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Steve Crump column: Back in 1990 ... Twin Falls Times-News

09.05.10

Twenty years — and 1,560 columns — ago the first Don’t Ask Me was published in the Times-News, on May 6, 1990.

Thought you might like to read it again:

The other day I got a call from a fella named Ted, who has lived in the Magic Valley for five years since escaping Bakersfield. Ted was anxious to know at what stage he could expect to achieve true Idaism.

That’s a tough question, Ted.

Idaism is really less a state of grace than an attitude —- of having the confidence to know just how early in the winter to put that bale of hay into the back of your pickup, what social occasions call for screw-top wine and just how big a belt buckle you need to be considered overdressed.

But I’ve put together a little checklist for you that I hope will be helpful.

If you agree with more than 15 of the following statements, call me. If you score less than 10, call Jerry Brown:

1. I do my best napping at traffic lights.

2. A set of new mud flaps makes my palms sweat.

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