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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:27 PM Original message |
Why do people hate Kansas? |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. Flat, Empty, Boring, and Wingnutty works for me. |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
22. It's not that flat.. |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 10:47 PM Response to Reply #22 |
47. It just seems that way because... |
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no name no slogan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. Because American prog-rock blows |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
3. My only issue with it was in college... |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. The drive on I-70 is long, but I think beautiful. |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 03:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
31. I haven't done that drive since the late 70s, so I obviously never saw the wind farm |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
5. I Love Kansas |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Don't get me started on the weather.. |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
6. I have nothing against Kansas. I am sure it is a lovely state. |
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tanngrisnir3 (665 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
7. Because Nebraska kicks Kansas ass in every meaningful way. |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. he. ok. |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Except Nebraska is better because its 1/5 blue, no matter what your school colors are. |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. That's only because of the way you divy out electoral college delegates |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:49 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Sometimes you need to accept the fact that everybody else thinks ur state sucks |
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tanngrisnir3 (665 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:44 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Actually, the landscapes of Nebraska are more varied and beautiful... |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:51 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. if you want to talk about empty and boring... |
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tanngrisnir3 (665 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:55 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Empty, yes, but then again, so is Northern Yosemite Nat'l Park and Alaska |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
9. Well, Phelps is a good chunk of that. |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Agreed. |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:47 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Satan spawn, no less. |
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ipfilter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
13. Everyone knows the wind blows in Oklahoma |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
14. i only lived there for 2 years, but really loved the place |
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LNM (538 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
18. I think people hate it because they think of it as totally flat |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. There was 1 study that "proved" it was flatter than a pancake |
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LNM (538 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 03:43 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. I saw that |
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sammythecat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
19. Didn't much like Uriah Heep either |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
23. An ex is from Kansas |
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Mendocino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
26. In 64 my family and I drove |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 03:42 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. haha. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
27. I think it is one of those "admire from a distance" states. |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
28. I do find it ironic that Kansas is the state that has the zip codes starting with 666. |
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Hayabusa (561 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
32. The Jayhawks |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 04:27 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Did you mean the Defending NCAA Men's Basketball Champion Jayhawks? |
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Hayabusa (561 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 06:25 PM Response to Reply #33 |
62. Precisely |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
34. I do not care about Kansas enough to hate it. |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 04:32 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. I'd take your hatred over indifference. |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 06:51 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Just be glad you don't live in |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 07:39 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. haha. |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
36. What Kansas means to me.... |
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Sky Masterson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
38. Because I lived there for 30 years |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
39. Asskan. Does this work for states too? n/t |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
40. Couldn't hate it honestly....never been there |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
41. I hate KS for the same reason I hate a lot of other places... |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
43. The Gods Hate Kansas |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
44. Their earlier stuff was good, but they went downhill fast |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
45. I don't hate it, but I get mildly irritated when I mix up Kansas and Nebraska on a map |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
46. Because it is a state with a lot of "Red" area, and pockets of blue |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 02:19 AM Response to Original message |
48. Cuz we don't like tornados -- and Kansas seems to be the tornado manufacturing center of the US |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 03:05 AM Response to Original message |
49. i don't hate kansas. i hate arkansas n/t |
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960 (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 03:21 AM Response to Original message |
50. Eh, it's pretty boring there. |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 07:31 AM Response to Original message |
51. They went and built a skyscrapper 7 stories high |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
52. Because I grew up in Columbia Missouri |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 02:29 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Yes, because bad officiating made you get your asses handed to you on Sunday |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
54. I don't like flat places |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
55. Dorothy. That's about all Kansas raises in my mind. |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 05:24 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. God's waiting room? |
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ccharles000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
56. I might move to Kansas to help turn it blue. |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
58. Wyandotte and Johnson Counties - Used to live right next to both of them |
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Sky Masterson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 06:02 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. I lived in both. |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 01:19 AM Response to Reply #59 |
68. That's where I was born and lived too long - KCMO |
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kaiden (811 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
60. Wichita is kinda cool And Kirby's Beer Store is the bomb. |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
61. You have to crank up Tool and drink WAY too much coffee to stay awake |
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friedgreentomatoes (304 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
63. I don't have anything against Kansas. |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
64. Cause it's 'flat.' |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
65. Because it is empty, flat, boring, and above all, endless. |
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leftyclimber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
66. I like to climb big sticking-up things. |
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Tom Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
67. just the tornadoes that run through |
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