america sure knows a good idea, when it sees one

mærkelig idé nummer et/weird idea number one:



i byen wall, der har 800 indbyggere, blev der i 1931 åbnet en såkaldt drug store, den tids advancerede tankstation, og de lokkede kunder til under depressionen ved at tilbyde gratis isvand. så langt, så godt. nu er det så over årene vokset til en form for westernstorcenter. der er 500 kæmpeskilte langs motorvejen mod wall. altså, næsten lige så mange reklamer for wall drug, som det hedder nu, som der bor mennesker i byen!

in the city of wall, which has 800 inhabitants, a drug store was opened in 1931, and their got lots of customers during the great depression by offering free ice water. so far, so good. over the years it has grown to some sort of western mall. there are 500 huge billboards along the highway to wall, which means that there are almost as many signs as there are people in the city!

og de solgte den her vildt åndssvage t-shirt/and they sold this really stupid t-shirt:





mærkelig idé nummer to/weird idea number two:

i byen mitchell er de utroligt glade for landbrug, for det er det, de allesammen lever af. det har de gerne ville vise, særligt deres kærlighed til majs. hvordan gør man det? man bygger da et... majspalads!

in the city of mitchell, they really love their agriculture, because that is what they all make a living of. they have at some point felt that they would like to show this love, especially their passion for corn. how do you do that? by building... a corn palace!



paladset bliver pyntet hvert år efter et nyt tema, som indbyggerne vælger i fællesskab.
the palace gets decorated every year in a new theme that the citizens decide together.




mærkelig idé nummer tre/weird idea number three:

en mærkelig, men ret imponerende idé. skulptøren gutzon borglum syntes, at man burde hædre den amerikanske drøm, frihed og demokrati ved at hugge fire betydningsfulde præsidenter i et bjerg. og det påbegyndte man så, dog uden at blive færdige.
a strange, but quite impressive idea. the sculptor gutzon borglum thought that you should honor the american dream, freedom and democracy by making the four important presidents on a mountainside. and they started the project, however they never finished.



og man kunne købe presidential sodas i mount rushmore-butikken. den smagte forfærdeligt.
and you could purchase presidential sodas in the mount rushmore-store. it was horrible.


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