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924RACR · Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 12:40 pm Post subject: OT - American souveniers???

Question for all out there... one of my coworkers, a German, will be due to return home in a little over a year... we were starting to put together a list, over a few beers in the bar, of the most appropriate truly American souveniers for him to take home. Here's our start... naturally they will have to be procured by him from the source - factory, etc...

Cowboy boots and hat from Texas
Louisville Slugger
Fifth of Jack Daniels
poker chip from casino in Vegas or Atlantic City
Conch shell from the Conch Republic
Bottle of tequila/sombrero/poncho from Mexico?
Confederate flag

What else? We gotta figure there's at least one item from each state that's uniquely American...

California? MAC-9 from Compton? Or maybe some ass-less leather chaps from Folsom St.???

Florida? Maybe a shuffleboard stick? Mouse ears?
Michigan? Toss-up between a Detroit Tigers baseball cap or a Big-Block Chevy motor?
Jar of green river water from Chi-town during Saint Patty's Day?
Arkansas - stuffed razorback?
Alaska - polar bear rug?

Mardi Gras beads?
Smelly flannel shirt from Seattle? With a Microsoft pin?

Yeah, OK, you get the idea... may end up being a big of a scavenger hunt... but anyway, he does have some time to go finding things... best ideas will be passed on to him... food items sadly won't generally work...

Thanks!
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This goes well with the rebel flag (& accessories):

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alexvex · Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 5:26 pm Post subject:

The Grand Dragon used to live about a mile from my house...
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Peter_in_AU · Joined: 29 Jul 2001 Posts: 2743 Location: Sydney, Australia

How about a George Dubya doll that plays a fiddle while the economy goes up in flames

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Martijnus · Joined: 29 Dec 2006 Posts: 2019 Location: Netherlands

why the hell would you buy a big mac in the US?

looking at the global strategy that mcdonalds applies there's no doubt that a big mac tastes as shitty in the US as it does in germany

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968rz · Joined: 21 Aug 2006 Posts: 537 Location: S. E. Wisconsin

He'll need a mosquito from Wisconsin, or a hang over (they say we drink the most beer here)

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dpw928 · Joined: 02 Nov 2002 Posts: 1860 Location: owasso, ok 74055

Something Native American. Bow and arrows? Aroowhead? Headress, squaw?

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924RACR · Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 11:58 pm Post subject:

Wisconsin - what about a Cheesehead hat???

Tough one - what about the Dakotas? Paul Bunyan statue?
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924RACR · Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 2:28 am Post subject:

Duh, I shoulda known that, I go by it all the time...

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ideola · Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15550 Location: Spring Lake MI

South Dakota, I'd say a Jackalope from the original Wall Drug.

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