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CanadianTeke 03-04-2004 02:27 AM

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Originally posted by Optimist Prime
They call themselves a "Dominion" I guess that means like King's Dominion, which is a Paramount theme park where I live. Do they have roller coasters in Cananda?
Actually there is Paramount Canada's Wonderland just outside of Toronto.

Glitter650 03-04-2004 03:06 AM

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Originally posted by Coramoor


The only place I really have no desire to go to is CA. None whatsoever. To many wacko's out there.


WHAT CALIFORNIAN"S WACKO ??? Just because we (Well I personally didn't contribute to it) elected the terminator to run our state ???? I know you're just jealous of our sunshine and ocean... don't hate :cool:

I personally wouldn't live in Texas after watching texas chain saw massacure... or (isn't it KY ?) after seeing deliverance... OH YEAH DETROIT... never EVER would I live in Detroit.... (sorry if there are those who love it) but it seemed like the saddest city when I was there... I would MAYBE CONSIDER living other places in Michigan.. but actual Detroit.. couldn't pay me enough to live there...

queequek 03-04-2004 04:22 AM

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Originally posted by ISUKappa

I loved Ames as a college student. Not too big, not too small. You could get anywhere in that town in 20 minutes or less. I think it also helped that the Kappa house was the closest one to campus and the closest one to the bars! ;)

LOL I think Pi Kapps actually beats Kappas as far as closest location to bars and campus ;)

Yeah, but what can I say, Iowa is home. Of course people want to live in Iowa, we grow a lot of potatoes :rolleyes:
Oh, wait a sec ... :D we're the Huskers, LOL

Jill1228 03-04-2004 04:48 AM

What he said!

I have to admit I am not too keen on Alabama either (and yes I have kin from there)... :o

Ok I have my flame retardant draws on....so flame away!


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Originally posted by Phasad1913
I know I should know better, especially given the number of black people who live there everyday, but I have never been to and am petrified of the state Mississippi. I can't help it, and its for so many movies that I have seen that I can't remember them all, i.e. Mississippi Buring, A Time to Kill, etc.

AOX81 03-04-2004 08:35 AM

I can't think of any states so I'm going to say Thailand. After seeing Brokedown Palace I never want to go there!

hottytoddy 03-04-2004 08:43 AM

After seeing 8 Mile and Detriot Rock City, I don't care to ever go to Detroit.

At least, I think it was Detriot Rock City....one of those scary violent movies.

queequek 03-04-2004 09:49 AM

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Originally posted by hottytoddy
After seeing 8 Mile and Detriot Rock City, I don't care to ever go to Detroit.

At least, I think it was Detriot Rock City....one of those scary violent movies.

... You mean, Michigan?

hottytoddy 03-04-2004 10:24 AM

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Originally posted by queequek
... You mean, Michigan?
OK smartass. I am not an idiot. I am aware that Detroit is not a state. However, someone a minute ago said Thailand...so I thought it was understood that we are now talking about places rather than states. There are places in Michigan that I would not mind going.

ISUKappa 03-04-2004 10:49 AM

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Originally posted by queequek
LOL I think Pi Kapps actually beats Kappas as far as closest location to bars and campus ;)

Oh, I don't know about that! Bars, maybe, but campus, we definitely have them beat--we're right across from the middle of campus, they're more on the western edge. :p We're definitely the sorority house that's closest to campus and the bars. So. There. :D

and I lived at Pi Kapps the summer after my freshman year, so I know what I'm talking about!

PM_Mama00 03-04-2004 11:50 AM

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Originally posted by hottytoddy
After seeing 8 Mile and Detriot Rock City, I don't care to ever go to Detroit.

At least, I think it was Detriot Rock City....one of those scary violent movies.

Ohh sweetheart those are just the ghettos! I'm taking Urban Geography and History of Detroit right now. Seriously, one side of 8 Mile is really nice, the other side is run down homes. Quoted by my African American professor, and 2 of my white professors "If you are white you better not go to the other side of 8 Mile". It's perfectly safe to just drive down 8 Mile.

Parts of Downtown Detroit can be pretty scary, but it's kind of a smaller area that is unsafe. Alot of metro Detroit areas are super nice. But believe me, I get "crap your pants scared" in parts. Like when a certain Pike accidentally gave me the wrong directions to the Pike house, which is located on Cass Quarters, which is like the most dangerous part of downtown Detroit. Yes, saw a hooker walking down the street. But don't be scurred of Detroit, it's actually pretty nice here!

I'm scared of anywhere with a ghost town. We exitted one on our way to leadership conference when we got lost, and seriously this place was dead and scary. We got the hell outa there!

Oh I think I'd be afraid of Cali too, after seeing Earthquake movies.

Rudey 03-04-2004 12:05 PM

I'm be OK living in like West Bloomfield in Detroit.

-Rudey

cutiepatootie 03-04-2004 03:21 PM

the movie Deliverance and the state GA scary scary

cutiepatootie 03-04-2004 03:21 PM

just kidding i love GA.

xok85xo 03-04-2004 03:56 PM

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Originally posted by FHwku
Jersey. the turnpike does stink. the entire island smells funny. the locals that don't realize this, have just gotten used to the smell. and Mtv true life: i own a summer share. it showcased some of Jersey's finest. i thought everybody on the show acted like a jerk, and not in the charming NYC way.

coming from someone who lives in kentucky.

AOX81 03-04-2004 06:55 PM

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Originally posted by hottytoddy
After seeing 8 Mile and Detriot Rock City, I don't care to ever go to Detroit.

At least, I think it was Detriot Rock City....one of those scary violent movies.

Despite all of the movies about Detroit, it is not that bad! I can think of worse places to live or visit.

queequek 03-04-2004 08:42 PM

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Originally posted by xok85xo
coming from someone who lives in kentucky.
LOL :D

AlphaGamDiva 03-04-2004 11:47 PM

west virginia---anyone see the hideous movie wrong turn?

and where was "cabin fever" located????

random bad b movies the b/f rented and is FIRED for. :)

mu_agd 03-04-2004 11:54 PM

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Originally posted by Rudey
I'm be OK living in like West Bloomfield in Detroit.

-Rudey

who wouldn't?

PhiPsiRuss 03-04-2004 11:58 PM

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Originally posted by AOX81
Detroit... I can think of worse places to live or visit.
I doubt that any of us have heard of any of these places. Such information can only cause nightmares, and do no good. Please don't post them. Thank you, in advance, for your cooperation.

rainbowbrightCS 03-05-2004 01:31 AM

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Originally posted by Peaches-n-Cream
I don't want to visit the state where the movie Deliverence took place. :eek:
In GA, about 2 hours from where I live.

decadence 03-05-2004 02:19 AM

There's NO way I'm taking the midnight train to Georgia!!! :-o
 
http://img15.photobucket.com/albums/...e1/deliv01.jpg

"Goddamn, you play a mean banjo."


http://img15.photobucket.com/albums/...e1/deliv05.jpg

"I'm gonna make you squeal like a pig. Weeeeeeee."


Just kidding GA residents. ;)

FHwku 03-05-2004 04:03 AM

My bad, New Jersey, you're not an island. the turnpike stinks, but not the farms. Not everybody from Jersey is a jerk, just everyone in the movies, and on a brief and limited documentary. forgive me, jersey, i wanna play skee ball on the shore.
NYC - i know we're referrin to states, but NYC has a lot of people. and all the movies i've seen that would make me avoid New York are based in the city. not a whole lotta murder-suspense movies set in Rochester.


and my biggest my-bad goes to whatever state you're from:
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Originally posted by xok85xo
coming from someone who lives in kentucky.

CutiePie2000 03-05-2004 11:41 AM

The young boy in Deliverance - what sort of medical condition do you think he has to make him look....uh...."different"? Or is it just inbreeding?

Rudey 03-05-2004 12:03 PM

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Originally posted by CutiePie2000
The young boy in Deliverance - what sort of medical condition do you think he has to make him look....uh...."different"? Or is it just inbreeding?
He might not be white you know.

-Rudey

PhiPsiRuss 03-05-2004 01:17 PM

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Originally posted by FHwku
NYC - i know we're referrin to states, but NYC has a lot of people. and all the movies i've seen that would make me avoid New York are based in the city. not a whole lotta murder-suspense movies set in Rochester.
The City of New York, every year for over a decade, has had one of the lowest crime rates in the US. Movies of every genre are shot in New York, because New York is not boring. People are more likely to pay to see a movie based in New York, than Kentucky. I guess you only see murder-suspense films.:rolleyes:

FAB*SpiceySpice 03-05-2004 03:17 PM

I don't know why exactly but I will NEVER ever ever ever as long as I have control over it, go to Arizona. I just feel like there would be tarantulas everywhere since they live down there...omg I think I would vomit and then die of a heart attack if I saw a tarantula just crawling around out in my backyard. AGH. :eek:


Also California b/c of the whol earthquake thing, I just have this huge fear of being swallowed up by the earth. But I've been to CA before for vacation and obviously nothing happened to me, so...:cool: ;)

decadence 03-05-2004 04:58 PM

Duelling Banjos
 
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Originally posted by CutiePie2000:
The young boy in Deliverance - what sort of medical condition do you think he has to make him look....uh...."different"? Or is it just inbreeding?
I think it's just a Georgia thing? Only kidding!!! ;) I better stop or some people are gonna get really PO'd!

There's a little debate on who played him, he is generally credited as Hoyt J. Pollard. According to IMDB he made one more film appearance 13 years later in a movie called "Blastfighter". His role.... 'Banjo player'.
As for his 'condition' Cutie, he is oft described as "genetically-compromised Appalachian boy"/"bald albino boy" rather than a reference to any condition beyond inbreeding? One source provides this: Did you Know?
For his role as the inbred mute banjo boy in Deliverance (1972), actor Hoyt Pollard endured two hours of make-up for his drastic cosmetic change. The result was one of the decade's most memorable cinematic appearances.

On the debate of whom he was, it (the banjo playing boy role in the 'dulleing banjos' scene) is also attributed to "Billy Redden". Source: "I read the book by Chris Dickey (Summer of Deliverance) The boy that did that scene was who he was. He was a real backward boy. He (the author) did not mention a Hoyt Pollard."

UKDaisy 03-05-2004 05:24 PM

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Originally posted by xok85xo
coming from someone who lives in kentucky.

?????


I will get so pissy if I post on this thread. Biggest pet peeve is KY haters or just people who don't know better.

greeklawgirl 03-05-2004 05:35 PM

I've never seen "Deliverance," but those two pictures alone scare the h*ll out of me! :eek: No, thank you, I'll change the channel. lol

James 03-05-2004 09:39 PM

Anyone born in jersey is in pretty bad shape, especially if they ar enot extensively traveled to kill their provincialism.

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Originally posted by FHwku
My bad, New Jersey, you're not an island. the turnpike stinks, but not the farms. Not everybody from Jersey is a jerk, just everyone in the movies, and on a brief and limited documentary. forgive me, jersey, i wanna play skee ball on the shore.
NYC - i know we're referrin to states, but NYC has a lot of people. and all the movies i've seen that would make me avoid New York are based in the city. not a whole lotta murder-suspense movies set in Rochester.


and my biggest my-bad goes to whatever state you're from:


James 03-05-2004 09:40 PM

I am sure KY is fine, y'all just have that thick harsh accent . . ;)


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Originally posted by UKDaisy
?????


I will get so pissy if I post on this thread. Biggest pet peeve is KY haters or just people who don't know better.


DeltaSigStan 03-06-2004 12:09 AM

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Originally posted by UKDaisy
?????


I will get so pissy if I post on this thread. Biggest pet peeve is KY haters or just people who don't know better.

I love KY UKDaisy! Helps with the thrust.

PhiPsiRuss 03-06-2004 12:12 AM

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Originally posted by DeltaSigStan
I love KY UKDaisy! Helps with the thrust.
OK, you and UKDaisy stop talking about lube.

UKDaisy 03-06-2004 08:05 PM

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Originally posted by russellwarshay
OK, you and UKDaisy stop talking about lube.
KY= KentuckY.....not the jelly.

And not all of us have harsh accents....just some of us. ;)

AGDLynn 03-06-2004 11:09 PM

Billy Redden played Lonny, the young banjo player. He also recently played the banjo in Big Fish.

It's shame when wonderful places given erroneous images thru the media so that people miss out on visiting them.

North Georgia is beautiful...

Lady Pi Phi 03-30-2004 09:48 PM

Bump

Just finished watching The Texas Chainsaw Masacre.

Remind me never to visit the backwoods of Texas.

Jill1228 03-30-2004 10:32 PM

Astroglide is better! :D

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Originally posted by DeltaSigStan
I love KY UKDaisy! Helps with the thrust.

James 03-30-2004 11:49 PM

Wisconsin . . Dawn of the Dead was there. Evil zombies.

James 04-08-2009 06:12 PM

ttt

KSigkid 04-08-2009 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by James (Post 1798044)
ttt

Haha, bad idea bro. People on here get way too sensitive/defensive about their home states.


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