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Sleeping in EQ · 04-18-2008, 02:18 PM

and this post won't change that:

http://www.kutv.com/mostpopular/stor...c-b2f819089ac6

Indy Coug · 04-18-2008, 02:20 PM

That story is yet another magical transformation of a molehill into a mountain.

Maybe that's why there are so many mountains in Utah.

Signed,

Julie Beck

Runner Coug · 04-18-2008, 02:39 PM

"You gotta smile and be happy all the time..."

Since moving here, I've never understood why people say things like that about Utah. There are grouchy a-holes all over the place. Anyone who thinks all Utahns are friendly has obviously never driven on the freeway here.

Indy Coug · 04-18-2008, 03:03 PM

I find people in the South to generally have the nicest disposition of anywhere in the US; as long as they don't know you're LDS.

Spaz · 04-18-2008, 03:17 PM

This whole story cracks me up. It probably belongs in the 'pro sports' forum.

BlueK · 04-18-2008, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Runner Coug

"You gotta smile and be happy all the time..."

Since moving here, I've never understood why people say things like that about Utah. There are grouchy a-holes all over the place. Anyone who thinks all Utahns are friendly has obviously never driven on the freeway here.

Agreed. Utahns are anything but friendly to strangers.

BlueK · 04-18-2008, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Indy Coug

I find people in the South to generally have the nicest disposition of anywhere in the US; as long as they don't know you're LDS.

I've lived in Texas for 13 years and still haven't gotten treated poorly by anyone because of my religion.

Indy Coug · 04-18-2008, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by BlueK

I've lived in Texas for 13 years and still haven't gotten treated poorly by anyone because of my religion.

Were you a teenager in HS during any of those 13 years?

BlueK · 04-18-2008, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Indy Coug

Were you a teenager in HS during any of those 13 years?

No, but Texas isn't Mississippi either. I'm sure there are worse places than DFW. I imagine the rural areas are worse. Heck, I remember a lot of crap from non LDS and inactive LDS just being active LDS growing up in Salt Lake Valley. At Alta HS where maybe a quarter of the student body is active LDS it wasn't exactly cool to be in that group.

FMCoug · 04-18-2008, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Indy Coug

Were you a teenager in HS during any of those 13 years?

Great point. I hae had the same experience as BlueK. My 13 yo daughter otoh has not.

04-18-2008, 02:18 PM	#1
Sleeping in EQ Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The People's Republic of Monsanto Posts: 3,085	I have zero cred in the sports categories and this post won't change that: http://www.kutv.com/mostpopular/stor...c-b2f819089ac6 __________________ "Do not despise the words of prophets, but test everything; hold fast to what is good; " 1 Thess. 5:21 (NRSV) We all trust our own unorthodoxies.

04-18-2008, 03:17 PM	#5
Spaz Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,371	This whole story cracks me up. It probably belongs in the 'pro sports' forum. __________________ "My days of not respecting you are certainly coming to a middle." -Malcolm Reynolds "It doesn't mean that if we lose a game or when we lose a game people won't then jump on and say the quest is over. Because they will. But they've missed the point." -Bronco Mendenhall on "The Quest"

04-18-2008, 02:20 PM	#2
Indy Coug Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Between Iraq and a hard place Posts: 7,569	That story is yet another magical transformation of a molehill into a mountain. Maybe that's why there are so many mountains in Utah. Signed, Julie Beck

04-18-2008, 02:39 PM	#3
Runner Coug Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 945	"You gotta smile and be happy all the time..." Since moving here, I've never understood why people say things like that about Utah. There are grouchy a-holes all over the place. Anyone who thinks all Utahns are friendly has obviously never driven on the freeway here.

04-18-2008, 03:03 PM	#4
Indy Coug Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Between Iraq and a hard place Posts: 7,569	I find people in the South to generally have the nicest disposition of anywhere in the US; as long as they don't know you're LDS.