07-19-2003, 08:35 PM
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]YOU MIGHT JUST BE FROM MINNESOTA IF
You consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling
through 8 inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping the food will
swim by in subzero temperatures.
You are proud that your state makes the national news 96
nights each year because International Falls is the coldest spot in the
nation.
You have ever refused to buy something because it's too
"trendy."
Your local Dairy Queen is closed from November through March.
You instinctively walk like a penguin for five months out of
the year.
You take a week off of work or school for dear hunting season.
Someone in a store offers you assistance, and they don't work
there.
You have apologized to a telemarketer.
You may not have actually eaten it, but you have heard of
Lutefisk.
You think that the Mall of America is "just too big."
You have worn shorts and a winter jacket at the same time.
You or someone you know has either a pet or a child named
"Kirby."
Your town has an equal number of bars and churches.
You have had an entire telephone conversation with someone who
dialed a wrong number.
You know how to say Wayzata, Mahtomedi, Edina and Shakopee.
You think that ketchup is a little too spicy.
Every time you see moonlight on a lake, you think of a dancing
bear, and sing, gently, "From the land of sky-blue Waters ... Hamm's-the
beer refreshing..."
Every January, from age 3 to l3, you let your older siblings
talk you into putting your on the iron post.
You consider Lime Jell-O a highly versatile food: a breakfast
dish when it is filled with fruit, a salad when it has shredded carrots and a
dab of mayonnaise, and a dessert when topped Cool Whip.
You never had to rewind any part of "Fargo" because you could
nor understand some of the dialogue.
You always believed that vacation meant "going up north" or
down the "cities."
Your town has an annual festival honoring a fruit, vegetable,
or ethnic food.
The first time you saw "Grumpy Old Men," you thought it was a
documentary.
You can recite, from memory, more than a half-dozen "Ole and
Lena" jokes.
Your dog dies, your spouse leaves you, you lose your job, and
your car breaks down, all on the same day, and your first thought is,
"It could be worse."
You don't think it odd that there is a heater in the outdoor
Coke machine.
It is 60 degrees warmer in your refrigerator than it is
outdoors 6 month of the year.
You know what BWCA stands for.
You have ever gone cross-country skiing at the zoo.
You have eaten "hot dish" or Jell-O salad in the basement of a Lutheran
church.
You go to Starbucks, look at the menu, then say "Umm...I'll
just have some coffee, thanks."
You own several books by Garrison Keillor.
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]YOU MIGHT JUST BE FROM MINNESOTA IFYou consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling
through 8 inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping the food will
swim by in subzero temperatures.
You are proud that your state makes the national news 96
nights each year because International Falls is the coldest spot in the
nation.
You have ever refused to buy something because it's too
"trendy."
Your local Dairy Queen is closed from November through March.
You instinctively walk like a penguin for five months out of
the year.
You take a week off of work or school for dear hunting season.
Someone in a store offers you assistance, and they don't work
there.
You have apologized to a telemarketer.
You may not have actually eaten it, but you have heard of
Lutefisk.
You think that the Mall of America is "just too big."
You have worn shorts and a winter jacket at the same time.
You or someone you know has either a pet or a child named
"Kirby."
Your town has an equal number of bars and churches.
You have had an entire telephone conversation with someone who
dialed a wrong number.
You know how to say Wayzata, Mahtomedi, Edina and Shakopee.
You think that ketchup is a little too spicy.
Every time you see moonlight on a lake, you think of a dancing
bear, and sing, gently, "From the land of sky-blue Waters ... Hamm's-the
beer refreshing..."
Every January, from age 3 to l3, you let your older siblings
talk you into putting your
on the iron post.You consider Lime Jell-O a highly versatile food: a breakfast
dish when it is filled with fruit, a salad when it has shredded carrots and a
dab of mayonnaise, and a dessert when topped Cool Whip.
You never had to rewind any part of "Fargo" because you could
nor understand some of the dialogue.
You always believed that vacation meant "going up north" or
down the "cities."
Your town has an annual festival honoring a fruit, vegetable,
or ethnic food.
The first time you saw "Grumpy Old Men," you thought it was a
documentary.
You can recite, from memory, more than a half-dozen "Ole and
Lena" jokes.
Your dog dies, your spouse leaves you, you lose your job, and
your car breaks down, all on the same day, and your first thought is,
"It could be worse."
You don't think it odd that there is a heater in the outdoor
Coke machine.
It is 60 degrees warmer in your refrigerator than it is
outdoors 6 month of the year.
You know what BWCA stands for.
You have ever gone cross-country skiing at the zoo.
You have eaten "hot dish" or Jell-O salad in the basement of a Lutheran
church.
You go to Starbucks, look at the menu, then say "Umm...I'll
just have some coffee, thanks."
You own several books by Garrison Keillor.
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