The Pott. Co. "Have You Ever..." Game

You know this game – give yourself a point if… 

Let’s see how many Pottawattamie Points you can rack up!  Post your number when you share the blog and feel free to comment here with your number and town, too, to let us know who the Pottawattamie Points Winner is!  And we will allow bragging!

1. Ridden hanging out of or on top of a vehicle while cruising.
2. Paid for an item (like mini scotcharoos) at Casey’s so you could use their bathroom
3. Eaten Jell-O salad with marshmallows in it
4. Had drinks on a dirt road
5. Shucked sweet corn for supper
6. Tubed the Nishnabotna
7. Had your picture taken in front of the World’s Largest Corn Stalk in Shelby
8. Been to the Carson Rodeo wearing cowboy boots
9. Walked beans or detassled corn
10. Had The Exchange Lounge’s pizza
11. Helped bale hay
12. Gone to Prom at more than one school
13. Played a game on the Treynor football field
14. Driven a tractor or semi
15. Swum in the Oakland Pool
16. Married or dated someone else from Pottawattamie County
17. Kissed someone on the top of the Observation Tower at Hitchcock Nature Center
18. Waved at everyone you drove by
19. Been in the Stempel Bird Museum in Macedonia
20. Called Macedonia ‘Donia (with an –ey sound at the end)
21. Ridden in the back of pick-up truck
22. Had a beer with the mayor of your town or another nearby town
23. Led some form of livestock with a halter at Westfair or the East Pott. County Fair
24. Made homemade jam, pickles, or salsa
25. Roller-skated at UMBA Hall in Underwood
26. Taken a picture of the albino buffalo at Botna Bend
27. Purchased jerky at Minden Meat Market
28. Said you were going to the “city” referring to Council Bluffs or Omaha
29. Owned an item made by Carhartt
30. Packed a cooler to go to the neighbors or to “check fields”
31. Used a tractor to “dig out” the driveway
32. Had the Friday Steak Sandwich Special at The Dewdrop Inn
33. Done a shot at Glenn’s with the Walnut crowd
34. Gotten or given extra produce from/to the neighbors
35. Realized you were related to 10 or more people at an event in a neighboring town
36. Referred to the road into McClelland as the Quick turn-off
37. Mentioned someone as “Old Man…”
38. Used the term “okie dokie” in conversation
39. Yelled “we’ll meet you there” before taking a short-cut gravel road to arrive first
40. Proudly spelled Pottawattamie for someone