# You think your state is SO COOL! I betcha YOUR state doesn't have a.... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 24, 2000, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-think-your-state-is-so-cool-i-betcha-your-state-doesnt-have-a/26680 "2000-07-24T20:14:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-think-your-state-is-so-cool-i-betcha-your-state-doesnt-have-a/26680/61 "2000-07-26T18:48:37Z")
green: What??? You’re from Idaho and you’re not touting the world’s largest concrete potato (in front of the Idaho Potato Expo in Blackfoot)??? For shame! ---
**Author:** ![Flypsyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Flypsyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flypsyde)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-think-your-state-is-so-cool-i-betcha-your-state-doesnt-have-a/26680/62 "2000-07-26T19:36:44Z")
[quote] Which state is it that has the buffalo/cow chip tossing contests?\* Uhhhh, that’d be Illinois again. At least, Illinois also does this. Honestly, I can’t for the life of me understand why everyone isn’t simply beating a trail to move here. ---
**Author:** ![Sledman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Sledman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sledman)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-think-your-state-is-so-cool-i-betcha-your-state-doesnt-have-a/26680/63 "2000-07-26T19:54:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Flypsyde \* > > Honestly, I can’t for the life of me understand why everyone isn’t simply beating a trail to move here. > \*\* Well you guys do have that lovely vacation destination… East St. Louis :eek: ---
**Author:** ![tygre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@tygre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tygre)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-think-your-state-is-so-cool-i-betcha-your-state-doesnt-have-a/26680/64 "2000-07-26T20:05:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mrblue92 \* > **Which state is it that has the buffalo/cow chip tossing contests? IIRC, I thought it was Texas or Wyoming… Seems to me flinging pieces of excrement as sport should get some sort of recognition.** There was one last weekend just south of good ol’ Springfield! Ugh. Would YOU touch cow dung, even dried? –tygre ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-think-your-state-is-so-cool-i-betcha-your-state-doesnt-have-a/26680/65 "2000-07-26T20:34:42Z")
I think our Dakota friends seem to have forgotten all about Wall Drug… ---
**Author:** ![Altair\_8800](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@Altair\_8800](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Altair_8800)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2000, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-think-your-state-is-so-cool-i-betcha-your-state-doesnt-have-a/26680/66 "2000-07-27T00:25:03Z")
I’m from North Carolina. We have the “North Carolina Pickle Festival.” Actually, it’s the Mt. Olive Pickle Festival. There used to be 2 pickle companies involved–Cates Pickles and Mt. Olive Pickles. Then one day the plant manager at Cates quit and went to work at Mt. Olive, where he became a vice-president. Cates went downhill, and Mt. Olive became the largest pickle company in the southeast. And that’s why we have a pickle festival. Thank you. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-think-your-state-is-so-cool-i-betcha-your-state-doesnt-have-a/26680.md?page=3)