Holy Toledo
You know, Toledo gets a lot of flack for being a bad city. But I've been thinking about it lately and have thought of some pretty neat things about living in Toledo, (or even Ohio,) vs. living in mid-Michigan. Here's a list.
1) Road projects actually get done months ahead of time and under budget.
2) $2.15 a gallon gas (and dropping.)
3) No smoking allowed in restaurants.
4) I saved hundreds of dollars on my car insurance and I didn't have to switch to Geico.
5) No playing Dodgem with pot-holes on the Freeway.
6) If you get a craving for a Subway sub, you'll never have to travel further than a half-mile to get one.
7) Bars in 30% of strip malls.
8) Can't legally go faster than 65 mph anywhere in the State.
9) Strip Clubs that double as sports bars (with occasional outdoor BBQ's.)
10) Living in Toledo I have a better chance of seeing local native Katie Holmes' baby Suri, then her parents do.
11) If I wanted Crack or Hookers I could pick some up on the way to work.
12) All the "high" class Republicans.
13) Not having to cover non-fatal shootings or house fires unless it's a slow news day.
14) Toledo was once called "The Black Swamp," if that's not proof of it's greatness I don't know what is.
All right, so the tone of this blog took an unexpected downward spiral at the end there. Maybe the reason I don't think Toledo's all that bad, is because it actually used to be a part of Michigan.
Yup, that is a true fact. In 1835 the Michigan/Ohio war began. It was brief and the only injury was a bar-fight stabbing, but in the end Michigan lost Toledo. As a compromise they were given the final third of what we now call the U.P.
History rocks!
So there you have it. Next time you hear someone from Michigan spouting off about how terrible Toledo is, just remember that Toledoans are really just Michigan POWs.
1) Road projects actually get done months ahead of time and under budget.
2) $2.15 a gallon gas (and dropping.)
3) No smoking allowed in restaurants.
4) I saved hundreds of dollars on my car insurance and I didn't have to switch to Geico.
5) No playing Dodgem with pot-holes on the Freeway.
6) If you get a craving for a Subway sub, you'll never have to travel further than a half-mile to get one.
7) Bars in 30% of strip malls.
8) Can't legally go faster than 65 mph anywhere in the State.
9) Strip Clubs that double as sports bars (with occasional outdoor BBQ's.)
10) Living in Toledo I have a better chance of seeing local native Katie Holmes' baby Suri, then her parents do.
11) If I wanted Crack or Hookers I could pick some up on the way to work.
12) All the "high" class Republicans.
13) Not having to cover non-fatal shootings or house fires unless it's a slow news day.
14) Toledo was once called "The Black Swamp," if that's not proof of it's greatness I don't know what is.
All right, so the tone of this blog took an unexpected downward spiral at the end there. Maybe the reason I don't think Toledo's all that bad, is because it actually used to be a part of Michigan.
Yup, that is a true fact. In 1835 the Michigan/Ohio war began. It was brief and the only injury was a bar-fight stabbing, but in the end Michigan lost Toledo. As a compromise they were given the final third of what we now call the U.P.
History rocks!
So there you have it. Next time you hear someone from Michigan spouting off about how terrible Toledo is, just remember that Toledoans are really just Michigan POWs.
posted by SassyJill at 8:45 AM
1 Comments:
Funny you mention Katie Holmes' parents -- they live in Celebration, FL. We used to sometimes spot her there in her pre-TomKat days...
I still think sunny beaches and dolphins are better than crack whores and blizzards!
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