ago

If you are in a big family, good bye can take 30 minutes or more.

1point

Gina Lenna 4 years ago

it's the same situation in Greece plus a bag of leftovers from Aunt Maria

1point

Robin Ellison 4 years ago

That happens in Oklahoma too!!

1point

The Great Plains entered the United States in 1803 as part of the Louisiana Purchase. The Plains were to develop primarily agriculturally, but the Northwest Territory, blessed with both fertile soil and valuable natural resources (coal, oil, iron ore, and limestone), would develop both industrially and agriculturally.

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Helen Haley 4 years ago

Not being able to have a conversation outside because of cicadas.

56points

Tim Barnhart 4 years ago

I love the cicadas.

7points

Christine 4 years ago

You will be pleased to know the 17-year, red-eyed cicadas are back this year. Don't know about you, but I'm thinking of moving.

3points

Hilary Mol 4 years ago

Or because the neighbors drove down to Indiana to buy fireworks and are setting off every single bottle rocket on the planet in their backyard. Which, I find, pisses off the cicadas, so they just whirr and chirp louder.

1point

Isog Sargent 4 years ago

That's southern Midwest.

0points

Laine Light 4 years ago

I always thought cicadas were a Southern thing. Now I know.

0points

Debbie Lavender 4 years ago

that’s everywhere. deafening.

0points

Nevits Yibble 4 years ago

There are only two seasons in Michigan. Winter, and Road Construction.

6points

Lorelai Purvis 4 years ago

yeah this is like us here in KY we have the weirdest weather

4points

Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago

Kentucky is a weird crossover between Midwest and Deep South.

3points

GirlFriday Premium 4 years ago

What part of the Midwest does this person live in where there are only tornadoes in May? Tornadoes are May - September. They also forgot January is thundersnow.

4points

Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago

The 1996 part.

0points

sylvantic 4 years ago

How seasons work in CA: Jan: cold but heatwave wth. Feb: cold with hearts March: cold April: hot jk cold May: FOGGY June: cold fog July: hooooooottttt August: ha you thought july was bad? September: somehow worse than august October: halloween and i'm wearing shorts November: somewhat cold! but also hot! December: aaaaand i'm cold again We got two seasons, hot and cold. maybe three, fog.

3points

Random Person 4 years ago

May lol

3points

Holly Allen 4 years ago

"cold, with decorations" 😂

2points

Rebecca Berkowitz 4 years ago

Maybe make January "bitterly cold" and February "try not to die from the cold"

2points

Demongrrrrl Premium 4 years ago

The two seasons in Michigan: winter and roadwork.

2points

Bacony Cakes 4 years ago

There are 3 seasons in England. Cold, Rain, and IT BURNS AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

2points

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Raine Soo 4 years ago

My brother does that too, particularly when it's freezing out.

8points

Verena Gitterle 4 years ago

as he should

8points

Emily 4 years ago

i mean, the wipers are quite literally flipping off mother nature

5points

Bender Bending Rodríguez 4 years ago (edited)

I know doing this makes it easier to clean windshield during or after snow storm but be warned. Experts advice against doing this. Leaving your wipers up like this for longer period weakens the spring in wipers.

3points

Chrissy Dee 4 years ago

I never knew that, thank you!

0points

Toasty 4 years ago

Yup, I flick those bad boys up, look to the sky, and say, "your move, bitch".

2points

Michelle Brandt 4 years ago

Hey, it looks weird, but it helps when you're scraping the ice of your windshield after an 8 hour day!

2points

I’m A Black Cat 4 years ago

Hate to break it to midwesterners but that's what people do in all countries where it's freezing cold in winter. Northeastern European here

2points

Danieletc 4 years ago

Being goddamn practical does not beat Mother Nature, but it allows your wipers to work the next day, and we know it.

2points

Sue Grigg 4 years ago

It's a lot easier than trying to pry your wipers from the ice though.

2points

Jill Ferguson 4 years ago

Wrong. We are giving the middle finger to Mother Nature. Just for kicks.

2points

Denise Ghilino 4 years ago

We do that here on the East Coast as well. It makes it easier to clean the snow/ice off the windshield.

1point

Despite regional economic shifts adverse to the Midwest, the region has continued to be the most important economic region in the United Stated, leading all other sections in value added by manufacture and in total value of farm marketings.

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J. Normal 4 years ago

Now from Chicago area, there are no miles, it is ALL by time. How far is it, is not answered "It is 3 miles away" it is "1/2 an hour".

4points

Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago (edited)

That would never work in DC. 2 miles could mean 10 minutes or 60, depending on the time of day and if Congress is in session. There is no “1/2 an hour” unless you’re right about to go. And then not even then.

1point

birdie asf 4 years ago

i hate how this is all so true. my mom once made me run "not to far" to the pharmacy to grab some stuff. i nearly passed out

2points

it's me again 4 years ago

Thereabouts = a pretty good drive ÷ not too far.

1point

it's me again 4 years ago

yep

1point

Rowan_boi 4 years ago (edited)

I'm a central (i think) and I agree with most of these lol

0points

Lynn Morello 4 years ago

Not quite Australia. Not far can be anything from 20 mt's to 3,000 km

0points

Martha Higgins 4 years ago

Same as in Maine.

0points

Anna Repp 4 years ago

So true! I had a cousin visiting from Europe and when I said I'll take him from Chicago to a Halloween party up in Milwaukee, he was horrified! That was so far, he said! Nah, it's just an hour drive, nothing special. Around here, people drive more to work every day!

0points

Dawn Ours 4 years ago

absolutely true

0points

Rebecca Berkowitz 4 years ago

Around the corner = too far to walk

0points

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Raine Soo 4 years ago

It has occurred to me that American Midwest dads are similar to some Canadian dads. All of the above sound very familiar to me.

54points

Martha Murphy 4 years ago

Canada is the Upper Midwest.

6points

Daniel Marsh 4 years ago

Much of Canada IS in the Midwest, right? ;-)

2points

LOttawa 4 years ago

I read that and saw my boyfriend saying every single one of them lol.

1point

Miraculous Klutz 4 years ago

And australia.

0points

Jeff Welton 4 years ago

Canadian Dad here - I just said, except for the grill one, they all applied. :D

0points

Jessica Langmeyer Specht 4 years ago

Maybe Midwestern dad's are Canadian transplants? Lol

0points

Stannous Flouride 4 years ago

I think the line between Montana, North Dakota, & Minnesota and Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba is more a political conceit than a cultural one.

0points

Martha Higgins 4 years ago

And Maine dads. Of course, we are practically Canadians,

0points

Alethia Nyx 4 years ago

And Australian dads.

0points

AzKhaleesi 4 years ago

I am pretty sure this is every dad every where

4points

MAL 4 years ago

My dad does all of these. Especially the YELLO.

3points

Tim Barnhart 4 years ago

Damn. I do that.

3points

Mindy Keys 4 years ago

and when hanging up the phone: "mmmBye."

2points

Ray Heap 4 years ago

Wait, what! Midwest dads are Homer Simpson?

2points

California Jones 4 years ago

Isn't that just all dads?

1point

hydrostatic joints 4 years ago

Lol this is literally my dad and I don't even live in the midwest.

1point

The one and only 4 years ago

This is my dad 100%

1point

Henry Cheves 4 years ago

I think Kentucky must be in the Midwest.

1point

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Islafoxcraft 4 years ago

Minnesota the land for all the passive agressive

36points

Stephanie Did It 4 years ago

That balances out all that Minnesota Nice

4points

Hilary Mol 4 years ago

So is Michigan. Well, except for the All Aggressive people known as Militia members. Otherwise, it's passive aggressive everywhere but Detroit...

1point

Swyft 4 years ago

didn't minnesota have no speed limits for a while or do I have the wrong state

0points

Mz Phit 4 years ago

" go right ahead and get your fancy ticket, I don't mind one bit" (raised in Ohio)

3points

dragoneye 66 4 years ago

i'm from the Midwest and my dad calls these type of people "the 80 and over club"

1point

CincyReds 4 years ago

All the time! I will let you get the ticket!

1point

Susan Egan 4 years ago

More annoying are the midwester's that remain in the left hand lane ( passing lane) no matter what speed they are going and the right hand lane is open.

1point

PineappleQueen 4 years ago

There’s that ope again!

1point

MAL 4 years ago

I say that every time. LOL

1point

Vance Neumann 4 years ago

People do this to me all the time

1point

Tiana Esperanza 4 years ago

*Y'all

0points

BlackLabOwner 4 years ago

That ladies and gentleman is my own father *sees speed limit* =go 20 mph faster

0points

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Spork420 4 years ago

I grew up in Wisconsin. 50 degrees would be shorts and t-shirt weather. Now that I live in Arizona, anything under 70 is definitely hoodie weather.

54points

ALONA BERGERON 4 years ago

i live in Louisiana u don't know what the weather its gonna be Lousiana is bipolar

1point

Tami 4 years ago

Yup, up here in the PNW, we're "50 degrees, shirt's off" people.

1point

Susan Egan 4 years ago

Our family moved from NY to FL. I moved to OH. When my sister comes to visit she is cold no matter how warm it is.

0points

Tom Lippert 4 years ago

Same thing in Minnesota, without the chedderhead

-1point

Toasty 4 years ago

Come March, anything above freezing is shorts and t-shirt weather.

3points

pandaparrots 4 years ago

60 is nice weather though???

2points

Shadow_TheArtistDemon 3 years ago

It’s currently 58 degrees and this is accurate.

1point

Emily 4 years ago

bruh 60 is warm- the normal cold heere is -8 degrees (im from ny, yea i know this isnt for ny but a lot of this artical happens)

1point

brukernavn340 4 years ago

15,5 C

1point

Just JoLynn 4 years ago

*People from Southern California.

0points

Jessica Langmeyer Specht 4 years ago

I love 60 degrees, and I'm proud to say I'm a Midwesterner through and through.

0points

Holly Allen 4 years ago

Haha yes! Visited fam in Vegas. It was about 50 and I was walking around in a tank top. Got a lot of stares!

0points

Bunzilla 4 years ago

it'll be like forty and most kids at my school are just wearing, like, a sweater

0points

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Tim Barnhart 4 years ago

I just did this 5 minutes ago.

48points

Ian Koch 4 years ago

I just got a flu shot, and I uncovered my new habit of quietly mumbling "ow, F**K" every time I move my shoulder because it hurts when I do that, or just whenever I hurt myself.

4points

ZZAM 4 years ago

Saaaaaammmme

3points

AlmightyOne 4 years ago

I'm not Midwestern, but I do that too?

3points

Marlow Del Razo Lane 4 years ago

oh god same

1point

mcdonalds114433 4 years ago

same!!

0points

Sophie Luff 4 years ago

. I'm sorry, but we British are much more apologetic than you.We do apologies to inanimate objects and as a form of social warfare. 😂

3points

Rebekah 4 years ago

I apologize to my car after hitting potholes.

3points

6th grade representative #1 4 years ago

I dropped my pencil on floor. Then I scooped it up like a child and was saying ,my baby its ok, over and over. Dear god... halp me

3points

Emily 4 years ago

i saw ow or ew or sorry even if i dont mean to

2points

Random Person 4 years ago

Stupid toy story making me empathize with inanimate objects

1point

Phoenix 4 years ago (edited)

Whenever I drop something I literally just go without stopping and say “Welp, guess you’re a goner”. I have to remind myself I can’t just leave it on the ground.

1point

Ashley Harrold 4 years ago

I must have the midwest in me somewhere. I do this all the time

0points

Fencat 4 years ago

Goodness, that is so English!

0points

S A GOULD 4 years ago

Why wouldn't you?

0points

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Raine Soo 4 years ago

That sounds like a dream.

50points

Benjamin Kowal 4 years ago

So sad that it rarely happens

3points

Dana 4 years ago

And no mosquitos!!

4points

Annik Stahl 4 years ago

it's called Denver

2points

C.S. E. 4 years ago

Man, do I miss Colorado weather. The only thing I disliked was that pollen season is about 8 months long - just yellow cars as far as the eye can see.

0points

Tenley Samson 4 years ago

and no bugs

1point

Nathaniel Heider 1 year ago

You forgot about no mosquitos

0points

Kristal 4 years ago

There is definitely humidity in parts of the Midwest during August

0points

Chris LeCleir 4 years ago

Sorry, I'm confused.... what's "no humidity"?

0points

Laurie Ostergaard-Overbey 4 years ago

and no mosquitos

0points

Martha Higgins 4 years ago

Not happening.

0points

Mal 4 years ago

And the lake water is juuuuust warm like bath water. mmmmm

0points

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Helen Haley 4 years ago

I mean, we do bother clearing a spot in front of the drivers seat, and whatever side window/backwindow combo for whatever turn we plan on making.

35points

Marvin HeartofGold 4 years ago

^^this is 💯 accurate

0points

Kari Panda 4 years ago

That’s no laughing matter. Clear your windows, pals. You don’t want to tell someone you killed their child because you were too tired to scrape the ice off your car windows.

6points

Shalini Pabreja 4 years ago

Don’t you have screen warmers in car windows?

0points

Barbara Wright 4 years ago

I spent a winter in Seattle in my unlined fall coat.

0points

Pantea 4 years ago

Serious question: why don't you guys use defrosting spray for your windshields? They do the job in seconds. Regards from Germany :)

0points

Sandy Kavanaugh 4 years ago

Amen!

0points

Jarrod Nichols 4 years ago

Peep-hole driving. I can see fine if I lay on the passenger seat

0points

Jamma 4 years ago

Did that this morning.

0points

Thomas HIette 4 years ago

Actually spotted someone using their butter knife scraping the frost off,,, while driving!

0points

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SoozeeQ 4 years ago

Aussie here. Just converted these to Celsius and that's *really* cold! -20F = -28C (frostbite) 99F = 37C (gorgeous sunny day) 20F= -6C (unbelievable) 47F = 8C (still too cold)

54points

Victor Botha 4 years ago

Thanks for the conversions, I was totally lost there.

5points

Erika Nichols 4 years ago

I get heatsick more than I get frostbite. I think that our bodies adapt a little and we have the right clothing more available. -20 is quite cold. Around here schools close at 0°F because kids at but kids at bus stops could get frostbite too easily.

3points

Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 4 years ago

99 is hot. It is always humid from April to early October where I am.

1point

Queen Cucumber 4 years ago

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0points

Emily 4 years ago

the weather is like a toxic partner- we always justify what it does

4points

Grace Skerp 4 years ago

76 degrees: Spend the day at The Lake.

1point

Crissy Brandt 4 years ago

These are all 100% correct.

1point

Dana 4 years ago

I am in Wisconsin and my dad came to pick me up one day in the convertible and we drove home with the top down, it was like February

1point

Lou Herout 4 years ago

One year, my mom's friend called her to let her know that we (her grade-school aged kids) were out in the front yard in swimsuits because it was the first amazingly warm day of the year...(it was 55 degrees F). Also, being midwestern children who were left alone as soon as they knew how to dial 911...

0points

Lynn Morello 4 years ago

I baulk at 22` c, that is getting too cold for me.

0points

Dawn Ours 4 years ago

truth

0points

Em Wal 4 years ago

It was 25 and sunny (with no wind) here last week. I was definitely outside in just a sweater.

0points

Joan Humphreys 4 years ago (edited)

Had to laugh at this one!

0points

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Phoenix 4 years ago

I moved from Alaska to NC and was so confused when we had a snow day for snow that melted before the sun even rose.

38points

Martha Higgins 4 years ago

There are a couple of reasons for that Southern response: they don't have enough plows, sanding trucks, or sand stockpiled for something that might happen once a year or two years; they drive too fast, not understanding that's find unless you have to stop and then you'll go sliding all over the road and into other cars; and they don't understand lightly touching the brakes when they do need to stop.

0points

Joseph Kuhlman 4 years ago

*deja vu intensifies in volume*

3points

Jill Ferguson 4 years ago

*grandma* Love it.

2points

Leesa DeAndrea 4 years ago

I don't even bother to shovel my gravel driveway for a mere 3 inches. I just drive over it and pack it down.

1point

Rebecca Berkowitz 4 years ago

Can confirm, I'm in Virginia and we just had 3" of snow. Town's facebook page BLEW UP with fear of wrecks and counting the hours before it might melt.

1point

Random Person 4 years ago

Lol so truuuueeeee. I lived in the south as a kid and when there was even a CHANCE of snow, school would cancel.

1point

Suzanne Haigh 4 years ago

Sounds like the differences between London and other places in the UK

0points

Philly Bob Squires 4 years ago

In the Poconos... 2 feet of snow... "Tis But A Frost!"

0points

Anne 4 years ago

This Gramma says sit back and be quiet. I got this. Don't touch the steering wheel.

0points

Suzanne Haigh 4 years ago

3" and you lot panic?????

0points

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Paul K. Johnson 4 years ago

I was holding the door for a dude at work and he decided he was going to be funny and start walking really slow. So I stood there holding it all the way until he got there and then closed it on him and walked off. The doors need a badge-scan to go through so not a big deal but it amused me.

67points

Ian Koch 4 years ago

thats funny.

5points

ravager 4 years ago

lol

1point

Freloise_Raven 4 years ago

Nice

0points

Andrew Gibb 4 years ago

nice is running for the door that someone is holding open

9points

J. Normal 4 years ago

Midwest nice is seeing someone holding the door for you and walking faster.

7points

Dana 4 years ago

I am always torn, yeah I am holding the door open, but then they feel obligated to run

5points

tuzdayschild 4 years ago

This is also very southern

4points

Mrs_ Possum 4 years ago

LOL, relatable (but I am not from Midwest). What is the optimum door hold anyways?? Rude to let door close if they are too close behind you, creepy to hold it forever if they are too far away... 🤣 Real problems 😄

4points

Random Person 4 years ago

AAHH I DO THIS ALL THE TIMEEEEE

1point

Sandy Kavanaugh 4 years ago

But they'll always say "thank you."

0points

Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago

I don’t think there is a Midwest nice. Midwesterners are notorious for being frank, straight shooters. Sure they are nice but they aren’t a special breed of nice like Canadians. The best thing of the Midwest is their directness.

0points

Jarrod Nichols 4 years ago

I hate getting caught in a traffic jam without a way out and end up holding the door for 10 minutes

0points

deanna woods 4 years ago

I have done this before and they did not speed up.

0points

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Twisted 4 years ago

Y’all midwesterners are powerful

8points

Tim Barnhart 4 years ago

I often forget the things we take for granted.

4points

birdie asf 4 years ago

And if not Culver's cheese curds, then portillo's chocolate cake. i eat way too much of it but it's soooo good.

3points

Thindy 4 years ago

A perfect meal is Portillo's French fries, a piece of their chocolate cake and a strawberry shake from Culvers.

0points

PaulV 4 years ago

Check out the "nutritional" information for Culver's cheese curds. It's worse than a Big Mac, no exaggeration.

2points

pandaparrots 4 years ago

worth it.

0points

Dippin Dot 4 years ago

Until you google "Milwaukee Burger Company Cheese Curds" and see they are a 1 inch cube of cheese battered and fried. Then you'll realize Culver's curds are only "good in a pinch."

2points

Toasty 4 years ago

100% true. They are the bottom of the barrel cheese curd, that being said, they are still acceptable. I personally love lake front brewery's cheese curds the best.

1point

AzKhaleesi 4 years ago

we have a culver's in the south west and I concur!

1point

Dana 4 years ago

YESSSSSSS!!! God, their custard!! I love Culvers

1point

PaulV 4 years ago

Once or twice a month, we check the web and the app for the flavor of the day. It's also on their street-side sign. They know what they're doing....

0points

Katherine Heasley 4 years ago

I just ate my first Culver's last weekend! It was delicious.

0points

Marvin HeartofGold 4 years ago

Mmmmm cheese curds

0points

PineappleQueen 4 years ago

Amen!

0points

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Emily 4 years ago

yeah we wait until the first snow storm

27points

Dana 4 years ago

40 degrees? Um buddy, I only wear my coat to shovel

5points

Cori 4 years ago

Retiring my flip flops for the year means I've finally given in and I'm not a fan of giving in.

4points

mph seti 4 years ago

40 degrees F is perfect hoodie weather, as long as there's no wind.

3points

Adrienne Early 4 years ago

I hate coats and will wear hoodie until it's under 20. (Depending on wind chill and sun). But I'm generally not outside longer then 20-30 min.

3points

Sam (He/They) 4 years ago

i will wait as long as possible to put on a sweater and therefore admit that it's getting to be fall

3points

Aroace tiger 4 years ago

For a second I thought you meant Celsius

2points

birdie asf 4 years ago

40 degrees is pretty warm for midwestern standards

2points

Ravenwolf 4 years ago

Yep, I still wear a t-shirt in this weather, although that might just be because I like the cold

1point

*sneezes in pansexual* 4 years ago

YES It was 28 degrees Monday with snow and hail and I still went to school in a hoodie with a teeshirt underneath and sweatpants. 40 degrees is actually warm... that's still running in shorts.

2points

California Jones 4 years ago

40° is t-shirt weather for us Mainers.

1point

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birdie asf 4 years ago

i live at the end of a cul de sac, so the snow plower would never completely plow our section of the road. my dad would always curse the mayor out and try to fix our snow blower. 10 things flying at my face later, he finally started to shovel. needless to say some of my worst memories growing up have been commemorated with shoveling snow.

20points

*sneezes in pansexual* 4 years ago

I'm young but I do that... and some of my neighbors driveways

5points

Nevits Yibble 4 years ago

And the old ladies who sweep them in the summer

2points

Philly Bob Squires 4 years ago

Turn you woman into a snow plow by giving her a shovel... How to get your ass kicked 101! LOL

0points

Susan Egan 4 years ago

We always add a path from our yard to both our neighbors for the mailman. My husband would shovel our older neighbors drive every time his hired plow didn't show up. I have to add, my mother shoveled our long drive in NY by hand when I was kid so my dad could come home and not worry about doing it.

0points

Demongrrrrl Premium 4 years ago

My grandfather was doing this at 96!

0points

J. Normal 4 years ago

Not only old men! I used to do it when younger (lady) and now my son does it for the neighbors.

0points

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Catlady6000 4 years ago

Did anyone else sing it?

116points

Islafoxcraft 4 years ago

Oh yeah ya betche

13points

LuckyL 4 years ago

How else are you supposed to read this...

6points

6th grade representative #1 4 years ago

Anyone who didn't needs to go back to christmas

6points

Siddharthkrishna Kodathala 4 years ago

lmao yassssss

5points

Joseph Kuhlman 4 years ago

Yes

5points

Ian Koch 4 years ago

yes, I did.

5points

PineappleQueen 4 years ago

How can you not?!?!

4points

ALONA BERGERON 4 years ago

ha yea

4points

hey, not my problem 4 years ago

same

4points

FroggyGirl 4 years ago

AWWWWWWWWWW HELL YA SUCKA

4points

Lorelai Purvis 4 years ago

me

4points

Biana Vacker 4 years ago

I did

4points

Popcorn Colonel 4 years ago

Who do you think I am? ofc i sang it

3points

Oscar Stricklin 4 years ago

yep!

3points

"Simo Häyhä" 4 years ago

yep

3points

Swyft 4 years ago

kind of wish I didn't

3points

Adam Rindegård 4 years ago

u betcha

2points

Jenny Li 4 years ago

Yes. I did.

2points

My O My 4 years ago

Yep

1point

Rowan_boi 4 years ago

I did( I upvoted the 100th upvote!!!!!!!)

1point

Lynn Morello 4 years ago

I tried.

1point

Bunzilla 4 years ago

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0points

Mal 4 years ago

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0points

Aroace tiger 4 years ago

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0points

Sam (He/They) 4 years ago

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0points

Luna 4 years ago

This is so my town

4points

Cori 4 years ago

Yes. To all of this. I just delt with one of those run away cattle experiences a few days ago. After everyone was safely put up, I actually thought to myself, that was the least eventful bovine jailbreak yet. Because yeah, they get out way too often. And yes, I definitely sang it. 😉

2points

Sam rice 4 years ago

Of course I sang it! 🤣

1point

Eggplanto 4 years ago

10 bottles of ranch looooooooool

1point

Lorelei 4 years ago

SO ACCURATE IF YOU DONT BELIEVE ME MOVE TO THE MIDWEST FOR 7 YEARS AND SEE HOW U LIKE IT

1point

Luther von Wolfen 4 years ago

When I actually get away from my mom's doorway goodbye, I feel like I've escaped a black hole. I'm in Virginia.

1point

Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago

It’s like that all over the world really. The Midwest is nothing like Virginia, but the person operating the Twitter account may not realize long goodbyes are common all over.

0points

Mrs_ Possum 4 years ago

LOL, that last one. In my house, we have the 30 minute video call goodbye 🤦‍♀️

1point

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Mrs_ Possum 4 years ago

I have a bag of bags!!! 😄

56points

ravn 4 years ago

I have a bag of bags. I keep it in a box.

4points

Anna Repp 4 years ago

This is not a Midwest thing, this is universal!

2points

Fixin'Ta 4 years ago

Me, too, and I'm from Texas.

1point

Ravenwolf 4 years ago

We have many bags of bags too, like 15😅

1point

Tami 4 years ago

Me too, paper AND plastic!

1point

Lorelei 4 years ago

Me too

1point

AlmightyOne 4 years ago

Same

1point

The one and only 4 years ago

I call mine the bag o' bags!

1point

Queen Cucumber 4 years ago

This comment has been deleted.

0points

Toasty 4 years ago

Hahahah, I'm always apologizing to my car. Milwaukee in the winter is nasty on the roads.

1point

Siddharthkrishna Kodathala 4 years ago

Lmao the last one is so true. Yesterday I tried putting 7 bags into the "bag of bags". didn't work out.

1point

Henry Cheves 4 years ago

I have 2 and 4, and on my way to 3.

1point

Emma McFrederick 2 years ago

we have a whole cabinet for grocery bags...

0points

Stephanie Rassier 4 years ago

Minnesotan here. We don't have a grocery bag full of bags...our Grandma crocheted us a bag for plastic bags.

0points

Noah-It-All 4 years ago

CHECK

0points

Christine Hennig 4 years ago

I have a grocery bag full of grocery bags in my office. What does that make me?

0points

Susan Egan 4 years ago

Everything but opes.

0points

Jennifer Hunter 4 years ago

OMG I grew up in CA but after 30 years of living in CO, this is my life. I am officially a Midwesterner. (My bag of bags is massive!)

0points

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Tenley Samson 4 years ago

this is how all my conversations w/ my friends go-ope sorry yeah yeah no dude its fine noo but I'm sorry bout that I really am its fine its fine it was my fault no it was mine I said its FINE joe

30points

Vanilla Rose 4 years ago

I’m from the south and I use “oh no you’re fine” all the time.

4points

Your Cousin Vinny 4 years ago

What about "yous guys"?

3points

Gyro Pilot 4 years ago

You, not youse

4points

Your Cousin Vinny 4 years ago

Or a Pepsi or coke is called a "pop"?

3points

GirlFriday Premium 4 years ago

That is not Midwestern. We don't yous guys, but we will say y'all sometimes.

2points

Your Cousin Vinny 4 years ago

Or they're going to have a "doing" (which is a party or celebration at someone's house like a birthday, anniversary or graduation).

0points

Susan Reid Smith 4 years ago

Please, what does "Ope" mean?

2points

Eli 4 years ago

"Ope" is like "oops" for if something small went wrong. And if someone else does something to you, like accidentally hit you with something they're carrying or walk into you, then saying "ope" is like saying their mistake (even if it really hurt) isn't a big deal.

7points

alwaysMispelled 4 years ago

Ohmigod I feel SEEN, in a violated kind of way, LMFAO

2points

MRK 4 years ago

I say this all the time! I guess my Midwestern roots are showing :)

2points

KiwiBubbles 4 years ago

So wait hold up is "ope" not a regularly used... sound I guess? Is that weird?! 🤯 is "oh no you're fine" weird?!?! 🤯🤯🤯 i'm seriously learning some new things right now

1point

Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago

I’m from the east coast and it isn’t weird at all. It’s just somewhat a Midwestern way of talking. I love ope. It’s a very versatile word. Please keep it alive!

2points

Donna Kostel 4 years ago

Lived in Midwest all my life (in or next to Chicago) and don't know what Ope is???

1point

Jules Caldwell 4 years ago

I do it all the time, but never realized it until I moved to the south. I'm cooking and grab the wrong spoon, "ope". I'm heading out and forgot my keys, "ope". I bump into the wall walking, "ope".

5points

Noodles Macintosh 4 years ago

Then U live near a bunch of jerks

1point

Blake Ingram 4 years ago

I respond the same way.

1point

Leesa DeAndrea 4 years ago

"Ope"? I was born & raised in Iowa & have lived for over 50 years in Iowa & South Dakota & I have never heard this word, ope. What does it mean?

0points

Laurie Ostergaard-Overbey 4 years ago

i answer this now with 'oh if only i were"

0points

#33

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127points

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Raine Soo 4 years ago

My father used to drive the family to Toronto for summer vacation. He'd always brag about how he made it in under X hours and Y minutes, beating his last travel time.

30points

Benjamin Fowler 4 years ago

at that point i just write down the time minus an hour and say nope you were actually 45 minutes behind.

1point

Dee Pond 4 years ago

Yeah, because you live an hour + away from the airport, and you destination is an hour+ away from the airport. So you need to burn 3 hours getting to the airport and past security, 2-3 on the flight, and then 3 getting off the flight, renting a car, and driving to your destination. So, you paid hundreds extra for a flight and a car to save 4 hours in travel time.

8points

Norah 4 years ago

That's like Dutch people and "Ah it's only 20km one way, I'll take the bike rather than the car."

4points

Xandra, The Little Hufflepuff 4 years ago

Yep! I live in the midwest, and I have never been on a plane, my parents took our family of 7 on a trip to new york

1point

Adrienne Early 4 years ago

I'm from a family of 6. We lived in MI and drove to Wyoming, Texas, New York, Massachusetts, South Carolina... I even did a "short trip" with friends, driving to Massachusetts for a long weekend. Driving is half the adventure. Oh, and most of those were pulling a pop-up camper lol.

1point

birdie asf 4 years ago

my dad made us drive to southern texas and back. we live in illinois.

1point

Gary French 4 years ago

This is concept that is strange to us in the UK. To us driving 200 miles in 4 hours is the equivalent of a moon mission! We can drive from one end of the UK to the other in 14 hours. My dream holiday would be driving across North America in one of those big RVs just stopping at random places to meet people and admire the view. Might have to extend that to the Midwest now.

1point

surprised pikachu 4 years ago

that's just in movies, driving more than 4 hours anywhere feels like torture

1point

Jaylea Jones 2 years ago

That was my mom when we went down to southern Texas 3 years ago (it took us over 20 hours to get there). This year, I'm planning on driving to Albuquerque & it's going to take me 17.5-18+ hours to get there (for context, we live in western Illinois).

0points

Rebecca Berkowitz 4 years ago

Making good time on the road increases the size of male genitals... I think. It's sure important enough that I can infer that.

0points

Lorelai Purvis 4 years ago

my family is Midwestern even if people don't consider KY as Midwest. like reading these, especially this one, make me think "totally my family LOL"

0points

ƒιѕн 4 years ago

I had to run out to California a few years ago, it was only 1900 miles, so I just drove it.

0points

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127points

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Raine Soo 4 years ago

Ahh, I remember those days...There was no school because the storm dumped loads of snow, but I'd get together with friends to play in said snow.

25points

Emily 4 years ago

you mean yesterday? the good old days..

3points

am_c0m0 4 years ago

And then you immediately got up because you didn't have to go to school!

1point

Philly Bob Squires 4 years ago

Even in Philly, Dad would wake up for work and come into my room and go "hey Bob, look out the window!" and you did and it was glorious! A white world of no school! :)

0points

Bunzilla 4 years ago

YES

0points

Stannous Flouride 4 years ago

These days in the US schools require a certain number of days so that snow days are paid back out of summer vacation. It's a perfect example of "one-size-fits-all" regulation. Education is measured not by how much you've learned but by how much time you've spent in a classroom.

0points

Patti Renwick Parrish 4 years ago

But you get up, get dressed and go out to play in the snow!

0points

Martha Higgins 4 years ago

In my town in Maine we had a whistle on the fire station that, in addition to telling you where in town the fire was by the number or times it blew and so the volunteer firemen could go to it without going to the station first, also had a special number of sounds for a snow day 3-3-3. We sure loved hearing that whistle blow 3-3-3 and off the the golf course to go sledding we would go, after having pancakes and bacon, making snow angels, and having a snowball fight with the neighbor kids.

0points

Grace Skerp 4 years ago

Yup, when you first woke up, you knew it would be a snow day because the snow was level with your window sill. Your bedroom was on the second floor. (Kidding)

0points

Lorelei 4 years ago

Yay

0points

#35

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122points

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Bloxmakesgames2019 4 years ago

All there is is corn

37points

Veronica Richard 4 years ago

Well, there's soybeans too. And sugar beets...

10points

pandaparrots 4 years ago

i did some hiking last summer, but the midwest is flat af so we walked past corn fields. that was it.

1point

AlmightyOne 4 years ago

The entire Midwest is made of corn confirmed

1point

marshmallo nat 4 years ago

yup. and deer. and potholes. and roadblocks. This sums up what its like.

1point

Krazy Kat 4 years ago

We have soybeans too. And wheat.

0points

Hilary Mol 4 years ago

And if you get tired of corn, sometimes you get lucky and switch to driving by endless soy fields.

0points

Spittnimage 4 years ago

Yep

0points

Graham Baker 4 years ago

if there’s not at least one field on a road here it doesn’t exist.

0points

M O'Connell 4 years ago

Don't forget the thousands of cones moving all the traffic into the left lane for miles and miles for no apparent reason.

3points

Lisa Watson 4 years ago

Sometimes, you drive through 2 hours of corn and then suddenly a truck stop with a Dairy Queen pops up. Still surrounded by corn, but with a full tank of gas and a milkshake, you don't mind anymore.

2points

Rickard Shen 4 years ago

In Sweden it's neverending pine trees instead.

1point

Demongrrrrl Premium 4 years ago

Pine trees are a lot prettier than cornfields.

0points

Martha Higgins 4 years ago

You forgot the roads in between the cornfields that turn at 90 degree angles with little to no warning.

0points

Krazy Kat 4 years ago

That's because the roads are dividing "sections".

0points

hey, not my problem 4 years ago

WOW! so mush dedication!

0points

Lorelei 4 years ago

Corn corn corn corn

0points

6th grade representative #1 4 years ago

Yep. Welcome to sodak

0points

#36

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120points

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Martine Remmelzwaal 4 years ago

We're is the person now that said it sounded Australian on other comments?

13points

Victor Botha 4 years ago

where

6points

SoozeeQ 4 years ago

I'm an Aussie, and I was just thinking that!

2points

Krazy Kat 4 years ago

It can't be Aussie unless you add the word "mate".

0points

Lorelei 4 years ago

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm yes

1point

Swyft 4 years ago

are we sure this isn't just depressed people in general, with a slightly different wording depending on where you are from

1point

Marvin HeartofGold 4 years ago

I didn't realize you were spying on my therapy sessions!

0points

#37

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120points

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GirlFriday Premium 4 years ago

I am immune to everything!!

29points

Bacony Cakes 4 years ago

what about updog

2points

Lorelai Purvis 4 years ago

ok wait some people don't eat nature ice pops? why? my brother and i eat them all the time and i bet my mom and dad did when they were kids. i thought everyone ate these?!

4points

Aileen 4 years ago

I used to as a kid. It's easy when you don't realize what's on your roof.

4points

6th grade representative #1 4 years ago

My lil bro and I would have swordfights with those things

3points

*sneezes in pansexual* 4 years ago

... well i guess my whole school is immune then... does the immunity grow or something if you've eaten 20 of them? (it was a dare in elementary)

3points

Deana Kouyoumdjian 4 years ago

Bird poop on the roof

2points

Phoenix 4 years ago

I ate one of those, tasted like nothing

2points

Swyft 4 years ago

do I have to eat them every once in a while to keep it up, because where I live in colorado doesn't get them

1point

it's me again 4 years ago

To infinity & beyond!

1point

Adam Rindegård 4 years ago

YESSS I AM IMMUNE!

1point

PineappleQueen 4 years ago

Well then I guess 5 year old me predicted the future, and made sure I was safe.

1point

Tremaine Baumeister 3 years ago

ive eaten multiple of those and ive gotten covid 3 times

0points

#38

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120points

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Raine Soo 4 years ago

To be honest, that sounds like where I live. So, I can definitely commiserate.

16points

*sigh*, The Yellow Teletubby 4 years ago

Same here, Texas's weather changes like a sister's mood when she's on her period

2points

Queen Cucumber 4 years ago

In Melbourne (Australia) if you don't like the weather outside, wait ten minutes and maybe you'll like it then.

0points

Nem 4 years ago

Same

0points

monkeydog 4 years ago

Thank you for being honest.

0points

Gene Perry 4 years ago

Actually, there are 5 seasons ... fall, winter, spring, summer, road construction.

3points

Rhon 4 years ago

Melbourne!

1point

dragoneye 66 4 years ago

I've eaten plenty of icicles as a kid and i always thought they had a similar texture to carrots for some reason

0points

Lindsey Judd-Bruder 4 years ago

I grew up i. Louisville, KY, and we say the same thing lol

0points

Sandy Kavanaugh 4 years ago

That's like Kentucky!

0points

Demongrrrrl Premium 4 years ago

"Don't like the weather? Wait ten minutes."

0points

Fixin'Ta 4 years ago (edited)

I mean, Texas can do this, too. Especially in the Panhandle. Crisp and clear, then shorts weather, followed by a tornado, followed by snow.

0points

Siddharthkrishna Kodathala 4 years ago

OMG SO TRUE

0points

angie but who cares 4 years ago

in pennsylvania more like 150 seasons a day i swear it will be 20 in the mornings 80 in the afternoon and back to 20 at night

0points

#39

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118points

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Miztre 4 years ago

Well there you go, I actually thought this was an Aussie saying!

4points

birdie asf 4 years ago

EVERY TIME.

4points

Michelle Brandt 4 years ago

Our's was "Ready to blow this popsicle stand?"

3points

Rebekah 4 years ago

My dad does: Campers! To the car!

2points

Sandy Kavanaugh 4 years ago

That's a dad thing, wherever you live!

1point

Lorelei 4 years ago

My dad does this everywhere

1point

Crissy Brandt 4 years ago

Rets to jet?

1point

Tenley Samson 4 years ago

mine says "red-i jedi?'

1point

6th grade representative #1 4 years ago

My dad....is that you?

1point

Islafoxcraft 4 years ago

Every time.

0points

#40

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115points

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Jill Pulcifer 4 years ago

I grew up in Michigan and moved to NY, I died a little inside when I finally had to start calling my pop soda because I got tired of explaining it, but they will never take my "opes" and whispered apologies.

52points

Valley Girl 4 years ago

I moved from Michigan to Mississippi. I asked the host to make my drink with pop. A girl came from across the room and hugged me. She was also from Michigan.

10points

Kiss Army Premium 4 years ago

Especially now, from 6 feet away with a mask on! And we still do it with a smile... not that you can tell though!

3points

KiwiBubbles 4 years ago

😂 I thought this was just because I'm socially anxious

1point

Rowan_boi 4 years ago

I DO THAT prob bc I most likely have social anxiety

0points

Rebecca Berkowitz 4 years ago

Can confirm. I drive myself crazy with that. Where does my voice go?

0points

Bill Bennett 4 years ago

Been in MN since 1985 and have travelled throughout the Midwest and have never heard an "ope"!

0points

#41

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113points

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6th grade representative #1 4 years ago

Here in sodak, anything is possible. February and have had almost NO snow at all this winter

8points

BlackLabOwner 4 years ago

like in alaska?? Awesome!!!

1point

Tom Spade 3 years ago

From around alcester, we would have a blizzard one day, and 70 degrees the next. Never really know what to expect, except for in May...

0points

Leesa DeAndrea 4 years ago

Earliest snowfall I remember in sodak was Oct 2. We got about 5 inches of the heavy wet stuff. Tree limbs everywhere & smaller trees bent way over.

0points

Luna 4 years ago

Heheh so true

4points

Kiss Army Premium 4 years ago

In high school I worked outside and we had to dress up for Halloween. It was sweltering one year at Halloween and I had a very HOT costume - the next year I bought a light costume so I wouldn't be so uncomfortable and we actually had a blizzard on Halloween. It was over 30 years ago and every Halloween someone will still mention "Remember that Halloween we had a blizzard?" Yes, I remember! I froze my booty off!!!!

3points

Crissy Brandt 4 years ago

It was October 25, 1997. Omaha NE. 14 inches of wet snow on trees with still too many leaves. Many days with no power. Halloween was cancelled. Sat in the kitchen with the gas burners on full blast to stay warm. It sucked.

3points

Bill Bennett 4 years ago

October 1991: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Halloween_blizzard

3points

Cori 4 years ago

Thunder snow: snow during a thunderstorm. We've had a few of those this winter.

3points

PineappleQueen 4 years ago

One time we got an entire week off school in April because of snow days.

2points

lazy panda 4 years ago

We got married on October 19, 2019. Exactly one week before, we had a blizzard that dropped about 8 inches of snow. Our wedding day? 60 and no snow in sight. Welcome to North Dakota.

2points

am_c0m0 4 years ago

Love that: 'Hold my corn.' 😂

2points

Emily 4 years ago

hail in early june-

2points

#42

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110points

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Dana 4 years ago

I love that smell

7points

mph seti 4 years ago

It's much more intense in the southwest. That smell carries, there's rarely humidity (unless it rains), and it's rare enough that it really stands out.

5points

Islafoxcraft 4 years ago

Yep

4points

Henry Cheves 4 years ago

This is actually a superpower. Being able to recognize patterns that lead to certain outcomes and identify the outcome from the current stimuli.

3points

Islafoxcraft 4 years ago

You can literally smell the humidity

2points

6th grade representative #1 4 years ago

My power is not being scared when my toast popps up

2points

*sigh*, The Yellow Teletubby 4 years ago

Ahhh, we can do it here in Texas too !

1point

Grace Skerp 4 years ago

When you can feel the tornado forming ...

1point

Suzanne Haigh 4 years ago

I honestly think mid-westerners are either of Yorkshire or Scottish blood

0points

Brett Layton 4 years ago

thought it wwas just me well it was a crappy superpower anyway.

0points

#43

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Final score:

109points

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Your Cousin Vinny 4 years ago

The complete saying is did you eat yet, "Jeet jet".

50points

Ian Koch 4 years ago

or the meme alternative: "Yeet jet"

7points

Tami 4 years ago

Nope. Dju?

6points

Philly Bob Squires 4 years ago

It's a total Philly thing... "Jeet yet?" "No... Jew?"

1point

Sandy Kavanaugh 4 years ago

Again, a southern saying.

1point

Pungent Sauce 4 years ago

And the customary reply is always, “I could eat.”

1point

AEP 4 years ago

"nah, d'jew?"

1point

MajikDraygon 4 years ago

Jeet? No, Jyou?

0points

Janoel Murrey 4 years ago

I am from Cali now i think i am secretly in the Midwest

0points

Martha Higgins 4 years ago

In the South it's jeet yet, no jew?

0points

Rhon 4 years ago

Wow! Such an Aussie thing to say!

0points

#44

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108points

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Emily 4 years ago

this is just my father- this is just midwesterners/northerners fathers

25points

6th grade representative #1 4 years ago

My dad...at pizza ranch. My lil sis would get so scared...

2points

Christine Hennig 4 years ago

-encounter feedlot fumes on the highway: "Smell that fresh country air!"

0points

Rowan_boi 4 years ago

My dad legit the other day said anyone want a pillow

0points

Tami 4 years ago

Gets a bill at a restaurant: "Well, I guess we'll have to go back and wash dishes."

0points

alwaysMispelled 4 years ago

I'm crying, hahaha

0points

marshmallo nat 4 years ago

OMIGOD yes HOW DOES HE KNOW

0points

#45

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Final score:

103points

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Ben Smith 4 years ago

Literally 24/7/365 during quarantine

19points

Eli 4 years ago

Sounds like September and small town football games.

2points

Rebekah 4 years ago

There is no better outfit than shorts with a hoodie.

2points

6th grade representative #1 4 years ago

On my cross country team, pants are forbidden.

1point

#46

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102points

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Chelsea Corkum 4 years ago

This is also an East Coast Canadian thing.....the letter "R" is casually tossed into strange places, like the end of the name Emma (Emmer) and the word wasp (warsp),. I love it

25points

Abbyboudreaux 4 years ago

Garage too! (Gararge)

4points

Teucer T 4 years ago

It's because language has to follow the laws of physics... All those r's people in Boston refuse to say have to go somewhere

1point

Earl Grey 4 years ago

And that heavy quilted winter coat is a Parker.

1point

TTorrest Author 4 years ago

My grandmother from Lawng Island NY used to do this, too. EX: My name is Tina... She used to call me "Teener."

1point

Jeff Welton 4 years ago

NS here and yup, it sure is!

0points

Martha Higgins 4 years ago

Adding r where it isn't or omitting it where it is is a holdover from the British, at least from some speakers from some parts of Britain. Very common in Maine.

0points

Shalini Pabreja 4 years ago

Seen Brits do that too though ... any connection?

0points

Martin Kaine 4 years ago

That's found all around the country. My father, from south Baltimore, might say: "Go warsh your hands in the zink with soap and wooder."

4points

Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago

Baltimore people talk SO strange and I say that as someone from DC. You guys say “two” so weird lmao There’s definitely an R inserted.

0points

Sue Knerl 4 years ago

I say that too, because my grandma said it. People are always telling me there's no r in wash.

1point

Darcy Nestler 4 years ago

And surgar... one of my high school teachers used to mark points off for spelling sugar-surgar and wash-warsh. We're in central Illinois.

1point

Bryn Premium 4 years ago (edited)

Gotta warsh a punkin with a nakin

1point

Daniel Marsh 4 years ago

And joo guize wonda why we New Yawkahs nevah say "r" except at da staht of a wuhd. You stole all the "r"s

1point

Valley Girl 4 years ago

Nightmares of the MY Pillow guy

1point

Crissy Brandt 4 years ago

“Dub-ya” = W.

1point

Kim 4 years ago

What now?!

1point

Marianne Contrino 4 years ago

It's how some people say "wash". I don't know if it's necessarily straight Midwestern, though. I'm from Wisconsin, and the only people I know who say it, are my step dad, and his family, but they're from South East Ohio. So, I think it's more of a "Mid West, boarding on Southern" thing, but I could be wrong.

4points

Heather Faust 4 years ago

"Melk"

0points

#47

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97points

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6th grade representative #1 4 years ago

Yas..... must get to the food. No matter wat

18points

Philly Bob Squires 4 years ago

Hell yeah! I drive 100 miles from the Poconos to Philly to get great food! LOL

0points

Daniel Marsh 4 years ago

Living in DC metro (me) --------- (45 minute drive) ------------>The MacDonald's 4 blocks away :-(

1point

Susan Egan 4 years ago

That could be your closest grocery too.

0points

Sandy Kavanaugh 4 years ago

Well, yeah! I drive to the next town just for doughnuts.

0points

Kiss Army Premium 4 years ago

Very guilty of this!

0points

Batwench Premium 4 years ago

Again, Cumbria in the UK.

0points

#48

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97points

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birdie asf 4 years ago

yep we're pretty lame here in illinois. except for the few ikea, the malls, portillo's, chicago, and springfield. other than that we might as well not be here.

30points

Artoonist Corine 4 years ago

From Southern Illinois - no IKEA, malls are all dead (except in big towns), Chicago 5+ hours away. It's like we are a totally different state. We still have CORN

9points

GirlFriday Premium 4 years ago

Hay - Portillo's alone is worth the drive back to Illinois. Plus ALL THE SPORTS. I heart Illinois.

5points

Danieletc 4 years ago

The White Sox, don't forget the White Sox.

4points

Kenny Kulbiski 4 years ago

Hell, at least you got mentioned. My state didn't even make the list.

3points

IM_Greene 4 years ago

yo, don't accept that. Illinois is cool and even if it's not that great it's still better than Ohio

2points

Stannous Flouride 4 years ago

Three words: Caterpillar heavy equipment

1point

Faith Hurst 4 years ago

You have The Bean, too. I didn't get the big deal and then I couldn't stop walking across from my hotel to go walk around it.

1point

Anna Repp 4 years ago

I beg to disagree! I went to central Illinois last summer and discovered the Emiquon Wildlife Refuge - highly recommended! Beautiful nature, amazing wildlife and awesome history.

1point

Illini1825 4 years ago

They have all of the good things on that list in every other state!

1point

Pungent Sauce 4 years ago

And there’s a Portillo’s in Madison now...

0points

AlmightyOne 4 years ago

Iowa is the only state in which cannibalism is explicitly illegal. Makes you wonder what happened there to make them do that when it seems like it should go without saying

13points

Cori 4 years ago

I see we didn't even bother to mention Missouri.

10points

Kristin Ingersoll 4 years ago

I mean, are we just forgetting about Indiana altogether? :/ LOL

7points

Graham Baker 4 years ago (edited)

Indiana is CORN

6points

Emeri Krupp 4 years ago

is there anything about kantucky?

0points

Hehehehehehehehe (ve/ver) 4 years ago

I don't see all Midwestern states on here......?

5points

Ian Koch 4 years ago

Illinois lol

5points

HarperTheCentaur (they/them) 4 years ago

just gonna pretend missouri doesnt exist. i see how it is

4points

Eli 4 years ago

Everybody forgets the Dakotas. *so lonely,,, we're "midwest" too, the other regions won't let us in their clubs, sniff*

3points

Liz the Wanderer 4 years ago

Canada takes you guys in. Snow People Clan.

1point

Lesbean Bookworm 4 years ago

Hey, what about Missouri??

3points

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Call Me Mars 4 years ago

Also the Alaskans!! I have vivid memories of these in Alaska.

21points

Phoenix 4 years ago

Ikr, these sucked, they’d constantly flip sideways or break

4points

J. Normal 4 years ago

Round ones were worse.

2points

Martha Higgins 4 years ago

Those are really handy for hauling wood in from the woodpile or supplies in to camp in the winter.

1point

Adrienne Early 4 years ago

I don't understand this one. That was my favorite sled! I kneel when I sled so I can maneuver really well and this one kept my boots out of the snow and the front lip kept me from sliding off. The inflatable circle ones were the worst! You would go so fast spinning around, no control!

1point

Sarah Tate 4 years ago

East coast here - my parents actually still have those in our garage. They must be at least 30 years old now.

1point

Stephanie Rassier 4 years ago

We lived in a trailer and used the extra aluminum siding...it was baller.

0points

Leesa DeAndrea 4 years ago

We used a large flattened cardboard box as a sled. Had a steep short hill in our backyard. We had a blast sliding down it on that cardboard.

0points

Bunzilla 4 years ago

yup, these always filled the trashcans nearby the sledding hills. . .

0points

Faith Hurst 4 years ago

These are what people sell here in the mountains to tourists. Then they break them and just leave them. Locals take pictures of the mountains of broken sleds, food wrappers, and diapers people leave up here when they visit.

0points

Eggplanto 4 years ago

if i want to go nowhere fast i just do my normal lifestyle 👍

0points

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GirlFriday Premium 4 years ago

Um yeah, why waste money on a plane trip? According to my dad if my parents and older siblings take turns driving, we won't even have to stop for the night on the way there or back.

26points

Kenny Kulbiski 4 years ago

Can't you hold it? We're only 3 hours from home.

4points

Christian Bradshaw 4 years ago

Same here. It's just a whole lot cheaper in all the ways

1point

*sneezes in pansexual* 4 years ago

YES we've done a 28 hour car trip in one go (except for bathrooms and food) and you eat sandwiches in lil baggies....

1point

BlackLabOwner 4 years ago

drove 20 some hours bc it was my midwest born dad and not my southern mother

0points

tkd_pastor_g 4 years ago

Having lived in 4 provinces, I feel like all of these could be "Things Canadian Say"

2points

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SoozeeQ 4 years ago

Ha ha! That's more like it.

10points

Anime SImp 4 years ago

me over here wearing shorts in the winter , me on the inside " just grim and bear it "

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Phoenix 4 years ago

I believed it’s “Hey Bud.” If a fights bout to break out

6points

Nevits Yibble 4 years ago

Or ..."F***in A RIGHT buddy"

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JP 4 years ago

Or there's a small child or dog nearby...

0points

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GirlFriday Premium 4 years ago

I did this last night. It was 14 degrees outside so I just walked fast.

7points

*sneezes in pansexual* 4 years ago

me too... i went to go get the mail barefoot whilst there's snow and ice and we had a snow day

3points

geometric_dolphin 4 years ago

Sometimes I get the mail barefoot in below freezing weather... and then my mom yells at me...

0points

Adrienne Early 4 years ago

I leave a coat in the car for emergencies (like if the car gets stuck and I have to walk) and have only used it once this season.

0points

#54

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Adrienne Early 4 years ago

I'd say more of an upscale McDonald's (5 Guys? ) and a fancier Dairy Queen mashup.

2points

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Emily 4 years ago

i show mentioned my city and i flipped out and my mom was just like- "did that actually happen?"

10points

Sarah 4 years ago

This is so true. Any time anything mentions MN, I flip out. Movies, shows, books, even authors or musicians.

2points

🥨Doof🥨 4 years ago

there was a (horrible) movie that took place in my town and I didn’t know whether to cringe or point out every location

0points

#56

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GirlFriday Premium 4 years ago

It is Friday. You hear the tornado siren and realize it is Friday and resume your business. Not that we would stop our business for a tornado any other day of the week, but we all that tornado sirens on Friday don't mean a thing.

7points

Memere 4 years ago

Where I live, it's testing of the tornado sirens and it happens at noon on the first Wednesday of the month (11:00 a.m. during daylight saving time). It's both irritating as hell when it's not tornado season , but it also reminds me that it's a new month!

1point

Wade Love 4 years ago

If anyone else is confused, this refers to regular and routine testing of the siren systems. Different places have different schedules for the testing, including every single day at noon, the first day of every month at 2:00pm, etc. But one of the most common is every Wednesday at noon.

0points

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Erika Nichols 4 years ago

Funeral potatoes for the win!

13points

Xenon 4 years ago

Ok, what are funeral potatoes and why are they called that?

0points

Paul K. Johnson 4 years ago

Also deviled eggs.

2points

Swyft 4 years ago

yeah, was looking for those

0points

GirlFriday Premium 4 years ago

Well, now I want scotcharoos. I haven't had them in years.

1point

Paul K. Johnson 4 years ago

You left off Ambrosia.

1point

Tim Barnhart 4 years ago

Velveeta with sausage and rotel and tater tot caserrole.

1point

Raine Soo 4 years ago

I don't know what some of these are, but they sound interesting. So, I'd be game to try them.

1point

Helen Haley 4 years ago

Born and raised midwest, I only know 6,4,3.

1point

Maiun 4 years ago

Not American. I can guess 9, 8 and 6, the rest ??????? What the hell are 4 and 2? Sounds like dog food and sellotape.

1point

Sarah 4 years ago

I thought puppy chow was an everywhere thing. And scotcharoos, and cheesy potatoes, and seven layer dip, apparently not.

0points

geometric_dolphin 4 years ago

Yes I had never heard of puppy chow before moving to the Midwest. It's really good!

0points

Cori 4 years ago

Oreo fluff is life.

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M O'Connell 4 years ago

Or alternatively frozen venison and dilly beans

4points

Laura 4 years ago

Busch Light? I think you mean Leinenkugel’s

0points

Heidi Beck 4 years ago

Pabsr

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Emily 4 years ago

🎶aaaaaaaaaaaand none for gretchen weiners- byee🎶 (mean girls the musical)

8points

Shadow_TheArtistDemon 3 years ago

🎶 Who sent that? 🎶 (Mean Girls Musical)

1point

Cori 4 years ago

We had a tornado (sirens going off and everything) DURING the 5 o'clock news. Instead of reporting on the tornado that was literally happening less than a mile away, they just continued to blithely talk about a vacancy on the school board. I finally just went outside in the hopes I would see it coming in time to toss the pets into our spider infested root cellar.

0points

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Ben Smith 4 years ago

More like pizza dipped in ranch, but yes.

10points

SoozeeQ 4 years ago

I'm gonna try that!

1point

Emily 4 years ago

chicken bacon ranch is bomb

2points

Graham Baker 4 years ago

oh my gosh YES

1point

Adem Townsend 4 years ago

Ranch on pizza ain't that bad.

1point

Bunzilla 4 years ago

every birthday party ever, there's like three kids who do this

0points

The one and only 4 years ago

YESSSS

0points

J O 4 years ago

Pizza Ranch!!!

0points

JessG 4 years ago

Garlic butter is a MUCH better dip for pizza

0points

angie but who cares 4 years ago

dont you speak those evil words ranch is the only way to go

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Mrs_ Possum 4 years ago

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rspanther 4 years ago

How about no.

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*sneezes in pansexual* 4 years ago

it's weird cuz i always thought these things were universal...

8points

Hehehehehehehehe (ve/ver) 4 years ago

same......

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Helen Haley 4 years ago

Right left or forward. You hop in a car with friends and at intersections you take turns choosing right left or forward just to see where you end up.

12points

SoozeeQ 4 years ago

That sounds adventurous!

3points

whateves 4 years ago

Had some classmates who were cuising country roads aimlessly while talking and found themselves on an airport runway wondering what the lights were for...

0points

AEP 4 years ago

My family played that game. Found some interesting places that way.

0points

GirlFriday Premium 4 years ago

The nearest McDonalds & mall was like 30 minutes away from where I grew up. We used to hang out in the bank parking lot or at the rock quarry for fun.

1point

Catlady6000 4 years ago

Or hang out at the local Walmart (or similar) parking lot

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Catlady6000 4 years ago

Does it get more Midwest

8points

Lorelai Purvis 4 years ago

no

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Raine Soo 4 years ago

These are Canadian talents too.

7points

birdie asf 4 years ago

i'm realizing more and more that canadians and midwesterns are practically the same.

3points

A Random Panda 4 years ago

My mom has contacts that sometimes suck and sometimes work well, and one day we went to the beach. Her contacts were bad when we were coming home but she had been to that beach so many times she could drive home fine.

0points

Nevits Yibble 4 years ago

Driving 90mph steering with your knees reading the newspaper (this is Detroit)

0points

Mirabelle Willmoth 4 years ago

Hold on, can some people not smell the rain? It's got that, like, sticky smell and the air gets thick and... I just thought everyone could smell the rain.

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UNEXPLAINABLE 4 years ago (edited)

For number three it should be “Tell em’ I said hi”

11points

Cori 4 years ago

I say 'make good choices' to the pets too. Then when the pig doesn't listen, 'I told you to make good choices but you didn't listen so don't yell at me when I shove your chubby butt out the door.' Followed by 'so sorry. Make better choices next time.'

1point

Jennifer Crompton 4 years ago (edited)

Also "did you say thank you?" and "dinner is at 3:00 on Sunday. Don't be late"

0points

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Emily 4 years ago

"hold my kabobs"

5points

Memere 4 years ago

It can & does happen in one DAY here in Missouri & Kansas. It's why we all have umbrellas, raincoats, a winter jacket, and even snow boots in our cars all year. Oh, and at least one beach towel & fleece or wool blanket.

0points

Tim Douglass 4 years ago

I lived in the Arizona mountains - we got all that on one day during the 4th of July parade!

0points

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Raine Soo 4 years ago

I call them craters in my city.

9points

Cori 4 years ago

It gets to the point where you just automatically swerve on roads you travel frequently.

1point

Helen Haley 4 years ago

Lose a bumper or crack an axel and you become cautious.

1point

Memere 4 years ago

Or bust a tire & wheel.

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Catlady6000 4 years ago

There is a Culvers just east of Nashville. Amazing!

5points

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ƒιѕн 4 years ago

No cop don't stop.

11points

Sarah 4 years ago

And going 70 or 80 in a 50 lane, then when a cop pulls you over: "Ope! Sorry. Guess I was speeding. Oopsie-dasie!"

1point

Memere 4 years ago

On some of the highways around our metro area, if you don't drive 10 miles over the posted limit, you could get run over!

0points

M O'Connell 4 years ago

This used to be much more common but I think most of the time-schedule only traffic lights are gone now. They used to run the same light pattern over and over, without sensor input. Now most lights change to your direction right as you approach if nobody else is on the road.

1point

Memere 4 years ago

Where I live, they vary according to the time of day & what day it is. The signals are timed during commute hours Mon-Fri, and revert to the sensors the rest of the day/evening. On weekends, it depends on the amount of traffic on heavily traveled streets & at main intersections. This is why I'm careful to time my trips to the stores!

0points

Sarah 4 years ago

I want to upvote this a million times.

0points

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Helen Haley 4 years ago

Gotta love practicality.

9points

SoozeeQ 4 years ago

Gotta love people who wear masks, too!

4points

A Head 4 years ago

He's making a list in his head. "Joe's thing, hit the post office, deposit this check...."

1point

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Linus Nilsson 4 years ago (edited)

It's just a saying anyway

5points

birdie asf 4 years ago

no, lots of people i live by take it super seriously. they'll literally call my mom and ask if i said hi to her for them.

4points

Stephanie Did It 4 years ago (edited)

In the South, it's "Say hey to your Momenem" (Mom and them) or "How's your Momenem?"

0points

6th grade representative #1 4 years ago

Yep, gotta be polite tho

0points

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Anne 4 years ago

can I move there

8points

Graham Baker 4 years ago

depends, will you wear a mask?

3points

Cori 4 years ago

Yeah, my life honestly hasn't changed much through all this.

1point

Nevits Yibble 4 years ago

I always thought this until I visited Texas for the first time. Miles and miles of miles and miles.

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Ian Koch 4 years ago

TRUE the garage is always freezing cold in the winter.

6points

#74

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Raine Soo 4 years ago (edited)

Years ago, I slipped on my icy stairs whilst carrying a metal stepladder in my arm. For a few seconds, time slowed to a crawl, and all I could think of was "I hope the ladder doesn't hit me in the head". I landed on my back. The ladder landed next to me. And, we just lay there, contemplating life, and enjoying our time together.

22points

*sneezes in pansexual* 4 years ago

last week when I was walking to the bus stop, (we have a long driveway) I hit a patch of ice and I managed to stay on my feet and slid all the way down the driveway on my feet. My friend once slipped and then slid right under the bus

4points

#75

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Raine Soo 4 years ago

I thought everyone had one of those.

28points

Tim Barnhart 4 years ago

I doubt this is unique to us. If it is. Mind blown.

3points

Cori 4 years ago

We have 3.

0points

angie but who cares 4 years ago

same here

0points

Lorelai Purvis 4 years ago

me too

0points

Aunt Messy Premium 4 years ago

They do.

0points

PhybreAwptic 4 years ago

This is not an exclusive thing at all.

2points

Memere 4 years ago

Missouri/Kansas gal here - we've got a junk drawer in almost every room, even the bathrooms!

0points

AEP 4 years ago

Where in the USA do people not have a junk drawer? Asking for a friend.

0points

6th grade representative #1 4 years ago

Wait. Is it bad if I have a junk CABINET

0points

Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 4 years ago

But a light bulb and great grandpa's watch he wore up his bum during the war?

0points

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SlothyK8 4 years ago

This is hilarious...I live in Wisconsin and went out this morning to let my dogs out. My husband asked how it was and I said "cool, a little frosty". He said it was zero outside. I replied "WOW! I thought it was at least 20...but there's no wind, soooo...."

8points

Stephanie Did It 4 years ago

My aunt, as a young Army wife, moved to a cold state and told us she had no idea how cold it was till she realized the laundry was freezing before she could hang it on the clothesline

2points

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Emily 4 years ago

or just sit on your hands and wait for the heat to actually do something

5points

Dippin Dot 4 years ago

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Ian Koch 4 years ago

Yes.

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#79

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Luna 4 years ago

RANCHHHHHHH

5points

Sarah 4 years ago

NO!!! KETCHUP IS WAY BETTER!!!!!!!!

1point

angie but who cares 4 years ago

yeeees this is good i have a giant bottle of ranch in my fridge but i need more moreeee

-1point

Islafoxcraft 4 years ago

I LOVe RANCH

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#80

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M O'Connell 4 years ago

Ah, the Kwik Trip :)

7points

Amber odom 4 years ago (edited)

ahh Kwik Trip. We have more in town then McDonalds, Now that they own PDQ and Stop-n-go.

1point

angie but who cares 4 years ago

ranch all i really need is ranch

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Raine Soo 4 years ago (edited)

Okay, I love these salads! That's my idea of good eats.

12points

Cori 4 years ago

I actually made and brought pretzel jello the last time we could all gather.

1point

Phoenix 4 years ago

Now that, is a proper salad

1point

Emily 4 years ago

can forget the gravey and macoroni!!

1point

Mrs_ Possum 4 years ago

...with Ranch..? 😄

1point

6th grade representative #1 4 years ago

Gotta have them rasberries

0points

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Eggplanto 4 years ago

ope

4points

Shadow_TheArtistDemon 3 years ago

o p e

1point

#84

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Islafoxcraft 4 years ago

When it was 64 degrees on Monday we were at school without our winter jackets. Absolute heaven.

1point

#85

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Helen Haley 4 years ago

You apologize BEFORE and after asking a favor. Then profusely say thank you for the next week.

19points

Islafoxcraft 4 years ago

Too true

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Cori 4 years ago

'That long driveway is really pretty.' 'It'd be hell in the winter though.' 'Yeah, it would. It's got a hill and everything.' Real conversation between my mom and me.

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Memere 4 years ago

Or floods.

2points

Victor Botha 4 years ago

That's funny.

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SoozeeQ 4 years ago

Would the train's insurance cover the farmer's loss? (Genuine question).

7points

GirlFriday Premium 4 years ago

By the time the corn is on the train, the farmer has been paid so it would be up to the purchaser to recover anything lost by the freight company.

7points

Catlady6000 4 years ago

Wonder how many deer there were cleaning that up?

2points

J O 4 years ago

Or turkeys?

0points

Memere 4 years ago

The rail company actually had to clean all this up too - if they had left it, wildlife would have been attracted to it & hit by the trains. The state department of conservation made them clean it up!

0points

Adrienne Early 4 years ago

And the deer and squirrels were extra fat that year.

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Emily 4 years ago

im a NY northerner and all this stuff is scary accurate

4points

Lorelai Purvis 4 years ago

COWS oh i love driving by cows and just going "moo"

1point

GirlFriday Premium 4 years ago

The Midwest farmers' daughters....

1point

ƒιѕн 4 years ago

The corn fed ones from Nebraska....

0points

J. Zingler 4 years ago

🐄🐄

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Emily 4 years ago

no, my school still does snow days because the teachers still go into the school

5points

Sarah 4 years ago

You're so lucky.

2points

hydrostatic joints 4 years ago

My school did a snow day even though we are virtual last week. I really don't know why but some people were saying it was because the snow was messing with some people's internet.

0points

Islafoxcraft 4 years ago

SO TRUE

0points

Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 4 years ago

We had a snow day 2 weeks ago. No virtual. The school is allowed so many snow days a year. If they haven't used them then they use them.

0points

Ian Koch 4 years ago

Not true, I'm doing virtual, some kids are in person, they had a snow day last Tuesday, so we only had to do half work for the day.

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GirlFriday Premium 4 years ago

Wait, there are people that don't do this? If you visit someplace once a year, do you not check for crop rotation as you are driving by?

13points

Cori 4 years ago

'Man. If they don't through in a round of beans soon, they're gonna just wreck that soil.'

3points

Nathaniel Heider 1 year ago

Up north it's eye high

0points

Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 4 years ago

My husband says when the corn is a certain height, catfish are biting.

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Kuroka 4 years ago

Literally me-

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#95

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Anime SImp 4 years ago

hehehehe me every day

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Emily 4 years ago

cat brushed, insense, card games, matches, bowls, tupperware, etc.

5points

Cori 4 years ago

Stuff I don't want my kids getting into/ stuff I forgot existed until I finally bothered to clean.

1point

Jennifer Crompton 4 years ago

That's obviously where the boxes of cereal belong

0points

angie but who cares 4 years ago

ah yes i remember

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Eggplanto 4 years ago

lol

2points

#98

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ƒιѕн 4 years ago

This is me..

5points

Mirabelle Willmoth 4 years ago

Same

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Helen Haley 4 years ago

That's because fall in the midwest is like 2 weeks long.

11points

Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 4 years ago

I love the fall.

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Kenna Cook 4 years ago

So far all of these that I've seen have applied to Utahns as well

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ƒιѕн 4 years ago

Did that this morning.

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Laurie Ostergaard-Overbey 4 years ago

every day for six months of the year (if yer lucky)

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Eggplanto 4 years ago

ah, yes

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#104

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Eggplanto 4 years ago

true, true

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#105

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AEP 4 years ago

It's official now, I am a midwesterner. My headaches and knee pain predict all the weathers.

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Helen Haley 4 years ago

Alternatively, did you have any stoplights/how many stoplights.

12points

MRK 4 years ago

We only had one caution light. It was a Blink and Miss It town.

2points

Memere 4 years ago

The town I grew up in had no stoplights.

1point

ƒιѕн 4 years ago

1, we had 1 stoplight.

1point

Syra ‍‍ 4 years ago

At one of my old schools that I went to when I was a little kid, the entire school counted up to 10 kids in my 2nd grade year. The ENTIRE SCHOOL.

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#107

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Phoenix 4 years ago

Why do you need Netflix and Chill when you can just have Netflix

2points

Stephanie Did It 4 years ago

You probably want to look up the actual meaning of the phrase "Netflix and Chill" and it'll make more sense.

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#108

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Jennifer Crompton 4 years ago

#3&4 hurt your lungs to breathe in and freeze the snot in your nose😳

2points

Laurie Ostergaard-Overbey 4 years ago

ah gowan! the snot dont freeze till it's an drip then an icicle....

0points

Laurie Ostergaard-Overbey 4 years ago

the other day i was walking back from the barn with my son, my brain just STOPPED working, (50 below, 68 below wind chill) so of course my feet stopped too.... i just stood there. my son shoved me, MOM, WALK you are almost to the house!! now i understand how people can freeze to death just feet from their door!! i never got that before!!

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#109

Funny-Midwestern-Tweets

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13points

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Laurie Ostergaard-Overbey 4 years ago

ABSOLUTELY!!

2points

#110

Funny-Midwestern-Tweets

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13points

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#111

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#112

Funny-Midwestern-Tweets

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12points

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Emily 4 years ago

this one street in my city has so many potholes everyone says its like flying a space ship through

5points

Islafoxcraft 4 years ago

Ok we only have 2 seasons in MN winter and construction

4points

#113

Funny-Midwestern-Tweets

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12points

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Eggplanto 4 years ago

spooky.

2points

Laurie Ostergaard-Overbey 4 years ago

OMG WHAT'S CORNHOLE!?? im a midwesterner and i never heard of that

0points

Amber odom 4 years ago

Please don't do this, we have things to get done.

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#114

Funny-Midwestern-Tweets

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11points

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Catlady6000 4 years ago

Watch Tornado the movie, or tornado the tornado? Or both?

9points

Laurie Ostergaard-Overbey 4 years ago

the real ones, cause the movie is stupid

0points

Stephanie Did It 4 years ago

When do you get in the Yeahs and You Betchas?

1point

Laurie Ostergaard-Overbey 4 years ago

and how do you pronounce 'ope"?? not sure i have heard this either...

0points

Jennifer Crompton 4 years ago

What's a shed party?

0points

#115

Funny-Midwestern-Tweets

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11points

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Emily 4 years ago

it is wednesday my dudes- *screeching*

7points

The one and only 4 years ago

*random moans*

0points

GirlFriday Premium 4 years ago

FRIDAY. IT IS FRIDAY, MY PEOPLE. Where is this Wednesday sh*t coming from?

1point

Islafoxcraft 4 years ago

Well in MN it's on Wednesday

0points

RayAnna Wilson 4 years ago

And it's Wednesday today, let them begin.

0points

#116

Funny-Midwestern-Tweets

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11points

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Emily 4 years ago

some people in my city say "sal-mon" instead of "salmon"

4points

Sarah 4 years ago

How else do you say both?

2points

Jennifer Crompton 4 years ago

Also "melk" instead of milk

0points

#117

Funny-Midwestern-Tweets

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11points

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Mrs_ Possum 4 years ago

YES! Can I come? 😋😄

5points

angie but who cares 4 years ago

yes french fries as well you have not lived unless you have tried cheese fries dipped in ranch

0points

#118

Funny-Midwestern-Tweets

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11points

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#119

Funny-Midwestern-Tweets

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Raine Soo 4 years ago

Yum! I love all of these.

10points

SoozeeQ 4 years ago

Now I'm hungry!

2points

Donkey boi 4 years ago

Pasta looks nice! but ................ What is in that burger bun??? Is that a rice crispie cake on the bottom left? What the h*ck is that stuff on the bottom right? it looks like a bad potato salad topped with a Snickers!

1point

Christina Meyer 4 years ago

Sloppy joes, peanut butter krispies with chocolate frosting, snickers salad( that one looks like it was made with green apples)

1point

Chancey 4 years ago

I thought it was cabbage, topped with egg salad, topped with cut up candy bars!

0points

Catlady6000 4 years ago

Sloppy Joes, I think so, and fruit salad or ambrosia with cut up Snickers

0points

Sarah 4 years ago

SNICKER SALAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's the best!!!

0points

Adrienne Early 4 years ago

Oooh is that a snicker apple salad! Yum!

0points

Syra ‍‍ 4 years ago

Yummm! 😋

0points

Xenon 4 years ago

I was completely aghast at the bottom right picture until I realized it was ice cream and not some kind of potato salad with candy on it.

0points

Stephanie Did It 4 years ago

No...it's not

1point

Lorelai Purvis 4 years ago

oh yummers

0points

#120

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11points

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Eggplanto 4 years ago

ope

3points

Laurie Ostergaard-Overbey 4 years ago

it FELT expensive, not sounded.....

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#121

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11points

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Matilda Haschek 4 years ago

of course!

1point

Eggplanto 4 years ago

lmao

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#122

Funny-Midwestern-Tweets

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11points

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Raine Soo 4 years ago

"...Sawyer Bean, soy bean for short." I can't stop laughing.

11points

Clarf 4 years ago

Um...in Illinois anything east of Lake Michigan is IN Lake Michigan.

3points

Jennifer Crompton 4 years ago

This is dumb. Chicago is the 3rd biggest city in the US and ALL of Illinois is west of Lake Michigan. I will, however, concede to the corn and soy beans....

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#123

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10points

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#124

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angie but who cares 4 years ago

true

3points

#125

Funny-Midwestern-Tweets

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10points

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Emily 4 years ago

🎶when youre fallin in a forest and theres nobody around do you ever really crash or even make a sound🎶 (dear evan hansen- yes i know i make a lot of refrences)

8points

Shadow_TheArtistDemon 3 years ago

🎶Did I even make a sound?🎶 I LOVE DEAR EVAN HANSEN!

1point

Sarah 4 years ago

Yes. Always say ope. Always.

0points

Jo Johannsen 4 years ago

When I am alone and i sneeze, i still excuse myself. Pavlov would be proud.

0points

Vanya Bramasco 4 years ago

yes, i still say it

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#126

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10points

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#127

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9points

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M O'Connell 4 years ago

You know you've reached "peak midwest" when your snow blower has its own tire chains.

3points

#128

Funny-Midwestern-Tweets

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9points

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Helen Haley 4 years ago

Light jacket

6points

Mike Beck 4 years ago

T-shirt weather.

0points

#129

Funny-Midwestern-Tweets

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9points

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Helen Haley 4 years ago

Why would we miss the show? You don't take cover until you can see the tornado, and you confirm it is coming your way.

12points

M O'Connell 4 years ago

These days with your phone allowing you to see real-time radar information, it's much safer to do that than it used to be.

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#130

Funny-Midwestern-Tweets

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9points

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Jill Ferguson 4 years ago

The three stooges.

5points

Stephanie Did It 4 years ago

Oklahoma bridesmaids?

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#131

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9points

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#132

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Memere 4 years ago

I've always preferred staying away from people anyway, quarantine hasn't bothered me too much except for not being able to visit my sister & brothers.

3points

Laurie Ostergaard-Overbey 4 years ago

my life on the farm just didnt change all that much

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#133

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9points

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#134

Funny-Midwestern-Tweets

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8points

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WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago

To be fair, with Corona going on, a 15 hour drive is the better option in terms of safety.

8points

#135

Funny-Midwestern-Tweets

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8points

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M O'Connell 4 years ago

The Kansas City airport is a really unique design. It's a shame they've already started demolishing the terminals to build a more modern one.

6points

Memere 4 years ago

Yeah, it's heartbreaking. The old design was so easy & quick to get in & out of. My dad worked for TWA & helped move from the old downtown airport to the new KCI back when it was built. One time I even got to go downstairs, under the passenger area to where the airline employees worked!

1point

Laurie Ostergaard-Overbey 4 years ago

HAHAHA i had my honeymoon at Wisconsin Dells!!

0points

Laurie Ostergaard-Overbey 4 years ago

but back then i lived about in the Windy City.....

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Mirabelle Willmoth 4 years ago

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#136

Funny-Midwestern-Tweets

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8points

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Eggplanto 4 years ago

yes, yes

2points

#137

Funny-Midwestern-Tweets

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8points

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M O'Connell 4 years ago

I haven't even had to break out the "good coat" yet!

5points

Cori 4 years ago

Do I need a coat chores addition: bringing in firewood? Nah, don't really even need shoes for that. Feeding the animals in the barn. Is it above freezing? Eh, skip the coat. Better grab the boots though. Feeding the cows? Oh, hell yeah. That wind is awful!

1point

#138

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8points

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#139

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8points

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Emily 4 years ago

also the slow traffic from camping and lake season

3points

#140

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8points

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#141

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8points

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#142

Funny-Midwestern-Tweets

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7points

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Spittnimage 4 years ago

I always say "found that'n."

1point

#143

Funny-Midwestern-Tweets

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7points

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SoozeeQ 4 years ago

And ham and pineapple goes with pizza too! *waiting for the downvotes*

13points

Memere 4 years ago

I'm ok with a Hawaiian pizza as long as it's light on the pineapple, and not huge chunks - it takes a skilled hand to get the right blend of salty, spicy, & sweet.

1point

Eggplanto 4 years ago

tbh i love ham and pineapple. i wait for the downvotes too

1point

Ian Koch 4 years ago

Ham, maybe, pineapple, ABSOLUTELY NOT.

1point

Mike Beck 4 years ago

Ham, yes, but on the very top so that leathery BS can be peeled off. Pineapple, no way in effing h!

0points

Phoenix 4 years ago

Everybody adding crazy toppings to pizza and I’m just sitting here with a classic mushroom onion and sausage pizza

1point

#144

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7points

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Laurie Ostergaard-Overbey 4 years ago

hell, right now my back deck is an extra freezer!!

1point

#145

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#146

Funny-Midwestern-Tweets

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#147

Funny-Midwestern-Tweets

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6points

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#148

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Memere 4 years ago

But all I'm gonna do with it is toss it in a box and stuff the box in a closet - because it's too good to throw away, and I might need it someday!

2points

Lorelai Purvis 4 years ago

no

1point

#149

Funny-Midwestern-Tweets

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6points

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#150

Funny-Midwestern-Tweets

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5points

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Stephanie Did It 4 years ago

That Snocone looks like it's made from the road slush!!

4points

Laurie Ostergaard-Overbey 4 years ago

i think that's the point of the picture

0points

Bunzilla 4 years ago

oh yes . . .the notorius slush on the sidewalks and roads. . .

1point

#151

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5points

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#152

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Anne 4 years ago

What is in picture 4 please?

4points

SoozeeQ 4 years ago

It's a cornhole game. (Often called beanbag toss in other countries). A small bag of corn seeds (or beans) is tossed through the hole in the board. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornhole

4points

Phoenix 4 years ago

I feel sorry for you if you don’t know what those are

3points

Daenarys 4 years ago

Those are for the game cornhole. You toss bean bags (or corn bags) at them and try to get them into the hole.

3points

Lorelai Purvis 4 years ago

oh my gosh you don't know the magical game of CORNHOLE?! oh my gosh i must educate you on this sketch out a 2-hour time period in your day this weekend

2points

Bunzilla 4 years ago

it's cornhole

1point

Islafoxcraft 4 years ago

It's a dummy board of course. (That's what we call it)

0points

Stephanie Did It 4 years ago

To me that will always be a bean bag toss because in the South, corn hole has an ENTIRELY different meaning

0points

#153

Funny-Midwestern-Tweets

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#154

Funny-Midwestern-Tweets

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Laurie Ostergaard-Overbey 4 years ago

or "shut the door we're not heating the whole world!"

1point