So I have a Jeopardy question for you. Oh, wait they don’t do questions. Well too bad. I do things differently around here. So suck, it Trabek.
Do you know what the Sunshine State is?
If you guessed Florida, you are right. And probably from there. But did you also know that unofficially it is South Dakota? Yes, and I wouldn’t have known that if I wasn’t from there. And I can also tell you that I met many a winter day that had no sun, and quite honestly many a summer day that didn’t. I’m not sure how they got that distinction, because it seems like I live in a state right now where it is sunny all the time, even though right now it is like 18 degrees. Okay, right now it isn’t sunny, but during the day it has been. And Seattle, well, we saw the sun about 2 days per year. And it was always when people were visiting, so they thought the sun and mild temperatures were a constant thing. Suckers!
Anyways, now I shall put a nice cloud upon your day! Bitter Friday Gifture time!
Who is ready…
…to flip out over some things?
Oh, I know…
…this kid.
Oh…
…and this girl.
This dog know it is Friday…
…so he’s just going to let things slide.
This cat just wants to…
…hide under her desk.
And this cat is just being…
…pawful.
And this guy as Gumby…
…kind of a stretch.
And you thought chivalry was dead…
…people will still joust for humiliation.
Some days you are the skier…
…and sometimes you are the cement.
What wood you know…
..today was not such a good treet.
You fell…
…a little short.
You didn’t complete…
…any of your goals.
Looks like you need to go hang it up. Just like South Dakota, you might think you are a sunshine around the place, but really you are just an unofficial sunshine in your own mind. Just go home early and pretend like you are going to get paid for it.
ARRRRGGGGHHHHHH
Bitter Sunshine Deficient Ben
Ben's Bitter Blog 
Well, if you’re from South Dakota, of course it’s the Sunshine State… Sunshine!
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Which I just couldn’t stand so I moved to the rainy state, Washington.
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Enjoyable post, no one does it like you, Ben!
I’ve been to both Sunshine States (said no one ever) and I have to say that I like South Dakota better (again, said no one ever). I’ve explored the Badlands and Rushmore. In Florida I rode a giant tea cup in circles.
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I have been to both and I liked Florida better. Though not by much. I’ve been to Florida twice, once in winter, once in summer. Like winter there much better. South Dakota much better in summer. And I was in the part of South Dakota that was boring. The east side where nothing but the city was there. Ugggh.
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The Sunshine State is also Queensland, Australia.
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Yeah, I read that on Wiki too. I will just take your word for it though.
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Good old South Dakota. I lived there a few times. My son was christened in May. In a full on 6 foot of snow blizzard. I left soon after.
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That sounds like every day of winter growing up. I remember a day when I was in 3rd grade it was -80 wind chill. And when I was home for the holidays once it was -30 and I worked outside. That was one of the stupidest things I ever did.
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I married into it. I’m a south Georgia girl so I quickly left the man and the state.
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Sorry you were tricked into that. So back to south Georgia for you?
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No, I went to my Momma in Mississippi. Gulf Coast. Until Katrina. Now I’m in Bitterly Hideous Oklahoma. Life is not fair.
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You just can’t catch a break. Sounds like a bitter post is coming for you.
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I am bitterly nodding right now!
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I bitterly nod all the time.
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Haha that sounds character building! Bitterly cold, if you will. As a kid, I had a daily paper route for a few years in Winnipeg MB. I was on more than a nodding acquaintance with 50 below temps. Why? I was an enterprising young man and I loved my comic books.
A lot of citywide shutdowns due to blizzards. No going out bc if you lost sight of your home you might be found come Spring along with all the dog turds.
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Yeah, it wasn’t character building. All it did was make me more bitter. They never shut our city down unfortunately. That would have been great. They rarely cancelled school, though we tried to stop our bus, by building up snow barriers. They would just knock them down with their Monster Truck wheels.
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