ask a townie

[Dr Rick Daris]

I'm pretty comfortable with the fact that I'm a transplant.

I think you have great townie potential

I can faux-townie better than some townies actually townie, but I'm still a transplant.

the deeper in you get, the more you realize that there are subtle layers and nuances that you will never be able to overcome. stevesie nailed it earlier in the thread. if you didn't at least show up in middle school and really even before, then you can forget about obtaining the highest level.

[raquetcat]

just razzin' you two, you're fine townies.  i just don't like you setting absurd standards for townieism that exclude my obviously townie buds.

oh ok now i see this. I'd like to take back my earlier post like Glenn taking back an elementary schooler's rented alto sax

This was a great townie joke skin Ben, well done

[Kat Kid]

I have some questions for Rowdy and Mr. KK:
-Best non-Amanda Arnold elementary school? If tiering helps here, go for it.
-What are the "it" churches in town?
-Favorite recurring sponsor of an MPRD team?
-Riff on some well-known MHS teachers/admins.
-Best date spot in HS, in college, and post-college?
-Do you think they'll put the second high school near the Red Lobster, or will they put the Red Lobster near the second high school?

-with RD here, no preference
-probably 1st presbyterian? Seven Dolars for Catholics, Episcopal is probably the best building/pastor
-Parker
-meh
-HS- empty house / college-empty house / post-college- empty house
-Red Lobster will sponsor the basketball broadcast and have a Red Lobster express in the new lunchroom

[Dr Rick Daris]

You can go to Catholic school and still be as townie as anyone else. You'd still go to MHS and comingle with all the other townies.

Well ya.

i suppose, but i'm not sure i'd recommend it.

[Kat Kid]

You can go to Catholic school and still be as townie as anyone else. You'd still go to MHS and comingle with all the other townies.

Well ya.

i suppose, but i'm not sure i'd recommend it.

It depends on what your goals are.

[Dr Rick Daris]

also no one has asked this one yet, but just in case anyone is wondering whether the people who were born in mhk and who also graduated mhs and ksu know that they are better than every other ksu grad then the answer is yes.

it's an understood thing that we never really talk about though and especially don't bring up in mixed (non townie) conversations.

[raquetcat]

This is a really great ComboFan thread and I have enjoyed it immensely. It's amazing to see KatKid and RowdyBoyy just flexing their townie muscles like absolute studs.

Yeah, it's a birthright thing more than anything. I haven't lived there in over a year and a half, spent at least 3 years away within my early twenties and still think my townie cred will run circles around yours.

This. I think if someone moved to Manhattan before middle school, stayed at K-State, and then settles in MHK post-college they could technically count themselves as a townie if it helps them sleep at night. But if you move in during or after middle school and live in MHK for the next seventy years? Get out of here, transplant. The elementary school allegiance really seems to be key here.


I have some questions for Rowdy and Mr. KK:

-Best non-Amanda Arnold elementary school? If tiering helps here, go for it.

pre-bergman: marlatt,  Lee,  no one else matters. Post-bergman: Bergman,  marlatt, no one else matters

-What are the "it" churches in town?

First United Methodist on poyntz

-Favorite recurring sponsor of an MPRD team?

Used to be ballards

-Riff on some well-known MHS teachers/admins.
-Best date spot in HS, in college, and post-college?
-Do you think they'll put the second high school near the Red Lobster, or will they put the Red Lobster near the second high school?
good one

[Dr Rick Daris]

i went to woodrow and loved it. it also made me a top 5 message blogger on this blog so it's hard to argue that the education wasn't top notch. in mhk, it typically takes all the cool kids two years (7th and 8th grade) to figure out all the other cool kids and then grade school affiliations don't really matter, but do make for fun townie conversations later in life.

[Stevesie60]

Hermione was a mudblood and she was a better wizard than most.

[Mrs. Gooch]

Hermione was a mudblood and she was a better wizard than most.

I think Hermione was a muggle-born, not a mudblood. Don't be so offensive.

[Stevesie60]

Hermione was a mudblood and she was a better wizard than most.

I think Hermione was a muggle-born, not a mudblood.

What do they call muggle-borns?

[Dr Rick Daris]

Hermione was a mudblood and she was a better wizard than most.

I think Hermione was a muggle-born, not a mudblood.

i believe a mudblood is a muggle-born. as to stevesie's greater point, of course she was a great wizard. can you imagine if she wasn't? probably would've been laughed straight out of hogwarts.

[Mrs. Gooch]

Hermione was a mudblood and she was a better wizard than most.

I think Hermione was a muggle-born, not a mudblood.

What do they call muggle-borns?

That's a really offensive term and you shouldn't use it to describe Hermione.

[Stevesie60]

Good grief, can you just tell me so I can make my metaphoric point with the correct terminology?

[Mrs. Gooch]

Good grief, can you just tell me so I can make my metaphoric point with the correct terminology?

It is just called muggle-born.

[star seed 7]

Is it mudblood? I always thought it was mugblood 

[Stevesie60]

I think mudblood is when one of your parents is a wizard and one is a muggle. But if you're a muggle, why would you ever marry a wizard? You'd feel some dumb having to do things all the time without magic while watching your spouse do them much easier.

[Dr Rick Daris]

now if you've ever walked to yi's friendly grocery for some candy, then you might be a townie. 

[CHONGS]

Mudbloods ruined it for all of us.

[star seed 7]

Little ricky d, what's the best Manhattan suburb to visit for a few hours, bonus question about best place to eat

[Dr Rick Daris]

Little ricky d, what's the best Manhattan suburb to visit for a few hours, bonus question about best place to eat

by suburb do you mean like ogden, wamego, etc?

[Mrs. Gooch]

I think mudblood is when one of your parents is a wizard and one is a muggle. But if you're a muggle, why would you ever marry a wizard? You'd feel some dumb having to do things all the time without magic while watching your spouse do them much easier.

Muggle-born means both your parents are muggles but you are a wizard. Modblood is a highly derogatory term for a muggle-born. (I thought it was mixed blood too, but according to Harry Potter wiki it is a term for muggle-borns.)

Anyone with mixed parentage or ancestry (i.e. one muggle parent or even one muggle ancestor) is referred to as half-blood.

[chum1]

I think my school is totally nondescript and no one knows anything about it or talks about it. It even closed for a while and then reopened. Did anyone even notice?

[star seed 7]

Yes, any place that would consider mhk as their city hub. East/west is probably limited, but north/south would be maybe an hour in each direction. Your judgement call of course

[SdK]

So about Juliette?