I live in Johnson County

**CycloneYoda** · 02-24-2009, 10:29 AM

Should I be concerned that either my wife or I will snap and kill the family off?

Something fishy going on in these parts.

**Cyclonick182** · 02-24-2009, 01:54 PM

I feel for you, I work in Iowa City and the amount of homerism Im subjected to is sickening, granted I guess you'd get that for anyteam in their home town.

**CRcyclone6** · 02-24-2009, 01:55 PM

deep breath, breath, deep breath, breath

**Phaedrus** · 02-24-2009, 02:16 PM

Most states have two main institutions, one of which is dedicated to career-related, practical education, and the other of which is dedicated to the so-called "liberal arts". Without fail, the so-called "liberal arts" schools, become the epicenter of a critical mass of mental defectives, freaks and free-loaders, which results in all sorts of crazy behaviors.

While I am a big fan of the study of liberal arts and the social sciences, (I consider myself a social scientist, if you will) I have no idea why social and soft science institutions become correlated with such craziness.

**Ms3r4ISU** · 02-24-2009, 02:18 PM

Originally Posted by Phaedrus

I have no idea why social and soft science institutions become correlated with such craziness.

Correlated, or simply associated?

**tejasclone** · 02-24-2009, 02:22 PM

Originally Posted by Cyclonick182

I feel for you, I work in Iowa City and the amount of homerism Im subjected to is sickening, granted I guess you'd get that for anyteam in their home town.

Austin, Texas is absolutely suffocated with Longhorn twits.

**GoCubsGo** · 02-24-2009, 02:28 PM

Originally Posted by CycloneYoda

Should I be concerned that either my wife or I will snap and kill the family off?

Something fishy going on in these parts.

I know you're trying to be funny, but making light of the death of the members of that family is in poor taste.

**Phaedrus** · 02-24-2009, 02:38 PM

Originally Posted by Ms3r4ISU

Correlated, or simply associated?

I've seen some social theories that actually attribute cause. But I could soft-pedal it and say associated.

But my gut says at least correlated.

**Tornado man** · 02-24-2009, 02:41 PM

Originally Posted by GoCubsGo

I know you're trying to be funny, but making light of the death of the members of that family is in poor taste.

Anytime this tragedy is brought up, I get a sick feeling in my stomach thinking about including that husband/father/killer in the family funeral...

**iccyfan** · 02-24-2009, 02:53 PM

Originally Posted by CycloneYoda

Should I be concerned that either my wife or I will snap and kill the family off? Something fishy going on in these parts.

Are you refering to the murder / suicide in Lone Tree or something else? If it's the former, I don't see any humor in a tragedy...

**TarHeelHawk** · 02-24-2009, 03:05 PM

Originally Posted by iccyfan

Are you refering to the murder / suicide in Lone Tree or something else? If it's the former, I don't see any humor in a tragedy...

I would guess that he is referring to the murder/suicide last year where the guy ran his minivan into a pole on I-80. I forget the name of the guy, but was a professor, and something happened at the school.

I would also guess that the original poster isn't referring to that at all, he just merely forgot to add

. Hopefully.

**mwoodley13** · 02-24-2009, 03:14 PM

Originally Posted by TarHeelHawk

I would guess that he is referring to the murder/suicide last year where the guy ran his minivan into a pole on I-80. I forget the name of the guy, but was a professor, and something happened at the school.

I would also guess that the original poster isn't referring to that at all, he just merely forgot to add

. Hopefully.

You're getting your IC tragedies mixed up (seems like there's been a lot in the past year). The guy who killed his family and crashed the minivan was a bank VP. The professor shot himself in a park. Terrible stuff either way.

**iccyfan** · 02-24-2009, 03:33 PM

Originally Posted by mwoodley13

You're getting your IC tragedies mixed up (seems like there's been a lot in the past year). The guy who killed his family and crashed the minivan was a bank VP. The professor shot himself in a park. Terrible stuff either way.

Or the music professor accused of sexual harassment or the Coralville Regina mom rescued with her sons from the Iowa River only to try again....there's definitely a dark cloud hanging over us...

Today's tragedy, which happened over the weekend in Lone Tree, involved a 51 y/o male who appears to have strangled his 39 y/o former girlfriend before taking his own life.

**2forISU** · 02-24-2009, 03:43 PM

There is something in the water. Weird things just keep happening in this county. Why can't people just take their lives...why do they have to take someone else?