This November, Oklahoma turns 100. As the state readies itself for an overblown 'gala' in downtown OKC and first capital Guthrie stages little dances and costumed walk-arounds, it's worth looking at how STUPID the United States of America LOOKED during is under-/over-grown days of awkward adolescence...
...which ended when Oklahoma became a state in 1907.
Note this map, circa 1900:
Now focus JUST on the red parts. That's your country a century ago. Can't really brag at international symposia with a shape like that.
(However, if Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma -- all US territories at the time -- had broke off to become their own nation, 'Mexican Oklazona,' it would easily be the best nation shape in the world.)
--> The Failed Bands of Oklahoma would like to thank Oklahoma for contributing to the United States of America's more logical shape.
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1 comment:
Yes, I too would like to thank OK for their wonderful license plates and for having the best state bird, the scissor-tailed flycatcher. Although a close second would be the loveable cactus wren, from Arizona.
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