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Where I'm from, a Hoosier is a...

dish made of egg whites, ham, and Skittles.
citizen of Indiana.
tire.
rural person of low character or small means.
never heard of it.
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Re: Poll: What's a Hoosier?
« Reply #25 on: March 27, 2011, 02:33:16 PM »
Quote from: El Tejon on March 27, 2011, 12:40:42 PM
Many different theories:

1.  People who worked for Samuel Huzier in Indiana before statehood.

2.  "Whose ear?"

3.  "Who's there?"

4.  Southern term to describe banjos, which still survives in Missouri.

The banjo is a marvelous musical instrument which originated from African slaves, and went on to become a staple of American folk music, was briefly quite fashionable among the arts and croissants crowd of the nineteenth century, then became common in Irish music.

For you to use the term disparagingly is annoying.
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Re: Poll: What's a Hoosier?
« Reply #26 on: March 27, 2011, 04:24:20 PM »
Aha! A banjo fanatic. Now we finally know who Fistful really is.

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Re: Poll: What's a Hoosier?
« Reply #27 on: March 27, 2011, 04:27:21 PM »
Quote from: Fistful on March 27, 2011, 02:33:16 PM
The banjo is a marvelous musical instrument which originated from African slaves, and went on to become a staple of American folk music, was briefly quite fashionable among the arts and croissants crowd of the nineteenth century, then became common in Irish music.

For you to use the term disparagingly is annoying.

I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or merely weird.  =|
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Re: Poll: What's a Hoosier?
« Reply #28 on: March 27, 2011, 05:03:14 PM »
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Re: Poll: What's a Hoosier?
« Reply #29 on: March 27, 2011, 05:12:30 PM »
"Now spit!"  =D
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Re: Poll: What's a Hoosier?
« Reply #30 on: March 27, 2011, 05:16:18 PM »
Quote from: BridgeRunner on March 27, 2011, 04:27:21 PM
I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or merely weird.  =|

Not bein' weird. Banjos is nice.
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Re: Poll: What's a Hoosier?
« Reply #31 on: March 27, 2011, 09:57:10 PM »
Been around dirt track racing most my life; therefore Hoosiers = tires
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Re: Poll: What's a Hoosier?
« Reply #32 on: March 27, 2011, 10:08:13 PM »
Quote from: Fistful on March 27, 2011, 02:33:16 PM
The banjo is .......
....annoying.

Q: How many banjo players does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Only one, but all the others gathered around will complain that that's not the way Earl Scruggs would have done it.

Q: How can you tell the stage you're playing on is level?
A: The banjo player is drooling out of both sides of his mouth.

Q: What is the difference between a banjo and an anchor?
A: You tie a rope to an anchor before you throw it overboard.

Q: Why do so many fishermen own banjos?
A: They make great anchors!

Q: Why did the Boy Scout take up the banjo?
A: They make good paddles.

Q: What is the difference between a banjo and a chain saw?
A: A chain saw has a dynamic range.

Q: What is the difference between a banjo and a chain saw?
A: You can turn off a chainsaw.

Q: What is the difference between a banjo and a South American Macaw?
A: One is loud, obnoxious and noisy; the other is a bird.

Q: What is the difference between a banjo and a Harley-Davidson motorcycle?
A: You can tune a Harley.

Q: What is the difference between a banjo and an Uzi submachine gun?
A: An Uzi only repeats 40 times.

Q: Why does everyone hate a banjo right off?
A: Saves time.

Q: Why is the banjo player a fiddle player's best friend?
A: Without him, the fiddle would be the most hated instrument on earth.

Q: How can you tell the difference between all the banjo songs?
A: By their names.

Q: What is the most seldom heard comment made of banjo players?
A: "Say, isn't that the banjo player's Porsche?"

Q: What do you say to the banjo player in the three piece suit?
A: Will the defendant please rise.

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Re: Poll: What's a Hoosier?
« Reply #33 on: March 27, 2011, 11:59:02 PM »
Does this mean there are people that don't like banjos? I thought they were mythical, like people that don't like bag-pipes or opera. Such a sad world...
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Re: Poll: What's a Hoosier?
« Reply #34 on: March 28, 2011, 01:55:32 PM »
Banjos the people, not banjos the instrument.

Banjos=mopes, layabouts, hilljacks, the criminal class of any society, the low end of the SES, inter alia.

Instrument Police=> :police:
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Re: Poll: What's a Hoosier?
« Reply #35 on: March 28, 2011, 02:54:01 PM »
Quote from: Fistful on March 26, 2011, 01:53:55 AM
And with good reason!  Sorry, charby.  =)

I live in Iowa.
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Re: Poll: What's a Hoosier?
« Reply #36 on: March 28, 2011, 02:54:12 PM »
What are the first words a banjos players kid hears?

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Re: Poll: What's a Hoosier?
« Reply #37 on: March 28, 2011, 05:01:47 PM »
Quote from: El Tejon on March 28, 2011, 01:55:32 PM
Banjos the people, not banjos the instrument.

Banjos=mopes, layabouts, hilljacks, the criminal class of any society, the low end of the SES, inter alia.

Instrument Police=> :police:


I surely expected flossing to be somehow mentioned here.
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Re: Poll: What's a Hoosier?
« Reply #38 on: March 28, 2011, 05:35:32 PM »
The only reason I know the word Hoosier is from Outlaw Josey Whales and that movie called Hoosiers which I have never seen.  Other than that, it is a non-existent term in my part of Texas.
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Re: Poll: What's a Hoosier?
« Reply #39 on: March 28, 2011, 06:25:37 PM »
Quote from: charby on March 28, 2011, 02:54:01 PM
I live in Iowa.

I know, but we've discussed the issue of Illinois flatness before. 
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Re: Poll: What's a Hoosier?
« Reply #40 on: March 28, 2011, 07:03:18 PM »
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Re: Poll: What's a Hoosier?
« Reply #41 on: March 28, 2011, 07:16:56 PM »
My father-in-law has no connection to Bluegrass, besides being Allison Krauss's high school guidance counselor. But anyway, he says that when you hear a banjo, you can't help but smile. This is almost true.
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Re: Poll: What's a Hoosier?
« Reply #42 on: March 28, 2011, 07:20:39 PM »
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But anyway, he says that when you hear a banjo, you can't help but smile. This is almost true.

I think Ned Beatty would disagree. ;)
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Re: Poll: What's a Hoosier?
« Reply #43 on: March 28, 2011, 07:22:03 PM »
Quote from: Monkeyleg on March 28, 2011, 07:20:39 PM
I think Ned Beatty would disagree. ;)

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Re: Poll: What's a Hoosier?
« Reply #44 on: March 28, 2011, 08:19:51 PM »
Quote from: Fistful on March 28, 2011, 07:16:56 PM
My father-in-law has no connection to Bluegrass, besides being Allison Krauss's high school guidance counselor.

So....he's the one responsible.....  ;/
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Re: Poll: What's a Hoosier?
« Reply #45 on: March 29, 2011, 01:28:32 AM »
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Re: Poll: What's a Hoosier?
« Reply #46 on: March 29, 2011, 02:51:57 PM »
Grew up in Chicago - always understood "Hoosier" to be "Citizen of Indiana."

Even then it wasn't a commonly-encountered term . . . today? Heck, most of today's twentysomethings probably don't even know what "two bits" is worth.
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Re: Poll: What's a Hoosier?
« Reply #47 on: March 29, 2011, 02:57:21 PM »
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Re: Poll: What's a Hoosier?
« Reply #48 on: March 29, 2011, 05:06:56 PM »
Quote from: HankB on March 29, 2011, 02:51:57 PM
Grew up in Chicago - always understood "Hoosier" to be "Citizen of Indiana."

Even then it wasn't a commonly-encountered term . . . today? Heck, most of today's twentysomethings probably don't even know what "two bits" is worth.
Of course, if they do know it, then you will expect them to know terms like floppy disc, punch card, record, cassette deck, VCR, and tv antenna.
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Re: Poll: What's a Hoosier?
« Reply #49 on: March 29, 2011, 05:13:41 PM »
Quote from: HankB on March 29, 2011, 02:51:57 PM
Grew up in Chicago - always understood "Hoosier" to be "Citizen of Indiana."

Even then it wasn't a commonly-encountered term . . . today? Heck, most of today's twentysomethings probably don't even know what "two bits" is worth.

Do you think most forty-somethings know what two bits is worth?
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