The seven dwarves worked in a mountain, as I recall.
So they caught Warren Jeffs (the infamous polygamist), which means I can’t run into him at Wal-Mart and snag the humongous reward for his capture now. Blast. That was a major part of my retirement plan. I suppose I shouldn’t be too disappointed, though, because I am against the whole marrying underage girls (some against their will, and some who have been essentially brainwashed) to amazingly older men thing. Ew. Frankly, marrying someone to anyone else without their informed consent is icky. And morally wrong. But icky seems like the best word for it.
In other news, I’m still adjusting to this strange, strange land. I decided that we need a car with a better safety rating (not difficult since we drive a Cavalier) because of the, er, aggressive driving habits of the mountaineers. Can I call Utahns mountaineers? I mean, there ARE mountains here. Plenty of ‘em. I’m not sure what your association has to be with a mountain to be a mountaineer. Hmm. The seven dwarves worked in a mountain…are they mountaineers? Or miners? Ok…a mountaineer either lives in a mountainous area (so I’m a mountaineer I guess) or climbs mountains for sport. Hmm. What other reason do you have for climbing a mountain? Escaping from crazed dinosaurs?
Yeah. Mountains. And you want to know the best question I’ve been asked about Iowa so far (which just so happens to do with mountains)? “Are there mountains in Iowa?” Er. Public education here might not be so good with the geography and all. Hard to say. People are probably preoccupied with catching fugitives from the law and climbing mountains to escape crazy things and such.
The seven dwarves were mountaineers, and Snow White was a minor. Maybe the story is, like, a metaphor for Utah! :D