Wednesday, September 14, 2005

MIND OF STATES

What could be more American than...?

1 a parade
2 fried chicken
3 buying in bulk
4 trial by media
5 Kojak re-runs at 2am
6 the gold rush
7 singing "Take Me Out To the Ballgame" during the 7th-inning stretch
8 a trip to the rifle range
9 a can of Campbell's soup
10 the story of George Washington owning up to chopping down a cherry tree
11 Elvis
12 a hybrid truck
13 pie
14 losing your virginity in the car
15 estate tax
16 a tailgating party at a football game
17 cowboy boots
18 upward mobility
19 collecting baseball cards and comic books
20 a beer run
21 a traditional Thanksgiving celebration in Vermont
22 a 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air
23 the Fourth of July barbecue in the park
24 model rocketry
25 Velveeta
26 migrating to a thinly-settled area to experiment with liberty
27 divorce
28 soda pop
29 corn growing on an Iowa farm
30 flesh-eating zombies
31 the drive-in
32 riding your own dumb luck as far as it will take you
33 Harley
34 blowing stuff up
35 death-defying stunts
36 touring a place without ever getting out of your car
37 being recognized for who you are
38 John Denver and softball on 4th July
39 hunting
40 (a few threesomes) Sasquatch, South Park and Homer Simpson / baseball, hotdogs and apple pie / popcorn, Mickey Mouse and NASA / Mom, apple pie and Chevy trucks / peanut butter, Jack and hamburgers / mountains, country music and baseball / rock'n'roll, fireworks and beer.

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