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This is one of the first questions I ask each of my new students when they come into our program. Since they come from all over the country, I often find the answers entertaining and enlightening. A few even admit to not knowing Utah was a state until they came to our program. Anyway, I wondered what you guys know about Utah. Enlighten me.
This is one of the first questions I ask each of my new students when they come into our program. Since they come from all over the country, I often find the answers entertaining and enlightening. A few even admit to not knowing Utah was a state until they came to our program. Anyway, I wondered what you guys know about Utah. Enlighten me.
What program is it that you run ?
What do I know about Utah? I got the freekin heebiejeebies on my cross country trip when I drove through (salt lake city)...for some reason, the vibe just felt strange.
Beyond the LDS connection, that is about it.
Western state, has the salt flats, some or mostly plain or desert area, has Mormons in it,.......sorry that's all I've got
I don't run the program, I'm just an underpayed, overworked teacher. ;p The program is a residential treatment center for girls ages 12-18. Here is one that I teach at, an here is the other.What program is it that you run ?
I commend you!!! That is an honorable profession...I am sure that the folks who assisted me when I was fourteen in something similar to your programs would be happy with myself as a productive member of society today...and I can imagine you've got success stories under your belt!
Uh, has this year's only undefeated college football team. :)
Western state, has the salt flats, some or mostly plain or desert area, has Mormons in it,.......sorry that's all I've got
Yepp, I hit the salt flats not quite prepared (mentally) for hitting a desert...I had a sixpack of coke in the car and nothing else...
Did a u-turn, hit a sams or the equivalent...bout a five gallon cooler filled with ice and water...
Saw interesting things in the flats...messages carved into the sand with huge rocks...mostly biblical passages...
Yes, but I also have failures too. In my line of work you tend to spend more time thinking about the ones you couldn't help then the ones you could.
Yeah, I remember those kids. Unfortunately, you just knew from the rock in your stomach what they were headed for.
It's an amazing thing you do. Thank you.
I know it's shaped like a rectangle with a little square bit gouged out at the top.
It's the only state that starts with 'U'.
It's also the only state that ends in 'H'.
It's tied with Ohio and Iowa for shortest state name.
It is one of those states where you can go to the corner of the state and stand in four states at the same time, which is the only place in the country you can do this and there was this really cool issue of 'Tales From the Crypt' that had a story involving a murder mystery that took place RIGHT AT THAT SPOT, and because the murder took place in four states at once there was like, a lot of bureacratic red tape, and the guy got off, but then the guy he killed came back to life and took the guy and then he killed the guy four times, once in each state...
And that's what I know about Utah!
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- Home of famed paleontologist James "Jim" Kirkland, who I got to meet when I was a little kid.
- Only state I can think of at the moment that doesn't rhyme with anything. However, it is an anagram of "a hut."
- Utah's capitol is Salt Lake City, home of the 2004 Winter Olympics.
- Home state of Brigham Young University.
- Known as "The Beehive State," and is shaped like a Franklin stove.
- Sundance Film Festival baby!
- Also was the setting for the Great Brain series of books which I loved as a kid. I forget the name of the town, but whenever they went up to the "Big City" it was always Provo
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When I was in traffic school one day years ago the police officer that was giving the class asked everyone what country they were from. Well he came to this 35-45 yr old woman who said she was from the Country of Utah! The class busted up. The cop didn't lose it until he told her is was not a country but that it was a State and she said he was wrong. He tried twice more but she had none of it...
The even funnier thing is that was not the only person I have met who thinks Utah is a country and not a state. I asked some friends of mine, who are from Utah, if they had heard of this. They shook their heads saying they had heard of it...
The few times I've driven through the state I was strangely aware that the gas prices stayed the same throughout the state.
Uuuuh... a state in the USA? :P
Best snow on earth (according to their license plate).
It's true that they have awesome skiing, and I say that as a Canadian. But I don't think it's the best snow on earth and we've got better ski resorts (mention Colorado and then we can talk). It depends on the time of year.
I know they have lots of Mormons and a salty lake and a city named after it. Great choir.
Strangely, I can't remember anything that happened while I was driving through - it was so uneventful.
Despite having never been there, I know everything about Utah. I am the world's foremost expert. Whatever you want to know... ANYTHING... just ask.
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Best snow on earth (according to their license plate).It's true that they have awesome skiing, and I say that as a Canadian. But I don't think it's the best snow on earth and we've got better ski resorts (mention Colorado and then we can talk). It depends on the time of year.
I know they have lots of Mormons and a salty lake and a city named after it. Great choir.
Strangely, I can't remember anything that happened while I was driving through - it was so uneventful.
You drove through. That was the event.
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Hmmm... the beer's alcohol content is only 3.2% and that it's said by residents of surrounding states that getting drunk on 3.2% hooch is called Riding into Battle on a Rocking Horse!
--Vrocking Horse!
And the Aussies laugh at them like the little byoches they are, drinking their weak American swill....;)
This is one of the first questions I ask each of my new students when they come into our program. Since they come from all over the country, I often find the answers entertaining and enlightening. A few even admit to not knowing Utah was a state until they came to our program. Anyway, I wondered what you guys know about Utah. Enlighten me.
I lived there for two decades, from when I was 9 to when I was 28 and left the state for law school. So, quite a lot, but it's all muddled up in sleepovers, backpacking, high school dances, skiing, part-time jobs, first loves, undergraduate cram sessions, and so on. You know, growing-up stuff. It would be very hard to separate out what I know about Utah from who I am.
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1) The trip from Colorado by Greyhound must go through the most buttugly part of Utah.
2)First settled by members of the LDS church when following Brigham Young after the Death of Joseph Smith
3)Named after the Ute Indians
4)My wife has cousins in Salt Lake city.
5)Olympics were held in SLC
6)Big LDS Temple is in SLC in Mormon Square
7)you live there
Salt plains, mormons, state name which I have encountered often in crosswords, namedropped by the British band who made hit a hit from chanting their name ("Utah Saints! Utah Saints! Utah Saints U-U-U-Utah Saints!").
It's somewhere in the middle of USA.
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And the Aussies laugh at them like the little byoches they are, drinking their weak American swill....;)Hmmm... the beer's alcohol content is only 3.2% and that it's said by residents of surrounding states that getting drunk on 3.2% hooch is called Riding into Battle on a Rocking Horse!
--Vrocking Horse!
Haha. [/Nelson]
I saw SLC Punk.
Excellent obscure movie. Especially when Matthew Lillard's character explains the 'hierarchy of beatings'.
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Hmmm... the beer's alcohol content is only 3.2% and that it's said by residents of surrounding states that getting drunk on 3.2% hooch is called Riding into Battle on a Rocking Horse!
--Vrocking Horse!
Last year the state repealed that law. Now you can get the same beer as everyone else in Utah. Most people just cruised to Colorado, Neveda, or Wyoming for their beer anyway.
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Yes, but I also have failures too. In my line of work you tend to spend more time thinking about the ones you couldn't help then the ones you could.Yeah, I remember those kids. Unfortunately, you just knew from the rock in your stomach what they were headed for.
It's an amazing thing you do. Thank you.
Actually, the ones that I struggle with the most aren't the ones who never try. I lose more sleep over the ones that seemed to do good and graduated the program and then a few monthes later you hear from their parents or some other source that they are back in their old habits again. To me those are the most heart breaking.
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This is one of the first questions I ask each of my new students when they come into our program. Since they come from all over the country, I often find the answers entertaining and enlightening. A few even admit to not knowing Utah was a state until they came to our program. Anyway, I wondered what you guys know about Utah. Enlighten me.
What do I know about UTAH?
1.They found Dinosaur Fossils there so REPUBLICAN go there to die.
2. The distance from Modern UTAH and "DINOSAURS ROAM THE EARTH" UTAH is a change in possibility.
3. UTAHRAPTOR tastes like UTAHCHICKEN only the bucket is bigger.
4. They shot a Jewish Cowboy there.
Didn't they name a beach after it somewhere...?
Last year the state repealed that law. Now you can get the same beer as everyone else in Utah. Most people just cruised to Colorado, Neveda, or Wyoming for their beer anyway.Hmmm... the beer's alcohol content is only 3.2% and that it's said by residents of surrounding states that getting drunk on 3.2% hooch is called Riding into Battle on a Rocking Horse!
--Vrocking Horse!
Ain't that the truth. I live in Nevada BTW.
1. Most folks live in one or two counties, the state is otherwise sparsely populated.
2. Arches Nat'l Monument is falling apart.
3. SLC airport is pretty damn boring.
4. You get flash floods in the canyon lands
5. "Jumping" cacti suck, a lot.
Also, regarding American swill, us eastern Kansans generally brew in the 7.5 - 11% range, Carrie Nation be damned.
Didn't they name a beach after it somewhere...?
Normandy, France, D-day landing site. Really damn windy, high cliffs/bluffs in places. Very somber country. I was only in Brittany for a few weeks, so I'm sure those impressions are terribly accurate.
Salt Lake City, UTAH was established by some Polygamist Mormons...so its populated by madmen who think having their lives made miserable by one woman just isnt enough.
LMAO! Post of the day!
much more after reading this thread.
I´m not sure if I would have placed SLC in Utah if asked out of the blue, but now I know.
Stefan
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Four letter word. Starts with "U", ends with "h", "ta" in between. If you write it backwards, it becomes "hatu" which, I am sure, has some form of cosmic significance.
Well, in the Ute language, Utah means "top of the mountains." Many Mormons veiw this as a fulfillment of Isaiah's prophecy that a temple will be built in the top of the mountains. This is at least an interesting coincidence since the early settlers applied for admission to the union under the name Deseret, which is supposedly Hebrew for honeybee.
Looked really pretty the one time I flew over. Had an olympics a while back. There was a tornado in SLC a few years ago.
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Spent a week in Moab this past summer visiting Arches National Park and Canyonlands. Took a sightseeing flight that was amazing, just seeing all of that terrain from above. I really missed my old Jeep while I was there.
Also passed through SLC on my way to Jackson Hole, Wyoming several years ago. I had about a 2-hour layover, and saw an ad that you could visit to the Mormon Temple. They had someone at the airport to drive you there, give you a tour, and bring you back to the airport in time to catch your flight. Interesting stuff.
