There is this article, see, about what is the most screwed up thing about the states. I was enjoying laughing at the frailties of the other states, until I noticed what they have to say about North Dakota:
They seem to base their rating on some kind of model magazine ranking. We don't have all that many magazine models. We don't have all that many people.
34. North Dakota: ranked last in ugliest residents report as chosen by The Daily Beast. Source.
Just a damn minute here! I've been to a lot of states, and we aren't even close to the ugliest. I've been to a lot of states. We're pretty good looking. I mean just look at our law firm. I'm an Adonis, of course. Jacquie isn't all that bad looking, and even Jerome, for all his faults, isn't exactly ugly.
They seem to base their rating on some kind of model magazine ranking. We don't have all that many magazine models. We don't have all that many people.
Equally unfair is the ranking of Maine as the dumbest state based on SAT ranking. What they seem to overlook is that there are a lot of states, particularly in the south, in which none but the most talented students--hoping to get admitted to colleges outside the south--take the SAT. States like #15, Arkansas, come out looking a lot better because of this fact. I do a lot of work in Arkansas. They have some wonderful people there. But #15 in smarts--I don't think so.
Had they done their research they would have known what's wrong with North Dakota. It's too damn cold.
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