Monday, October 11, 2004

Just a little silliness...

I sent C off to school this morning, headache-free...still stomach-achy, but I'm attributing that more to going-to-school jitters since I hear that from her roughly every single morning before school, and never on the weekends (!)...
And then I went off to work, with a massive headache...
I had 50 new emails waiting for me when I got there...
A huge stack of paperwork...
In 45 minutes I had three different people come to my desk with major problems that they've apparently been holding onto for me to handle when i got back...my mind swimming with news of a lost $5000 check...a $1.2 million combined shipment...a refund gone awry...
All I wanted to do was finish eating my granola bar (peanut butter and chocolate chunk, please don't think for a minute that it's anything remotely healthy!), drink my first diet Pepsi of the day, and take my three Excedrin Migraines, while scrolling through my emails.
So when I got the following silly email, it made me laugh and I had to post it, even though some of the things NO ONE will understand unless they've lived here, and some of the things are typical of every city, I'm sure...but I still love it!  I have added some disclaimers here and there, though...
You Know You're From Louisville When...
Your "International" airport has only one passenger flight that actually leaves the 48 contiguous U.S. states.
The in-state sports rivalry is given more attention than the national championship.  (1)
You live in an area that occasionally gets considerable snowfalls, floods, and tornadoes... but has no capacity to deal with any of the above. 
You pronounce the name of your city different than anyone else you've heard.  (2)
You ask your doctor for an allergy cure and he tells you to "move."
You've shoveled 10+ inches of snow and worn shorts in the same week.
When people ask what school you went to, they don't mean Vanderbilt, Yale, or Harvard; they mean Male, Manual, Trinity or St. X.  (3)
You know what the Bambi Walk is.
You make an emergency run to Kroger for bread and milk at the first sighting of a snowflake.
At least four times a year, you see a semi truck wedged under the train tracks down by U of L...and the truck driver shaking his head at the clearly marked sign that said his truck wouldn't fit...
You've lived here for years, yet somehow you get hopelessly lost each time you attempt a shortcut through Cherokee Park.
You're convinced turn signals are useless options on a vehicle.
You hold up traffic to let a motorist you don't know into your lane.
You have never been to the Derby, but wouldn't miss the Oaks.  (4)
You call in sick to attend the Oaks and spot your boss - who also called in sick - at the next betting window. 
You think all the REAL hicks live in New Albany.
You think the only thing Southern Indiana is good for is buying pumpkins.
You've built a shrine to Rick Pitino in your basement.  (5)
You want another bridge built over the Ohio River, just so long as it doesn't cut through YOUR neighborhood.
You've experienced a "salt storm" after a two-inch snowfall.
You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Louisville.
disclaimers...: )...
(1) unless, of course, your team has recently won the national championship and lost the in-state game!
(2) and you occasionally pronounce it differently yourself, depending on your mood.  Right now, I'm pronouncing it like this: "LEWUHVUL".
(3) LOL at this one, I went to one of those 'chosen' schools listed and it's true, I'm insufferably proud of it!
(4) Come on, of course I've been to the Derby!  And worked the Derby a few times, too...but the Derby is an occasional thing, tempered by years of getting up the nerve to face the traffic, whereas the Oaks is a MUST, every year.
(5) It's depending on your blue/red affiliation as to whether you STILL have the shrine...
I don't...LOL!
I'm pretty sure we're going to Midnight Madness down in Lexington this Friday...I'm so excited!

11 comments:

  1. Lol... Dont you just love those emails that really "hit home". I love getting those kind. I loved this part the most of yours.... You make an emergency run to Kroger for bread and milk at the first sighting of a snowflake.

    That sounds just like us. Lol...

    Hope work gets better soon.

    Angela

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  2. This is too funny!  I so totally agree with the "which school"  thing!  Hilarious.  Bambi Walk!  Hahahah! Emergency run to Kroger!  Don't forget the beer! Only our of towners go to the Derby!  Have a great time at Midnight Madness.  

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  3. Yep...must be a local thing. I saw one about upstate NY and one about southern NJ that made me laugh. Those, I got. LOL ;-) Oh...and the one about MA too. I got that one.

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  4. LOL michelle! Those are too cute! We have quite a few friends in KY and someday we plan to move there, so i can totally relate! Especially the ones about the emergency run Kroger and "You've shoveled 10+ inches of snow and worn shorts in the same week." OMG! How true is that?
    Hey just out of curiousity...Do you know where Joes Carpet House is on 23?
    HUGS
    ~Angel
    http://journals.aol.com/alilcountrycharm/LifesSimplePleasures

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  5. I'm glad you had a stress reliever in your mail :)

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  6. Awww, that was cute!!  Thanks for sharing.  :o)  And it's so nice to see you smile thru this entry!!!  YAY!!
    :o)
    *huge hugs*

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  7. What is the Oaks, that could be What are the Oaks, but it sounds like it is one thing, perhaps a horse race for the poor crowd?  Who knows, car races? I give up.   You know I was taking Tylenol everyday, then my husband said he read that it causes liver problem if taken more than two-three times a week. Well thank you, I only just lived on the stuff everyday for the last twenty years.

    I do hope your daughter gets better, all away around.  

    Think of you.

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  8. That should be "thinking" of you.  AOL should allow us to edit comments. Not delete, but edit!

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  9. It sounds like one of those days you have to laugh or your gonna scream and cry your way into a straight jacket! I hope your daughter feels better. We are dealing with a mystery illness with my daughter right now, and the frustration of seeing her sick and the Dr's scratching their heads is about to set me into a tizzy!

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  10. Im not from louisville so i didnt get it all   john

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  11. I am sorry you are having pressures at work and I am glad you got something to laugh at.  That was very funny.  It makes me wish I did not live in this area.  There are trade-offs to everything.

    Hugs,
    Anita

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