{"id":9093,"date":"2016-01-22T00:05:26","date_gmt":"2016-01-22T06:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/?p=9093"},"modified":"2016-01-12T16:59:13","modified_gmt":"2016-01-12T22:59:13","slug":"the-difference-between-texas-and-iowa-for-a-fantastic-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/the-difference-between-texas-and-iowa-for-a-fantastic-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"The Difference between Texas and Iowa for a Fantastic Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IowaTexas.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9094\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9094 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IowaTexas.jpg\" alt=\"What's the difference between Iowa and Texas? Here are my top ten answers based on a few days in Corpus Christi last week.\" width=\"809\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IowaTexas.jpg 809w, https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IowaTexas-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IowaTexas-768x454.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IowaTexas-500x295.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 809px) 100vw, 809px\" \/><\/a>A few years back I spoke at a conference in Corpus Christi, Texas in January and thus escaped several days worth of Iowa winter. With our state in the deep freeze again, perhaps these 10 observations will warm your chilly heart on this Fantastic Friday.<\/p>\n<p>10. Bilingual signs are no big deal in Texas. In Iowa, some people view them with suspicion.<\/p>\n<p>9.\u00a0 Corpus Christi, population\u00a0<em>307,953<\/em>, is considered a small city in Texas. Des Moines, population\u00a0<em>206,599<\/em>, is Iowa\u2019s largest city and the capitol. We think it\u2019s plenty big.<\/p>\n<p>8.\u00a0 Texas wait staff ask if you want sweet iced tea or plain iced tea. Iowa wait staff ask if you want hot tea or iced tea.<\/p>\n<p>7.\u00a0 Texas restaurants feature iced tea as their go-to drink in January. Iowa restaurants feature coffee. Hot coffee.<\/p>\n<p>6.\u00a0 In Texas, you can order shrimp three days in a row, and it\u2019s no big deal. In Iowa, it\u2019s a big deal.<\/p>\n<p>5.\u00a0\u00a0 When the Star Spangled Banner accompaniment doesn\u2019t work in Texas, every day folk sing a capella, no holds barred. In Iowa, every day folk refuse to sing anything a capella unless under duress because it\u2019s not polite to show off.<\/p>\n<p>4.\u00a0 Iowans feel guilty about escaping winter to enjoy 70+ degree Texas weather for a few days. Texans think Iowans are crazy to live where the temperature goes below freezing.<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0 In much of Texas, home owners consider swimming pools a necessity and furnaces non-essential. In Iowa, furnaces are a necessity and swimming pools are for rich people.<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0 In Texas, people will wait in line for a half hour to get ice cream at Baskin Robbins on a\u00a0 January Friday night. In Iowa, people wait in line for a half hour to get hot chocolate on a January Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0\u00a0 John Wayne may have been born in Iowa, but Texas owns him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few years back I spoke at a conference in Corpus Christi, Texas in January and thus escaped several days worth of Iowa winter. 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