Is there anyone left in Ohio?—well, maybe Idaho too.
Until my move to present career position, I was always traveling for work. It had its ups and downs, but I did get to see many parts of the US that I probably would not have seen otherwise—does anyone take pleasure trips to Muskogee, Oklahoma?
I’m also a noticer of details, despite my surroundings. When I say details, I mean the really minute things that really do not matter. For example, when I receive a forward, I rarely spend the time to learn about Bill Gates giving me a trip to Disney World or what some extremist Republican (or Democrat) is saying about all of the Mexicans hopping the fence. What I do read are the various distribution lists of who received the email with or before me. Every now and then I’ll recognize a name that I haven’t thought of in years. So, you will usually not hear me complaining about forwards.
Another one of my stupid little habits is noticing every car tag that ever passes me. I’m not sure why I do this, but I always have. One thing that has always stuck out to me is the number of tags I see from Ohio. This has been true when I was home in Atlanta, or even now home in Las Vegas. Those people from Ohio love to travel and they love to do it in their car!
(By the way, does anyone know what you call people from Ohio? Seriously, people from Mississippi are Mississippians, Georgia = Georgians, Nevada – Nevadans. What are the folks from Ohio called?)
Just last week I was going home for lunch (my new Thursday thing since (a) I now have a home again and (b) I get to see Mrs. MoN, baby MoN, and Jack Pete.) and I saw two Ohio tags in a row. They weren’t even on the interstate, but rather a surface street. This is not an isolated incident either. I see them all the time.
At first I thought I was just seeing Idaho tags, because they are very similar in their red-white-blue design, but no, for the most part they are still from Ohio. With gas prices soaring, I’m afraid that some of those Ohio people are going to get stuck somewhere that’s not Ohio.
Am I crazy, or does anyone else notice stupid things like this?
posted by Master of None @ 10:47 AM
6 Comments:
I do the same thing. I too see alot of Ohio cars on the road. DDW and I believe people from Ohio are called Ohians. Feel free to correct us if you find out differently.
No MoN... I notice all that stuff too, and how folks from Virginia seem to have the most 'vanity plates', or at least by my count...
I think, for me, noticing the details makes the daily commute a bit less of a drag.
OK, first, I think they are Ohioans. That's three vowels in a row though, which is typically not found in English, so this needs further thought.
Second, the car tag thing ... hilarious. My friend Brooke knows the numbers and letters of everybody's car tags and she always gives you a reminder about when they're going to expire. Guess where she's from? Yep, you got it: Newton. Or "Nuttin" as Husband likes to say.
Third, YAY! You're back. Maybe I'll get inspired ...
So you're OCD, too, huh? Hee, hee...
I do random stuff like that all the time -- my main one being that I will look at the time and try to make the numbers match up somehow. For example:
If it's 12:42, then 1x2 = 4-2
Kind of scary to know weirdos like me are out there!!!! Ha!
No, you're crazy.
Just kidding - great post.
Ben O.
Just ended up here through a link on someone else's blog, and thought that, since I'm from Cincinnati originally, I could confirm that people from Ohio are, indeed, Ohioans, as silly as it sounds.
I've enjoyed reading; thanks.
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