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Your state/province/country's claim(s) to fame.
South Carolina...:
1. is the poorest state. 2. has the most obese people of the country 3. alternates with Mississippi as the state with the weakest public education 4. has a law that deems all sex other than the missionary position between a heterosexual couple illegal |
5th largest economy in the world.
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Let's not forget the prohibition laws. No alcohol sales on Sundays. No hard liquor sales on weekdays after 7 pm. We're only allowed to be drunk bastards during the daytime. |
one year, Kansas was last in the country in tourism, i think. either that or 49th. i don't remember.
a nobel prize winner is from my hometown, supposedly. |
CHEESE
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The movie "Shag".
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NJ is "the Garden State."
The first baseball game was played here. We are the most crowded state per capita. Home of Bruce Springsteen and Thomas Edison. ------------------ http://mywebpages.comcast.net/mledrew/samus.gif |
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Mississippi:
1) Refer to original post about education. 2) Jim Henson 3) Oprah Winfrey 4) Blues 5) William Faulkner 6) John Grishom Hmm. For a state with poor education, we do have quite a few good authors come out of it. There are more that I can't remember for this post. ------------------ Originally posted by Irrelevant: EAT A BAG OF FUCK, HOMOLOVER. http://www.livejournal.com/userpic/2070689 |
The zipper was invented in my town!
------------------ http://www.toolcity.net/~burt/images/pimp3a.jpg My anti-drug is non-consensual sex with minors. AIM: Mista Saki |
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Washington, home of:
Apples latte flannel Jets Ichiro Bill Gates |
Silverchair come from my state.
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CA: lot of stuff. Steinbeck, however, is the only one I can think of. |
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heh..spokane: meth & EXPO '74, MAN! |
and oh yeah oh yeah...
ny. pretty much everything |
The Netherlands!
- Where tulips come from! (not really) - Where everyone wears clumps! - Where a little boy put his finger in a dike to save the country! - Where people eat raw herring! - Where smoking pot and prostitution is legal! - Where abortion is more common than birth! ------------------ http://www.bioledu.rug.nl/s1210262/sig.jpg Bootlist |
The pop tab was invented in Dayton, Ohio.
------------------ I want you every night when I go off to bed. |
New Brunswick:
-the only officially bilingual province in canada. -umm, that's it. ------------------ http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...1/fe0bf97c.jpg |
Mark Twain
the Arch Branson |
- i <3 alberta beef
- stampede - nickelback!!! - bruce mcullough - where the best hockey is/was produced |
Hootie and the Blowfish
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Kentucky:
the winningest College basketball program of all time (University of Kentucky) Univesity of Lousiville college of Medicine first to perform hand transplant and artificial heart and other wierd things uh, Thomas Morgan pioneer of genetics is from lexington George Clooney shit not much i can't really think of anything oh yeah, Horses and the Kentucky Derby. |
Maine
Lobster L.L. Bean Bluebarries Potatoes some lighthouse where earmuffs were invented Joshua Chamberlin and the 20th Maine Stephen King Lewiston, Maine Bates Mill Simone's hotdogs |
United States:
Most Ass-kickinest country in the world Most scorned country in the world Land of the free, home of the brave, etc. Home of the Whopper Wisconsin: Cheese Beer Bratwurst Superior, WI: Arnold Schwarzenegger went to UW-Superior WWII ace Richard I. Bong (actually from Poplar, but that's close - we have the bridge) Best hockey in Wisconsin More bars and gas stations than you can shake a stick at I feel so proud now. Patrick ------------------ ========================== Bootlist: www.pwarcham.cjb.net Email: pwarcham at hotmail.com AIM: Asterixx ========================== |
Texas: only state flag that is allowed to be flown as high as the U.S. flag.
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And serial killers! WA has Robert Lee Yates (spokane) Green River killer (never solved) is it Ted Bundy that used to operate in seattle??? Uum....as for Eastern wa, we have: - onions - nuclear waste And to stress Meghan on meth.....washington is the highest per capita meth state in the nation. Most of it comes from Spokane too |
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First battle of the Civil War was fought in Fort Sumter in Charleston.
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my county:
home of the beatles (and about 100 other bands) oldest chinatown in europe main european port in the slave trade home of the inventor of the modern, flushable toilet http://www.netphoria.org/wwwboard/biggrin.gif |
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Anyway, I'll go with my birthplace of Eugene, Oregon: OREGON TRAIL, BABY! (sorry, Stearnsie - I had to do it!) University of Oregon, which is having a resurgence in the quality of their athletic department. Not that I'll root for them. birthplace of Harold Reynolds nearby Springfield was the site of one of the '98 school shootings lumber and flannel (3rd to only Canada and Seattle) California: Famed for having a lottery system that allows the majority of winners to be Mexican or white trash. If I move to Santee or Lakeside, I may have a chance! |
Other people born in Eugene/Springfield, Oregon:
Danny Ainge uh... I guess that's all! |
Central FL.. lightning capital of the world.
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Pennsylvania - named after william penn
philadelphia is where the constition was signed. will smith, jim croce, and hall and oats are from. Plus alot more. |
Elgin, IL
The Elgin Watch Factory. Elgin Baylor was named after one of those watches. Heh. |
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