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footballbat
March 9th, 2009, 03:50 PM
Yah, shoor ya betcha. It's snowin' like the Dickens donchanoe.

Can you believe I have yet to run into one person here who speaks like that? That's probably not the only thing the Coen brothers lied about. I'll bet that movie really wasn't based on a true story, either.
sib
March 9th, 2009, 03:57 PM
Yah, shoor ya betcha. It's snowin' like the Dickens donchanoe.

Can you believe I have yet to run into one person here who speaks like that? That's probably not the only thing the Coen brothers lied about. I'll bet that movie really wasn't based on a true story, either.

I believe the movie is set in Minnesota (LOTW), the dialect is pretty common in the UP, northern Wisconsin and Minnesota. Though the movie took some creative license.
Nanabunga
March 9th, 2009, 04:04 PM
I believe the movie is set in Minnesota (LOTW), the dialect is pretty common in the UP, northern Wisconsin and Minnesota. Though the movie took some creative license.

Wurd nukka

Wikki...

Fargo is a 1996 American film produced, directed and written by brothers Joel and Ethan Coen. Set in Minnesota

Funny,

I live in the Boston area and they don't say " y'all gunna git fugged up I reckin' "

:omg:
sib
March 9th, 2009, 04:16 PM
It's called yooper dialect in my parts, I was born a yooper. Fin influence.

Fin-genuity - like mcgiver (sp) yoopers can make atomic bombs from a 2 liter bottle and household cleaner.

Edit: LOTW = lake of the woods, though wiki says Brainerd area, I trust wiki is right.
footballbat
March 9th, 2009, 04:20 PM
I believe the movie is set in Minnesota (LOTW), the dialect is pretty common in the UP, northern Wisconsin and Minnesota. Though the movie took some creative license.

I am just a stones throw from Morehead, MN. Hopefully someone there will speak that way.

They took a lot of creative license with that movie. One of the most disturbing things about it didn't have anything to do with the production of the movie itself, though. A Japanese woman, thinking it actually was based on a true story, killed herself after wasting her entire life savings looking for the money they buried. :omg:
Nanabunga
March 9th, 2009, 04:21 PM
A Japanese woman, thinking it actually was based on a true story, killed herself after wasting her entire life savings looking for the money they buried. :omg:

She would have found it too if I hadn't hidden the ice scraper on her.

:omg:
footballbat
March 9th, 2009, 04:23 PM
Edit: LOTW = lake of the woods, though wiki says Brainerd area, I trust wiki is right.

Thanks for clarifying. My google search came up with Logbook of the World.
(http://www.arrl.org/lotw/)
Nanabunga
March 9th, 2009, 04:25 PM
Thanks for clarifying. My google search came up with Logbook of the World.
(http://www.arrl.org/lotw/)

I thought he was referring to Lord of the Wings
UnregisteredSexOffender
March 9th, 2009, 04:30 PM
She would have found it too if I hadn't hidden the ice scraper on her.

:omg:

gotta spend money to make money
footballbat
March 9th, 2009, 05:01 PM
Anyhoo, it is snowing like the Dickens here, with no end in sight.

I hope whatever I pick up weighs a lot, otherwise, I'll be looking forward to driving really slow, so I don't get blown all over the road, by the wind, nana.
Nanabunga
March 9th, 2009, 05:02 PM
get blown all over the road.

I thought you said you didn't pick up lot lizards ?

:omg:
footballbat
March 9th, 2009, 05:05 PM
I thought you said you didn't pick up lot lizards ?

:omg:

see edited post
yup
March 9th, 2009, 07:06 PM
Deep fried gizzards, I love em'

EDIT: Doon't cha know.
ceehound619
March 9th, 2009, 07:08 PM
I'll bet you are havin fun DRIVING in that "dad-gum" snow.
yup
March 9th, 2009, 07:09 PM
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footballbat
March 9th, 2009, 07:11 PM
I'll bet you are havin fun DRIVING in that "dad-gum" snow.


I had fun earlier. Right now sitting at the Petro, drinking a Sierra Nevada Harvest Ale, and waiting for 1500 tomorrow to roll around. It'll be snowing tomorrow to, so, I'll get to have fun again then.
ceehound619
March 10th, 2009, 02:13 AM
I had fun earlier. Right now sitting at the Petro, drinking a Sierra Nevada Harvest Ale, and waiting for 1500 tomorrow to roll around. It'll be snowing tomorrow to, so, I'll get to have fun again then.
YES on the sierra nevada(great beer).. NO on the snow driving.... I only did it once commercially.....and didnt even have to put chains on......fuck that.....no thanks.
footballbat
March 10th, 2009, 11:37 AM
YES on the sierra nevada(great beer).. NO on the snow driving.... I only did it once commercially.....and didnt even have to put chains on......fuck that.....no thanks.

Where was it? I-5 North of Sacramento? I-70 from Utah through Colorado? I-80 or 84 through Utah? I-15 through Couer d' Alene, Idaho?

Driving in snow's no big deal, unless it's a blizzard, or your going over a mountain pass. You just slow down, let all the idiots roll on past, and render first aid to them as you come upon their turned over rigs.
ceehound619
March 10th, 2009, 11:40 AM
Where was it? I-5 North of Sacramento? I-70 from Utah through Colorado? I-80 or 84 through Utah? I-15 through Couer d' Alene, Idaho?

Driving in snow's no big deal, unless it's a blizzard, or your going over a mountain pass. You just slow down, let all the idiots roll on past, and render first aid to them as you come upon their turned over rigs.
29 palms, Ca on the 62........and it was strange cause they dont get alot of snow in that area.
footballbat
March 10th, 2009, 11:49 AM
29 palms, Ca on the 62........and it was strange cause they dont get alot of snow in that area.

:omg:

That is weird. That's right on the Southern edge of the Mojave.

If you ever get a chance, though, drive I-15 through Idaho in February. The snow banks on the side of the road are higher than the truck.
footballbat
March 10th, 2009, 02:02 PM
The forecast for the next couple of days is for snow, and a high of 0°F (-18°C).

The interstate's been closed and my load's been canceled.

Good thing I planned ahead, and bought that bottle of Ketel One. The only thing missing is some hooterjuana.
Locklear
March 10th, 2009, 11:09 PM
Edit: Forgot, this isn't the fight room.

Edit #2: Fargo fucking sucks.
footballbat
March 10th, 2009, 11:12 PM
^^^^

You do realize this isn't the fight room?

As for being a pussy, I actually made it through boot camp.
Willow
March 10th, 2009, 11:12 PM
Edit: Forgot, this isn't the fight room.

Edit #2: Fargo fucking sucks.You've never been to Fargo. How do you know it sucks?
UnregisteredSexOffender
March 10th, 2009, 11:16 PM
the movie?
boo_cocky
April 2nd, 2009, 10:29 PM
It's called yooper dialect in my parts, I was born a yooper. Fin influence.

Fin-genuity - like mcgiver (sp) yoopers can make atomic bombs from a 2 liter bottle and household cleaner.

Edit: LOTW = lake of the woods, though wiki says Brainerd area, I trust wiki is right.

Help me out here...

We had friends from Upper Michigan, they called themselves 'Yoopers' for Upper Peninsula. They called people from lower Michigan 'Loopers'. Don't mean to come off stupid, but are you from Mich or do they use that term in other parts of that area?

BTW...haven't really followed the Fargo flood situation much, but know there is one...is it raining like hell there, is it due to all the snow that's melting, or both? Yeah, I could read the news, but...meh.