i've been good and i've been good for nothing

[soopageek]

In the southern Chicagoland area, the Tri-State Tollway (I-80/I-294) crosses Thornton Quarry. You can see the highway in the upper quarter of the photo. It's the second largest quarry in the world at 1.5 miles long, a half mile wide and over 400 feet deep. The beginnings of the quarry date back as far as 1846, when several independent quarries

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[resonant]

Interesting!

[lowercasedee]

Oooooh...so many Polish jokes for Chicago. If I were actually Polish, I'd be mildly entertained. Since I'm Russian, I use them at every opportunity.

[soopageek]

You know some good ones? I always love a good joke.

The first Polish joke I learned (after the light bulb joke) was about a Polish man sitting on a hillside watching his house burn to the ground, just laughing his head off. A neighbor came up and asked, "Why are you laughing? Your house has been completely destroyed!" After catching his breath, the Pole responded, "I've got enough lumber in the attic to build another."

[lowercasedee]

*snortlaughs* My cousin (also a truck driver) told me this one a while ago:

Two Polish truck drivers are barreling along when they come up to an overpass. A sign says, "Clearance: 11"2'." So they get out, measure their truck, and realize that it's 11"6'. So the first man looks at his friend and says, "I don't see any police around... let's go for it!"

[intendent]

A girl I went to uni with is Polish and from Chicago.. Her mother doesn't even speak English! I find that crazy.

[soopageek]

Yeah, when reading various things about Thornton Quarry last night, I ran across some tidbits about the Poles in Chicago. There are apparently a few neighborhoods that still exist where you hear Polish spoken almost exclusively.

I've just always like the Polish Grand Canyon thing, 'cause it's kinda like the punchline to a Polish joke with a setup that needs to be seen and not heard.

[superhappytime]

i thought cleveland was the mistake on the lake?

[soopageek]

Actually all three of the I-80 cities on the Great Lakes get referred to as the Mistake on The Lake, but it is more commonly used with Cleveland and Chicago and not so much Toledo.

[superhappytime]

How about Gary? That place is a mistake.

[soopageek]

Well Gary is basically part of Chicagoland, so there ya go. I don't usually consider myself one who is easily bothered by being in certain areas of a city, but Gary is one of those places that makes me very uneasy to be in. Man, that place is a shit hole.