09/18/11 - DVCers Take Over the Dream (S.S. Member Cruise 2011) - Thread #13

[friends with mickey]

Since I have a common name, sometimes I tell people it's easy for them to remember my name, because everyone has a john. (different kind of John, though)

Hoosier is not that common of name

 

[Hoosier John]

No lurking for me! Too busy enjoying our awesomesauce vacation!

Hi Karen, what have y'all done so far?

 

[annearchi]

Yay! time for this hoosier to go home. Born and raised!

 

[Hoosier John]

Hoosier is not that common of name

That's the third most popular reason we call ourselves Hoosiers. Rumored to have been a black preacher traveling around southern IN about the time we became a state. His last name is said to have been Hoosier.

 

[annearchi]

That's the third most popular reason we call ourselves Hoosiers. Rumored to have been a black preacher traveling around southern IN about the time we became a state. His last name is said to have been Hoosier.

Or "hoosier" daddy?

 

[Hoosier John]

Yay! time for this hoosier to go home. Born and raised!

See ya real soon ... drive careful (I know 264 gets kinda ugly from about 4:30 to 6:00, if you get on the expressway)

 

[friends with mickey]

That's the third most popular reason we call ourselves Hoosiers. Rumored to have been a black preacher traveling around southern IN about the time we became a state. His last name is said to have been Hoosier.

Since I was born in Evansville, that would make me one of you Hoosiers too

 

[dvc deernut]

Yum yum. I think a tropical depression is what I need.

Ok, that thong picture has been bothering me. Is it a man or a woman? That's just disturbing.

THAT WAS JUNIOR LAST YEAR ON THE FAMILY BEACH

 

[friends with mickey]

That's the third most popular reason we call ourselves Hoosiers. Rumored to have been a black preacher traveling around southern IN about the time we became a state. His last name is said to have been Hoosier.

OK, what are the first two reasons

 

[Hoosier John]

Since I was born in Evansville, that would make me one of you Hoosiers too

I forgot about that. Hoosiers are dominating the boards right now. Well we were, I gotta go get some stuff done. Be back later.

 

[dvc deernut]

Does it rhyme with wrong, gong, or long

ITS A SECRET BUT ITS GREAT FOR JUNIOR TO TRICK OR TREAT AT MK ON MNSSHP. WHO KNOW WHEN AND WHERE IT WILL SHOW UP

 

[friends with mickey]

I forgot about that. Hoosiers are dominating the boards right now. Well we were, I gotta go get some stuff done. Be back later.

And I thought Hoosiers dominating the boards only happened at Indiana basketball games.

 

[Luckymomoftwo]

I bet THIS will make you guys laugh...

I am the only one in our branch that does our loan closing packages. And corporate only has one closer for the rest of the company. (five branches) Nobody else can even access the closing screens. So I emailed the closer at corporate and one of the "higher ups" at corporate reminding them that I would be out and our branch has 40+ loans in our pipeline. I got an email from the "higher up" telling me ALL of our branches are swamped and proceeded to ask if I could cut my vacation short.



AS IF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So I emailed her back and explained that I've had this vacation planned long before we knew our other company was going belly up and we would be bought by this company. And I apologized for taking vacation when we were so busy and reminded her we have no way of predicting when we will be busy or slow in the mortgage industry any more. She replied that she just figured she would ask just in case.

 

[Hoosier John]

OK, what are the first two reasons

The top two reason (and I can't remember which is most popular) are:

1) Early houses didn't have locks, so a visitor would knock and since there was no reason to go to the door to let them in (or too lazy?), the response would be, "Who's Here?" Then if it was someone they knew, they would be invited in.

2) A lot of fighting took place in the days of the settlers (probably accompanied by grain alcohol). Evidently it was somewhat common, or just very memorable to tear your opponents ear off. When the detached ear was spotted on the ground, someone would yell, "Who's Ear?"

I think I have them in order of most popular belief. Thinking about it, I would almost say the Preacher Hoosier is almost more viable. At that time in history, settlers would have never admitted that their state nickname came from a black man, and would invent any story to change history.

In public school history, we were only told about the first two. In Indiana history in college, was the first I ever heard of the preacher.

Out of curiosity, where does the northern (Canadian) term Hosier (sp?) originate? There is a lot of similarity, and the change in accent might account for the difference in spelling/pronounciation.

 

[friends with mickey]

The top two reason (and I can't remember which is most popular) are:

1) Early houses didn't have locks, so a visitor would knock and since there was no reason to go to the door to let them in (or too lazy?), the response would be, "Who's Here?"

2) A lot of fighting took place in the days of the settlers (probably accompanied by grain alcohol). Evidently it was somewhat common, or just very memorable to tear your opponents ear off. When the detached ear was spotted on the ground, someone would yell, "Who's Ear?"

I think I have them in order of most popular belief. Thinking about it, I would almost say the Preacher Hoosier is almost more viable. At that time in history, settlers would have never admitted that their state nickname came from a black man, and would invent any story to change history.

In public school history, we were only told about the first two. In Indiana history in college, was the first I ever heard of the preacher.

Out of curiosity, where does the northern (Canadian) term Hoser (sp?) originate? There is a lot of similarity, and the change in accent might account for the difference in spelling/pronounciation.

Maybe the preacher got around eh!

 

[Hoosier John]

Maybe the preacher got around eh!

But in a sense, yes. He was apparently one of the preachers who traveled from village to village (more revival-like), than actually having a church.

I have never known anyone with the last name Hoosier, however.

 

[dvc deernut]

Or "hoosier" daddy?

AHHHH!! YOU STOLE MY LINE. I WAS GOING TO WRITE WHO's YOUR DADDY!

 

[autumnl78]

LYNNHAVEN MALL WE HAVE BEEN THERE A COUPLE TIMES. ONE TIME I PARKED THE CAR AT ONE END, THE LARGE DEPT STORE HAD MORE THAN ONE DOOR. I HAD TO GO BACK TO GET SOMETHING I WALKED OUT THE WRONG DOOR<, DIDNT REALIZE IT, THOUGHT THE VAN WENT MISSING I SEARCH THE WHOLE PARKING LOT, EXCEPT FOR WHERE IT WAS PARKED. I PANICED, TOLD LAURA IT WAS GONE. SO SHE WENT OUT THE RIGHT DOOR, THERE IT WAS DID I FEEL STUPID. DO THEY STILL HAVE PARASAILING AT VIRGINIA BEACH? I LOVE PARASAILING!!

honestly.. ok you ready for this.. im a local, so i avoid going past shore drive from memorial to labor day so i dont really know..

 

[dvc deernut]

BACK IN THE 70s WE USED TO GO AROUND SAYING HEY HOSER, OR HOWs IT GOIN' HOSEHEAD!

 

[friends with mickey]

But in a sense, yes. He was apparently one of the preachers who traveled from village to village (more revival-like), than actually having a church.

I have never known anyone with the last name Hoosier, however.

I dated a girl in college, Colette Hoosier, they pronounced it (who z a) I believe it was of French origin.