Friday, February 16, 2007

Rules For Entering Montana

Rules for entering Montana.
1. Pull up your droopy pants. You look like an idiot.
2. Let's get this straight; it's called a "gravel road". I drive a pickup truck because I need to. No matter how slow you drive, you're going to get dust on your Lexus. Drive it or get out of the way.
3. They are horses, cattle, saw mills & oil wells. That's what they smell like to you. They smell like jobs to us. Get over it. Don't like it? I-90 and I-94 go East and West, I-15 goes North and South. Pick one.
4. So you have a $60,000 dollar car. We're impressed. We have quarter-million dollar, air conditioned tractors that we drive 3 weeks a year.
5. So every person, in every pickup truck, waves. It's called being friendly, try to understand the concept.
6. If that cell phone rings while a flock of geese is coming in, we will shoot the phone out of your hand. You better hope you don't have it up to your ear.
7. Yeah, we eat walleye & rainbow trout. You really want sushi & caviar? It's available at the corner bait shop.
8. The "Opener" refers to the first day of deer season. It's a religious holiday, held the closest Sunday to the first of November.
9. In Montana, it is not trendy and is considered very, very unsafe to criticize the USA. God bless John Wayne, Elvis Presley, Audey Murphy, Cary Grant, Charlton Heston, and Jimmy Stewart but the rest of Hollywood is not welcome here.
10. No, there is not a "vegetarian special" on the menu. Order steak or you can order the Chef's Salad and pick off the 2 pounds of ham & turkey.
11. When we fill out a table, there are three main dishes: meats, vegetables, and breads. We use three spices: salt, pepper, and Alpine Touch.
12. You bring "coke" into my house, it better be brown, wet, & served over ice. You bring "Mary Jane" into my house, she better be cute, know how to shoot, drive a truck, and have long hair.
13. High School Football is as important here as the Vikings and the Seattle Seahawks--And more fun to watch.
14. Colleges? Try Montana State or the University of Montana. They come out of there with an education--Plus a love for God and country.
15. We have a higher percentage of folks in the Navy, Army, Marines, & Air Force than any other state, so "Don't Mess with Montana." If you do, it will get your butt kicked.
16. Many of us are loggers, mill workers, ranchers & miners. For well over a century, we have helped supply beef for your tables, metals for cars, coal for electricity and wood for your 'show-off' homes. Don't come here and tell us to stop working so you can re-make the whole State into your own no-hunting park.
17. Remember, you came here because Montana is different. It will be kept that way. We don't need or want more shopping malls, housing developments or juice bars.
18. Don't try to use your imported money to re-make Montana into the image of where you just left. If you feel this need, go back home. And yes, we DO hate you for buying up all of our lakefront properties and prime farm land.
19. Above all, if you are a lawyer or anti-gun nut, just stay away. We are very aware of the fact that attorneys have created a major industry, out of lawsuits & babying criminals with guns. We are hunters and responsible gun lovers.
20. P.S.--Grizzlies are eagerly encouraged to eat out-of-staters.
AMEN......

21 comments:

Anonymous said...

lol thats awesome.

Anonymous said...

cool but man heh to much to read lol

Ruth said...

Yeah, itis.But it IS a lot to read, which probably means that certain peoples will not comment....oh well.

Ruth said...

Faithie, you crack me up!!

Anonymous said...

oh yah! amen to that.

yah faith is funny

Jane said...

I always enjoy reading that. It makes me wanna move to Montana though.

Anonymous said...

yeah I know what you mean jane.

Ruth said...

My uncle lives in Montana!!! But I haven't been there in.....like.... say....I think I was about 5 or 6 when we went. It was a LONG time ago.

Michael said...

i was only three when we went so i didint get to go on the jet skis

Jesse said...

my mom got that in a email it is awesome.

Anonymous said...

Yep, it's awesome. I was reading it over my mom's shoulder, and I was laughing SO hard I could hardly stand up!! But I had had some.......sugar!!

Jane said...

Why did they have to name it Wii? It's such a retarded name!

Anonymous said...

Who named what Wii?

Michael said...

its short for weeeeeee!!!!

Jane said...

I really like your idea, Rachel, but weeeee is spelled with e's and Wii is spelled with i's. This poses a bit of a problem.

Anonymous said...

you could always say oui..... ;D

Anonymous said...

um we is shorter than wii, so how can wii be an abreviasion for we?

Jane said...

Not we, Chris. "Weeeee!" Like what a kid says when he's going really fast on his new bike.

Crocoagator_Raaa said...

Ruth I didn't know you we're 15.Last time I saw you I thought you were 13...and I saw you in October last year...weird..ok anyway hello and I like your blog its pretty nifty:D

Anonymous said...

I will be 16 in about 8 months.:D:D Can't wait!!!

Ruth said...

And one of the little girls thought I was 12 the last time I asked. And I was wearing a really long dress. I thought I looked like I was several years older than I am. But....I guess not.