This is a fun list of Enid things I created in 2008. Thought it would be fun to repost. Enjoy!
You might be from Enid if…
1. You like to dress like a clown on the last Saturday of July
2. You wished for a Red Lobster & when you got one you forgot to eat there
3. You knew an extra in the movie “Dillinger”
4. You ate at a restaurant with a train in it & a train with a restaurant in it
5. You know where you were during “The Flood of ’73″
6. You know the Wee Too does not serve Chinese food
7. Jet engine noise puts you to sleep
8. You can spell Chautauqua
9. An 85 mile drive to Target is just “out shopping”
10. You attended a university with the initials P.U. that had a skunk mascot
11. You’ve ever used the term “flyboy”
12. You know what “The Quill” is
13. You’ve ever seen a May Pole
14. Someone talked you into going to the “insane asylum”
15. You watched the “boat races” at Meadowlake
16. Gary has ever made you take your hat off
17. You remember riding the “Bullet”
18. You ate at a restaurant that had a volcano in it
19. You know who had the largest grain elevators in the world
20. You remember the smell of Ken’s Bakery
21. You remember the smell of Champlin Refinery
22. You honked at the State School kids out by the fence
23. Your favorite astronaut is Owen K. Garriott
24. You threw peanuts into the monkey pit at the zoo
25. You know who Matt Price’s brothers are
26. You know who won the 1998 Grammy for Best New Age Album
27. You’ve ever heard something blamed on the “City Fathers”
28. Your house was a sheet of ice in January of 2002
29. You’ve ever been on an Adventure Quest
30. You know what the heck Tri-State is
31. Chapter 7 means more to you than bankruptcy
32. You know that the Tia Juana doesn’t serve Mexican food
33. You know where Enid’s only escalator was
34. You remember what “the loop” was
35. You know the Simpsons aren’t named OJ or Bart
36. You remember the masked Speedo jogger on Lahoma Road
37. You knew someone that knew someone that got stabbed at the Magnificent Cobra
38. You’ve been to EnidBuzz.com
I’m stumped on the answer to #33! Can you help?
Hi Robin, the escalator was in the original Mongomery Wards building which later became Evans Drug on the corner of Randolph and Grand.
I can’t remember the restaurant in #18, with a volcano???? Please help me out!
Toucan Harry’s in the Midwestern Inn on Van Buren.
# 36 ? What is that about????
Used to be a guy that jogged everywhere around town. In the summer he would wear a full ski mask, no shirt and a speedo. You could usually see him running along Garriott. About half the time he was pushing his wife who sat in a wheel chair but was not unable to walk. This went on for years.
The masked jogger was a state school “graduate”. (See #22) Sometimes he pushed his wife in a shopping cart and other times he wore a tutu to run in.
It was always fun to see what new outfit he would wear. I’m not sure I ever saw the speedo though.
you knew that too get your boy scout stuff you would have to go to coldirons
The shale pit was an awesome place to take the motorcycle or 4×4
Grand Natl Quail hunt every year at Mid western Inn
4th of july at Meadowlake
Awesome air shows
Wheat capitol of the world
Spectator races at the speedway
Hardees to Meadowlake was the drag
Burger Chef predated McDonald’s, Burger King, Wendy’s, and Hardee’s.
Hickory Hut was way out west, but the skating rink was practically in the panhandle.
You’re from Enid if you know which President ate at the Wagon Wheel.
You might be from Enid if your Dad met your Mom at the Youngblood Hotel.
You might have gone to Enid High if you know what the boys wore for swim class in the ’60s!! (SR ’67)
Nixon stayed at the Midwestern Inn and walked to the Wagon Wheel in the middle of the night during the Quail Hunt.
The EHS Boys swim class’ wore the same nothing in the 70s as well. When did that finally STOP?
Before there was Wal Mart or K.Mart, all the kids bought school supplies at Vaters.
Did anyone house band kids in their own homes in the 60s and 70s from other states for Tri State?
How about Pizza Inn and the guy managing the place calling everyone “Ralph!”
You know you are from Enid if you remember:
The great walk-out protest against the school dress code.
Playing “Ghosts at Midnight” in the Bird Sanctuary
Visits to the Lahoma Drive-in
Dear Gabby in the Waller newspaper.
Great additions!
Thanks for the additions!
Does anyone know what happened to the Main Street Station railroad car that used to be a restaurant downtown? Thanks!