Song prompt Wed!
"Effington could be a wonderful f'ing place." Ben Folds, Effington.
Despite the title and lyrics, Mr. Folds has confirmed that this song is actually about Effingham, IL. He misread a sign I guess.
So in honor of this song I will now tell you 5 things I know about Effingham without using wikipedia.
1. The former business manager of Effingham once called my boss to compliment me on being such a good client contact. So, based on that I like Effingham.
2. There is no easy way to drive to Effingham from where I live. That is perhaps because no one wants to vacation in Effingham.
3. I consider Effingham to be in southern Illinois even though it is in the middle of the state. Really, I consider anything south of Joliet to be in southern Illinois.
4. Effingham could be a wonderful effing place. (See above.)
5. Um. I guess I only know 4 things.
I know way more about Normal, IL.
Uh oh, Matt would now classify you as a chicagoan. He claims that all chicagoans think that anything south of 80 is southern Illinois.
ReplyDeleteActually, I think anything south of 90 is southern IL, but I didn't want to sound snobbish.
ReplyDeleteI agree. Anything south of Chicago is Southern Illinois....well, not really just Southern Illinois, more like anything south of Chicago is The South.
ReplyDeleteI would not totally disagree with you Steph.
ReplyDeleteI remember stopping in a restaurant near Saint Louis, but still is IL and everyone in the restaurant had super strong southern accents. I think if over 35% of the people in your area have a Southern accent then your area should be classified as The South.