Tuesday, August 30, 2005

Today's top five

I thought I'd revive my top five lists. Today's top five is the top five questions I get asked when people find out I'm from Wisconsin:

5. Did you grow up on a dairy farm? Answer I give them: no, but I did live on a farm and I did work at a dairy farm in high school. If I don't feel like explaining, I just say 'yes.'

4. So you're used to the cold? Answer I give them: yes, which is why I live in Hawaii.

3. What are you doing in Hawaii? Answer I give them: my husband is in the Navy. People seem surprised that I would move from Wisconsin to Hawaii, almost the same reaction that you would give someone who you found out moved from Hawaii to Wisconsin.

2. So you're a cheesehead, huh? Answer I give them: *sigh* yes. Darn those stupid foam hats.

The number one question I get when people find out I'm from Wisconsin....*drum roll*...

1. So you must be a Packers fan? Answer: it's hard not to be growing up in Wisconsin.

To summarize, people in Hawaii assume that all people from Wisconsin live in igloos on dairy farms, stay in Wisconsin, run around wearing stupid foam cheesehead hats and are Packers fanatics.

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