Say something nice about Iowa this week.

[Otis]

You get good gas mileage passing through Iowa.

 

[short ornery norwegian]

You're never more than 500 yards away from a Casey's no matter where you go in the state.

 

[A_Slab_of_Bacon]

After I got back from the game on Saturday my back was a little tight. Weird as I just was driving home / didn't hurt it in any way I could tell.

Later it got worse and worse and man it hurt. Hard to sleep. Advil helped but holy cow it was painful on the sides eventually too.

Was bad this morning but again advil and some time and I'm doing better.

Anyway you were saying?

 

[MNVCGUY]

The State - My mom is from there and it was fun to go to Grandma's house as a kid.

The Team - Hard Pass.

 

[Unregistered User]

no

 

[FredCoxRocks]

Iowa History Daily: July 7 - Iowa Inventor of Sliced Bread

Iowa History Daily: On July 7, 1880, Otto Frederick Rohwedder, inventor of sliced bread, was born in Davenport, Iowa. Born to a German immigrant family, Rohwedder grew up in eastern Iowa while attending Davenport’s public schools. Upon high school graduation, he started an apprenticeship as a...

www.notesoniowa.com

 

[GoDucks349]

The Iowa caucus is quite entertaining. Chaos in small towns with a splash of inocents and overwhelming local perception of importance.

 

[go_gophers]

They have some lovely neighbors.

 

[bamor5229]

It's not Wisconsin

 

[GopherPoke]

Lois.

 

[STPGopher]

Woodsmith Shop

 

[STPGopher]

Lois.

 

[restovich]

They grow a lot of corn.

And soybeans.

 

[Border Gopher]

Blue Bunny ice cream is pretty good

 

[mngolf]

I own a farm there and take all the money made out of state to spend.

(I didn't buy, passed down to me from grandparents. And I don't live there)

 

[Lou Brown]

Diamond Jo's is where dreams come true.

 

[MonikerSchmoniker45]

They have the closest Krispy Kreme.

 

[rowdaboat]

If you wanted to hide something there's plenty of corn fields to do so

 

[tikited]

Des Moines has lots of pretty solid bars.

 

[BobbyG]

Toppling Goliath

 

[Jeshurun]

I like when they signal for fair catches

 

[LakevilleBro]

Surf Ballroom

 

[STPGopher]

It's the Cyclone state!

 

[Lou Brown]

It's the Cyclone state!

Winner

 

[Bob_Loblaw]

Diamond Jo's is where dreams come true.

I thought that was the Lumberyard.

 

[restovich]

El Bait Shop

 

[swede2]

How I met your mother.

 

[swede2]

I think my Iowa cousins finally broke their "start the next generation at 16" streak. Is that a nice thing to say?

 

[LesBolstad]

My daughter is an Iowa grad and received a nice scholarship

 

[tikited]

Diamond Jo's is where dreams come true.

I gotta think nothing bad has ever happened there.