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Offline BBMGrandma

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A Wyoming quiz!!
« on: March 20, 2006, 07:17:35 am »
Hi folks...I've just come across the most IRONIC fact...!!  Can ANYONE tell me.. what is the state motto for Wyoming?   ??? :o ::)

You'll be just as shocked as I was....when I saw it!!!   :o :o :o

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Re: A Wyoming quiz!!
« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2006, 08:29:34 am »
Oooh! Oooh! I know! Do I get any bonus points for working it out from down here in Australia???

Ok, it wasn't very hard because it comes up if you search for it in Google.

But I'll let everyone else look it up for themselves...

Nice one, Nancy.
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Re: A Wyoming quiz!!
« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2006, 08:42:03 am »
Amazing!  How did you happen to come across this factoid?

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Re: A Wyoming quiz!!
« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2006, 09:11:19 am »
Ironic indeed!
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Re: A Wyoming quiz!!
« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2006, 02:48:34 pm »
Hi folks...I've just come across the most IRONIC fact...!!  Can ANYONE tell me.. what is the state motto for Wyoming?   ??? :o ::)

You'll be just as shocked as I was....when I saw it!!!   :o :o :o


Nancy, good one!  I work in a library, so all I had to do was look in World Book!  Donna  ;D

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Re: A Wyoming quiz!!
« Reply #5 on: March 21, 2006, 02:35:31 am »
Amazing!  How did you happen to come across this factoid?
I was studying a map of Wyoming...and THERE IT WAS!!  I was SOO shocked I couldn't believe my eyes.  For those of you who are still wondering...it's....EQUAL RIGHTS!!! 

And yes Chris...you DO get 'bonus' points... ;)  Your prize is ONE FREE HOUR of Brokeback Mountain Radio!!!  <grin>  Enjoy!!! 
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Re: A Wyoming quiz!!
« Reply #6 on: May 13, 2006, 06:37:41 pm »
Hi folks...I've just come across the most IRONIC fact...!!  Can ANYONE tell me.. what is the state motto for Wyoming?   ??? :o ::)

"Men are men and the sheep run scared."
Take it like a man - steady and strong, not a lot of fuss and carring on.  True to a promise, I can ride in any storm.  So bend over and take it like a man...Too much of a good thing is a good thing.

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Re: A Wyoming quiz!!
« Reply #7 on: May 13, 2006, 06:50:13 pm »
"Men are men and the sheep run scared."

Very funny, Justin!

"EQUAL RIGHTS" has to do with voting rights as far as European Americans are concerned. The motto probably has no connection to the rights of Native Americans nor Americans from other ethnic groupings.

Oh, here is something related to many men in Wyoming that I was writing in a IM with a friend.

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Well, we do know that homophobic heterosexuals and deeply hidden-in-the-proverbial-homosexual-closet guys in Wyoming are scared in regard to the Movie which is about their state.

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Re: A Wyoming quiz!!
« Reply #8 on: May 13, 2006, 07:03:53 pm »
I believe the 'Equal Rights' motto has to do with the Wyoming territory being the first in the US to grant voting rights to women in 1869.

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Re: A Wyoming quiz!!
« Reply #9 on: May 13, 2006, 07:14:52 pm »
I believe the 'Equal Rights' motto has to do with the Wyoming territory being the first in the US to grant voting rights to women in 1869.

And WHITE women at that!

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Re: A Wyoming quiz!!
« Reply #10 on: October 06, 2006, 03:16:31 am »
Wyomen - you had to dig deep to find this old thread!  Nice job.  Has anyone heard from BBMGrandma?  I thought I saw some of her in feedback for various fan fiction.  I do understand how fan fiction can suck one in for hours (or days) at a time.  Nonetheless, I miss her.  Maybe I'll try an email?? Nancy - if you're reading this, we need you back!!

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Re: A Wyoming quiz!!
« Reply #11 on: October 13, 2006, 08:43:11 pm »
CoyotePiper is correct.  It was, and still is, an interesting period in Wyoming history, and ironically contridicted by the brutal murder of Matthew Sheppard.