Author Topic: Panhandle (Read 1445 times)

Aefenwelg · « **on:** October 28, 2012, 05:18:59 PM »

I guess this is mostly for Americans.

Throughout my life, whenever I heard "panhandle" I thought of that bit of Oklahoma that sticks out.
But today my friend said the panhandle refers to Florida's bit that sticks out.
A googling of "panhandle" has Florida as the second result.

So, my question is this:

Which panhandle is the panhandle?

El Barto · « **Reply #1 on:** October 28, 2012, 05:23:24 PM »

Texas. And Florida is a wang, not a panhandle.

Fuzzboy · « **Reply #2 on:** October 28, 2012, 05:50:09 PM »

I've always thought of Florida, but I've lived there most of my life.

Orbert · « **Reply #3 on:** October 28, 2012, 06:19:51 PM »

Oklahoma's definitely looks more like a panhandle, because Oklahoma looks a like pan, so the northwest part looks like the handle.

Florida's panhandle is also the northwest part, not the part that hangs down like a wang. What are you, a pervert?

orcus116 · « **Reply #4 on:** October 28, 2012, 06:20:23 PM »

Florida.

carl320 · « **Reply #5 on:** October 28, 2012, 06:51:22 PM »

I always thought the NW part of Oklahoma was the panhandle, but then why does everyone say "the panhandle of Texas"?

DebraKadabra · « **Reply #6 on:** October 28, 2012, 07:05:44 PM »

Quote from: El Barto on October 28, 2012, 05:23:24 PM

Texas. And Florida is a wang, not a panhandle.

Dark Castle · « **Reply #7 on:** October 28, 2012, 07:15:03 PM »

Oklahoma.
Florida is the sack'n'wang.

Cedar redaC · « **Reply #8 on:** October 28, 2012, 07:18:47 PM »

Idaho.

DebraKadabra · « **Reply #9 on:** October 28, 2012, 07:20:45 PM »

No... you da pimp, *I* da ho.

Cedar redaC · « **Reply #10 on:** October 28, 2012, 07:25:22 PM »

MetalJunkie · « **Reply #11 on:** October 29, 2012, 01:21:01 AM »

I live in Oklahoma, so obviously it springs to mind first.

TioJorge · « **Reply #12 on:** October 29, 2012, 01:33:45 AM »

Quote from: DebraKadabra on October 28, 2012, 07:05:44 PM

Quote from: El Barto on October 28, 2012, 05:23:24 PM
Texas. And Florida is a wang, not a panhandle.

Tick · « **Reply #13 on:** October 29, 2012, 05:47:59 AM »

Florida...duh.

wkiml · « **Reply #14 on:** October 29, 2012, 06:21:08 AM »

i have always heard it in reference to Florida

As for the Oklahoma/Texas Ive heard it referred to Red Neck Heaven

DebraKadabra · « **Reply #15 on:** October 29, 2012, 12:14:17 PM »

Not all Texans are rednecks, dear.

Implode · « **Reply #16 on:** October 29, 2012, 12:27:27 PM »

I think of Florida first, but I associate panhandle as a general geographic terms that can be applied to Florida, Oklahoma, Texas, or any other territory that fits the shape.

Cedar redaC · « **Reply #17 on:** October 29, 2012, 12:30:24 PM »

Alaska.

Big Hath · « **Reply #18 on:** October 29, 2012, 01:05:24 PM »

I always think of it as a general term for a shape of a state, but specifically I would think of Florida.

And yes, the panhandle of Florida is the northwest part of the state from the Flora-Bama bar at Perdido Key to roughly the Apalachicola River (some say it extends all the way to Tallahassee). It includes the Emerald Coast beaches of Pensacola, Gulf Breeze, Navarre, Fort Walton, Panama City, and Destin among others.

chknptpie · « **Reply #19 on:** October 29, 2012, 01:09:28 PM »

Texas.

DebraKadabra · « **Reply #20 on:** October 29, 2012, 01:25:18 PM »

Quote from: Cedar redaC on October 29, 2012, 12:30:24 PM

Alaska.

*bzzzt*

Has no panhandle.

Cedar redaC · « **Reply #21 on:** October 29, 2012, 09:53:55 PM »

Well, you could think of the piece of land that becomes The Aleutian Islands as a kind of panhandle, although peninsula would be a better term for it.

Politically, the southeast part of Alaska forms a panhandle. Technically it's connected to Canada, but Kansas has Texas and the other states that landlock the panhandle. Same goes for Idaho.

DebraKadabra · « **Reply #22 on:** October 29, 2012, 11:42:59 PM »

Well... when you put it THAT way...

Jaffa · « **Reply #23 on:** November 01, 2012, 12:44:49 AM »

I thought The Panhandle was in Texas.

DebraKadabra · « **Reply #24 on:** November 01, 2012, 02:10:46 AM »

Pols Voice · « **Reply #25 on:** November 01, 2012, 02:17:43 AM »

As a resident, I gotta go with Idaho.

VioletS16 · « **Reply #26 on:** November 01, 2012, 08:53:25 AM »

I'm a Floridian, so Florida for me.

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