Monday, July 18, 2011

Where to Retire?

I received this in an email. A few Irregular states are represented:

You can retire to Arizona, where... 
1.  You are willing to park 3 blocks away because you found shade. 
2.  You've experienced condensation on your hiney from the hot water in the toilet bowl.
3.  You can drive for 4 hours in one direction and never leave town. 
4.  You have over 100 recipes for Mexican food.
5.  You know that "dry heat" is comparable to what hits you in the face when you open your oven door.
6.  The 4 seasons are: tolerable, hot, really hot, and ARE YOU KIDDING ME??!!
 

OR


You can retire to  California   where...
 
1. You make over $250,000 and you still can't afford to buy a house.
2. The fastest part of your commute is going down your driveway.
3. You know how to eat an artichoke.
4. You drive your rented Mercedes to your neighborhood block party.
5.  When someone asks you how far something is, you tell them how long it will take to get there rather than how many miles away it is.
6. The 4 seasons are: Fire, Flood, Mud, and Drought.
 


OR

 
You can retire to  New York City   where...  
1.  You say "the city" and expect everyone to know you mean Manhattan . 
 
2.  You can get into a four-hour argument about how to get from  Columbus Circle   to Battery Park, but can't find  Wisconsin   on a map.
 
3.  You think  Central Park   is "nature."
 
4.  You believe that being able to swear at people in their own language makes you multi-lingual.
 
5.  You've worn out a car horn. (Ed. Note if you have a car).
6. You think eye contact is an act of aggression.


OR


You can retire to Minnesota where... 
1.  You only have four spices: salt, pepper, ketchup, and Tabasco ..
 
2.  Halloween costumes fit over parkas.
 
3.  You have more than one recipe for casserole.
 
4.  Sexy lingerie is anything flannel with less than eight buttons.
 
5.  The four seasons are: winter, still winter, almost winter, and construction.
 

OR


You can retire to the  Deep South   where...
  
1. You can rent a movie and buy bait in the same store.
 
2. "Y'all" is singular and "all y'all" is plural.
 
3. "He needed killin" is a valid defense.
4. Everyone has 2 first names:  Billy Bob, Jimmy Bob, Mary
Ellen, Betty Jean, Mary Beth, etc.
5. Everything is either "in yonder," "over yonder" or "out yonder." It's important to know the difference, too.
 

OR


You can retire to Colorado where...
  
1. You carry your $3,000 mountain bike atop your $500 car.
2. You tell your husband to pick up Granola on his way home and so he stops at the day care center.
 
3. A pass does not involve a football or dating.
 
4. The top of your head is bald, but you still have a pony tail.
 


OR

 
You can retire to Wisconsin
where... 
1. You've never met any celebrities, but the mayor knows your name.
 
2. Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor.
 
3. You have had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" on the same day.
 
4. You end sentences with a preposition: "Where's my coat at?"
 
5. When asked how your trip was to any exotic place, you say, "It was different!"
 

OR


FINALLY You can retire to Florida where.
 
1. You eat dinner at 3:15 in the afternoon.
2.. All purchases include a coupon of some kind -- even houses and cars.
3. Everyone can recommend an excellent dermatologist.
4. Road construction never ends anywhere in the state.
5.  Cars in front of you often appear to be driven by headless people

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

I ain't never going to retire....can't afford it.

Huck Finn said...

#5 Wisconsin cracked me up. I've heard it and used it.

Toad said...

I like Wisconsin. As far NORTH as you can go.

kkdither said...

Number 4 is totally correct for Wisconsin. I continually fight with myself not to end a sentence with a preposition. It is used so often, it sounds correct to our ears.

OKIE said...

I hope ya'll have a good day. I'm fixin to go to work now.

jedwis said...

Very funny Orbs. KK, I too have always corrected people when they use a preposition at the end of their sentence, I have really pissed some of them off, lol. I heard somewhere recently, that now they say it is OK to end a sentence with a preposition, is that true?

hale-bopp said...

That's the type of nonsense up with which I will not put!

lizardmom said...

choices, choices... :)

OrbsCorbs said...

I don't know when it becomes "officially" OK to do something with language that used to be prohibited, but language evolves and the rules of grammar change with it. I often end sentences with a preposition, too. As far as I know, it's still not "proper."

Lol, Hale.

drewzepmeister said...

"You can rent a movie and buy bait in the same store." applies to stores in Northern Wisconsin as well..