1. Individuals residing in rural northwest
Iowa who are often featured in stories told by grandparents; such stories
may involve the subject eating too much
ice-cream and developing a stomach ache or diarrhea, stepping in
cow maneur, or falling asleep in front of the television after an exhausting day.
2. Residents in rural northwest Iowa who one tell stories about, regardless of whether the listener knows or cares about the subjects.
1. Ol' Borcher came home t' other night with a gut-ache; guess he ate an entire large
pizza at The Pizza Ranch.
2. I hadn't walked through the
door before
Grandma started telling a story about how one o' the Borchers accidentally scooped up his pet cat while shovelin' snow.