Did we lose all the Illinoians?

[dadaist]

I see the other midwestern states are still well represented, guess we need to go recruit new blood in Illinois? :p

[dicksbro]

Still got me. :wave:

[dadaist]

Okay good. I thought maybe everyone else in Illinois left and forgot to tell me. :p

[fredchabotnick]

I haven't moved. Although that may be changing shortly...

[Master Scribe]

Hey Don't forget me..................Still being held hostage in Southern Illinois......

[Scarecrow]

:wave:

[dicksbro]

Speaking of Illinois ... just got this from a friend ...

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Jeff Foxworthy on Illinois

If you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through 18 inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping that the food will swim by, you might live in Illinois.

If your local Dairy Queen is closed from November through March, you might live in Illinois.

If you instinctively walk like a penguin for five months out of the year, you might live in Illinois.

If someone in a store offers you assistance & they don't work there, you might live in Illinois.

If your dad's suntan stops at a line curving around the middle of his forehead, you might live in Illinois.

If you have ever worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you might live in Illinois.

If your town has an equal number of bars and churches, you might live in Illinois.

If you have had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number, you might live in Illinois.

YOU KNOW YOU ARE A TRUE ILLINOISAN WHEN:

1. Vacation means going north or south on I57 for the weekend.
2. You measure distance in hours.
3. You know several people who have hit a deer more than once.
4. You often switch from heat to AC in the same day and back again.
5. You can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard,
without flinching.
6. You see people wearing camouflage at social events including weddings.
7. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.
8. You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend knows how to use them.
9. You design your kids Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
10. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
11. You know all 5 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, road construction, &
It's Hot!
12. Your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a deer next to your blue spruce.
13. Down south means Kentucky to you.
14. A brat is something you eat.
15. Your neighbor throws a party to celebrate his new pole shed.
16. You go out to a tailgate party every Friday.
17. You have more miles on your snow blower than your car.
18. You find 0 degrees a "little chilly".
19. You actually understand these jokes, and you forward them to all your Illinois
friends. (What's not to understand???)

[Scarecrow]

:bump:

Just had to bump this so everyone could read DBs post ^^^^^

[dadaist]

Hmm, first post to the thread in well over a year, and first time I've logged in in over four months. Coincidence?

Of course, some of the things about temperature apply no matter where in Illinois you are, or construction seasons, or measuring distances in hours instead of miles... There's a reason downstaters consider us up by Chicago to practically be in our own little country... ;)

[dicksbro]

Deja Vu