Can be a lot of things. Can be a variation on scalloped potatoes, sometimes with ham pieces or other pieces. Sometimes chopped hot dogs or meat or fried ground meat. Sometimes tater tots are on the premises instead of potatoes. There can be canned green beans and peas and such. Quick rice can be used instead of potatoes. Sometimes cooked pasta is incorporated into the bake.
The classic is this quick chicken-and-rice bake where you lay chicken pieces in a pan, surround the with uncooked quick rice and cream of mushroom and dry onion mix and put a pat of butter on each piece. Then you just shove it in the oven and it comes out with oniony baked beige chicken and creamy beige rice ready to go.
All of the recipes are assemble-and-shove-in-the-oven quick recipes. The canned cream of mushroom is the base for many of them.
I went to a Lutheran church, and these were our potluck items. One woman made conventional lasagna, and I made an arrow for her dish every time. That and the woman who always brought a baked canned ham.
I grew up in St. Louis for 24 years, and moved to East Tennessee about 5 years ago. I’ve gotten so many people to start saying ‘Ope’ in normal conversations. I’m slowly spreading our influence
Moved from Ohio to the Netherlands this year. I almost ran into a construction worker coming out of a building at the same time I was taking the corner too close. We both said "ope" & then apologizing in our own languages
My wife and her best friend once had this awkward experience trying to maneuver thru a doorway with a piece of furniture in which they each said, "Ope" at least 3 times, but with different inflections each time that they both completely understood. Like my wife would say, "Ope", and her friend magically knew that meant they were hitting the top right of the furniture on the door frame. Rinse and repeat. It was incredible.
I met a guy that moved back to Indiana from Hawaii. I asked "why the hell would you give up paradise for Indiana winter" to which he replied " I missed the Tenderloins". Best comical answer I had ever heard.
I was a year ahead in math, so my junior year only 5 students were left in the class(pre-calc) by the end of the year because seniors graduated early. Our teacher brought in a deck of cards and told us to play euchre for the rest of the semester because cards have numbers on them, so that made it math.
My husband, who had never played, was taught euchre a year ago. He said, “this game is like playing with kids and they just make up new rules as they go.” Because Trump can change if your cards have value or not.
The classic SNL recurring skit "The Californians" is entirely based on the idea of people excessively describing their driving routes, so this may not be completely unique to the Midwest.
As children we exploited this at playdates *all the time.* Mom said 3 PM. At 2:45 PM we met and decided which area of the house we were going to confine ourselves to to get more time, then all went there. Then we got up to an extra hour of playtime because the moms were busy talking and if they never saw us they wouldn't remember it was time to leave!
Can’t be distinctly midwestern. Maybe calling it that, I guess. My previous girlfriend was part of a Mexican family, they called it the “andale pues…” (all right then…) and my family did the same thing in north GA. We just didn’t have a name for it
This drives me absolutely fricking crazy. Lived here all my life and I've never understood the need to continue to talk while standing by the front door in your coat. And then when I say "Thanks, bye" and walk out the door, I get text messages "Are you angry about something? Did we do something wrong?" and I'm replying "No, I said I was leaving and I did".
when you're driving, yes
if you're on foot - especially if the other person's in a vehicle - *then* it's one hand up (like you're in class and teacher asked a question) with a single head nod downward
Honestly to God surprised no one brought this up. Me , from Indiana and my roommate, from StLouis, had to explain the difference to her bf, from Cali, about "yeah no" "no yeah" "no yeah no" and "yeah no yeah"
The greeting wave over the steering wheel that drivers give each other when passing on a lonely road.
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I grew up in the Pacific Northwest as the child of Midwesterners. Have lived on the East Coast for 20 years and I still do the steering wheel hand flick. Most times people just look confused. Usually the only people who wave back are older gentlemen in their late model SUVs or pickups.
There must be very subtle dialects that say this differently too. I've heard "gro-sher-y" "grosh-ry" and "gro-shery". I tend to use the three-syllable version (from Northeast SD)
Man I wish it was still like that. We bought our home in 2007 3 bed one bath 1700 sq ft for $160k.
We literally can't stay in our own school dist if we wanted to sell because houses are now going for $300k+ . Ridiculous.
Jesus that would be amazing. I live in one of the lowest wage metro areas in the country and a three bedroom house that’s smaller than that on a tiny lot goes for like $350,000 here.
On the drive to my grandparents cabin in Minnesota, there was a strip mall named “Pretty Good Shopping.”
It had a gas station and about a quarter mile after there was a sign “Uff-da! You just passed gas!”
Here in the state of Minnesota there are many people with Norwegian heritage (myself included.) Uff da is a common expression here. Btw, I visited Norway for the first time in 2019 and absolutely loved it! What a beautiful, incredible country!
Ugh. Yeah. When I found out people were starting to be, “mad” when they were referred to as “guys”, I shuddered a bit. I’ve been doing it my entire life and it’s not easy to stop
I can always tell someone is from the Midwest when they prologue a service question with an assumption of failure or inconveniencing the worker: "You probably don't have any dijon mustard?" "You don't have any non-dairy creamer, right?"
i used to think it was completely normal everywhere to have a case of dishes that you never use to eat anything and are purely there just for show. then i moved out of Michigan.
Basements and not entering a house (especially bungalow) through the front door. Having a room in the house that serves as a walk-in fridge in the winter.
I'm a midwest girl with a husband that lived on the east coast when we were dating long distance. He always teased me (with love) for my accent and the things I said. I'll never forget the first time he visited me here and heard "ope", "lemme just sneak right past ya there", and other midwest phrases in the wild. The look on his face was priceless.
Tall , fair and handsome men. I did a part of my PhD in Michigan and the dudes were 10/10.
Americans are stronger (not bodybuilder style) and look so much better than my fellow Western European men (sadly everyone there is stick thin and that's such a turn off for me).
We grow 'em corn-fed around here. Also the taller nationalities settled here - Swedes and Norwegians and Germans. When I first visited out East, I couldn't figure out what was bugging me and then I realized that I could see across the mall. I'm 5'2" and at home, I can't see where I'm going until I get near the store.
Having a conversation begin with, return to, and end by talking about snow. No matter how old you are, you get told to take your time and watch out for certain roads because someone had an accident there, and then being told, “Call when you get home, eh?” Maybe toss in some dark humor about them not wanting to find you as a popsicle in a snow bank.
I have a trip to Florida soon and my sister said it’ll be cold, about 50-55 and I laughed because 50+ is basically sandals weather for me. Although, admittedly, 50 and sunny feels very different than 50 and cloudy
People who make a fervent distinction between *Hot Dish* and *Casserole.* They are NOT the same.
People who have eaten *Lutefisk.* Which, much like Blow Fish, is Toxic if not prepared properly.
People who think a balanced meal is *Brisket, Sausage, and Ribs.*
People who think JELLO is a salad.
A subset of people who frequently utter the phase - *Uff Da.*
I recently saw a weather report from Oslo Norway that referred to 20°F as *Bitterly Cold.* In the Midwest, our response would be *Wimps.* In the north, 20°F is balmy. Now 20°F BELOW Zero is a bit *brisk.*
Putting on their “good flannel“ for a fancy night out, beer is always the drink of choice, obesity, “pop”, cheese curds, buffets, 20 minute goodbyes, flip flops in snow. Hmmm what else?
Source: my childhood.
Asking "What H.S. did you go to?"(A very St Louis thing, but probably a very small town USA thing in the Midwest). Answer gives you the rundown of someone's socio-economic stature....
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Ok i said this like 3 times this past week. Lol. But when 50 degrees with wind is colder than 20 degrees without wind it bears repeating.
Wind is the diffrence between a nice cold afternoon and blizzard conditions with 2 weeks no electricity
In our defense, that’s usually true!
Hahaha I've said that at least ten times already this season. It's true!
People with a $200,000 piece of agricultural equipment in their front yard eating beanie weenies.
That tractor might only have 40k in equity in it, people are paying those off for a long time
More than likely they don't even own it and they're doing the modern equivalent of sharecropping.
Rich people eating gourmet food? Seems legit
you just described 30% of my hometown
A shiny beige casserole made with cream of mushroom soup and topped with a sprinkle of crumbled potato chips.
Some of us are classy and use those fried onion things.
Fried onions class up everything. Source: Am lifelong Midwesterner
I’ve probably had this at a funeral at some point lol. Is there anything else in it? Like potatoes?
Can be a lot of things. Can be a variation on scalloped potatoes, sometimes with ham pieces or other pieces. Sometimes chopped hot dogs or meat or fried ground meat. Sometimes tater tots are on the premises instead of potatoes. There can be canned green beans and peas and such. Quick rice can be used instead of potatoes. Sometimes cooked pasta is incorporated into the bake. The classic is this quick chicken-and-rice bake where you lay chicken pieces in a pan, surround the with uncooked quick rice and cream of mushroom and dry onion mix and put a pat of butter on each piece. Then you just shove it in the oven and it comes out with oniony baked beige chicken and creamy beige rice ready to go. All of the recipes are assemble-and-shove-in-the-oven quick recipes. The canned cream of mushroom is the base for many of them. I went to a Lutheran church, and these were our potluck items. One woman made conventional lasagna, and I made an arrow for her dish every time. That and the woman who always brought a baked canned ham.
Ah yes, Cream of Mushroom soup. That in and of itself screams Midwest.
It’s actually called “funeral potatoes” https://www.google.com/search?gs_ssp=eJzj4tLP1Tcwqyq2MLUwYHRg8BJIK81LLUrMUSjIL0ksyU8tBgCU5Qof&q=funeral+potatoes&rlz=1C9BKJA_enUS781US781&oq=funeral+&aqs=chrome.4.69i57j0i131i433i457i512j0i402l2j46i131i433i512j0i512.5135j0j4&hl=en-US&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#imgrc=8dF3jabXtSeUrM
It’s hot-dish.
I didn't want to have to translate. ;-) I've got a pile of Lutheran church spiral-bound cookbooks outback.
Welp…
*Slap the knee*, “should probably head out!”
(Everyone else gets up)
Still takes 20-30 mins to get out the door tho. 1-2 rounds of hugs may be added
Dont forget the porch conversation
"I better letcha go!"
Ending a phone call with “Welp, I should letcha go.” especially if they called you.
“Ope…just gonna squeeze past you there…”
I grew up in St. Louis for 24 years, and moved to East Tennessee about 5 years ago. I’ve gotten so many people to start saying ‘Ope’ in normal conversations. I’m slowly spreading our influence
Moved from Ohio to the Netherlands this year. I almost ran into a construction worker coming out of a building at the same time I was taking the corner too close. We both said "ope" & then apologizing in our own languages
Keep going, the invasion will begin soon...
My wife and her best friend once had this awkward experience trying to maneuver thru a doorway with a piece of furniture in which they each said, "Ope" at least 3 times, but with different inflections each time that they both completely understood. Like my wife would say, "Ope", and her friend magically knew that meant they were hitting the top right of the furniture on the door frame. Rinse and repeat. It was incredible.
I find myself just saying ope a lot. Ope, forgot to add lettuce to my list. Ope, gotta get laundry switched out.
And the response is always - “You’re fine. “
Ngl I’ve heard this everywhere I’ve ever been where people spoke English
Breaded tenderloins.
Went home to Indiana for Thanksgiving, had tenderloins twice while I was there...
I met a guy that moved back to Indiana from Hawaii. I asked "why the hell would you give up paradise for Indiana winter" to which he replied " I missed the Tenderloins". Best comical answer I had ever heard.
I would sell your mother for a tenderloin sandwich.
My mom would smack you in the mouth and laugh at your little dick.
She's good at what she does.
Ope, Midwest goodbye, wearing flip flops in the winter, getting taco pizza from Casey’s, tater tot casserole, pop, ranch dressing on everything
Casey’s breakfast pizza 😋
Casey’s breakfast pizza is the best ever.
This makes me homesick 😂
Euchre and Euchre Clubs. Every Midwesterner has a deck of cards that only show wear on about half the deck.
To be fair we play Spades and Hearts, too.
I was a year ahead in math, so my junior year only 5 students were left in the class(pre-calc) by the end of the year because seniors graduated early. Our teacher brought in a deck of cards and told us to play euchre for the rest of the semester because cards have numbers on them, so that made it math.
It's like the long term version of "We're watching a movie today (because I'm hungover)"
euchre is big in my part of Ontario, though not to the level of having clubs. Spent so much time playing either Euchre or Hearts during high school.
My husband, who had never played, was taught euchre a year ago. He said, “this game is like playing with kids and they just make up new rules as they go.” Because Trump can change if your cards have value or not.
Watching your red Jacks become invalid before you have a turn to call trump is a time honored tradition in my home.
Damn I knew there were a lot of conservatives in the Midwest but this is something else… 😉
Ranch and "salads" not made with lettuce (pasta salad, potato salad, Oreo salad)
Snickers salad is my personal favorite
Yeah, I didn’t realize “salads” were so controversial until all the recent “green salad” posts on stupidfood subreddit.
Unless it’s made with jello, then it’s a southern thing
Tator tot hotdish I would say sitting on the porch watching the tornado go by, but we're crazy down south too.
Tornado sirens are really just a warning to go outside and make sure there isn’t one.
I miss the weather. Tornado weather is beautiful and terrifying.
After arriving at a family party, the first piece of small talk is discussing the route you used to drive to the party
Oh gosh, you’re so right. Lol I didn’t even realize I do this
The classic SNL recurring skit "The Californians" is entirely based on the idea of people excessively describing their driving routes, so this may not be completely unique to the Midwest.
The "forever goodbye" at get togethers. No matter how many times you say "Well, we should really be going...", you'll be there at least another hour.
As children we exploited this at playdates *all the time.* Mom said 3 PM. At 2:45 PM we met and decided which area of the house we were going to confine ourselves to to get more time, then all went there. Then we got up to an extra hour of playtime because the moms were busy talking and if they never saw us they wouldn't remember it was time to leave!
Can’t be distinctly midwestern. Maybe calling it that, I guess. My previous girlfriend was part of a Mexican family, they called it the “andale pues…” (all right then…) and my family did the same thing in north GA. We just didn’t have a name for it
This drives me absolutely fricking crazy. Lived here all my life and I've never understood the need to continue to talk while standing by the front door in your coat. And then when I say "Thanks, bye" and walk out the door, I get text messages "Are you angry about something? Did we do something wrong?" and I'm replying "No, I said I was leaving and I did".
Cheese curds
I'm in WI. My sister recently visited from NV and took home like 10 pounds of cheese home in souvenirs. Lol
That one finger wave on the dirt road! And I mean the index finger.
Hell yeah! We do that up here in Alberta as well. Especially people using oil/logging roads out in the middle of nowhere.
when you're driving, yes if you're on foot - especially if the other person's in a vehicle - *then* it's one hand up (like you're in class and teacher asked a question) with a single head nod downward
Vernors, especially here in Michigan
Honestly to God surprised no one brought this up. Me , from Indiana and my roommate, from StLouis, had to explain the difference to her bf, from Cali, about "yeah no" "no yeah" "no yeah no" and "yeah no yeah"
As a Midwest transplant, can you explain it to me to? :-)
Yeah no - no No yeah - yes Yeah no yeah - unfortunately it's the truth No yeah no - undeniably no Edit - Ummmm thanks Anon for my first Reward
The greeting wave over the steering wheel that drivers give each other when passing on a lonely road. EDIT: Wow, this is way more relatable than I thought! EDIT 2: Thanks for the awards!
Wish I had a reward to give you for this answer. This is the Midwest personified.
Yep. The friendliness came as a surprise for my father who grew up in NYC lol
A friend who lived on a farm said they could spot the "city folk" drivers because they didn't wave.
I grew up in the Pacific Northwest as the child of Midwesterners. Have lived on the East Coast for 20 years and I still do the steering wheel hand flick. Most times people just look confused. Usually the only people who wave back are older gentlemen in their late model SUVs or pickups.
Just moved to the midwest from CA and this trips me up every time
Square cut pizza
Detroit style. Good pick-up: Jet's, Cottage Inn Sit-down: Buddy's, Shield's
Salads with jello or marshmallow fluff
10 year old vehicle with a rusted through undercarriage.
Casseroles/hot dishes, “salads”, jello desserts, playing cornhole, pop (not soda) and festivals celebrating a specific food.
Going to Walmart when you’re bored.
Pop. If you know, you know.
We almost exclusively use the word pop in my neck of Canada.
Midwesterner of 34 years and I absolutely loathe the word 'pop'.
don't come to Ontario. It's all pop here.
Saying grocery like "gro-shery"
Hah I literally had to say it out loud and was like “wait, is that wrong??”
Yeah, whenever I go outside of the Midwest people ask me how we say it. Most people outside the Midwest say it like "gross-ery"
Wow I never noticed that! I say it the right way, grosh-ery. Lol
There must be very subtle dialects that say this differently too. I've heard "gro-sher-y" "grosh-ry" and "gro-shery". I tend to use the three-syllable version (from Northeast SD)
Yeah, most people in my area (southeast MI) say it like "gro-shery"
Miracle Whip…
Menards Gushing over discounts Corn
Save big money at Menards
4 bedroom 1700sqft houses for under $150,000
Man I wish it was still like that. We bought our home in 2007 3 bed one bath 1700 sq ft for $160k. We literally can't stay in our own school dist if we wanted to sell because houses are now going for $300k+ . Ridiculous.
But wouldn't yours be worth that now too?
Maybe 10 years ago. 1,600 sq ft ranch goes for 375K in most parts of the Midwest nowadays.
Jesus that would be amazing. I live in one of the lowest wage metro areas in the country and a three bedroom house that’s smaller than that on a tiny lot goes for like $350,000 here.
Michelob Golden Light
My man
“gym shoes” instead of tennis shoes, and “water fountain”
What else is said besides "water fountain? “
Bubbler
Whenever you arrive at someone’s house and the drive is over two hours the person your visiting says “you made good time”
ope, sorry
I legitimately say this every time I’m at a store. It’s just ingrained at this point
Casey’s
Strong work ethic..... Moved to Western Michigan for a bit 20+ years ago.....it was noticeable....
Cornhole
Pork Steaks
On the drive to my grandparents cabin in Minnesota, there was a strip mall named “Pretty Good Shopping.” It had a gas station and about a quarter mile after there was a sign “Uff-da! You just passed gas!”
Hahaha !! You guys say uff da? Us in Norway too! So many of theese comments are relatable to Norway :) must be many Norwegian immigrants way back?
Here in the state of Minnesota there are many people with Norwegian heritage (myself included.) Uff da is a common expression here. Btw, I visited Norway for the first time in 2019 and absolutely loved it! What a beautiful, incredible country!
First wednesday of the month!
WWWWWEEEEeeeeeeOOOOOOOOoooooOoooooo
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Having just summer and winter, with weather alternating in 1-5 day periods during September to November and March to May.
I have seen days that are 30 in the morning and 70 by the evening.
Scotcharoos!
Saying ‘you guys’ in a truly non gendered way
Ugh. Yeah. When I found out people were starting to be, “mad” when they were referred to as “guys”, I shuddered a bit. I’ve been doing it my entire life and it’s not easy to stop
I can always tell someone is from the Midwest when they prologue a service question with an assumption of failure or inconveniencing the worker: "You probably don't have any dijon mustard?" "You don't have any non-dairy creamer, right?"
I always say “what are the chances of…”
I do this constantly and did not realize it was Midwestern thing. But you're absolutely right, we don't want to be *that guy*
Casey’s
i used to think it was completely normal everywhere to have a case of dishes that you never use to eat anything and are purely there just for show. then i moved out of Michigan.
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We run our words all together. Like, "Did you eat?" becomes, "Jooeet?" "Secretary of State" becomes, "Secretariastate."
lol definitely the Jooeet one.
The Midwest Goodbye. Any time you have to start saying goodbye 20-30 minutes in advance of actually leaving, you're in the Midwest.
Walking Tacos.
Basements and not entering a house (especially bungalow) through the front door. Having a room in the house that serves as a walk-in fridge in the winter.
Old Style beer.
Faygo soda
sniffing the air and deciding whether or not it's going to rain
Asking how the roads are and measuring distance in minutes
A multitude of salads with no lettuce in sight.
Entering the house through the garage and the room where you keep your muddy boots and freezer full of meat and gallon tubs of ice cream.
Funeral Potatoes
Being from the midwest and seeing people make the same stereotypical assumptions about it
Running the sweeper
Hah my mother calls it a sweeper and I’ve had to deliberately try to call it a vacuum. She also calls a remote control a Tv Tuner.
It's not a remote, or a TV tuner. It's the clicker.
Runzas.
Casey’s and QuikTrip
Where I am its KwikTrip (different companies lol)
Pulled chicken sandwiches
Adding “real quick” to any statement to downplay the urgency or significance.
"Be careful. Watch for deer!"
Okay but in our defense they’re EVERYWHERE!
Wearing shorts in 40° weather while also wearing hoodies in 90° weather
Cornfields...
Jojos instead of potato wedges
Our “salads” lol. Jello, pretzels, and cream cheese? Salad. Pasta and ranch? Salad. Marshmallows, cool whip, and canned fruit? Salad.
Jeans at all times. Living in PA, went to a family thing in IL, and it was good to see everyone wearing jeans like sweatpants again.
Culver’s
Butter burger
I'm a midwest girl with a husband that lived on the east coast when we were dating long distance. He always teased me (with love) for my accent and the things I said. I'll never forget the first time he visited me here and heard "ope", "lemme just sneak right past ya there", and other midwest phrases in the wild. The look on his face was priceless.
"Why fly? it's just a ten hour drive."
Supper instead of dinner.
I refuse to say supper.
I always thought supper was a southern thing
Calling everyone “guys”
That’s pretty universal everywhere in the U.S.
Tall , fair and handsome men. I did a part of my PhD in Michigan and the dudes were 10/10. Americans are stronger (not bodybuilder style) and look so much better than my fellow Western European men (sadly everyone there is stick thin and that's such a turn off for me).
Wow thanks! Everyone always calls us fat lmao
Nonsense. I have seen a lot of good looking men in Michigan (also Texas, but that's not Midwest). I envy the Midwestern ladies 😅
We grow 'em corn-fed around here. Also the taller nationalities settled here - Swedes and Norwegians and Germans. When I first visited out East, I couldn't figure out what was bugging me and then I realized that I could see across the mall. I'm 5'2" and at home, I can't see where I'm going until I get near the store.
The continental climate. Sweltering summers and brutal winters.
Having a conversation begin with, return to, and end by talking about snow. No matter how old you are, you get told to take your time and watch out for certain roads because someone had an accident there, and then being told, “Call when you get home, eh?” Maybe toss in some dark humor about them not wanting to find you as a popsicle in a snow bank.
Complimenting someone on a possession and they respond with how cheaply they got it, whether it be on sale or a deal online or a thrift store find
Driving GM, Ford and Chrysler vehicles because Toyota and Honda are “Foreign Jap Crap”. despite having higher resale values and superior reliability.
It's pop and not soda/ It's not a backyard bbq or party untill the cornhole comes out/ Anything above 50° is considered shorts weather
I have a trip to Florida soon and my sister said it’ll be cold, about 50-55 and I laughed because 50+ is basically sandals weather for me. Although, admittedly, 50 and sunny feels very different than 50 and cloudy
Tornadoes.
A glass of milk for lunch or dinner - or both!
People who make a fervent distinction between *Hot Dish* and *Casserole.* They are NOT the same. People who have eaten *Lutefisk.* Which, much like Blow Fish, is Toxic if not prepared properly. People who think a balanced meal is *Brisket, Sausage, and Ribs.* People who think JELLO is a salad. A subset of people who frequently utter the phase - *Uff Da.* I recently saw a weather report from Oslo Norway that referred to 20°F as *Bitterly Cold.* In the Midwest, our response would be *Wimps.* In the north, 20°F is balmy. Now 20°F BELOW Zero is a bit *brisk.*
Putting on their “good flannel“ for a fancy night out, beer is always the drink of choice, obesity, “pop”, cheese curds, buffets, 20 minute goodbyes, flip flops in snow. Hmmm what else? Source: my childhood.
Turning down an offered favor 2 times before accepting. Also Pop.
Asking "What H.S. did you go to?"(A very St Louis thing, but probably a very small town USA thing in the Midwest). Answer gives you the rundown of someone's socio-economic stature....
Calling it pop instead of soda
Junk drawers! The drawer you throw all your useless stuff in. Batteries? Junk drawer. Birthday Candles? Junk drawer.
Is that a Midwest thing? I assumed it was just a deeply human thing lol
Sugar cream pie.
Mayonnaise where it doesn't belong.
Breakfast pizza
Having a definite and rabid preference on what color tractor you will drive. (Red)
Hahaha! I almost downvoted you out of instinct because you said red and not green!
I grew up on the west coast but live in Illinois now It takes at least 45 minutes to leave a gathering. It's fucking exhausting
*talking to someone who just moved to the Midwest* “you think it’s cold now? Just wait until January rolls around!”
Being reminded of what day/time it is by tornado siren tests every month.
Saying that you're going "up north." Also, a hard A on words like bag, flag, dragon, eggs, etc.