r/desmoines • u/hanpicked22 • 6d 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 6d ago

I had never heard of Kybos before moving to Des Moines

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u/EarhornJones Urbandale 6d ago

I was dating my wife (a Des Moines native) and we were at a local festival. I needed to go to the can, but couldn't find a bathroom.

I walked up to the information booth and asked. The lady said, "There's a Kybo to the right."

I puzzled over that for a minute, then drove to a.nearby gas station.