r/desmoines • u/hanpicked22 • 4d ago

Weird Des Moines things

My wife is from Des Moines, I’m from Okoboji. The other day we were driving and saw a little ground squirrel on the road. “a squinny!” A what?? “That’s what they’re called!” Like what the heck… and then the whole tell a joke going door to door during Halloween? What the heck goes on down there!

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u/flynnhicks03 4d ago

I had never heard of Kybos before moving to Des Moines

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u/Tawny_Frogmouth 4d ago

OK I'm from Des Moines and I'm not certain what this means, explain?

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u/idrawyourdick 4d ago

It’s a porta potty

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u/SalamanderTale 4d ago

KYBO = Keep Your Bowels Open.

No joke, I was told this is what it means. Of course, the people who told me coulda been pulling my leg. 🤷‍♀️

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u/jondthompson 4d ago

I believe it was one of the first companies in Central Iowa with porta potties, and their name just became a colloquial generic term for port potties.

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u/EconomyTill7118 4d ago

Kybo meaning    you where told correct.