Washington
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Washington is the northwesternmost state in the contiguous United States.
It is named for its first permanent settlement, which was founded where trappers and traders used to gather every few weeks to scrub their dirty apparel.
The official language of Washington State is Chinook, widely spoken by lumberjacks, fur trappers, fishermen, and drunken grunge music fans. Typical words in Chinook include muckleshoot (which means to give the casino all your money) and skookumchuck (which means to blow salmon chunks).
Washington is divided into western and eastern halves by the rugged Cascade Mountains. People on the dry side of the mountains vote funny. You probably shouldn't call them out on this, though, because the dry side of the mountains used to be in the nuke-making business.
[edit] Cultural milestones
- Rain.
- Bad musical styles inspired by too much rain in the early 1990s.
- Bad fashion influences due to the aforesaid musicians dressing for rain.
- Starbucks coffee helps keep people warm in the rain.
- Plutonium-based nuclear weapons will end the rain...forever.
[edit] Famous Washingtonesians
- Jimi Hendrix (he went to Britain for some sun, and to get famous)
- Ray Charles
- Kurt Cobain
- Bill Gates
- Bob Barker
- Ted Bundy
- Glenn Beck
- Orson "Ender's Game" Scott Card
- Bing Crosby
- James "Scotty" Doohan
- Kenny G
- Frank "Dune" Herbert
- Gary "Far Side" Larson
- Kenny Loggins
- Eddie Vedder
- Adam "Batman" West
- Bigfoot
- User:Teresita
