Here are some amazing facts about Kentucky to persuade you to come to the Bluegrass state!

The first observance of Mother's Day was in Henderson by teacher Mary S. Wilson in 1887. It was made a national holiday in 1916.

The great Man o' War won all of his races except one, which he lost to a horse named Upset.

Cheeseburgers were first served in 1934 at Kaelin's in Louisville.

All Chevrolet Corvettes are manufactured in Bowling Green.

The world's longest cave, Mammoth Cave, was first promoted in 1816, making it the second oldest tourist attraction in the U.S., preceded only by Niagara Falls.

The only monument south of the Ohio River dedicated to Union Soldiers who died in the Civil War is located in Vanceburg, KY.

More than $6 billion worth of gold is held in the underground vaults of Fort Knox. This is the largest amount of gold stored anywhere in the world.

The public saw an electric light for the first time in Louisville. Thomas Edison introduced his incandescent light bulb to crowds at the Southern Exposition in 1883.

Middlesboro, Kentucky is the only city in the U.S. built within a meteor crater.

Prototypes of both the Brooklyn Bridge and the Golden Gate Bridge can be found in Northern Kentucky. The Robeling Suspension Bridge in Covington is the scale model of the Brooklyn Bridge; while in nearby Maysville, the Simon Kenton Memorial Bridge, the model of the Golden Gate Bridge, was built across the Ohio River.

Come to me, Dean!

I will come to you

You forgot to add:

Kentucky is the home of Rhonda, AKA BattierBeMyDaddy

I've actually been to your state on more then one occasion.

I have been to Churchill Downs and I have took a tour of the Louisville Slugger factory.

I used to have a uncle that lived in Louisville, Kentucky and a Aunt who lived in Bloomington Indiana so we would fly into Louisville and then drive to Bloomington.

lovemachine said:

Come to me, Dean!

The corvette plant and museum is a lot of fun.

BattierBeMyDaddy said:

Did you know that Paisley Park is in Minnesota?

lovemachine said:

Why, no Dean, I did not know that.

Damn, I thought this was a thread about that song called Lovemachine, some thread titles are so misleading.

Paisley said:

Shew fly, don't bother me. Go thy away, shew thyself to the priest.

Shew them the way wherein they must walk.

BattierBeMyDaddy said:

Except since the last Celebration there has been one party and one jehovah Witness service held there. ...so yeah Kentucky is probably better.

lovemachine said:

There isn't really blue grass, you know.

BattierBeMyDaddy said:

Then I'm out.

lovemachine said:

It looks blue sometimes though.

BattierBeMyDaddy said:

Okay Well I'm going to bed miss Battier I will dream of you and tell you about it tomorrow

lovemachine said:

Don't tell me unless you touch yourself in your pants.

BattierBeMyDaddy said:

I'm too pretty for jail so I won't be telling you that

lovemachine said:

You could be somebody's lover in jail.

"Hey boy, you sure do got a pretty mouth!"

Just come to Kentucky first... the place where men go to squeal like pigs!