You know you're from Kansas City when...
My brother sent me this email and I did a bit of cutting and pasting but it's freakin' hilarious. Anyone who is a KC native can relate to nearly all of these I have no doubt. A few of them almost made me wet my pants they were so funny and sadly, true.
...you make sure people know which state your from
when explaining you're from KC.
... you think Northtowners drive like crazy.
... you whined through the 90's about Marty ball and
now wish he was back so the chiefs could just make the
playoffs.
... you know better than to try and drive through "the
triangle" at rush hour.
... you know Leawood sucks, even if you live there.
...you know what color gunther cunninghams awful
glasses are.
... you've had a skyscraper at Windsteads.
... you remember how awesome Ward Parkway Mall used to
be, and now complain that you have to go to Town
Center
... you've said "but we were in Missouri, so the cops
just let us go"
... you very rarely actually go downtown
... you've stumbled through Westport.
... you can't help but giggle when talking about the
"massive shuttlecocks" in front of the Nelson.
... you have ever defended dick vermeil for being such
a cry baby.
... you've bragged to others how close you live to the
Meth capital of the world, but thank God its still far
away enough to not make you feel white trash.
... you think Johnson County folks are a bit
pretentious (even if you are one).
...you've had Brian Busby come to your school to talk
about Weather.
... you've had a Gates BBQ employee scream at you,
"May I help you?"
... you've gotten in a fight in gradeschool over the
MU/KU allegiance
... you know where the Appleby's house is.
... and George Brett's house.
... you brag you're from the Missouri side.
... you keep the fact that you're from KCK a secret.
... you're driving directions always involve Ward
Parkway or State Line.
... Wyandotte County confuses the hell out of you.
... you think that every year is the year the chiefs
will win it all.
... you remember when the Detonator and the Mamba were
ground-breaking rides.
...you'll only buy a drink at a baseball game if it is
advertised by a man yelling "LEEMONADE LEEMONADE
LEEMONADE"
...you know the royals suck, but you refuse to let any
Cardinals fan forget about the 1985 world series.
... you know that KC has a jazz district down at 18th
and Vine, but you've never been there.
... you can't find a steak worthy of your pallette
outside of KC.
... you know that if you don't get to Suicide Hill by
8 AM, you're gonna get nothing but dirt.
... you know the name Buck O'Neil needs to be in the
Baseball Hall of Fame....NOW.
... you know that Union Station wasn't always so lame.
... you have had some of the best bbq in your life...
at a gas station.
... one of your guilty pleasures is Go Chicken Go,
despite how disgusting it really is.
... you've eaten a meal that was delivered to you by a
model train.
... regardless if you're from the suburban wannabe KC
area, you still tell people from out of town you're
from KC; and that's because it sounds so much worse to
say you're from Shawnee Mission, Leawood, Overland Park, Liberty, Harrisonville, Belton, Blue Springs, Lee's Summit, Mission Hills, Olathe, Odessa, Longview,
Grandview, Raytown, Merriam, Riverside, Kearney, De
Soto, Fairway, Gladstone, Excelsior, Leavenworth,
Ottawa, Prairie Village, Raymore, Bonner Springs
(hahahahaha), Parkville, Tonganoxie, Unity Village,
Westwood, Peculiar, Riverside, Independence,
Smithville, etc. I mean come on, how lame is that?
... you and your friends have been talking about
stealing a 69 South sign for years.
... you still call it Sandstone.
... you've played football on the median of Ward
Parkway.
... you can tell a "Lin Elliot" joke.
... you think Windsteads craps all over Steak and
Shake in Quality and Taste.
... ...you think St. Louis sucks, and HAVE POSTED ALL
THE REASONS WHY.
... you've celebrated the turning on of christmas
lights with about 100,000 other drunk people... every
year.
... you take the back way to Kauffman/Arrowhead by
passing by LC's Barbeque.
... you've drank at Loose Park at night.
.. you know that fireworks sustain Riverside's
economy.
... on nights when you feel like being classy, you
drink Boulevard Wheat with a lemon.
... it can take you up to 45 minutes to get to a
friends house, without traffic.
... you remember Bob "The Hammer" Hamlin.
... one word: Comets.
... you know who the "Nigerian Nightmare" is.
... you set off enough fireworks to blow up China
every year on the fourth of July, even though all the
news stations remind you "they're cracking down this
year."
... you went to Waldo Pizza/Imo's/Uno's before a
dance.
... you know the following numbers: 648-8888 and
321-2277 (and can sing the accompanying songs).
... you spent a full day learning how life works at
Exchange City.
... you remember running through the crown center
fountains as a kid.
... you've stood in line for hours to buy a dual pass
for The Edge of Hell and The Beast and complained
about how bad the Beast sucked afterwards
... you've been to Kaleidoscope (and still want to go
back).
... you like restaurants that "choke thier own
chickens"
... when you read names like Arthur Bryants, Gates,
Jacks Stack, or Oklahoma Joes you begin to salavate.
... you brag that you're not from the Most Dangerous
City in the nation, St. Louis.
... blues and barbeque with picnic tables and fatty
budweiser make the perfect date. (that was a BBs
reference)
...you know your from Kansas City if you think
Gatorade X-Factor was named after Dante Hall
posted by andebos at 9:56 PM
4 Comments:
holy freaking cow - i am from KC!
that's a pretty awesome list.... could relate to every single one of them but getting my meal delivered by a toy train??
Oh yeah bro, it's a great place to eat! Forget the name of it but it's in the corner of crown center. This little train that has raised tracks drives around, your food is hooked on it, when it arrives at your table you take it off and then off the train goes again
super classy!
so... where is the meth capital?! somehow i thought it was in south africa... i guess i am ignorant to the fact that its perceived stateside as a white trash kind of drug...
That is a great list. The train place is Fritz's. The original is located in KCK. Fun times.
Laura
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