Testing the hypothesis

Henohenomoheji · Postby **Henohenomoheji** » Sat Mar 13, 2004 5:58 pm

I never said it was a good idea. It's just human nature. ...wait...

Burning Sheep Productions · Postby **Burning Sheep Productions** » Sun Mar 14, 2004 3:26 am

With all the weird stuff he puts up with from his two closest peoples I wouldn't be surprised if he ends up in the nut house, what with eating his own tail and all.

Salad Man · Postby **Salad Man** » Sun Mar 14, 2004 3:32 am

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: (norsenerd @ Mar 12 2004, 09:40 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> I don't know what it's referancing either. And I'm not Mexican. I'm a Hoosier ^.^</td></tr></table>  What is a "Hoosier," anyway?

Dr. Dos · Postby **Dr. Dos** » Sun Mar 14, 2004 4:00 am

norsenerd is.

Salad Man · Postby **Salad Man** » Sun Mar 14, 2004 4:39 am

norsenerd · Postby **norsenerd** » Sun Mar 14, 2004 4:42 am

A Hoosier is a native or resident of Indiana. I live in Indiana and thus a Hoosier.

Salad Man · Postby **Salad Man** » Sun Mar 14, 2004 4:45 am

Yeah, but what is a hoosier?

Doctor Fred · Postby **Doctor Fred** » Sun Mar 14, 2004 8:28 pm

what norsenerd is, stupid.

Zylo · Postby **Zylo** » Sun Mar 14, 2004 9:15 pm

I've never heard the saying in this strip, either. I get the joke, but I just didn't think it was very funny. I do think DCS is trying to add more expression to the characters faces, though.

Zaaphod · Postby **Zaaphod** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 3:13 am

A Hoosier is what norsenerd is, that is, a native of Indiana. Or someone attending Indiana University, as norsenerd does. So, norsenerd is a Hoosier. Anyway..... Where the term "Hoosier" came from, and what it might have originally meant, no one really knows.

MidnightRealism · Postby **MidnightRealism** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 9:17 pm

Rick Reilley did a fantastically funny column about the origins of the word hoosier in Sports Illustrated last year. Unfortunately I don't remember a thing about it other than the fact that it was hyserical. <img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... ns/huh.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='huh.gif' />

norsenerd · Postby **norsenerd** » Sat Mar 20, 2004 4:17 am

A non native resident of Indiana can also be called a Hoosier. There are plety of origons for the term Hoosier. Most of them are rediculus. My favorite one is as falows: In the early day's of Indiana there were a lot of bar fights and it was comon for people to get whole or part of an ear bitten off. At the end of the fight someone would point at the ear and ask "whose ear?" and eventy Hoosier stuck. The most likley explanation is as falows: Most of the imegrants to Indiana when it was first begin setlled were from the south where the word "hoos" ment hill. Since most of the people moving here lived in the hills before they movved they were Hoosiers or hillbillies. The term stuck for the nickname for nativis and residence. Most states have nicknames but have been promply forgoten. Like the Oaklahoma Sooners (from those that snuck over the line beofre the state was opened) and the Missouri Pukes.

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