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Postcards: Derek’s first impression of Madison

By Catherine Toth Fox • August 29, 2011 • Postcards

In a word — hick.

This was in the men’s bathroom at the airport in Madison, Wisc. Derek, who lived in Greeley, Colo. for six years, said this: “Even Colorado never had this!”

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10 Comments

  • Reply M August 29, 2011 at 11:31 am

    hahaha!

    • Reply Catherine Toth August 29, 2011 at 4:49 pm

      I laughed when I saw that, too! 🙂

  • Reply David Jackson August 29, 2011 at 1:07 pm

    I actually like those machines… hmmm… must still have a little redneck in me.

    • Reply Catherine Toth August 29, 2011 at 4:49 pm

      Busted! You’re a redneck!

      • Reply David Jackson August 29, 2011 at 5:15 pm

        Damn…. caught already… I also like those things that clean the golf shoes at the finer country clubs.

  • Reply oldshoes August 29, 2011 at 1:36 pm

    i woulda thought the first pic would be that of a can of Pabst Blue Ribbon,bratwurst with kraut, CHEESE CURDS,and german potato salad. With some sort of cheesecake for dessert,and a bowl of fresh blueberries. oh well. But hey, if ya need shiny shoes, then ya need shiny shoes. (gotta try them local yummy beers, like Leinenkugel,Rolling Rock,Milwaukee’s Best, and of course Schlitz! i think coors and miller have merged or something like that).

    • Reply Catherine Toth August 29, 2011 at 4:50 pm

      Oh, he’s going to check out the local beers, for sure. He’s a beer connoisseur.

  • Reply oldshoes August 29, 2011 at 1:57 pm

    i ‘m not so sure this is quite accurate. Madison is not hick or redneck. its the state capitol,and of course, obviously, a college town. A “party” college town.As in “Mad-City”. And these “shine-boxes” certainly arent indigenous to this area.I’d say there are probably some in The Milwaukee airport too. I’m thinking the traveling politicians need a good shine before going to the Capitol. Also, the local weather is rain,snow,slush, all those goodies.The farms in Wisconsin are mostly all dairy(cows) and corn. Its not likely that the hicks and rednecks tie up their horses to the whipping post and come on in to the airport restroom to get a shine on their [email protected] head on over to Los Angles to even out their farmers tan.But very soon Derek will be seeing deer tied on the trucks. and remember Wisc. just passed concealed carry. So it may be looking like the wild west in some areas. (just my opinion.)

  • Reply Makiki August 29, 2011 at 5:42 pm

    Derek is just upset because his feet are black and shiny and he never got his Polish!

    Alan

  • Reply NeilYamamoto August 31, 2011 at 9:34 am

    wait wait wait… Derek lived in Greeley???

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Born and raised on O‘ahu, Hawaiʻi, Catherine Toth Fox has been chronicling her adventures in her blog, The Cat Dish, for more than a decade. She worked as a newspaper reporter in Hawai‘i for 10 years and continues to freelance—in between teaching journalism, hitting the surf and eating everything in sight—for national and local print and online publications. She’s currently the editor of HAWAIʻI Magazine.

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