It’s the kind of place where an old couple can run a roadside store called Cooterville.
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Which itself is the kind of place where creepy ceramic unicorns go to die.

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Sarah Shay Mirk reported on transportation, sex and gender issues, and politics at the Mercury from 2008-2013. They have gone on to make many things, including countless comics and several books.

13 replies on “Two More Reasons to Love Rural Oregon”

  1. uh… so I didn’t buy the ceramic cat. But if you want to stop by Cooterville yourself, it’s maybe 20 miles outside of Portland on Highway 26. They also sell funny hats.

  2. @Kiala I think you might have mentioned that you got a ceramic cat on the tweets, but the tweets aren’t the /b/town.

    @smirk THIS IS WAR! You had a chance for greatness and you spurned it like you spurn a fact-check. I will not let this wreckless disregard for win to stand. Let’s see where I can drive this clowncar of fail… Let the games commence!

  3. The moral of this story is that Trivia Cat isn’t something you can just buy in a store. Trivia Cat is where you find him/her/it. Perhaps it’s when the sun sets majestically over the over the uncanny valley, perhaps it’s in the lifeless waxen laughter of a child. The point is that it’s only when you stop looking for Trivia Cat that he/she/it will find you, and God help you then.

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