What makes Iowans so bloody POLITE?

[Padraig18]

I've seen tons of live footage of campaign events from Iowa, and I have yet to hear one hiss, one boo, one raspberry, not a single rotten tomato or dead rat thrown, no fistfights, nothing. Did coming of age politically in Chicago warp me permanently, or something? :P

[JohnKleeb]

1. because they are Iowans and Iowans are nice

What makes Kleeb so stupid?
You gotta ask my parents about that one :P

[Loonman]

2. Ever been to Minnesota?

How do you get 4 drunk Minnesotans out of the hotel pool?

Say, "Excuse me guys, could you please get out of the pool?".

[Padraig18]

6. True.

I'd heard, but never understood the term "Minnesota nice" until I went there a couple of summers ago. Now I know why the Mary Tyler Moore show was set in Minneapolis---- it's the only city in America that had the credibility. :P

[MoonAndSun]

3. Wouldn't it be nice if some of that politeness came our way?

I think DU has been very nice today. I hope it stays this way for a while. :hi:

[NightTrain]

4. They're not polite; they're frozen stiff and can't move or talk!

Goddamned winter weather....

[mr_hat]

5. We're nice because that's the way we were raised up. >

Dunno how long we nice 'uns can hold out, though. The times they are a changin'.

Just ask Jack DeCoster.

[proud patriot]

7. My husband says

it's because they are Cornfed ...(joke)

he says it's because the community is so small
that everyone knows everyone .

[ScreamingMeemie]

8. Because they don't live in Michigan.

;)

[Padraig18]

9. I hope our candidates don't expect IL to be that nice.

Well, maybe downstate, but certainly not Chicago! :P

[Blue Gardener]

10. It's easier to be nice

We're raised that way in the Midwest.

[underseasurveyor]

11. Here lemme burst that bubble

{raspyberries} BOO HISS {/raspyberries}
You tawkin' to me, eh?
Come on, whatcha got?
Wanna take it out behind the morton building? The cattle yard? The hog buildings?
eh?eh?eh? Let's go!

AHA hahahahaha
sorry couldn't resist :evilgrin:
Really the folks here are very nice and friendly. Close knit communities and everybody knows everybody. Unfortunately that means knowing much of your personal buisness too. But for the most part that's OK too.

When I visit my friend in Nebraska, the people there, to me, seem even more friendly and polite. Nice Folks.

After being raised mostly in So. Cal. it was most certainly strange to me at first. I like Iowa except that it's so darn flat. I'd much rather be back in the mountains of Colorado.

[Padraig18]

16. Downstate Illinois is that way, too.

Really flat, but the people are very pleasant and polite.

[fishnfla]

12. I Owe the World an Apology

IOWA. Some say: I Oughtta Whip yer Ass, IOWA

[underseasurveyor]

13. I more commonly hear

Idiots
Out
Wandering
Around

And that's from the local farmers :-)
Many of them ARE happy and proud to be out wandering amongst their fields though.

[Bluzmann57]

14. We're just good folks here in Iowa

Some people, after seeing me get lost numerous times think IOWA means "Idiots Out Wandering Around". Of course we don't take kindly to outsiders saying that.

[Padraig18]

15. I'm a First Ward kid.

'Back of the 'yards' Irish, or was, until we moved to Oak Lawn when I was 15. Any way, back in the old neighborhood, I attended a rally for an aldermanic candidate; the candidate was giving his stump speech while some listened and others heckled. Lo and behold and sure as God sends rain in the spring, an empty beer bottle sails overhead in the direction of the candidate who neatly catches it in mid-air, puts it in his coat pocket and continues with his speech without missing so much as a word.

And people think GD-P2004 is rough. HA! :P