

bennybinks
holy fuck that is specific


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from this
How Y’all, Youse and You Guys Talk (Published 2020)

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I literally grew up in Rockford, it pinpointed my exact city

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that's wild

fleshy barbie
does it have "tyme machine" in there because i feel like that's always a dead giveaway

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wha

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it does not, I also don't know what that means

fleshy barbie
oh ok that must be madison only, it's an ATM

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ohh lol

fleshy barbie
ahaaaa, it's pronouncing "cot" and "caught" differently that got me apparently

bennybinks
same hahaha

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now if it had included Beef-A-Roo, that's a dead giveaway

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but that's also a specific chain I guess

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my favorite Rockford trivia for my new home is that we have a big orange sculpture on our waterfront like the big red one in Seattle Center, by the same artist

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which we affectionately call The Orange Thing

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and when I visited Seattle Center for the first time I was like !!! THAT THING!!! WE HAVE ONE OF THOSE

fleshy barbie
HAHA it followed you

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that's great

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Beef-a-roo

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fleshy barbie
wow that sure is a thing

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I'm excited that I could find both of these with the search terms 'rockford orange thing' and 'seattle center red thing'


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Beef-A-Roo

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when I was with my sister's family and we were driving down from Madison to the Chicago area, we had to go through Rockford and she and I insisted we stop at Beef-A-Roo

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and her husband was like this place better be amazing

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because we're going out of our way to hit it

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and I've gotten Chris on the Beef-A-Roo train and Emily loves it too of course so we were like Sean. calm down. it's great

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and to my delight he actually agreed, after eating there

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Beef-A-Roo is an important cultural symbol

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well damn now I’m jealous I’ve never been

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you should be

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the next time you find yourself driving through northern Illinois, you know where to go

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I'm sure that happens all the time

fleshy barbie
did you guys have maid-rite in rockford, i can't remember

bennybinks
that sounds familiar

mj
I assume Beef-a-Roo serves beef.

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it's a local fast food place, they do roast beef sandwiches and hamburgers but also like. other fast food things

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fries good

mj
Beef fries.

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I would like some beef fries

fleshy barbie
delicious