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Wednesday, April 1, 2009
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Peasant Names:
Dayton: The Wright Brothers & Erma Bombeck
Milwaukee: Laverne & Shirley; Usinger's Famous Sausages
Appleton: Harry Houdini & Cheese Curds
Madison:Cheese Curds & Bucky the Badger
Grand Rapids:Gerald Ford & The Fine People of Amway
Minneapolis:Kirby Puckett & Jesse "the Body" Ventura
Oklahoma City: The Sooner Schooner
San Antonio: Davey Crockett & Fritos
Fort Worth: The Stockyards & Kinky Friedman
Vancouver: The Canucks & Pamela Anderson
Edmonton: Wayne Gretzky & the West Edmonton Mall
Calgary:The Flames and the Calgary Stampede
Philadelphia:Ben Franklin & the Cheesesteak
Hartford:Harriet Beecher Stowe & Joe Lieberman
Toronto:Anne of Green Gables, Mel Lastman & Howie Mandel (among many others)
Syracuse:Murray Burnthall, Bobcat Goldthwait & Grace Jones
West Point: Buzz Aldrin & The South Gate Tavern
Ottawa: Mayor O'Brien & Celine Dion
Norfolk: General MacArthur & Missy Elliott
Boston: John Adams & Diane Wilkerson
Pittsburgh: Andrew Carnegie & the Primanti Brothers
Sioux City: Mayor Hobart & Famous Dave's BBQ
Fayetteville: Mayor Coody & Orville Faubus
Des Moines: Cloris Leachman & Tom Vilsack
Cincinnati: President Garfield & Larry Flynt
South Bend: Knute Rockne & Regis Philbin
Peoria: Mayor Jim Ardis & Big Al's
Anchorage: Mount Redoubt & Captain Cook
Eugene: Prefontaine & the Caddisfly
Spokane: Bing Crosby & Mark Rypien
Denver: John Elway
San Francisco: Tony Bennett, Courtney Love & The Bushman of Fisherman's Wharf
Los Angeles: Jay Leno and J. Peterman
San Diego: Joan Embery & Shamu
San Jose: Steve Jobs & His Liver
Tucson: La Encantada & Rio Nuevo
Costa Mesa: The Real Housewives of the OC