Originally Posted by Rhonda
A phrase I use all the time is Holler when you're ready or Holler if you need me. I don't think anything of it til I wrote it on the board and I thought boy they must really think I am a hick! Ok A hick who lives in the sticks!! someone who is backwards(doesn't know much) and lives out in the far back regions and doesn't have much contact with the civilized world! Iowa has this stigma that everyone who lives in Iowa is a hick. No brains and no manners.
Another version of the holler is-- It's just a hoot and a holler away.
I love Iowa. We have family in the Amana Colonies (going back to the 1800's. I wish I could remember some of the sayings about Minnesota from Iowa and vicey versy. They are priceless. Our favorite though came from Iowa - Iowa - A State of Mind!!!!! If you can remember any of them could you let me know. The jawing back and forth was so funny!
I just got out my handy-dandy little atlas and found you are in the southern part of Iowa. I hope you didn't get blasted like we did! Our relatives in Cedar Rapids said they got it pretty good - around 11".
All of our state is just joking with Iowa with the jokes. It is just too bad they are all true!!!!! Just joking! Edie