Only in WVA can you ask someone where they live and they flip you off (Morgantown: schools, college)

[Love2LiveNCities]

haha this was too funny for me being a VA kid outside of DC. i went to college there and every single time i asked someone where they were from they would say...like Hundred, WV. and i said where is that? and then they would flip me off and stick out their thumb and point to their hand and say...right there. it worked out well if you look at it with your palm down pretty good depiction of the state borders...so everytime someone asked me...where was fairmont, wv? i would flip them off and say right there! lol

[Buzz123]

Originally Posted by Love2LiveNCities

haha this was too funny for me being a VA kid outside of DC. i went to college there and every single time i asked someone where they were from they would say...like Hundred, WV. and i said where is that? and then they would flip me off and stick out their thumb and point to their hand and say...right there. it worked out well if you look at it with your palm down pretty good depiction of the state borders...so everytime someone asked me...where was fairmont, wv? i would flip them off and say right there! lol

I'll have to remember that. I think West Virginias are the only people in the country that will chase you down to say "Hi" and find out where you are from if you have on a WV t-shirt or WV license on your car, and are at least 50 miles from WV. My Texas wife hates it when I do that.

[Bobilee]

I was walking past Independence Hall last summer and saw about 100 teenagers carrying a sign that said "West Virginia", so I immediately went over to ask where they're from, they had come up from Morgantown to see Philly, so I wished them a good visit. I've actually lived in another state where they use the hand map, Michigan, though there you just use your flat hand with the thumb out. It works well unless you are from the UP (Upper Peninsula).

[vec101]

Originally Posted by Buzz123

I'll have to remember that. I think West Virginias are the only people in the country that will chase you down to say "Hi" and find out where you are from if you have on a WV t-shirt or WV license on your car, and are at least 50 miles from WV. My Texas wife hates it when I do that.

I do that everywhere we go - I get really excited when we are off the mainland US and see someone with a WV logo.

[citybilly]

They flip you off in California, too. No matter what you ask them.

[David Kennedy]

...during the viet nam war, that was a sign of hospitality...all the little kids used that to advertise the special services of their sisters and mothers...Somehow it's lost its real meaning...wonder who did that? It was the best half of the 'Peace sign.

[Love2LiveNCities]

Originally Posted by citybilly

They flip you off in California, too. No matter what you ask them.

thats too funny. haha...yeah at least the west virginians are just trying to show ya something...maybe thats why people think they are crazy lol.


also yeah i am very surprised when i am out of state specially in florida and see WV logos. those people are so dedicated to mostly WVU and its amazing no matter where you go they got either a shirt or a hat. awesome pride in their state.

[Buzz123]

I bought a new WVU hat online the other day. Getting ready for the Las Vegas invitational basketball tournament in November. Now I have to decide on a shirt, and find out which is the WVU section at the Orleans Arena. I've had two young ladies stop me recently to tell me they went to WVU.

[Love2LiveNCities]

yeah. id say they are a definite cult school. small state with huge awesome school like that. and its really their only option as far as big schools. Marshall was always called the little brother that just wants to play football by my friends that were back country/holler natives to that great state of west by god.

[David Kennedy]

Cult School? Certainly...and now, our Degrees are not Bogus either! Earned with sweat and money! On the way higher in the status and attainment circles...GO EERS!