ohiohusker Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM OMAHA WHEN ... *You graduated from a high school that had a geographical direction for a name. *You know where to find the underground music scene, and mourned the loss of the Ranch Bowl. *You know what Marlon Brando, Henry Fonda, and Malcom X have in common. *You have visited the Amazon rainforest, the Antarctic circle , and the Sahara Desert all in a day. *You worked at the Zoo at some point in your life. *You've been drilled in school about all the useless inventions to come out of Omaha ... such as the ski lift. *You pass three McDonald's, four Burger Kings, and six S ubways on the way to school/work. *You have at least one Ted N' Wally's story. *You go to Homer's for all your record buying needs. *All the plans needed for a successful date are "let's go to the Old Market" *You pride yourself on being from East O, North O, South O, or West O. *Everyone asks you about Bright Eyes and Saddle Creek Records. *You go trick-or-treating in Regency for the "big candy." *You've hung out in a parking lot at least once. *At least 5 of your friends have sold steaks and made decent money doing it. *You call anything past 90th "way out there." *You have felt obligated to eat at least one Runza. *You know what "annexing" means. *You know what The Beef is. And yes, you know their cheer. *You cried the day Peony Park was killed by Hy Vee and Fazoli's. *You think the only good thing to come out of Lincoln is the Huskers. *You have never been to the panhandle. *You know what really goes on down at the slides. *You are sick and tired of being asked if you have electricity every time you step out of the state. *You judge a person's socioeconomic income by the street number in their address. *You open your front lawn up for parking during CWS and charge ten bucks. *You have never stepped foot on a farm. *Snow Days have slowly become an endangered species. *You have witnessed Jim Flowers's hair change color overnight a number of times. *You remember when Crossroads didn't smell like a landfill. *You know what a Hy Vee is. *You have eaten at Johnny's, Caniglia's, AND Mr. C's. *You know everything about Warren Buffet's love life. *You say you're going to a "cheapee" whenever you watch a movie at Westwood or the Stockyards. *You wouldn't dream of ever using public transportation and would die rather than walk somewhere. *You know all about the middle lane of Dodge. *You know the seasons as: this is too hot to be fall, there's supposed to be snow on the ground, why is there snow in April and it wasn't this hot last summer! *You can time the Northwest Radial perfectly in order to avoid all red lights. *One of your parents worked for Mutual of Omaha, Union Pacific, or Con Agra. *You don't find anything weird about it being sunny when you walk into a building and find it monsooning when you walk out. *You or someone you knew was an extra in "About Schmidt." *You know what "About Schmidt" is. *A perfectly acceptable speed when driving is 90 miles an hour. *You live on a street named after a dead guy. *You can count every time you saw Omaha on CNN. *You can tell the difference between Rob McCartney and John Knicely (although you're sure they're clones ...) *You, too, wished Bush had stayed in Louisiana on 9/11. *You know the difference between Dundee, Benson, Bellevue , and Papillion (and you know how to pronounce them). *You take construction into consideration when guessing how long it will take to get somewhere. *You constantly gripe about living in Nebraska , but you'd never want to leave. And finally ... You read this entire list and laughed your ass off. I enjoyed this, and sure do miss Omaha! Quote Link to comment
rawhide Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 exceptin' the crack about Lincoln GBR Quote Link to comment
I See Red People Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM OMAHA WHEN ... *You go trick-or-treating in Regency for the "big candy." *You've hung out in a parking lot at least once. so? *You cried the day Peony Park was killed by Hy Vee and Fazoli's. *You are sick and tired of being asked if you have electricity every time you step out of the state. More like "do you live on a farm?" *You have eaten at Johnny's, Caniglia's, AND Mr. C's. *You can time the Northwest Radial perfectly in order to avoid all red lights. *You don't find anything weird about it being sunny when you walk into a building and find it monsooning when you walk out. *You or someone you knew was an extra in "About Schmidt." *You know what "About Schmidt" is. *A perfectly acceptable speed when driving is 90 miles an hour. *You take construction into consideration when guessing how long it will take to get somewhere. *You constantly gripe about living in Nebraska , but you'd never want to leave. Quote Link to comment
bennychico11 Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 I've never even lived in Omaha...but because most of my family is from there I knew like half of those. I even remember going to Peony park back in the day....had no clue it was torn down until just a few years ago. Quote Link to comment
HUSKER 37 Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 Never even stayed overnight in Omaha (I thought it was in Iowa). But... YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM OMAHA WHEN ... *You know where to find the underground music scene, and mourned the loss of the Ranch Bowl. Almost went there to see Stevie Ray Vaughan a week before I moved from Lincoln to Phoenix, but figured I'd just see him out here..He was killed a couple months later. *You know what Marlon Brando, Henry Fonda, and Malcom X have in common. Born there? *You have visited the Amazon rainforest, the Antarctic circle , and the Sahara Desert all in a day. In 20 min. today at Tempe Mills Mall. *You worked at the Zoo at some point in your life. I Wish..Oh..You mean the Zoo Bar..No, but my clothes did smell like smoke for years after drinking a pitcher there and listening to Matt Guitar Murphy.. *You've been drilled in school about all the useless inventions to come out of Omaha ... such as the ski lift. Useless? *You pass three McDonald's, four Burger Kings, and six S ubways on the way to school/work. Not to mention 6 Super Wallmarts out here. *You have at least one Ted N' Wally's story.. Nothing memorable (Lincoln) *You go to Homer's for all your record buying needs. THey're still there? coolness! *You pride yourself on being from East O, North O, South O, or West O. You sure Omaha is in Nebraska? *Everyone asks you about Bright Eyes and Saddle Creek Records. American Grammaphone? *You've hung out in a parking lot at least once. Does Jack & Jill in Holdrege count? *At least 5 of your friends have sold steaks and made decent money doing it. Two of 'em *You call anything past 90th "way out there." South Dakota? *You have felt obligated to eat at least one Runza. They have those in Omaha too? *You know what "annexing" means. Civil war thing? *You know what The Beef is. And yes, you know their cheer. Wendy's has a cheer? *You cried the day Peony Park was killed by Hy Vee and Fazoli's. Park named after a flower bulldozed to make room for a supermarket and an Italian Taco Bell? *You think the only good thing to come out of Lincoln is the Huskers. Most good things stay? *You have never been to the panhandle. Ogalalla or McCook count? *You know what really goes on down at the slides. Sliding??? *You are sick and tired of being asked if you have electricity every time you step out of the state. Not yet.. *You have never stepped foot on a farm. Swam in Cow Manure.. *Snow Days have slowly become an endangered species. Specially out here in AZ..Unless you use it as an excuse to go skiing over in Snowbowl or Flagstaff.. *You know everything about Warren Buffet's love life. Tell me more.. *You wouldn't dream of ever using public transportation and would die rather than walk somewhere. Sky Harbour count? *You know all about the middle lane of Dodge. Iowa, South Dakota, Kansas? *You know the seasons as: this is too hot to be fall, there's supposed to be snow on the ground, why is there snow in April and it wasn't this hot last summer! Pretty Universal..Only 6 weeks out of the year, here, though.. *You can time the Northwest Radial perfectly in order to avoid all red lights. I usually keep at least two wheels on the road at all times.. *You don't find anything weird about it being sunny when you walk into a building and find it monsooning when you walk out. Just now getting out of the "6 weeks" *You or someone you knew was an extra in "About Schmidt." *You know what "About Schmidt" is. Bought it on ebay..Still haven't watched it. *A perfectly acceptable speed when driving is 90 miles an hour. As long as you can dodge the snowbirds and cell phones..And wear a mask for the Speed Cameras *You live on a street named after a dead guy. Directional Tree *You can count every time you saw Omaha on CNN. CNN? *You can tell the difference between Rob McCartney and John Knicely Spelled different? I'd guess with those names..Meteorologists? *You, too, wished Bush had stayed in Louisiana on 9/11. Reggie Bush left the Saints? *You know the difference between Dundee, Benson, Bellevue , and Papillion (and you know how to pronounce them). The 1st one is a County, the other 3 are Highschools in class A? How about Beatrice? *You take construction into consideration when guessing how long it will take to get somewhere. Wish I would've today..We missed the 1st 15 min. of "Fly me to the Moom" in 3D at IMAX. *You constantly gripe about living in Nebraska , but you'd never want to leave. And miss the people when you do.. And finally ... You read this entire list and laughed your ass off. Nope..Still abundantly there. I enjoyed this, and sure WOULD do Miss Omaha! Nebraska. Quote Link to comment
huskerfan500 Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 a lot of those apply to me but not all. I would share some others but I am lazy, and have to go to the first Super Target ever made. Quote Link to comment
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