You know you're from Iowa when... (Mason City, Clear Lake: small towns, square, bank)

[gypsy77]

lol sounds like she lives in a very homey town.

Metro: She lives in Burlington! LOL! If you lived there 14 years, you probably know her too! I'm not telling you her name, you probably know my husband too! Don't know how long ago you lived there though. My mother in law isn't one of those people who keep to herself though, she's involved in everything Burlington, that's probably why everyone knows of her and her family. Don't get me wrong, I like visiting B-Town...but only in the summer. Sorry I said everyone acts depressed there, that's not really true. Just some people I guess.

[AmeliaJohn]

Originally Posted by gypsy77

You know you're from Iowa when:
You call from out of state to a random florist and order flowers for your mother in law...you start to give the lady your mother in laws address, and she says, "Oh, honey I don't need it, I know where she lives..."

This just happened to me this morning! I'm in CA, and ordered Mothers Day flowers for my mother in law in Iowa.

and that is the best and worst part of living in I-O-W-A.

[sunnyd1990]

Originally Posted by Nameless

Most of those make sense, but two feet of snow on Halloween. My dad is from Oskaloosa and I don't think they've ever had that much snow so early in the year. I'd doubt even places like Mason City or Decorah have, and if they have it has to be very rare.

Pfft. I grew up 20 minutes from Mason City. Snow IS common on Halloween. Last year we didn't get any, but it barely snowed. It was all ice.

[Northern Traveler]

Originally Posted by sunnyd1990

Pfft. I grew up 20 minutes from Mason City. Snow IS common on Halloween. Last year we didn't get any, but it barely snowed. It was all ice.

I've seen snow on Halloween MANY a time in Waterloo.

[capitalcityguy]

Originally Posted by sunnyd1990

Pfft. I grew up 20 minutes from Mason City. Snow IS common on Halloween. Last year we didn't get any, but it barely snowed. It was all ice.

I grew up in north central Iowa less than five minutes from the Minnesota board. I don't EVER recall having a snowy Halloween. I'm not saying we didn't get a flurry on an odd year here or there, but it is not correct to say it is "common".

Please don't make me have to google snowfall precipation records for Iowa on Oct 31st to prove my point.

[Chicago60614]

Originally Posted by pirate_lafitte

I'm no Iowan, but I have some of my father's family in Waterloo.

BTW, supper is the meal that comes before dinner.

whoops, other way around.

[neanerbean]

Ah Iowa, where you go off to College at the biggest school in the state (UofI) hoping to meet someone from a different place and end up on a blind date and marrying some one your own back yeard (hometown less than 30 minutes apart) Also where you live in IC and rune into not 1 but about 10+ people you know from your hometown. I swear, even if you live in a big City in Iowa it's still a small town

[scarlet52698]

That's a funny list I only lived in Iowa in the tween/teen years but I still say uff-da and "cool beans". Is "cool beans" an Iowa thing or just an 80s thing? LOL

[summer grace]

Originally Posted by DSMGuy

I've heard people from Decorah say "uff da." I'm like, pardon me? I have no idea what it means. They also tell those Ole jokes, which must be funny if that's your heritage.

To be honest I'm a childhood transplant to the Decorah area, and I have no idea what it meant- until I read someone's post on this thread. I have some Norwegian blood, but not enough to appreciate this stuff.

[musicwriter]

Originally Posted by summer grace

To be honest I'm a childhood transplant to the Decorah area, and I have no idea what it meant- until I read someone's post on this thread. I have some Norwegian blood, but not enough to appreciate this stuff.

i'm a transplant to this state too, only time i ever heard it was when my wife was lifting something. My wife isn't Norwegian though, maybe she picked it up where she grew up, around the Cambridge area.