Almost Famous: Silly Claims to Semi-Fame.

[Sara]

ALL ABOUT RACINE:

Well, as everybody who's anybody in the garbage disposal business knows, my city is the [i]Home of the Original In Sink Erator.[/i]

Fans of pointless subtitles will be happy to know that the place I live is also known [if only in local hotel brochures] as [i]Racine: Belle City on the Lake[/i]

We're the home base of the [i]S.C. Johnson Wax Corporation,[/i] another big deal here, if only because half the city works there. [For those poor souls who don't know what that is, it means that WITHOUT RACINE you wouldn't have [i]Pledge, Windex, Shout,[/i] or [i]OFF![/i] Aren't you suddenly, inexplicably grateful?]

Incidently, we're also home to an [i]Entomology Research Center,[/i] which sounds impressive until you realize that it, too, is run by Johnson, and it's simply where they figure out how to kill bugs with their newest bug spray.

Not only that, but we are *drumroll* [i]The Kringle Capital of the World![/i] Which also sounds impressive, or at least it would, if anyone outside of our highly Danish community knew what "kringle" was. [A pastry thing that, incidently, is stylishly sported by all of our corner newspaper machine-thiniges.]

We are [i]also[/i] home to one of the eleven largest free zoos in the country. Just try to beat [i]that![/i] [Also, our zoo has a cool little concrete tunnel with bubble windows that you can look at the prairie dog exhibit from.]

We are strategically located on the beautiful Root River, and on the shore of the Great Lake Michigan. [We're also located between Chicago and Milwaukee, so if either of those cities ever gets bombed, we'll get it.]

We are home to the largest Fourth-of-July festival...in....uh....some big area. [It's called [i]Fourth Fest[/i], by the way, and it's held at [i]Festival Hall.[/i] Other big events you [i]don't want to miss![/i] held at Festival Hall are [i]Salmon-a-Rama[/i] and [i]The Festival of Trees.[/i]]

....And anyone fond of squishy green vegetables will be happy to know that [i]Wisconsin is a leader in canning peas[/i].

How much random brochure trivia do you know about your city?

:whoops:

[Corey]

Racine, eh?

Well, ::Cracks Knuckles:: let's see if I can post some good Milwaukee info.

Milwaukee was the host to the 2002 MajorLeaugeBaseball Allstar Game, which ended in an upset due to the idiot by the name of Bud Seilig. The game ended in a tie in the 11th ining. It was called off when both of the teams went though all their pitchers.

Just in the past year Milwaukee opened a brand new Art Museum on the lakefront of the city. I... don't know much in-depth about that.

Well, since I really can't think about much of anything else I guess I can talk about Milwaukees real claim-to-fame.
Milwaukee has [i]the[/i] best summer festival in the US. On the lakefront of the wonderful city is the Summerfest Grounds. For those of you that don't know what that is it's the biggest, loudest, sometimes hottest, Music Festival in the summer. Dozens of big-name bands flock to Summerfest to play for the people of Milwaukee and it's visitors.

Well that's about it. I could find more if I had more time but, soon one of my friends is coming to collect me for a fun day of mountainbiking.

[Sara]

Milwaukee is also home base to the best airline in the world: Midwest Express. Can't beat the chocolate chip cookies. :whoops:

[Anna]

lol, Cera, all because of you I'm now moving to Rancine! I want a kringle!

j/k ^_^

Anyway, ummmm........... :thinks hard :worried:: middle Georgia??? Okay, let's see how I can sum this up-

Well I had an awful lot typed up, but I figured most of it would be taken the wrong way by other southerners here, so I'll just say that if you ever want to hear the pro-Confederate's view of the Civil War and Abraham Lincoln, Georgia is the right place.

*rolls eyes*

Sorry y'all but I am NOT from Georgia, and I don't really agree with a lot that's said and thought here. But oh well.

I'm originally from Utah anyway, so I guess I'll throw in a rather well-known fact for the masses:

SALT LAKE CITY- not only the home of the 2002 Winter Olympics, but also the headquarters to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints aka the MORMONS! whooo! *waves a flag*

That's all I can think of right now.

[Corey]

True, true.
Dem ChocatChip's Be Goot.
:)

[PiroMunkie]

[color=indigo]Omaha, Nebraska... ummm..

Home of the microwave dinner! That's right, the person the invented microwave dinners came from Omaha, and even graduated from my high school. So without that, we wouldn't have nearly as many fat slobs as we do today! Go Omaha!

Home to one of the top ranked zoo's in the U.S.A. The [i]Henry Doorly Zoo[/i], with it's latest attraction, the [i]Desert Dome[/i]. Sure it has a lot of desert animals in there and stuff.. but I never knew the desert was air conditioned...

Then we have the Old Market... but that's become infested with preppy people... It barely hangs on to it's alternative edge it has.

[i]Rosenblatte Stadium[/i]. I probably spelled that wrong, and it's not all that exciting either...

[i]Aksarben[/i]! Used to be the head venue for many events from concerts, to hockey games. And if you haven't noticed already, [i]Aksarben[/i] is Nebraska spelled backwards! What genius thought [i]that[/i] up. :rolleyes: I believe this place is going to be torn down though..

Then we have this new civic arena that's in progress...

Not much exciting about Omaha...[/color]

[Justin]

Phenix City, Alabama:

O_o;;

Central High School won the state championship at various points, the most recent being '93. The Little League Baseball National Champions are from here.

That's about the size of it.

-Justin

[Mike]

Belleville, Illinois...uh...

It's close to St. Louis...

And uh...

That's it, lol. There isn't really anything special. :p :D :p

[conpiracymonki]

[b]Manchester, England

[size=1]Home of the world's rishect football club (are they still?), Manchester United.

Also the place where the Commonwealth Games 2002 will be run.

Apart from that, uh,....nothing[/b][/size]

[Omniroth]

St. Louis is Beer Capital. :devil:

[Mike]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Omniroth [/i]
[B]St. Louis is Beer Capital. :devil: [/B][/QUOTE]

Well, yes, lol. But I'm in Belleville, Illinois...St. Louis is an hour away...:p

[Sara]

Ya'll need to read some local brochures. :p Your posts are boring.

Though, Piro--yours was good. ^_^ I actually knew that, about the microwave dinners, I think.....

[PiroMunkie]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Cera [/i]
[B]Though, Piro--yours was good. ^_^ I actually knew that, about the microwave dinners, I think.....[/B][/QUOTE][color=indigo]I think I've mentioned it before. But you might have heard it from elsewhere as well. :p[/color]

[Hyper]

i live in a boring town. nothing happens. everyone else is lucky.

[Defcon5]

Mentor, Ohio

Joe Jarivicious graduated from Lake Catholic High School

President Garfields house is here

Where right next to kritland where the mormons believe that Jesus Christ appeared for the second time. (I think that's how it is anyway.)

We erm have a Toys R Us

I'm sure there is more to our town but I can't think of anything right now.

[The Harlequin]

[font=gothic][color=crimson]Highfields. It's near Toowoomba, QLD Australia.

The only place where there are people drive who drive a Mercedes and put a full on roobar with floodlights on...

Not brochure information, but still...

7th time...[/font][/color]

[Angelus_Necare]

Let's see, Rome NY.....

well, there was Woodstock 99 there, not something to be particularly proud of.

eerie canal village is interesting, until you've visited it for the 100th time.

we have a wal-mart (yay).....

.....and an empty out-of-buisness K-mart (double yay)

oh, and we have a rare drive in theater, I forget how many of those are left in this country.

that's pretty much it, as far as I know Rome was settled by Italians (surprised?)

[BabyGirl]

[color=deeppink]Cera, it's a no wonder that half of the people's posts are boring, their [i]towns[/i] are probably boring as heck :p

[b]DeWitt, Michigan:[/b]

Well hell, nothing exciting happens here...we're a tiny suburb of Lansing :cross: DeWitt was originally an agricultural community, but is now known for its snobbish wealthy inhabitants and good sports teams.
[quote]"Where are you from?"
"DeWitt."
"DeWitt...they have a really good football team, don't they?"
V_V; "Yes, yes we do."[/quote]
[quote]"You're a cheerleader? What school do you go to?"
"DeWitt."
"Really? Your team kicked our asses are regionals!"
Hehe..."I know." :D[/quote]
Basically, our sports teams are our only claim to fame. Our competitive cheerleading team, which I was a part of for three years (I didn't cheer my freshman year), was ranked 10th in the state our [i]first[/i] year of competitive cheer, 5th in the state our second year, and this previous year we were ranked 3rd. (I doubt that many people know how competitive cheer works, so don't pass judgement about it until you do :p) So in other words, our cheer team is quite good and after only three years we're rather well known.

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DeWitt is also famous for everyone knowing everyone's business...which I'm sure happens in all small towns. All of the DeWitt families go to Relli's, a sports bar in our minuiscule downtown (one stop light, mind you), and that's where they like to get drunk and gossip!

We don't even have a large store like Target or Meijer (it's a Michigan thing) or Wal-Mart...they biggest store we have here is the local L and L Foodcenter...Shop Rite V_V;

Now if I lived somewhere like Detroit then I could comment on the cool ghettoness or it being America's Most Dangerous City. Or how much the Tigers really DO suck and how the Lions couldn't win a game if their life depended on it. I would be able to say that every time I drive through downtown Detroit I fear for my life, and would never ever travel down there alone.

But I could also say that the automobile was first produced there, and we're the Motor Capital of the world ;)

But alas, I live in DeWitt, Michigan. Believe me, I've lived here all my life, and nothing great has ever happened ^_^

[b]Wow I just posted way too much...![/b][/color]

[Sara]

Drive in theater, huh? That's pretty cool. There's one [or at least...used to be one...I don't know if it's still going] in the city south of us. The city's name is Kenosha...the theater is, creatively, [i]The Keno[/i]. [Incidently, I think [i]Kino[/i] is German for movie theater...but I'm not sure.]

Babygirl-- ::laughs:: Okay, okay. So y'all live in boring cities. Trust me, Racine is boring, too. But I tend to remember pointless facts.

For example: Sauk City/Prairie du Sac [Motto: [i]Where Eagles Soar[/i]...or it might have been [i]Where Eagles Fly[/i]...I don't recall, exactly] hold a yearly cow-chip toss contest.

Don't you feel enlightened?

[Guest Imsirion]

Montesano,Washington.........

First tree farm in the world and
Kurt Kobain went to my school and lived here for a while, his grandpa still lives here though.

[Corey]

Ooh, Ooh!
I got another one about Milwaukee!

Our State Bird is the Mosquito!
They should all be killed...
::Scratches a Mosquito bite::

[Semjaza]

Hmm... I live in Chicago, and most people know the basics of it.

But some things people don't know are:

We have the world's largest aquarium (Shedd Aquarium), the largest bakery (Nabisco), the world's largest illuminated fountain (Buckingham Fountain), world's largest free zoo (Lincoln Park Zoo), and like 40 other world's largest whatevers. I live here and never even heard of half of them. Hey, I beat Cera's zoo's claim to fame! :devil:

The first resident of Chicago was Jean Baptiste Point du Sable (that's a long name), who was a fur trader who built the first settlement in 1779. I don't think anyone here knows that even, not that it's all that important...

Chicago was apparently named in 1833, after an Indian word meaning "strong". Someone told me Chicago meant "stink weed" in some Native American language (I guess there were lots of onions around here then), but seems like they were wrong lol.

Chicago also had the first electric iron and cooking range, the first winding watch, the first co-ed public high school and the first cafeteria. Cracker Jacks, Butterfingers (GROSS), Baby Ruths and Scwhinn bikes came from here too.

Chicago is home to the first totally fire-proof hotel, the Palmer House Hilton. Don't ask me how they even know that.

Hugh Hefner started "Playboy" magazine in 1953 in Chicago. A street over here was recently dedicated to him. People kept ripping down the signs though... I guess some people don't like porn?

The term "Jazz" was coined in Chicago in 1914. There are a lot of jazz type clubs around... I hear a lot of people playing it downtown on the corners. This one guy even brings a whole drum kit to State Street. He plays with a few other people on guitars.

The world's largest gum manufacturer, William Wrigley, Jr. Company, is in Chicago. It was also the first U.S. manufacturer to give its employees Saturdays and Sundays off of work.

The first regulation baseballs and bats used by professional players were manufactured by Chicago entrepreneur (and former pitcher) Albert G. Spalding.

The first Ferris Wheel made its debut in Chicago in 1893 at the World's Columbian Exposition. I think the largest one is here at Navy Pier. I never bothered to go though.

Oh, we also have the Taste of Chicago. I guess it's the world's largest food festival or something to that extent. I've been a few times... You have to buy little tickets to get food. It's just overly expensive, and honestly a lot of the food is just weird. It's still the only place I've ever seen a big fat pickle on a stick. Most of the food is pretty good though.

[Roxie Faye]

[color=indigo]Ok, if I told y'all where I live, my mom would freak and ground me for life. The most specific I can be is I live in northern Jersey. My dad(who oddly enough, live in THAILAND) sent me all these facts about New Jersey. Lesse if I can pull them out of my filing cabinet...

Ahh yes! Here it is. This list was also written by guy *grumbles* so the last one, is... weird. But hey, I'll take it as a compliment to myself. :p

Some facts on New Jersey - pretty interesting.

New Jersey is a peninsula.

New Jersey has the highest population density in the US an average1,030 people per sq. mi., which is 13 times the national average.

Highland, New Jersey has the highest elevation along the entire eastern seaboard, from Maine to Florida.

New Jersey has the highest percentage urban population in the US with about 90% of the people living in an urban area.

New Jersey is the only state where all its counties are classified as metropolitan areas.

New Jersey has more racehorses than Kentucky.

New Jersey has more Cubans in Union City (1 sq. mi.) than Havana, Cuba.

North Jersey is the car theft capital of the world, with more cars stolen in Newark then any other city. Even the 2 largest cities, NYC and LA put together.

New Jersey has the most dense system of highways and railroads in the US.

New Jersey has 108 toxic waste dumps. Which is the most in any one state in the nation.

New Jersey has the most diners in the world and is sometimes referred to as the diner capital of the world.

North Jersey has the most shopping malls in one area in the world with seven major shopping malls in a 25 square mile radius.

New Jersey is home to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.

The Passaic River was the site of the first submarine ride by inventor John P.
Holland.

New Jersey has over 50 resort cities and towns, some of the nations most famous, Asbury park, Wildwood, Atlantic City, Seaside Heights, Cape May.

New Jersey is a leading industrial state and is the largest chemical producing state in the nation.

New Jersey is a major seaport state with the largest seaport in the US located in Elizabeth.

The light bulb, phonograph (record player), motion picture projector were invented by Thomas Edison in his Menlo Park laboratory.

The first seaplane was built in Keyport.

The first airmail to Chicago was started from Keyport.

The first phonograph records were made in Camden.

New Jersey is home to the Miss America pageant held in Atlantic City.

Atlantic City is where the street names came from for the game Monopoly.

Atlantic City has the longest boardwalk in the world.

New Jersey has the largest petroleum containment area outside of the Middle East countries.

The first Indian reservation was in New Jersey.

New Jersey has the tallest water tower in the world.

New Jersey is home to the Boy Scouts of America with its headquarters located in New Brunswick.

Two-thirds of the world's eggplants are grown in New Jersey.

New Jersey had the first Medical Center, Jersey City.

The Pulaski Sky Way (first sky way highway) from Jersey City to Newark.

The first tunnel under the Hudson River. (Holland Tunnel)

The invention and manufacturing of the Colt Revolver was in Paterson.

New Jersey is the only state in the nation which offers child abuse prevention workshops to every public school.

The first baseball game was played in Hoboken.

The first intercollegiate football game was played in New Brunswick; in 1889 Rutgers College played Princeton. Rutgers won.

The first Drive-in Movie Theater was opened in Camden.

Home to both of NEW YORK'S Pro Football Teams.

The first radio station and broadcast was in Paterson.

Unofficially divided into two parts... This side and that side of the parkway bridge.

Jack Nicholson, Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Jason Alexander, Queen Latifa, Shaq, Judy Blume, Aaron Burr, Joan Robertson, Joseph Czesnik, Dr.Carl Gedon, John Milewski, Ken Kross, Dionne Warwick, Carole Baker, Judy Sharpe,Sarah Vaughn, Marilynn McCoo, Flip Wilson, Alexander Hamilton, Whitney Houston, Eddie Money, Frank Sinatra, Eileen Donnely, Grover Cleveland, Woodrow Wilson, Walt Whitman, Jerry Lewis, Richard Wojewodzki, Joyce Kilmer, Bruce Willis, Caesar Romero, Lou Costello, Nick Adams, Nathan Lane, Sandra Dee, Danny DaVito, Richard Conti, Joe Pesci, Robert Blake, John Forsyth, Meryl Streep, Loretta Swit,Norman Lloyd, Jerry Herman, Gorden McCrae, Kevin Spacey, John Travolta,Phyllis Newman, Uncle Floyd, Susan Sarandon, are all New Jersey natives.

And last but not least.... New Jersey produces the most beautiful women in the world!

Whew! Well, about MY erm... [i]borough[/i](lol, es that's what it's classified as), we have this cool old historical house where George Washington stayed in during the revolution. He walked along the river going through my town. We also have a really old library that dates back to the 1700's, and the district school building, which used to be a K-12 school in the early 1900's. Now our lazy superintendent(sp?) just sits there.

Speaking about our schools, we are VERY prestigious(I think my mom has a lot do with that, not boasting, just saying that she's one of the good educators in our school system), in our education. Ur school system's "motto" is: We are T.O.P.S! I can't tell you what T.O.P.S. stands for because it'll tell y'all where I live, and then my mom will kill me.

Alright, if you REALLY want to know where I live, you can figure it out my this sentence(which is, true, BTW). Last year, one of our schools placed FIRST in the state, in the national KMO competition. Not to mention [i]I[/i] was one of the students on that KMO team(hee hee).

Um.. that's enough rambling about my uh.. [i]borough[/i]. :D[/color]