[karibear]

Originally Posted by whitewave

Thank you one and all. In reading some of the other threads I notice that Okie bashing is still a favorite pasttime.
I was in IHOP once and the waitress! was complaining to one of her customers (an elderly couple) about how Oklahoma was nothing like California (gasp!) and how much she hated it here.
The entire restaurant started taking up donations for a bus ticket so she could go back home to the left coast.
If it was so great where they came from, why'd they ever leave?

Welcome to the forum!

It's not that wherever those complainers came from was so great, it's that for the most part they bring their attitudes with them. Quite likely they didn't like where they came from, either. Some of them I can just picture standing outside the Pearly Gates complaining to St Peter that they aren't quite 'pearly' enough.

[Synopsis]

Originally Posted by karibear

Welcome to the forum!

It's not that wherever those complainers came from was so great, it's that for the most part they bring their attitudes with them. Quite likely they didn't like where they came from, either. Some of them I can just picture standing outside the Pearly Gates complaining to St Peter that they aren't quite 'pearly' enough.

Ha! That's an excellent point Kari!

Happy 4th to you friend!

[_redbird_]

This is an old fwd fwd fwd crap-type email, but it should be shared for the newbies. (The nice ones.)

Love The Summer?
Poolville , Oklahoma
Sunray, Oklahoma

Want Something To Eat?
Corn, Oklahoma
Grainola, Oklahoma
Hominy, Oklahoma
Olive, Oklahoma
South Coffeeville, Oklahoma
Sweetwater, Oklahoma
Cookietown, Oklahoma

Why Travel To Other Cities? Oklahoma Has Them All!
Cleveland, Oklahoma
Orlando, Oklahoma
Miami, Oklahoma
Pittsburgh, Oklahoma
Santa Fe, Oklahoma
St. Louis, Oklahoma
Chattanooga, Oklahoma
Peoria, Oklahoma
Burbank, Oklahoma
Fargo, Oklahoma

Don't Forget The Wildlife!
Wolfe , Oklahoma
Eagle, Oklahoma
Buffalo , Oklahoma
Fox, Oklahoma
Bison, Oklahoma
Deer Creek , Oklahoma
Elk City, Oklahoma (One Oklahoma politician got into hot water when he proclaimed he could not understand why it was called Elk City since he hadn't seen any elk and the place certainly wasn't a city! George Nigh was eventually elected governor!)

We Have A Town Named After A Number...
Forty-One, Oklahoma

And A Town Who's Letter's Don't Spell Anything...
IXL, Oklahoma

And For The Sportsman Who Wants To Get Away From It All...

Fisherman's Paradise , Oklahoma

We Even Have A City Named After Earth's Only Satellite!
Moon, Oklahoma

And A City Named After Our State!
Oklahoma City , Oklahoma

Feeling A Bit Chilly?
Snow, Oklahoma
Slick, Oklahoma
Cold Springs , Oklahoma

Oklahoma Is Full Of Love!
Lovedale , Oklahoma
Loveland , Oklahoma
Lovell , Oklahoma
Bigheart , Oklahoma
Loyal, Oklahoma

Like To Read About The Presidents?

Adams, Oklahoma
Taylor, Oklahoma
Fillmore, Oklahoma
Grant, Oklahoma
Taft, Oklahoma
Johnson, Oklahoma
Lincoln, Oklahoma
Jefferson, Oklahoma
Reagan, Oklahoma
Wilson, Oklahoma
Roosevelt, Oklahoma
Carter, Oklahoma
Clinton, Oklahoma
Washington, Oklahoma

Other City Names In Oklahoma To Make You Smile.....
Frogville, Oklahoma
Loco, Oklahoma
Bushyhead, Oklahoma
Bugtussle, Oklahoma
Hooker, Oklahoma
Slaughterville, Oklahoma
Bowlegs, Oklahoma
Slapout, Oklahoma

And Regardless What Side Of The Fence You're On...
Gay , Oklahoma (For that rotten stinkin B, Sally Kern!)
Straight, Oklahoma

Here Are Some Little Known But Very Interesting Facts About Oklahoma.
1. The bread twist tie was invented in Maysville.
2. The shopping cart was invented in Ardmore in 1936.
3. The nation's first parking meter was intalled in Oklahoma City in 1935.
4. The first Girl Scout Cookie was sold in Muskogee in 1917.
5. Cimarron County , located in the Oklahoma Panhandle, is the only county in the U.S. bordered by 4 separate states... Texas , New Mexico , Colorado & Kansas .
6. The Oklahoma State Capital is the only capital in the U.S. with working oil wells on its grounds.
7. Boise City , Oklahoma was the only city in the United States to be bombed during World War II. On Monday night, July 5, 1943, at 12:30 a.m., a B-17 Bomber based at Dalhart Army Air Base, Texas , dropped six practice bombs on the sleeping town, mistaking the city
lights as target lights.
8. WKY Radio in Oklahoma City was the first radio station transmitting west of the Mississippi River .
9. The nation's first 'Tornado Warning' was issued on March 1, 1948 in Oklahoma City minutes before a devastating tornado. Because of the warning, no lives were lost.
10. Oklahoma has the largest Native American population of any state in the U.S.
11. The name ' Oklahoma ' comes from two Choctaw words... okla meaning 'people' and humma meaning 'red'. So the name means, 'Red People.' The name was approved in 1890.
12. Oklahoma produced more astronauts than any other state.
13. Oklahoma has more man made lakes than any other state.
14. During the 'Land Rush', Oklahoma City went from a vast, open prairie to a city of over 10,000 in a single day.
15. The nation's first traffic 'Yield' sign was erected in Tulsa on a trial basis.
16. Pensacola Dam is the longest multi-arched dam in the world at 6,565 feet.
17. The ' Port of Catoosa ' (just north of Tulsa ) is the largest inland port in America .
18. The aerosol can was invented in Bartlesville .
19. Per square mile, Oklahoma has more tornadoes than any other place in the world.
20. The highest wind speed ever recorded on earth was in Moore , Oklahoma on May 3rd. 1999 during the Oklahoma City F-5 tornado. Wind speed was clocked at 318 mph.
21. The ' Will Rogers World Airport ' and the ' Wiley Post Airport ' are both named after two famous Okies....both killed in an airplane crash!!!

[Synopsis]

We also have a town that is a "non" number, as in Non, Oklahoma, that's a hop, skip and a jump from where I grew up in good old Gerty.

[whitewave]

Hey redbird, we must be on the same wavelength. I just posted something similar over on the famous Okies thread. LOL.

Great minds and all that.

[mkfarnam]

Originally Posted by whitewave

Hey redbird, we must be on the same wavelength. I just posted something similar over on the famous Okies thread. LOL.

Great minds and all that.

Perfect,,,,all we need is another Redbird.........

[whitewave]

LOL. From what I've read, redbird is one of a kind.

[FutureCntryBumpkin]

Originally Posted by whitewave

LOL. From what I've read, redbird is one of a kind.

From some of the pics he's posted of himself (????) how's about two of a kind?

[FutureCntryBumpkin]

By the way RB, if I were smart enough to post pics (which I'm not) I'd re-post that pink tutu number. That was one of my favorite pics of you. I use that as a desktop sometimes and LMAO. Were you ever able to plant a garden this year with all your extremes?

[mkfarnam]

Originally Posted by FutureCntryBumpkin

From some of the pics he's posted of himself (????) how's about two of a kind?

You might say he's beside himself...........