The Amish

[April]

So back a while ago Aeryn and I were driving in the country and we saw some amish kids and dads fishing. the kids were so cute! I love the amish. Well today aeryn and I were driving and then....we drove right through an amish community...it was amazing!!!!!!!!! then we turned around and this old amish dude waved at us...but it wasn't really a wave it looked like gang sign almost. at any rate....it was awesome. Aeryn and I love the amish. what are your feelinsg on them?

[DustinsDuster]

believe me, it was NOT gangsign.

Dustin

[April]

lol....it was a wave....thats for sure...and we waved back

[DustinsDuster]

i dont think theres enough common courtesy in the world today. its good to see some people are still nice.

Dustin

[Ashley]

i think the amish are normal people, i guess. it's not like they're a unique breed of people or something.. they're just people with a weird religion.. one of my moms good friends is menonite, and we've gone to their house a few times. it's really nothing special. they're normal people, they're just more family oriented than most people. maybe it's because i know people who are menonite, but i dont think the amish or menonites are really a big deal.

[Aeryn]

i think the amish are normal too... but they're awesome... they have a bakery!! if anyone wants to, we'll take you to the community sometime... we can all make a fieldtrip to the amish bakery

[DustinsDuster]

i heard they make really kick ass blankets. they would have to be to be to keep them warm in Iowa winters.

Dustin

[Ashley]

uh.. czech village has a rockin bakery too, and it's like 5 minutes away, not.. 45. lol.

[Aeryn]

but you see... there's no fun in driving five minutes... there is no way you can appreciate the music or the scenery... the ride is half of the fun

[Ashley]

ok. you guys can drive clear out there for a bakery.. i, on the other hand, will drive down the street and get some rockin kolaches. lol.

[DustinsDuster]

BAH! the Amish are alright, but you have to be a lot cooler than that to get me to drive 45 minutes to see them.

Dustin

[melhoneybee]

i like the amish....and i have heard some bad things about that backery in the village...lol... but amish country are you talking kalona?

[babygrlkw04]

here are my thoughts on the Amish, they do have an awsome bakery, they also make very cool furniture, i beleave that they work harder then anyone else does, they are very nice, and i have a lot of respect for them too. even though they live a different life style then us i think that they have more in many ways then we do. i know not every family is the same but i think that the Amish have closer families then some of us do, i mean the houses that they live in aren't that big if that family have many kids, they cook together ( the girls do anyway) they work out in the fields together (the boys) they grow their own crops and fruits and vegetables togther... a lot of the stuff they do the do together. i personally think that it would be awsome to live the way they do for a day or even a weekend.

[Aeryn]

no... we're not talking about the amish around kalona... we were just driving up here by cedar falls and came across a small amish community.... by 105th street.

[Ashley]

i like the amish....and i have heard some bad things about that backery in the village...lol... but amish country are you talking kalona?


what have you heard about the bakery in czech village? i dont think i've ever heard a single bad thing about it. my great grandma lives right down the street, so we used to always go and get breakfast there every morning (in the summers, i basically lived with my grandma since both my parents worked weird shifts).. and it was delicious. lol.

[melhoneybee]

Um...more so like the employee's don't wash there hands... they have a cockroach problem... shit like that... nothing about the food.

[April]

well....at any rate....i love the amish and i always will.

[melhoneybee]

I wasn't talking about the Amish bakery..... I was reply to Ash.

[Ashley]

Um...more so like the employee's don't wash there hands... they have a cockroach problem... shit like that... nothing about the food.

i'm calling BS, big time.

besidse the fact that i went there like every day with my grandma.. a girl i know works there. and it's actually a really nice place. don't always believe what you hear. =)

[melhoneybee]

um...the people i was hearing this from was from people who worked there too... maybe it's changed in the last year though...cause I heard that a year ago.. dunno....

[April]

a good friend of mine used to work there and always complained cause in the kitchen there is like an inch of grease on the floor

[ZacFields]

eh, about the hand washing thing and cockroaches.....I'm not sure if those are things I would call problems.

Cockroaches are inevitable. Also, they're generally not a problem...it just sucks to have to mess with killing them and whatnot. The quiktrip I work at has some cockroaches. It's no big deal really. They're just like any other bug.

The hand washing thing. Firstly, every single person in this world has a different view on what is acceptable for the amount of times someone is supposed to wash their hands. I say as long as their not sticking their fingers in their butts and then wiping it on my food, they're alright.

Zac

[DustinsDuster]

George Carlin had an awesome piece on washing your hands and showering in general. it went something along the lines of this:

"heres another thing. i know you all are going to have trouble believing this, but you dont nesicarily need to take a shower every day. its hard to believe, but you dont have to"

and

"i dont wash my hands every time i go to the bathroom either. the only time i wash my hands is when i shit on them. and that happens tops, TOPS, 2 or 3 times a week."

he also talks about he eats food that falls on the floor, because thats why we have an immune system, and compares his immune system to the US's arsenal. funny shit. i would host the clip, but its in the middle of an hour long audio clip i have of him.

Dustin

[Ashley]

lol. exactly. people are just naturally not very sanitary. i know people expect healthcare and foodservice type people to be spectacularly clean.. but it's not going to happen. i used to work in a kitchen at an assisted living home before Quik Trip, and i couldn't count the times i swiped my finger through a thing of mashed potatoes or picked up silverware i dropped on the ground and put it back on the table. even at quiktrip, if i don't have a boxcutter to open a bag of cappucino.. my instinct is to rip it open with my teeth. is any of this going to kill people? no. is it going to make anyone sick? no.

i dont mind hearing about people not washing hands as often as ''they should be'' washing their hands.. partly because i really dont care (unless someone just got done pissing all over their hands or something).. because it's really not gonna kill me.

[PrizmRacingUSA]

HEY.... YOU GUYS THINK MOTEL SIX IN AMISH COUNTRY LEAVES ITS LIGHT ON FOR YOU????

[DustinsDuster]

i doubt they have Motel 6, its probably a lot lower than that, like motel 2 or something.

Dustin