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<blockquote data-quote="muttmeister" data-source="post: 232084" data-attributes="member: 135"><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 22px"><span style="color: navy"><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong>NEBRASKA POEM !!!!!!!!!</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 22px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong></strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p> <strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 22px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong></strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong> </strong></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>Smack in the middle of our great nation </strong></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong> </strong></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>Is a state that requires some explanation. </strong></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong> </strong></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>To east and west coasters who'll come right out and ask ya, </strong></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong> </strong></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>'Is there anything of interest in the State of </strong></span></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>Nebraska</strong></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>?' </strong></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong> </strong></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>It' s true we don't have mountains all decked out in snow, </strong></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong> </strong></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>But we do have the world's biggest live chicken show. </strong></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong> </strong></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>We're the makers of Spam. We invented Kool-Aid,</strong></span></span></span></strong></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong></strong></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>And this is where the first Reuben sandwich was made. </strong></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong> </strong></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>Our insect, the Honeybee. Our bird, the Meadowlark.</strong></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>The strobe light, our creation, works best in the dark. </strong></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong> </strong></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>Governmentally speaking, we're a freak of nature. </strong></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong> </strong></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>Since we have the only one-house legislature. </strong></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>On Arbor Day, when you plant a tree, </strong></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong> </strong></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>Remember that it started in </strong></span></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>Nebraska</strong></span></span></span></strong> <strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>City</strong></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong> </strong></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong> </strong></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>We were once called a desert, but that name didn't take, </strong></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong> </strong></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>Since we have the country's largest underground lake. </strong></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong> </strong></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>We have the world's largest forest planted by hand, </strong></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong> </strong></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>And more miles of rivers than any state in the land. </strong></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong> </strong></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>The College World Series calls </strong></span></span></span><span style="color: black"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>Omaha</strong></span></span></span></strong></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong> 'home,'</strong></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong> </strong></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>And yes, this is where the buffalo used to roam. </strong></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong> </strong></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>We were the first state in the nation to finish our Interstate section, </strong></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong> </strong></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>And the first to run two women in the gubernatorial election. </strong></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong> </strong></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>We invented </strong></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>9-1-1</strong></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong> emergency communication, </strong></span></span></span></strong></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>And we're the number one producer of center pivot irrigation. </strong></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong> </strong></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>Our woolly mammoth fossil is the largest ever found, </strong></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong> </strong></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>And our monumental 'Carhenge' is certain to abound. </strong></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong> </strong></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>We have several museums that could be called odd, </strong></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>Dedicated to Chevy's, fur trading, roller skates and sod. </strong></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong> </strong></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>In </strong></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>Blue Hill</strong></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>, </strong></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>Nebraska</strong></span></span></span></strong></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>, no woman wearing a hat, </strong></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong> </strong></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>Can eat onions in public. Imagine that! </strong></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong> </strong></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>We built the largest porch swing and indoor rain forest, </strong></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong> </strong></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>And anyone who visits is sure to adore us. </strong></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong> </strong></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>So pack up the kiddies, the pets and the wife, </strong></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong> </strong></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>And see why </strong></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>Nebraska</strong></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong> is called 'THE GOOD LIFE.' </strong></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong> </strong></span></span></span></strong></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>Oh, it doesn't even once mention Husker football??? </strong></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong> </strong></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>OR.....</strong></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong> </strong></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>That the yellow color of the school bus originated in Franklin, Ne.</strong></span></span></span></span></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="muttmeister, post: 232084, member: 135"] [B][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=6][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy][FONT=Verdana][B]NEBRASKA POEM !!!!!!!!![/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=6][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][B] [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][B] [/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][B] Smack in the middle of our great nation Is a state that requires some explanation. To east and west coasters who'll come right out and ask ya, 'Is there anything of interest in the State of [/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][B][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][B]Nebraska[/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B][B][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][B]?' It' s true we don't have mountains all decked out in snow, But we do have the world's biggest live chicken show. We're the makers of Spam. 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We built the largest porch swing and indoor rain forest, And anyone who visits is sure to adore us. So pack up the kiddies, the pets and the wife, And see why [/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B][B][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][B]Nebraska[/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B][B][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][B] is called 'THE GOOD LIFE.' [/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][/COLOR][/COLOR][/B] [B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][B] [/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][B] [/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][B]Oh, it doesn't even once mention Husker football??? OR..... That the yellow color of the school bus originated in Franklin, Ne.[/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][/COLOR][/COLOR][/B] [/QUOTE]
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