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by Joel Mathis
July 13, 2005 at 9:58 a.m.
You might be from Lawrence if...
If you know what the words "tan man" mean ... you might be from Lawrence.If you feel angry when somebody says something unkind about the coffee shop you regularly patronize ... you might be from Lawrence.If people in other Kansas towns roll their eyes when you tell them where you live ... you might be from Lawrence.If you own a "hemp dollar" ... you might be from Lawrence.If you own a "Real Dollar" ... you can only be from Lawrence.If the remodeling of a local bar caused you great angst ... you might be from Lawrence.If you are angry about how your grocery store has "sold out" ... you might be from Lawrence.If your mayor's name is Boog ... well, you know.These suck. You can do better. You have until 11:59 p.m. Thursday to come up with the best Jeff Foxworthy statement about Lawrence. Again: I'm the sole judge. Again: The prize is some Lawrence.com swag.Good luck, Foxworthys.
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El_Borak (Bill Hoyt) says…
If your main street is Mass Street and Maine Street is a back street ... you might be from Lawrence
If you don't personally know anyone Jeff Foxworthy might be talking about ... you might be from Lawrence
If you feel more at home in Toronto than Topeka ... you might be from Lawrence
If you roll your eyes when anyone from another Kansas town tells you where they live ... you might be from Lawrence
DavidRose (anonymous) says…
If needing a good night's rest before school or work tomorrow means you don't plan on staying at the after party too long ... you might live in Lawrence.
If you think your tone deafness will not hinder your music career ... you might live in Lawrence.
If you proudly display your "as bigoted as you think" bumper sticker but cannot name a government official at the state level other than Phil Kline ... you might be from Lawrence.
If you despise people commenting to you about The Wizard Of Oz when you travel out of state but think that an otherwise plain "we're not in kansas anymore" t-shirt might look really good on you in some sort of hip way ... you might be from Lawrence.
BobDarkAvenger (anonymous) says…
If you feel the need to distance yourself from the rest of the state of Kansas when explaining where you live...you might be from Lawrence.
thetom (anonymous) says…
If "West" is a dirty word, you might be from Lawrence.
Joel (Joel Mathis) says…
I can decipher most of what Joe says ... I just wish I couldn't.
ladylaw (Terry Bush) says…
If you proudly sport a T-Shirt that says "My body, my rules" and yet are thrilled about the anti-smoking ban.....you might be from Lawrence.
If you needed professional counseling to overcome depression, based upon the results of the last Presidential election.... you might be from Lawrence.
If you HATE those people who are Conservative, but believe Liberals are better because they are more tolerant of other people.....you might from Lawrence.
If you sport pink colored hair and dread locks, while making fun of someone who is wearing white socks with dress pants ..... you might be from Lawrence.
If you have ever gone to a party where the guests spend most of the night comparing or discussing their tatoos .....you might be from Lawrence.
If you were a regular customer of the "Paradise Cafe, but have never eaten at "Wa" because you are concerned about the healthiness of eating raw fish..... you might be from Lawrence.
If your woman can outdrink you and most sailors, while you like to stay home and read ......you might be from Lawrence.
If you know more than 5 people over the age of 20 who are great at playing video games but can't hold a steady job....you might be from Lawrence.
If you know the exact days to take off work so you can go dumpster diving during the big apartment move season.....you might be from Lawrence.
If you have officiated at the wedding of a gay couple, and are a practicing Roman Catholic....you might be from Lawrence.
cvillehawk (anonymous) says…
If you cry when you think about Archie Marshall.... you might be from Lawrence
Keith (anonymous) says…
If all your exes changed their sexes... you might be from Lawrence.
If your car is more bumper sticker than bumper... you might be from Lawrence.
alm77 (anonymous) says…
If your front lawn doubles as a political soap box...you might be from Lawrence.
When coming out of the closet means telling people you're a Christian...you might be from Lawrence.
If you're idea of a good time is starting an arguement by saying the words "round-a-bout" in public...you might be from Lawrence.
If you've ever been in a heated debate over the exact shade of "Jayhawk Blue" . . you might be from Lawrence.
Darth_Vader (anonymous) says…
If you spend 45% of your work day checking lawrence.com hoping Joel will have a new contest....you might be from Lawrence.
DavidRose (anonymous) says…
If you detest all sports except kickball ... you might live in Lawrence.
DavidRose (anonymous) says…
If you ask yourself "is it art?" at least once per block when downtown ... you might be in Lawrence.
alm77 (anonymous) says…
If your kid's school picnic was over 50% organic and included hummus and falafel ... you might be from Lawrence.
If you've ever overheard an intelligent political debate between a hippie and a punk rocker on a street corner ...you might be from Lawrence.
If your idea of "family time" includes taking the kids to a bar on a Sunday afternoon....you might be from Lawrence.
SarahSota (anonymous) says…
If you "know a guy" and can manage to get free admission to movies or concerts, free movie rentals, free beer, free coffee, concessions, etc. you might live in lawrence.
If you go to a bar and see at least 5 women dressed as Paris Hilton you might live in lawrence.
If you go to a concert and everyone stands still you might live in lawrence.
If you find yourself thinking a mullet is hip you might live in lawrence.
alm77 (anonymous) says…
If you take out-of-towners on a city tour that includes a head shop, a brewery, a handmade candle shop, homemade ice cream, 3 secondhand stores and a drive by a house with a mural on the side of it...you might be from Lawrence.
Joel (Joel Mathis) says…
I live in Lawrence ... and I absolutely do not think that mullets are hip.
godjilla (Jill Ensley) says…
You might be from Lawrence, if you talk about Lawrence too damn much.
bwoodard (Bill Woodard) says…
If your favorite hometown-brewed beers are named after a poisonous snake and a broadsword-brandishing abolitionist, you might be from Lawrence.
bwoodard (Bill Woodard) says…
If you're too hipster to dance at a rock show or too hippy to bathe more than once a month, you might be from Lawrence.
bwoodard (Bill Woodard) says…
If you can find a dozen or so coffee shops--and only one Starbucks--in a five-block downtown grid, you might be from Lawrence.
OtherJoel (anonymous) says…
If you overhear a college student lecturing a homeless person about the cruelty of eating meat, you might be from Lawrence.
Joel (Joel Mathis) says…
Jilla's just bein' her cranky, contrarian self.
bwoodard (Bill Woodard) says…
If you've spent more on your education than you have on your house, you might be from Lawrence.
bwoodard (Bill Woodard) says…
If you think that tone-deafly plucking a piece-of-crap guitar with a tip jar nearby qualifies you as an "entrepreneur," you might be from Lawrence.
bwoodard (Bill Woodard) says…
(Or, at least, you might be passing through Lawrence looking for handouts....)
Joel (Joel Mathis) says…
If you tell your friends you're going for a swim, but instead abandon your campsite in order to go listen to music in Colorado .... well, you've probably at least PASSED through Lawrence.
alm77 (anonymous) says…
Joel, what happened in LA? You sure are feeling fiesty since your return!
Carmenilla (anonymous) says…
If you've gone into Dirty Dillons to make a quick run-thru for a few items and ended up taking forever because you ran into half a dozen people you know, you might be from Lawrence.
gaiapapaya (anonymous) says…
If your kid sees a pot bust in the neighborhood and says "People can't grow a plant in their own house and gay people can't get married, what's the world coming to"....you might be from Lawrence
Joel (Joel Mathis) says…
Alm: I have been feisty, haven't I?
Sorry about that. We now return to our regularly scheduled program of Mennonite Meekness. ; )
DavidRose (anonymous) says…
If catching up with someone starts with checking if the person's updated their facebook, friendster, myspace, or livejournal accounts ... you might live in Lawrence.
If you can write a fifty page paper on the social impact of the automobile but struggle with opening the hood of your car ... you might live in Lawrence.
If a kegstand is the most strenuous exercise you've gotten in awhile ... you might live in Lawrence.
If the words "coach surfed" appear more than once in a description of your living history over the past three years ... you might live in Lawrence.
If you just know you're gonna write the great American novel once you find the time and the, uh, idea ... you might live in Lawrence.
If after a month of laffing to yourself you mention the Butterscotch Stallion to your friends only to have them look at you like your crazy ... you might live in Lawrence.
If you hear the word "contest" and your brain thinks throw as much at the wall and see what sticks ... you might in Lawr... er, might be on lawrence.com!! ... and named DavidRose.
counterlife (anonymous) says…
Who is Jeff Foxworthy?
shannon (anonymous) says…
if you're using your master's degree to come up with clever quips while at work..you might be from lawrence
if you see nothing wrong with going back to school for a third degree because maybe teaching IS what youreally want to do with your life...you might be from lawrence
if you've stood in the jazzhaus and realized that you've slept with more than three people in the room who all know each other, know about it, and the only tense moments occur when the bar starts running low on PBR...you might be from lawrence
if you've been interested in a guy only to find out he's hot for your brother...you might be from lawrence
if you've ever toked up out back at the replay, or seen others doing the same...you might be from lawrence
cfdxprt (anonymous) says…
If your city has a website named after it and it's cool rather than the one the local government uses to disseminate information, you probably live in Lawrence.
DavidRose (anonymous) says…
"if you see nothing wrong with going back to school for a third degree because maybe teaching IS what youreally want to do with your life...you might be from lawrence"
Heh!! Classic.
DavidRose (anonymous) says…
If you're "bummed out" because you were told it might be innappropriate to wear your flip flops out to dinner ... you might live in Lawrence.
If you just have to have 5.1 audio setup in your one bedroom apartment's living room ... you might live in Lawrence.
If you use some of the money your parent sent to you to dye your hair because you noticed a couple of grey hairs ... you might live in Lawrence.
If you consider the way you go about the dead end job you've been working for years too long to be partially performance art ... you might live in Lawrence.
SarahSota (anonymous) says…
You definitely live in lawrence if, in the past few months, you've been witness the following parades: Band day, Green day, Anarchist day, Car Art day, Old Timey horse and buggy day, St. Paddy's day, and Random People Walking On Stilts and Doing Flips on Run Down Buses day.
If you've seen Santa rescued by the fire department... you might LIL.
SarahSota (anonymous) says…
If you've been interviewed for Word On The Street in the LJW atleast lets say... 5 times... you MLIL.
dex (anonymous) says…
if you've spent a semester in chicago and consider yourself "well traveled," then you might be from lawrence.
if you take your out-of-town guests to the mass st. shopping mall to show them show them some cultural and artistic diversity, then you might be from lawrence.
ladylaw should win without a recount.
ruette (anonymous) says…
If your favorite entertainments are Bach, bluegrass and basketball, you might be from Lawrence.
Dazie (Aileen Dingus) says…
If you find yourself assuring people "back home" that Kansas IS indeed flat, bug infested and tornado ridden so that they don't decide to move here too, you might just have moved to Lawrence. :)
punkrockmom (Nikki May) says…
If you think it's a travesty to paint over a wall mural on an old store, you might live in Lawrence.
If you ever lived in a home in the student ghetto with 8 of your closest friends, you might live in Lawrence.
If you or half your friends are in a band, you might live in Lawrence.
If you know what wheatgrass is, you might live in Lawrence.
If you have ever went trick or treating downtown, you might live in Lawrence.
If you thought it was a bad idea to divide into two high schools just to continue a football dynasty, you might be from Lawrence.
If you are proud of our hometown stores and had a slight panic attack when there were CHAINS downtown, you are definitely from Lawrence.
punkrockmom (Nikki May) says…
And just one for KU
You may have been a KU student if you have ever been unable to park for a night class because the lot was "reserved for basketball".
jeepers (anonymous) says…
If you just bought a 800 square foot house for $135,000, you might be from lawrence.
If you know someone who is a bean-bag horshoe champion, you might be from lawrence
And best of all:
If you work in Kansas City, or Topeka, you might just be from lawrence
Lardass27 (anonymous) says…
If you've ever seen Little Adam's dick you might be from Lawrence.
Freakshow (anonymous) says…
If you've taken to referring to the Midwest as "NoCo", you're probably from New York or California, but living in Lawrence.
If your day-to-day life resembles nothing so much as a J.G. Ballard novel adapted for the screen by David Lynch, you're from Lawrence.
If you think a Dominican is some kind of Roman Catholic monk, you're from Lawrence.
If you think your town needs more "diversity", you're from Lawrence and you need to get out more.
If your landlord is ignoring your complaints about the waterfall that sprouts in your second bedroom every time it rains, oblivious to the possibility that you might hire a lawyer, you're from Lawrence.
If you haven't heard any gunshots, screaming, or sirens in over a week, you might be from Lawrence.
If you know beyond a shadow of a doubt that you are living in the greatest little town in America but would prefer to tell the folks back home that the Children of the Corn run the place, you're from Lawrence.
hilary (anonymous) says…
If you shower twice a night, once before you go to the Replay, and once when you return......you might be from Lawrence.
If you feel like an outcast and a minority for having a dog.....you might be from Lawrence.
If you refuse to live outside of walking distance of Mass st......you might be from Lawrence.
If you find yourself driving down Iowa with a friend, and discussing Putt-Putt mini golf, Fantasyland Roller Rink, K-Mart, Half Price Store, the Bait and Tackle Shop, and no mention of restaurants, movie theatres or megastores........you might be from Lawrence.
If you've been ticketed on Maine street for speeding.........you might be from Lawrence.
If police have visited your house twice in a night because your drunk friends can't turn down their volume.......you might be from Lawrence.
If you've CALLED the police to quiet neighbors.......you might be from Lawrence.
If your holiday decorative lawn art has disappeared in the middle of the night........you might be from Lawrence.
If you've gone to a house party, and realized you had been there before when you were 16 and drunk.............you might be from Lawrence.
If you've been asked on Mass street if you are to feed a parking meter on Sundays, and just smile to yourself, and ponder telling the truth................you might be from Lawrence.
If your idea of a perfect evening involves Victor Continental..........you might be from Lawrence.
If the only reason you venture to Kansas City for a cup at the Broadway Cafe, or a show downtown...........you might be from Lawrence.
If you wear crocs.......you might be from Lawrence.
If you despise crocs........you might be from Lawrence.
If you have a crush on Dr. Kevin Lenahan.......you might be from Lawrence.
gamer (Matt Cox) says…
If the name "Dennis" makes you think of flourescent handbags and purses, you might be from Lawrence.
Heck, if you know more than three homeless people by name, you might be from Lawrence.
cvillehawk (anonymous) says…
If you still love Roy Williams... you might be from Lawrence
If you still hate Roy Williams.... you might be from Lawrence
If you'd rather focus on the current KU coach and team.... you might be from Lawrence but have moved away and gained a more realistic perspective on the whole thing.
THX1138 (anonymous) says…
If you hear someone mention the old Bait and Tackle Shop and you think to yourself "it was floyd's Bait and Tackle dammit!...And they didn't even mention the Cinema Twin!" you might be from Lawrence.
kthutch (anonymous) says…
"If your holiday decorative lawn art has disappeared in the middle of the night........you might be from Lawrence."
I once went out with a friend and switched baby jesuses around (and I think it might have been your brother).
If none of your out of state friends believe you still live in Kansas...you might be from Lawrence.
THX1138 (anonymous) says…
OK, now I'm getting really getting down to the gnat's ass:
If you still think of Fantasy Land as the new fangled roller rink that replaced Wheels of Fun you might be from Lawrence.
Or even worse:
If you still think of Wheels of Fun as the new fangled roller rink that came after the Lawrence Skating Rink that had a warped wooden floor and used to be where Coyote's is now, you might be from Lawrence.
OK, now I'm just showing off. Pathetic.
SarahSota (anonymous) says…
If you've ever called the police on your own party just to get the people out of your house... YMLIL.
Joel (Joel Mathis) says…
Sarah:
All of the sudden, I'm figuring out why the parking police showed up at Maggie's birthday....
liz (Liz Weslander) says…
Hilary - the house party incident is a familiar one. If you still call Wakarusa "drag strip road," you may be from Lawrence.
If you've ever happily taken a job for which you are over-qualified and for which you will be under-paid, you may be from Lawrence.
CafeSiren (anonymous) says…
If your circle of friends and close acquaintances includes at least one of each of the following: 1) an anarchist and/or vegan; 2) a politician and/or a government official; 3) a KU student; 3) a KU faculty or staff member; 4) someone who works in a coffee shop or restaurant on Mass street; 5) someone separated from you by at least two generations who shares your political views: then you probably live in Lawrence.
hodgie (anonymous) says…
If you complain about having to drive 10 minutes to Target from your apartment downtown, you might live in Lawrence.
hilary (anonymous) says…
If you shake your head while walking on 9th and Mass, and long for the photo booth at the Woolworth's........you might be from Lawrence.
If you miss mocha shakes from Raxx.........you might be from Lawrence.
If you still don't shop at Checkers, cause it's too new and weird.......you might be from Lawrence.
If you've bounced a check at Checkers, and gone to jail for it..........you might be from Lawrence.
If you recognize "The Judge" from Checkers commercials buying porn............you might be from Lawrence. (Sadly, I've seen it, people.)
If you ever feel bored, and pine for LeMann's arcade........you might be from Lawrence.
pissykitty (Melissa Lynch) says…
If you're in an eating establishment close to campus that is playing Beethoven's 5th Symphony and you hear a girl with greek letters across her chest say, "I like this song, who wrote this? Socrates?" you might definately be in Lawrence...
So much for higher learning!
SarahSota (anonymous) says…
Joel... uh... that wasn't me... it was other kids.
Darth_Vader (anonymous) says…
if your an elitist snob...you might be from Lawrence
alm77 (anonymous) says…
Darth_Vader: That's "You're" not "your" HA!!
Joel (Joel Mathis) says…
Darth Vader swings in with the zing!
Apparently his refutation of elitism involves making no distinction between proper uses of "your" and "you're!"
...
Then again, he might have a point.
chrysanthalbee (chrys anthalbee) says…
"Who could imagine that they would freak out somewhere in Kansas...
Kansas Kansas tototototodo
Kansas Kansas tototototodo
Kansas Kansas"
from "Help I'm A Rock"
by the mother's of invention
the answer is obviously lawrence
dubbldown (anonymous) says…
If you're favorite local bar hosts a fetish party, a b-boy competition, a heavy metal show, and a jamband all in the same week, well then you might live in Lawrence.
(you're, your, tomato, tomAHto)
dubbldown (anonymous) says…
If you drive by a tongue-in-cheek "protest" over the remodeling and subsequent closing of a local McDonads on your way to work, you probably live in Lawrence.
That wasn't even funny.
ladylaw (Terry Bush) says…
If your roommate ever paid his share of the rent by giving you some really rare Magic cards.........you might live in Lawrence.
If you know the names of all the wait staff at one or more eateries in town, but haven't spoken to your own relatives in a year......... you might live in Lawrence.
If you own a bicycle for every family member, but usually ride around in your SUV...........you might live in Lawrence.
If you you believe it is more socially conscience to buy a home that is 100 years old and needs another $100,000 work in order to renovate, rather than a brand new home that has a working everything........... you might live in Lawrence.
If you pick your church based upon the number of minorities attending the services, but have never served food at the LINK kitchen..............you might live in Lawrence.
If you think buying clothes from the Salvation Army or Goodwill is hip, prefer a futon or water bed rather than a pillow-topped matress, look down on people who eat meat, and reek of cigarette (or pot) smoke at all times.....you might live in Lawrence.
If you are over the age of 30 and still get major league hammered at least once a week, but you and all your friends believe you do not have a drinking problem........ you might live in Lawrence.
If you hate (fill the blank) because they are just such hateful folks ........you might live in Lawrence.
If you have ever mooned Fred Phelps while he was picketing, or made out with a same gender friend even though you aren't gay just piss them off......you might live in Lawrence.
mitzibel (Misty Nuckolls) says…
Okay. . . .
If you've ever been lectured on the evils of eating meat by a chain-smoker with track marks. . .you might live in Lawrence.
If you bought your clothes, your home decor, and your bong in the same store. . .you might live in Lawrence.
If you believe that homosexuality is determined genetically at conception but that life begins at birth . . .you might live in Lawrence.
If you've ever had a homeless dude turn down your Teller's boxed leftovers because they weren't vegan. . . you might live in Lawrence.
If you've ever attended a job interview in a designer suit and green hair (and subsequently been hired). . . you might live in Lawrence.
If you've ever smoked a substance in a building named after said substance. . . you might live in Lawrence.
If you listen with tolerance and an open mind to the rantings of witches, anarchists, and conspiracy theorists, but really think Christians need to keep their views to themselves. . . you might live in Lawrence.
If your favorite bar is one in which you can view two transvestites sucking each other off in the bathroom but you can't light a cigarette indoors. . . you might live in Lawrence.
mitzibel (Misty Nuckolls) says…
Oh, I almost forgot. . . .
If you call a street with two HUD projects and a PayDay loan office "the ghetto". . . you might live in Lawrence.
alm77 (anonymous) says…
Misty, you're killing me!! (or is it "your"? No, wait it's "you are", so it's "you're". OK)
Joel (Joel Mathis) says…
Dubbldown, oh dubbldown:
"Your" and "you're" is not tomato/tomahto.
It's more like "tomato" and "plutonium." Different creatures entirely.
I don't have a lot of language pet peeves, but proper use of possessives tops my list.
Sara (anonymous) says…
If you waited in a line stretching down the block and around the corner to see Fahrenheit 9-11 the day it came to town...you might live in Lawrence.
If you think paying $135,000 for an 800-square-foot house is outrageous... you might live in Lawrence.
If you regularly see your mayor riding his recumbent-style bike downtown... you might live in Lawrence.
If you complain about heavy traffic when it takes 15 minutes to get from one side of town to the other ... you might live in Lawrence.
If you ever camped out in a dead tree stump to protest its removal ... you might live in Lawrence.
dsmit52 (anonymous) says…
You are making me so homesick!!!
there's no place like home, there's no place like home, there's no place like home!!!
Freakshow (anonymous) says…
You might be from Lawrence if you think it can't happen here.
Freakshow (anonymous) says…
By the way, those Mothers Of Invention lyrics are actually:
"Kansas Kansas
Dorothy and Toto
Kansas Kansas
Dorothy and Toto"
Curse my eidetic memory, curse Asperger's Syndrome --- I haven't listened to Absolutely Free in at least 35 years.
punkrockmom (Nikki May) says…
You might be from Lawrence of yesteryear if you thought that Kasold was as far west as Lawrence went. Much farther was out of town.
headshrinker (anonymous) says…
You have lived in Lawrence too long if:
-you can remember panhandling for a medically necessary abortion for your dog in front of the KansasUnion
-you can remember carpooling with at least 6 other members of your household all with advanced college degrees to the Welfare office in North Lawrence for foodstamps
-you develop a severe case of eyestrain after a weekend movie marathon because ALL of the movies had subtitles
-most of your guy friends have longer hair than your gal friends...unless you count braided rat tails
Migo (anonymous) says…
If the only times you reference Kentucky, Ohio or Tennessee is when you're talking about the 8 different parties you went to that were all within a 3 block radius of each other... you might be from Lawrence
If you know what Top City, T-town and the 'dot are and try to stay away from them because they're "ghetto"... you might be from Lawrence
If you know of more parties going on in any given weekend than the number of friends you have... you mighe be from Lawrence
If you've been to a Green Bar, a Pirate House, a Flanders House, a Half way House and a Pink House... you might be from Lawrence
If the phrase "Colony Woods" never registers with you because your brain immediately translates it into "Felony Hoods"... you might be pretentious...I mean from Lawrence
If you think this town actually has a "ghetto"... you might have never left Lawrence in your life
If you've ever gone to Colony Woods because you thought there was an after-party there and found out there wasn't one and helped your friend load the bbq grill of the place where the party was supposed to be into his car...you might be from Lawrence
If you've ever been to an after party that started before the bar actually closed and had more people there than were at the bar... you might be from Lawrence
If you've ever been too drunk to maneuver your car out of the Borders parking lot... you might be from Lawrence
If you've ever been too drunk to maneuver your car out of the Borders parking lot and its broad daylight... you might be from Lawrence
If you know what a Jefco is... you might be from Lawrence
If the only hurricane you've been in has been at the Sand Bar...you might be from Lawrence
If you frequently see a former mayor bleeding drunk at the Sand bar...you might be from Lawrence
If you've ever seen the vice-principal from your junior high in the same condition as said fromer mayor at Duffy's...you might be from Lawrence
If you actually know where Duffy's is...you might be from Lawrence
If you've ever gotten high with one of your high school teachers...(former or otherwise) you might be from Lawrence
If you know what a dollar theater is...you might be from Lawrence
If your band's "reunion" shows are bigger than any of its real shows ever were...you are totally from Lawrence
If your band's reunion shows are at an open-mic at the Bottleneck...you might be from Lawrence
If you're a lady and you've told guys that you don't shave your body hair because its natural and then get angry when they question you about your shaved head...you might be from Lawrence
If you tell people to "facebook" or "myspace" you instead of call you...you might be from Lawrence and might need to grow up
If you think that "myspace" is getting too trendy and you're thinking of "going back to friendster"...you might be from Lawrence and you're definitely in college.
DavidRose (anonymous) says…
If you have to be reminded that Lawrence is not the cradle of civilization ... you might live in Lawrence.
AlAlvin (anonymous) says…
If you have moved out of Lawrence and said you would never move back and sometime later you are back living in Lawrence::.you might be in Lawrence
If you know more than 5 people that have said they are moving away from Lawrence for good and you end up seeing them 1 year later back in town:.you might be in Lawrence
headshrinker (anonymous) says…
You've been in Lawrence too long if:
-Kaw Valley Hemp Pickers, Vortex, Salad Bowl, Food Conspiracy, CIA House, Big Eat, Tofu Teddy and Burger Bucks are meaningful concepts to you
-you can recite Sister Kettle menu items and recipes
-you can remember seeing Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Funkadelics in old Hoch Aud
mitzibel (Misty Nuckolls) says…
Okay, I swear this is the last of them. I promise I'll quit. . . .
If you know what the inside of a dreadlock smells like. . . .you might live in Lawrence.
If all the real men you know not only eat, but know several recipes for, quiche. . . you might live in Lawrence.
And finally. . .
If you enjoy poking good-natured fun at your fellow residents, but the prospect of relocating to Des Moines with your husband's job makes you want to wail and rend your hair Old-Testament-style. . . .
Yeah. You probably live in Lawrence.
jeepers (anonymous) says…
If you sat on the steps of Wescoe, ate popcorn, and watched Hoch burn down, you might be...
If you remember that Richards Music used to be where Borders is now...
If you remember having Hot Dogs in Carlos Red Hot Garage...
lekawa (anonymous) says…
If your landlord/Property Management is not only ignoring your complaints about the waterfall, but also knows the chance that you'll actually hire that lawyer are slim, so you can just learn to swim or move! And, by the way, your lease states that "tenant shall be responsible for all water damage" so if you SHOULD choose to move, just make sure that carpet is "like new" and you save your receipt, otherwise we'll RE-replace it, and charge you for it!.......you might live in lawrence.
:)