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September 29, 2009 |
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These Strange Midwestern People
FOUND by Kelsey B.
in Kansas City, Missouri
I found this on the sidewalk by the Nelson Atkins Art Museum. I can't help but wonder what specifically is so strange about Midwestern people - it remains a mystery to me.
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We collect FOUND stuff: love letters, birthday cards, kids' homework,
to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles -
anything that gives a glimpse into someone
else's life. Anything goes...
To the outsider, the Midwestern Attitude, particularly in those of a certain age, can be strange. It says that they know better, and more, than anyone else. They feel compelled to "top" your anecdotes, "correct" your ideas and philosophies, and inform you of all your failings. For those who have never been there, or dealt with Midwesterners in other countries (the Attitude is also portable), I recommend you read Garrison Kiellor's book, "Lake Wobegon Days." It's all in there.
I know a couple of Midwestern "missionaries" of a certain age who live in my city. They can't seem to understand their low success rate. I could explain it, but they wouldn't listen.
e tried, but failed, to explain her inadequacies adequately, so she just had to chalk it up to having been born i
They also say "pop" instead of soda and "sack" instead of bag. Perhaps it was their vocabulary she couldn't understand?
I'm strange
I live in the Midwest.
What's hard to understand?
Well, NObody understands them. Big deal.
And the strange western, eastern, northwestern, southern, New Englander, and southwestern people ... I don't understand any of them either.
The normal midwestern people, we got no problem with them, though. Understand them just fine.
that 'pop' vs 'soda' thing is kind of interesting. There's actually a map that shows the distribution, with a few really weird zones.
and Kelsey, you don't know, cuz you're one of them.
I'm from the Midwest, but even other Midwesterners think I'm strange. A co-worker told me that I was the weirdest person he ever met, which seems like a bold claim. At any rate, I say "pop," but interchange "sack" and "bag."
Don't worry, we don't understand ourselves either.
So you read a book and now you’re an expert on mid-westerners?? Lets see if I get this right here …the backbone farmers of the country are different in their point of view and have an opinion that non mid-westerners (I’m assuming city folks) don’t understand. They must be strange. Those crazy churchgoing god fearing people … who do they think they are??
I moved from Massachusetts to Ilinois and had total culture shock. Not only the "pop" versus "soda" thing but just the general chattiness. My people are taciturn and silent. Also you can't get decent pepper/cheese steak subs here and the Chinese food is just all wrong.
So yes, Midwesterners are strange.
Do they really give out certificates for this?
I'm originally from Iowa, and I've lived on both coasts. When someone says New Englanders are 'taciturn and silent' I say they are 'rude'. When they say midwesterners are 'chatty' I say we are 'friendly'. I'm not picking on you, Miss Scarlet, just acknowledging the vastly different perspectives.
I'm going to go listen to "The Music Man" soundtrack. All together now! "There's an Iowa kind, a special chip-on-the-shoulder attitude when we greet you which we may not do at all."
I used to say pop until it was shamed out of me, then I said Coke until a guy from San Francisco said "Dude, You can get coke from a machine now? Awesome!"
The midwest farmer's daughters
really make you feel all right
and the northern girls with the way they kiss
could keep their boyfriends warm at night...
I've lived in Ohio. The mothers of young daughters were all obsessed with beauty pageants. Spent thousands of dollars on clothes, hair, makeup... weird.
there was an old guy behind us in the movie theater once who kept sucking his teeth throughout the entire movie. Know what I mean, sucking his teeth? like he had beef or corn stuck in 'em and didn't have a toothpick.
weird. Annoying.
[snip]the Midwestern Attitude, particularly in those of a certain age, can be strange. It says that they know better, and more, than anyone else. They feel compelled to "top" your anecdotes, "correct" your ideas and philosophies, and inform you of all your failings. [/snip]
Orinico, you must be a midwesterner of a certain age.
Ohio is in the Midwest? Since when?
HAHA HPD...it does look like a certificate.
@ Sammy Davis Jr Jr ... since it got itself between the mountain ranges.
Ohio may be between the mountains, but the majority of United States do not consider it part of the Midwest. There are, however, many who do.
I don't consider Ohio in the Midwest... I think it's the transition zone, the in-between, the almost-but-not-quite.
Doesn't this look like Brad Neely handwriting?
SO WEIRD.
WooHoo Ohio! We are The swing state!
My good friends in Ohio get their hackles up whenever they hear that they live in the Midwest.
I visited there once. Seems closer to the east coast to me....
I have lived and worked in 17 states so far and have found the best and worst kinds of people in all of them. One can find candidates for the Jerry Springer show anywhere. Being a wandering biker I get exposed to all kinds. In every state that I have travelled to, people in cars will stop to see if I need help if I stop to rest on the side of the road. I thought folks were supposed to be afraid of us?
Midwesterners are definitely strange, and Ohio is definitely the Midwest.
Who put a stick up your ass orinico woman? And I'm pretty sure irritating missionaries can come from any state.
How the hell are Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana part of the midwest? Talk about arbitrary.
I agree with Who in the world decides this stuff. It seems like Nevada, Utah and Idaho should be in the midwest. They're in the middle of the west. Aren't they? Ohio, Michigan and Indiana are definitely on the eastern side of the middle. Which should make them mideast. At least there's no arguing with which states are on the west coast!
If they think Midwestern people are strange... They should come to Montana! We've got hog-lovin', cow-tippin', brothers that are also your cousins, girls with more than 6 teeth and minus the uni-brow are considered true beauties, and we won't even talk abut the occasional "Indian "Rez" throughout the state...
Oh yes- here- it's not about the family tree; it's about the family wreath!
(This post should be accompanied by the soundtrack from "Deliverance"... banjo music.. ahhh.. and cow poop- the comforts of home)
I agree with Ophelia, but having lived overseas for 15 years in five different countries around the world, the rest of Earth doesn't understand NON-Midwesterners. Go figure.
Midwestern People are strange when yer a stranger
Faces look ugly when yer alone on the prairie
Cowboys' seem wicked when yer unwanted
Dirt roads are uneven when yer down
When yer strange
Faces come out of the corn
When yer strange
No one remembers ya'll's name
When yer strange
Midwestern People are strange when yer a stranger
Faces look ugly when yer home - home on the range
Cowboys' seem wicked when yer most wanted
Cattle paths are uneven when yer down
When yer strange...
maybe they talk funny.
If you want strange, move to Florida. Florida is the "sink trap" of the United States. The weirdos just keep heading south until they can go no further!
I Just saw a picture today of a (hott) dude in Florida (yeah, you know who you are) and a 6 foot stalk of asparagus. WOW. Now that's strange.
Anna the Ninja, you must be from Butte. (BYOOT!)
You should really venture forth from your trailer park now and then.
it could be that proximity of some border cities explains the "pop" phenom, canadians say "pop". i live in alberta, a prairie province in canada, and yes the people are strange--it is probably their insistance that there is only one way to do things and it is their way...besides their literal translation of the bible, and you know where that leads you..backwards
Montana is beautiful!! It was always my dream to live in White Fish, Montana. To be a teacher in that town, and visit Glacier Park all summer long. sigh....
dreams die...
I live in Washington state and have too many responsibilites here to ever make my dream come true. =(
According to Wikipedia, Ohio is one of 12 states considered to be in 'the midwest'
That anti-Bible business really gets old. BACKWARD? And just how does sin move us forward?
I am a native Iowan and now live in New England. I agree with "Geek". 'Rude' covers the attitude in the east. Midwesterners are simple, friendly folks who look for simple things in life. I would take that over the New England way ANY DAY!