So, what's the deal with Wyoming?

[KneadToKnow]

@Kimballkid

Would you rather they name it after an unfriendly ghost?

North Carolina has a town named Clyde. Does that count?

[Colibri]

@Flyer

[nitpick] Pikes Peak [/nitpick]

This is one of the few times that the possessive form does not take an apostrophe.

To nitpick further, I was referring to the Gold Rush, at the time of which the peak was (correctly) known as Pike’s Peak. I am aware that the grammatically incorrect form has been adopted by some official sources.

[kayaker]

@Colibri

To nitpick further, I was referring to the Gold Rush, at the time of which the peak was (correctly) known as Pike’s Peak. I am aware that the grammatically incorrect form has been adopted by some official sources.

WooHoo!!! Very cool.

[Spiff]

@Colibri

To nitpick further, I was referring to the Gold Rush, at the time of which the peak was (correctly) known as Pike’s Peak. I am aware that the grammatically incorrect form has been adopted by some official sources.

DOWN GOES Flyer!

[Colibri]

@kayaker

WooHoo!!! Very cool.

I understand there are proposals on the table to rename The Bronx as Da Bronx and New Orleans as Nawlins.

[BlinkingDuck]

I lived in WY for 5 years!!! Pity me! Pity me! … and I lived in the SCENIC part!

It’s DRY

It’s BARREN.

It’s COLD.

It’s WINDY.

It’s full of unfriendly people that think they are friendly. Trust me…this is much worse than unfriendly people that don’t give a shit.

There is a reason WY is sparsely populated.

[Colibri]

@Spiff

DOWN GOES Flyer!

Live by the nitpick, die by the nitpick.

[CorneaGenii]

@rachelellogram

It doesn’t seem like it should be so sparsely populated. It’s just north of Colorado and Utah, and lots people seem to live there. And I’ve met plenty of other people (online & at college) who are from Idaho, but I’ve never known anyone who came from Wyoming. Ever. Why not, Wyoming?

I learned the truth about Wyoming as a child. I’ve not seen nor heard anything since to make me think otherwise.

[FatBaldGuy]

@Inigo_Montoya

C’mon. Say the whole joke: it’s the Butte Hole.

No, that’s in Montana. The one in Wyoming is called Jackson Hole.

[sitchensis]

@Inigo_Montoya

C’mon. Say the whole joke: it’s the Butte Hole.

Jackson Hole is in Wyoming, your Butte hole is in Montana

[Dufus]

@BlinkingDuck

It’s DRY

It’s BARREN.

It’s COLD.

It’s WINDY.

It’s full of unfriendly people that think they are friendly. Trust me…this is much worse than unfriendly people that don’t give a shit.

I wonder what the Arapaho, Shoshone and Cheyenne thought about the place?

[Muffin]

@Mr.Duality

The aircraft carrier thing was actually a sarcastic poison-pill amendment attached to a kinda sensible bill which would have appropriated $16,000 to study preparations for the collapse of the national government.

Preparing for the collapse of the national government is also whacko.

[Irishman]

@Mr.Duality

The aircraft carrier thing was actually a sarcastic poison-pill amendment attached to a kinda sensible bill which would have appropriated $16,000 to study preparations for the collapse of the national government.

You say that with a straight face. That’s the best deadpan I’ve ever seen.

[Inigo_Montoya]

@FatBaldGuy

No, that’s in Montana. The one in Wyoming is called Jackson Hole.

Sometimes there’s just not enough room for the requisite number of :smack:

@Dufus

I wonder what the Arapaho, Shoshone and Cheyenne thought about the place?

“At least there’s no friggin Apaches around here.”

[Iggins]

@Chefguy

Are you sure you don’t mean “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”? The Devils Tower Monument area in the east is very scenic, IMO. Rolling hills and farms, with enough trees to make it interesting. Out west you have part of Yellowstone Park and Grand Teton National Park and beautiful vistas of the Rockies. Most of the state is pretty boring, however, unless you’re a rancher, but the same applies to parts of Montana and a whole lot (okay, all) of North Dakota. Winters are harsh and summers can be sweltering. I’ve seen most all of Montana and Wyoming, and enjoyed it, but I wouldn’t live there on a bet.

I was referring to watching Star Wars for the first time in WY, but yeah, Devils Tower is a great place. I remember hiking up it at least twice.

We were also close enough to go to Bedrock a few times.

[Chefguy]

@Iggins

I was referring to watching Star Wars for the first time in WY, but yeah, Devils Tower is a great place. I remember hiking up it at least twice.

We were also close enough to go to Bedrock a few times.

Around it on the path, I’m assuming you mean. Hiking up to the top would be a superhuman feat ;). I couldn’t believe all the rock climbers on that thing: it’s truly massive and quite vertical.

[Jackknifed_Juggernaut]

Plus, it sounds like a verb.

[Jackknifed_Juggernaut]

Another theory is that it is last on an alphabetical list of states, so people trying different states out will arrive there last. Now’s the time to buy real estate there.

[Kent_Clark]

@Iggins

We lived in Gillette, WY when I was around 4 years old. My sister was born there… Everything above is absolutely true - it’s cold, flat, WINDY, and sparce.

Ehh, Chicago is cold, flat and WINDY. That can’t be it.

[dolphinboy]

I live in Northwest Montana, and while we make fun of the ranchers in Eastern Montana, we really poke fun at the nuts that live in Wyoming and North Dakota. With the recent oil boom in ND drawing hundreds of Montanans for work, that leaves Wyoming as the state to poke fun at. It’s flat, dry, cold and windy.

Except for the very western part, Wyoming is mostly uninhabited prairie with a some great spots to visit, like Devil’s Tower, and some really neat old mining towns… but we sure would want to live there. Why would anyone move to Wyoming except to mine for metals or ranch, and they are both tough ways to make a living…