Regional Weirdness Examples
We are currently staying in the Phoenix area and, like many regions around the US, there are some unique customs and habits that would seem down right odd anywhere else. The single strangest thing we ...
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Jim Shoe wrote:
In farm country around Cincinnati, it isn't unusual for total strangers coming in opposite directions to raise a single index finger as they pass each other. They all drive with both hands on the wheel at 10 and 2 and their eyes never leave the road in front of them.
A friend of mine was opening a new bar in Cincinnati. He was going to name it "Past Times Saloon" and needed old farm junk to hang from the ceiling. I rode with him out in the country to check out used furniture stores, and told him about the custom. He giggled like a little kid when he tried it. Good thing I went with him. He didn't have a clue what he was looking at in those "well used" furniture stores. Poor little city boy. :)
A lot of people do that here in California, but they are not being friendly!
