YOU MIGHT LIVE IN MINNESOTA:
Hey, I'm not slammin' us Minnesotans BUT these are so cute. A real Minnesotan will laugh at these > anybody else.
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If you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through 18
inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping that the food will swim
by. You might live in Minnesota.
If you're
proud that your state makes the national news 96 nights each year
because International Falls is the coldest spot in the
nation. You might live in Minnesota.
If you have
ever refused to buy something because it's "too spendy". You might live
in Minnesota.
If your
local Dairy Queen is closed from November through March, you might live
in Minnesota.
If someone
in a store offers you assistance, and they don't work there, you might live in
Minnesota.
If your
dad's suntan stops at a line curving around the middle of his forehead,
you might live in Minnesota.
If you have
worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you might live in Minnesota.
If your town has an equal number of bars and churches, you might live in Minnesota.
If you
know how to say...Wayzata ...Mahtomedi, ....Cloquet ... Edina and Shakopee, you
might live in Minnesota.
If you
think that ketchup is a little too spicy, you might live in
Minnesota.
Vacation
means going "Up
North" for the weekend, you might live in
Minnesota.
You
measure distance in hours, you might live in Minnesota.
You know
several people who have hit deer more than once, you might live in
Minnesota.
You often
switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day and back again, you might live in
Minnesota.
You can
drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard, without
flinching, you might live in Minnesota.
You see
people wearing hunting clothes at social events, you might live in
Minnesota.
You install
security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked, you
might live in Minnesota.
You think
of the major food groups as beer, fish, and venison(deer meat), you might live in
Minnesota.
You carry
jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend knows how to use them, you
might live in Minnesota.
There are
7 empty cars running in the parking lot at Mill's Fleet Farm at any
given time, you might live in Minnesota.
You design
your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit, you might live in
Minnesota.
Driving is
better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow, you
might live in Minnesota.
You
know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road
construction, you might live in Minnesota.
You can
identify a southern or eastern accent, you might live in
Minnesota.
Your idea
of creative landscaping is a statue of a deer next to your blue spruce,
you might live in Minnesota.
Down South
to you means Iowa, you live in
Minnesota.
A
brat is something you eat.
You find 0 degrees "a little
chilly."
Yup - I'm from Minnesota and these are cute. I'm from just outside Minneapolis (SW). I don't know anyone who speaks like a Minnesotan though. Ya shure -you betcha.
I am from WI. People that live in MN sound just like people that live in WI. And you can tell I am from WI lol. Ask Katie lol. GOD can you tell. It's freakin scary. What's scarier is that the longer I talk to her, the more of the accent I pick up. Damn northern blood. My whole fam is from WI, so this post was HILARIOUS to me.
For example: It's Duck, Duck, Goose. Minnesotans say Duck, Duck, Gray Duck.
Rubber bands are rubber binders. Even though I have pointed out that the manufacturers call it rubber bands.
Hot dish. The first time I was asked to bring one, I thought, what they just want me to bring a warm dish. Where I come from in Illinois it is called a casserole.
It's a hoot!
Becky
Those were funny! Thanks for sharing. I grew up in Minnesota and love to go back to visit family. I'd move back there, but hubby doesn't like the cold winters.I live in Minnesota north of Minneapolis and St. Paul, we have a lakehome. I have to laugh because as I am writing this at 8:30 am in the morning, the fisherman are already lining up on the frozen lake. They have all their equipment ready to drill holes in the lake at their favorite fishing spot just hoping to catch a fish bigger than the bait they are using. Thanks for the laughs, you made my day.
Melody
Those are all even more true if you change Minnesota to "upstate NY"
We live in the most rural county in the state, and in a remote area of the Southwestern part of the state and I'd swear every one of those is true for us.
I gave this list to my sister, she has a copy in her truck.
My brother was just here this past weekend. He is from just north of Minneapolis, too. We went out for Mexican food and I teased him about the salsa being too hot. I used the ketchup line with him. Gave us a good laugh. I lived in Kenyon and Duluth when I was there. I use to work at Spirit Mt ski resort.