# What do you associate with Wyoming? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 25, 2008, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-associate-with-wyoming/465145 "2008-09-25T13:31:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![batsto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b2d939/32.png) [@batsto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/batsto)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-associate-with-wyoming/465145/1 "2008-09-25T13:31:51Z")
My daughter’s Girl Scout troop is going to be in our annual Halloween parade, all dressed as various states. My daughter has Wyoming, and I have absolutely no idea what a Wyoming costume would look like. Anyone have any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-associate-with-wyoming/465145/2 "2008-09-25T13:49:23Z")
a) Cowboys, but whoever gets Texas or Oklahoma will probably do a cowboy b) Oil workers such as [roughnecks](http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2004/ALLPOLITICS/06/17/texas/vert.texas.3.jpg) … again, the Texas or Okie person may snag that, but I think there’s less chance of it. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-associate-with-wyoming/465145/3 "2008-09-25T13:54:02Z")
I know that’s where the dogies will make their new home but that’s their misfortune and none of my own. ---
**Author:** ![batsto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b2d939/32.png) [@batsto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/batsto)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-associate-with-wyoming/465145/4 "2008-09-25T13:57:45Z")
We thought of cowboys, too, but I figured she’d look just like Texas or Oklahoma. Even a costume in the shape of the state wouldn’t be very obvious, either. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-associate-with-wyoming/465145/5 "2008-09-25T13:59:54Z")
Sheep. Don’t know if that has any bearing on reality, but on a word-association level, it’s the first thing I thought of. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-associate-with-wyoming/465145/6 "2008-09-25T14:00:30Z")
Gay shepherds. Sorry, not much use. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-associate-with-wyoming/465145/7 "2008-09-25T14:04:26Z")
> [@batsto](#): > > We thought of cowboys, too, but I figured she’d look just like Texas or Oklahoma. Even a costume in the shape of the state wouldn’t be very obvious, either. Well when the [state license plate](http://www.15q.net/us5/wy02.jpg) and [state quarter](http://www.theus50.com/images/state-quarters/wyoming-quarter.jpg) both have a cowboy on them… I’ve been to the fabulous [Buffalo Bill Historical Center](http://www.bbhc.org/home/index.cfm?CFID=288732&CFTOKEN=37967333) in Cody. Lots of cowboy and indian type stuff. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-associate-with-wyoming/465145/8 "2008-09-25T14:09:22Z")
Have her dress as Dick Cheney. That’s probably the scariest thing associated with Wyoming. ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-associate-with-wyoming/465145/9 "2008-09-25T14:14:38Z")
Wind and grass, mountains and sage. Devil’s tower. A working Old Faithful costume would be good, maybe get a mentos and diet coke thing going every hour (or 15 minutes given the length of the event). ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-associate-with-wyoming/465145/10 "2008-09-25T14:18:22Z")
Wyoming native here. How about a buffalo? Or to go the educational route, she could dress up as a ballot or a 19th century women’s suffragist. Wyoming was the first state to grant women the right to vote. Or if you’re willing to get really creative, she could go as [Devil’s Tower](http://www.destination360.com/north-america/us/wyoming/images/s/wyoming-devils-tower.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-associate-with-wyoming/465145/11 "2008-09-25T14:21:50Z")
I second Dick Cheney (the mighty and accursed). That’s the first thing I think of when someone mentions Wyoming. ---
**Author:** ![batsto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b2d939/32.png) [@batsto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/batsto)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-associate-with-wyoming/465145/12 "2008-09-25T15:03:39Z")
I like the suffrage suggestion…I’m not sure if we’ll be able to pull it off, but it would be a perfect idea for the Girl Scouts I think. ---
**Author:** ![Key\_Lime\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/48db29/32.png) [@Key\_Lime\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Key_Lime_Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-associate-with-wyoming/465145/13 "2008-09-25T15:07:28Z")
Since there’s only one university in the state, you could dress her up in [Gameday](http://www.collegegear.com/sf/stores/1051/p-347790.shtml) [Gold](http://www.collegegear.com/sf/stores/1051/p-381524.shtml). ---
**Author:** ![batsto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b2d939/32.png) [@batsto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/batsto)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-associate-with-wyoming/465145/14 "2008-09-25T15:10:48Z")
> [@Key\_Lime\_Guy](#): > > Since there’s only one university in the state, you could dress her up in [Gameday](http://www.collegegear.com/sf/stores/1051/p-347790.shtml) [Gold](http://www.collegegear.com/sf/stores/1051/p-381524.shtml). We definitely don’t want to go the sports-team route. I suspect several of the other kids will do that, and we don’t want it to look like a sports-themed parade. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-associate-with-wyoming/465145/15 "2008-09-25T15:12:04Z")
> [@batsto](#): > > My daughter’s Girl Scout troop is going to be in our annual Halloween parade, all dressed as various states. My daughter has Wyoming, and I have absolutely no idea what a Wyoming costume would look like. Anyone have any suggestions? Skiing, cattle, dinosaurs, cowboys and wide-open spaces. ---
**Author:** ![bink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/439d5e/32.png) [@bink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bink)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-associate-with-wyoming/465145/16 "2008-09-25T15:13:24Z")
The ultimate trophy state for Where’s George hits (for East Coast people, anyway.) Oh, sorry, I answered that without reading the question. I’d say something cowgirlish with lots of fringe on it. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-associate-with-wyoming/465145/17 "2008-09-25T15:14:23Z")
Dick Cheney. ---
**Author:** ![batsto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b2d939/32.png) [@batsto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/batsto)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-associate-with-wyoming/465145/18 "2008-09-25T15:20:34Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > Skiing, cattle, dinosaurs, cowboys and wide-open spaces. A skiing dinosaur would be funny…but probably not what they’re looking for. I’m not sure how to dress as a wide open space, either. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-associate-with-wyoming/465145/19 "2008-09-25T15:25:35Z")
Why… the Pinedale Anticline of course! … that or an antelope. ---
**Author:** ![Litoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@Litoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Litoris)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-associate-with-wyoming/465145/20 "2008-09-25T15:25:48Z")
A Garfield cartoon forever ago (in the 80’s) that was him saying “Wyoming is (some NA tribe, I forget which) for ‘there is absolutely nothing there’.” Seems like there was another one in which he was saying that there wasn’t actually a state there, but the mapmakers weren’t sure what was there, so they just called it some nonsense word. So, yeh, I associate Garfield with Wyoming. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-associate-with-wyoming/465145.md?page=2)