Conquer Club

1. Fly over them

Metsfanmax wrote:1. Fly over them

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Bollocks.

says the guy who lives in not one, but two of them

I live in two states?

Bollocks.

Michigan and ignorance.

zing!

Friday night Fish frys?

The concept of "Flyover States" is unknown to me, so please elaborate. All I'm picking up, is that it's posted with a derogatory tone, as if said states are really unimportant and should actually have a smaller star on the flag of the USA, due to its insignificance.

Can I compare the list we are trying to establish to a list of things to do in Germany, Poland and Belarus, before I enter Russia?

I'm clueless here. Help a poor European out, please!

When you get on a plane from a city between Boston and Washington, D.C., and you fly to California, everything you fly over is a flyover state, with the possible exception of Nevada.

I understand the concept (Thanks!), but I find your definition still a little unclear. I guess that when flying from Bangor, Maine to Laredo, Texas, I'd see at least 10 flyover states? If not, I don't understand the concept, but I have no problem feeling stupid in someone else's language.

Why the exception of Nevada, btw? It's not a Vatican-City-like region, it's a 'regular' state. I don't get it.

Oh yeah, apologies for making this thread a lot more serious than it was probably intended, but thanks for the answers, they are greatly appreciated. I like not-very-important-but-interesting-knowledge.

Also, you see what I'm trying to do with the -'s in that last sentence, but is there a grammatically better way to write it down, instead of trying to write it, like I would say it?

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JBlombier wrote:I understand the concept (Thanks!), but I find your definition still a little unclear. I guess that when flying from Bangor, Maine to Laredo, Texas, I'd see at least 10 flyover states? If not, I don't understand the concept, but I have no problem feeling stupid in someone else's language.

Why the exception of Nevada, btw? It's not a Vatican-City-like region, it's a 'regular' state. I don't get it.

Oh yeah, apologies for making this thread a lot more serious than it was probably intended, but thanks for the answers, they are greatly appreciated. I like not-very-important-but-interesting-knowledge.

Also, you see what I'm trying to do with the -'s in that last sentence, but is there a grammatically better way to write it down, instead of trying to write it, like I would say it?

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Basically, it's a prejudice of sorts that people from highly populated states with a lot of big cities have against states that are less crowded and suburban/urban and think there is "nothing to do, so let's keep going".

Nevada has low taxes, no state sales tax, legal prostitution and lots of casinos. So it is kind of like Vatican City.

muy_thaiguy wrote:

JBlombier wrote:I understand the concept (Thanks!), but I find your definition still a little unclear. I guess that when flying from Bangor, Maine to Laredo, Texas, I'd see at least 10 flyover states? If not, I don't understand the concept, but I have no problem feeling stupid in someone else's language.

Why the exception of Nevada, btw? It's not a Vatican-City-like region, it's a 'regular' state. I don't get it.

Oh yeah, apologies for making this thread a lot more serious than it was probably intended, but thanks for the answers, they are greatly appreciated. I like not-very-important-but-interesting-knowledge.

Also, you see what I'm trying to do with the -'s in that last sentence, but is there a grammatically better way to write it down, instead of trying to write it, like I would say it?

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Basically, it's a prejudice of sorts that people from highly populated states with a lot of big cities have against states that are less crowded and suburban/urban and think there is "nothing to do, so let's keep going".

That's not a prejudice, that's just how it is.

mrswdk wrote:

muy_thaiguy wrote:

JBlombier wrote:I understand the concept (Thanks!), but I find your definition still a little unclear. I guess that when flying from Bangor, Maine to Laredo, Texas, I'd see at least 10 flyover states? If not, I don't understand the concept, but I have no problem feeling stupid in someone else's language.

Why the exception of Nevada, btw? It's not a Vatican-City-like region, it's a 'regular' state. I don't get it.

Oh yeah, apologies for making this thread a lot more serious than it was probably intended, but thanks for the answers, they are greatly appreciated. I like not-very-important-but-interesting-knowledge.

Also, you see what I'm trying to do with the -'s in that last sentence, but is there a grammatically better way to write it down, instead of trying to write it, like I would say it?

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Basically, it's a prejudice of sorts that people from highly populated states with a lot of big cities have against states that are less crowded and suburban/urban and think there is "nothing to do, so let's keep going".

That's not a prejudice, that's just how it is.

So, never heard of "enjoying the great out doors"? Or is even the countryside in China multi-colored from the pollution?

If I want to look at trees or walk up a mountain then there are plenty of places I can go on the outskirts of Beijing. No need to travel all the way to a small city in Hebei province.

JBlombier wrote:
Also, you see what I'm trying to do with the -'s in that last sentence, but is there a grammatically better way to write it down, instead of trying to write it, like I would say it?

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'trivia'

Things to do in the flyover states:















What's there to do? I dunno, man, just, like, some of the best possible stuff there is, I guess.

A shed on stilts?

JBlombier wrote:
I'm clueless here. Help a poor European out, please!

When doing a tour of Italy, do you visit Pisa, even though there is literally only one thing there? Pisa is our version of flyover states, its a bypass city.

WingCmdr Ginkapo wrote:

JBlombier wrote:
I'm clueless here. Help a poor European out, please!

When doing a tour of Italy, do you visit Pisa, even though there is literally only one thing there? Pisa is our version of flyover states, its a bypass city.

If you go to Italy then going to Pisa and getting a photo of you pretending to hold up the tower is compulsory. Duh.

JBlombier wrote:I understand the concept (Thanks!), but I find your definition still a little unclear. I guess that when flying from Bangor, Maine to Laredo, Texas, I'd see at least 10 flyover states? If not, I don't understand the concept, but I have no problem feeling stupid in someone else's language.

Why the exception of Nevada, btw? It's not a Vatican-City-like region, it's a 'regular' state. I don't get it.

Oh yeah, apologies for making this thread a lot more serious than it was probably intended, but thanks for the answers, they are greatly appreciated. I like not-very-important-but-interesting-knowledge.

Also, you see what I'm trying to do with the -'s in that last sentence, but is there a grammatically better way to write it down, instead of trying to write it, like I would say it?

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Nevada is an exception because it is a destination place for many Americans. Laredo, Texas doesn't count. The Southeast is its own category.

I've been to many Green Mill restaurant. Good burger but skimpy on the fries. Good pizza as well. Usually has good looking servants. Not Hooters good looking but it works.

macbone wrote:
What's there to do? I dunno, man, just, like, some of the best possible stuff there is, I guess.

@macbone: in other words, mets got it covered?

DoomYoshi wrote:

macbone wrote:
What's there to do? I dunno, man, just, like, some of the best possible stuff there is, I guess.

@macbone: in other words, mets got it covered?

One time I visited Kansas, and we stopped by the local amusement park in Wichita. It had been built in May 2007 and closed soon after we visited, in July 2007. The owner was later convicted of securities fraud related to investments in the park.

It had a rollercoaster. The rollercoaster was maybe 50 feet tall.