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Walrus · 09-01-2013, 07:42 PM

Do any of you over 30 remember a joke from way back where someone would say they've moved to Oregon if you hadn't heard from them in a while? I coulda sworn there was a punchline like this back in the day. I googled it and couldn't find it. Someone I know recently said this and I find it hard to believe he just picked up and left.

deltav · 09-01-2013, 07:45 PM

I'm over 30 and did indeed move to Oregon. Never heard the joke tho.

Walrus · 09-01-2013, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by deltav

I'm over 30 and did indeed move to Oregon. Never heard the joke tho.

Okay, maybe there wasn't a joke like this then. I thought there was. Nowadays moving to Oregon might not be so far-fetched. Portland is very hip--a lot of artists and entrepreneurs move there.

I thought the meaning of the joke was that it's so out there and away from everything... that was supposed to be the funny part. I could be wrong.

kane · 09-01-2013, 08:00 PM

I have lived in Oregon for most of my life and don't remember a joke like that, but that doesn't mean there never was one.

oppoten · 09-01-2013, 08:07 PM

You're all wrong. The middle of nowhere is in fact Karaganda

(see "other")

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karaganda

Petra · 09-02-2013, 01:10 AM

I'm over 30, was born and raised in WA and never heard this joke.

srockhard · 09-02-2013, 01:49 AM

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Originally Posted by FreeOnes Petra

I'm over 30, was born and raised in WA and never heard this joke.

same here but it would have been funny if Lewis & Clark heard it in their travels.

Petra · 09-02-2013, 02:13 AM

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Originally Posted by srockhard

same here but it would have been funny if Lewis & Clark heard it in their travels.

Sacajawea probably told it while they traveled down the Columbia.

purecane · 09-02-2013, 07:22 AM

wrong part of the country for banjo music?????

Scott McD · 09-02-2013, 10:36 AM

Walrus · 09-02-2013, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by FreeOnes Petra

I'm over 30, was born and raised in WA and never heard this joke.

Those of you who are reporting from Oregon and Washington state may never have heard of it because perhaps it was a regional joke or something. (I'm on the east coast.) I dunno. Old memories die as we age and get replaced by new ones I guess.

baddog · 09-02-2013, 04:18 PM

Never heard it in CA either . . . although there was a migration of Californians to OR back in the 70's-80's. The joke was that most of the Oregonians that complained about Californians in OR were, in fact, transplanted Californians.

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Walrus Confirmed User Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 2,150	Oregon Joke (?) Do any of you over 30 remember a joke from way back where someone would say they've moved to Oregon if you hadn't heard from them in a while? I coulda sworn there was a punchline like this back in the day. I googled it and couldn't find it. Someone I know recently said this and I find it hard to believe he just picked up and left.

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kane Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: portland, OR Posts: 20,684	I have lived in Oregon for most of my life and don't remember a joke like that, but that doesn't mean there never was one.

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oppoten NAME THE JEW Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 4,793	You're all wrong. The middle of nowhere is in fact Karaganda (see "other") http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karaganda

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baddog So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: the beach, SoCal Posts: 107,089	Never heard it in CA either . . . although there was a migration of Californians to OR back in the 70's-80's. The joke was that most of the Oregonians that complained about Californians in OR were, in fact, transplanted Californians.