Iowa...Land of Cowards

[CYlent Bob]

The Alamo is a 6th grade lesson. It's near the end of their formal studies.

Sixth grade is their formal test on The Alamo. Before that its just another part of the curriculum.

You're probably thinking about that 6th grade test because of the consequences of failure. If a kid can't pass that test on three tries, all his classmates give him a "Full Metal Jacket" blanket party, then the school janitor drives him to the Oklahoma border where he's thrown out of the moving car and banished from the state for life.

The Alamo is kind of a big deal in Texas.

 

[MLawrence]

Dude probably has a decades-old chip on his shoulder ever since his first grade teacher mentioned that nobody from Iowa came to help defend the Alamo.

We know a lost cause when we see one. Too soon?

 

[CYlent Bob]

We know a lost cause when we see one. Too soon?

Hint: when did Iowa become a state?

 

[wonkadog]

There were so many things I wanted to say but knew they would fall on deaf ears so we just told him to leave. I'm pretty sure he was getting at us voting for Obama, gay marriage etc. That was kind of the tone I got from it.

Good idea, you wouldn't have had much to stand on going that route.

 

[bosco]

Confucius says-man who farts in church sits on pew.

 

[MLawrence]

Hint: when did Iowa become a state?

I knew Iowa was the 29th state but didn't realize Texas was 28th. Learn something new everyday.

 

[cyrocksmypants]

But seriously. It's Land of Lions.

#bewell

 

[BoxsterCy]

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[isutoad]

Just hard for me to believe. Good story.