KU drops to No. 18 in coaches’ poll; MU leaps to 10th

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by Mr. Plow

I'm going to buy you a one way ticket to Garden City. You'll love it.

One of my coworkers has a brother who goes to KU. She says he refers to everything west of Lawrence as "Mordor."

I assume Garden City is deep in the heart of Mordor.

[KcMizzou]

Originally Posted by frazod

One of my coworkers has a brother who goes to KU. She says he refers to everything west of Lawrence as "Mordor."

I assume Garden City is deep in the heart of Mordor.

My great aunt and uncle live there. They run a huge pheasant farm. They're quality people... Kansas thing aside.

It's... desolate.

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by KcMizzou

My great aunt and uncle live there. They run a huge pheasant farm. They're quality people... Kansas thing aside.

It's... desolate.

I remember driving across Kansas about 20 years ago. I was helping my cousin move to LA, and driving the rental truck while she and her roommate drove their cars. The ****ing truck had a governor on it that limited the speed to 65 mph. It was brutal, and endless. The odd clump of trees surrounding a distant farmhouse, flat endless horizon in either direction, heading towards a distant rise. When you nearly reach the top of the rise, you pray for something, anything different, but all you you'd get is another rise that looks just like it. Over and over. Ugh.

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by frazod

I remember driving across Kansas about 20 years ago. I was helping my cousin move to LA, and driving the rental truck while she and her roommate drove their cars. The ****ing truck had a governor on it that limited the speed to 65 mph. It was brutal, and endless. The odd clump of trees surrounding a distant farmhouse, flat endless horizon in either direction, heading towards a distant rise. When you nearly reach the top of the rise, you pray for something, anything different, but all you you'd get is another rise that looks just like it. Over and over. Ugh.

Not to be defensive at all in comparing boringness of states because I really couldn't care less about either state (outside of Lawrence, of course ), but it reminds me of my drive through Illinois between St. Louis and Chicago a few months ago... and it was worse than the drives through Iowa because Illinois is a 65mph state and I was trying to watch my speed after having been pulled over a couple of times in the recent past.

It wast the most brutal 300 miles I've driven in a long, long time. Then again, I haven't driven through Kansas at 65mph lately.

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

Not to be defensive at all in comparing boringness of states, but it reminds me of my drive through Illinois between St. Louis and Chicago a few months ago... and it was worse than the drives through Iowa because Illinois is a 65mph state and I was trying to watch my speed after having been pulled over a couple of times in the recent past.

It wast the most brutal 300 miles I've driven in a long, long time. Then again, I haven't driven through Kansas at 65mph lately.

Oh, you're absolutely correct - that's a shitty drive as well, and one I've done hundreds of times over the years. You could pretty much roll a ****ing bowling ball from Chicago to St. Louis down I-55, and the only things that might stop it would be a construction zone or a slow-moving semi. I generally try to do it at night so I can at least imagine there's something worth watching out there.

The really shitty thing about that drive is that some idiot decided it would be a good idea to have lower speed limits for trucks than cars, and there is a ton of truck traffic on I-55 and lots of cops. So you'll frequently get stuck behind one truck doing 57 mph passing ten other trucks doing 54 mph. Bastards. And of course, during the summer, they'll cordon off one lane for 20 miles and the construction itself comprises perhaps 100 feet of actual roadway. Get out of one zone, and you'll hit another one 15 minutes later.

Yeah, that drive sucks ass.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Originally Posted by frazod

Don't hold your breath waiting for me to visit Kansas....

You are missing not a God Damned thing.

Originally Posted by frazod

One of my coworkers has a brother who goes to KU. She says he refers to everything west of Lawrence as "Mordor."

I assume Garden City is deep in the heart of Mordor.

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