All around Oklahoma City are these dumb billboards about things that were invented in our great state. I'm not sure what the purpose of them is since they are paid for by the Department of Tourism, and I hate to point out the obvious, but we're already here. See that? I could have saved the state thousands of dollars if only they'd asked. Why don't they ask me?
Those dumb billboards paid off for my daughter today when she called in to Radio Disney for a contest. She had to be the 50th caller and then know three things that came from our state. She quickly rattled off "the electric guitar, the parking meter, and the twist tie." She won! They're shipping a Wii and Guitar Hero to our house in the next few weeks. Everyone has been very impressed that she knew this weird assortment of Okie inventions. They keep thinking it's due to my superior teaching ability. All I can take credit for is teaching her to read the signs as we go down the road. (By the way, you can thank us for that whole "parking meter" thing at any time.)
I did turn her win into a mini-research project. I am a homeschooling mom. Educate yourselves on a few more Okie firsts:
THE FIRST BOY SCOUT TROOP IN AMERICA WAS FORMED IN 1909 IN PAWHUSKA, OKLAHOMA.
THE HULA HOOP WAS INVENTED IN BARTLESVILLE, OKLAHOMA.
THE FIRST PRESSURIZED SPACE SUIT WAS INVENTED BY WILEY POST IN BARTLESVILLE.
THE SHOPPING CART, YIELD SIGN AND AEROSOL CAN, WERE INVENTED IN OKLAHOMA.
THE PERSONAL COMPUTER WAS INVENTED BY OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENT EDWARD ROBERTS.
10 comments:
Congratulations! (and my tax dollars thank you, too ;-)
You'll enjoy the Wii and the game. I did.
And where would we be without the hula hoop?
Bored
I don't know much about Guitar Hero, but the Wii is fun....especially the cow racing game!
Love, Suzanne
Wow,
I didn't know that about OK. Those are some useful things that folks in your state can be very proud of inventing...But I think the Elec Guitar tops them all.
I'm not sure what had been invented in Calif, but when I retire, I'm moving to some place that's not so full of wierdo's, waste so much of our tax dollars and has so many liberalhippiefreaks.
Didn't your state invent the musical too?
(I admit, it's a stretched reference, but there it is...)
ROCK ON!
CL-Roller Dude,
My husband is working on his PhD at Oklahoma State University. He has several classmates from other states. One is from California who keep saying, "I had no idea how great Oklahoma was. If this gets out, you are going to have an influx of Californians here." Oklahoma has a low cost of living and a good economy, at least for now!
Love, Suzanne
Completely unrelated, but I nominated you for best underappreciated blog at http://thecrescat.blogspot.com/
Good luck!
I love Oklahoma. A couple of our kids were born there and I would not mind one bit moving back there! I had no idea it was such a boon of inventive ideas, too!
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