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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