Originally Posted by ERhausfrau
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
Sorry ER I guess I don't know any of the Iowa/Minnesota jokes! Maybe that is a northern Iowa sort of thing?
We got about 5" or so of snow but it turned to rain later in the day on Tues and now we have ice under the snow. I went up to the post office earlier today and the town streets are snow covered ice. Not much fun to drive on but par for the course for Iowa. At least it wasn't the 12" to 16" they were predicting. When I went out to start the van there was about 3" of snow ontop and it was crusted with an icy crust on top.