You Might Be A Minnesotan If..

* You measure distance in minutes.
* Weather is 80% of your conversation.
* Down south to you means Iowa.
* You call highways "freeways".
* Snow tires came standard on your car.
* You have no concept of public transportation.
* 75% of your graduating high school class
  went to the University of Minnesota.
* You know more than 1 person that has hit a deer.
* People from other states love to hear you say
  words with "o"s in them.
* You know what and where "Dinkytown" is.
* "Perkins" was a popular hangout option in high
  school.
* You have no problem saying or spelling
  "Minneapolis".
* You can list all the "Dales".
* You hate "Fargo" but realize that a lot of your
  family has that accent.
* You get mad at people who think Fargo is in
  Minnesota.
* Your school classes have been canceled because
  of snow or cold.
* You know what Mille Lacs is and how to spell
  it.
* You assume when you say "The Cities" people
  know where your referring to.
* You know what the numbers 6-94, 4-94, I-94,
  3-94 mean.
* You have tried boiled fish in lye at Christmas.
* You know the 2 sports-related reasons why we
  hate Dallas.
* Nothing gets you madder than seeing a Green Bay
  sticker on a MN car.
* You know what "uff-da" means and how to use it
  properly.
* You can pinpoint exactly where each scene in
  "Untamed Heart" was filmed
* You can spot the 3 second cameo appearance by
  "The Artist formerly known as Prince" in "Fargo".
* You're a loyal Target shopper.
* You know that the Gay 90s is now "Bi".
* You've licked frozen metal.
* The only reason you go to Wisconsin is to get
  fireworks or to fish.
* You own an ice house, a snowmobile, and a 4
  wheel drive vehicle.
* You wear shorts when it's 50 degrees outside
  in March, but bundle up and complain in August
  when it goes below 60
* You know people that have more fishing poles
  than teeth.
* You remember WLOL.
* It feels like the Mississippi is everywhere
  you go.
* When you talk about "opener" you are not
  talking about cans.
* You have gone Trick-or-Treating in 3 feet of
  snow.
* You know that when it comes to AM, there is
  only WCCO, besides, what else do you need?
* You know what the word SPAM stands for (in
  more ways than one)
* You carry jumper cables in your car.
* You drink "POP", not "SODA"
* There was a time when you were SO proud that
  Soul Asylum is from Minnesota.
* In a conversation you heard someone say
  "yah sure you betcha"
* And you didn't laugh.
* Everyone you know has a cabin.
* You get sick of people asking you where
  Paisley Park is.
* You know that Lake Wobegon isn't real and you
  know who made it up, where they live, and exactly
  what to do about it.

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