My sister sent me this and i found myself chuckling. Instead of forwarding, i’m just putting it up…
You know you’re a Minnesotan if..
- 75% of your graduating high school class went to the Univ. of Minnesota. (maybe another 10% to Madison)
- You know more than 1 person who 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 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 you are referring to.
- 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 three-second cameo appearance by “The Artist formerly Known as Prince” in “Fargo.”
- You’re a loyal Target shopper.
- The only reason you go to Wisconsin is to get fireworks or to fish.
- You wear shorts when it’s 50 degrees outside in March, but bundle up and complain in August when it goes below 60.
- 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 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 MN
- In a conversation you heard someone say “yah, sure, you betcha” and you didn’t laugh.
- Everyone you know has a cabin.
- 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.
- You have friends who schedule their wedding in the middle of January without a thought about weather conditions.
- You may not have actually eaten it, but you have heard of Lutefisk.
- You have ever worn shorts and a parka at the same time.
- Your town has an equal number of bars and churches.
- You know how to say Wayzata, Mahtomedi, and Shakopee.
- You never had to rewind any part of “Fargo” because you missed some of the dialogue.
- You always believed that vacation meant “going up north.”
- The temperature in March is above freezing for three days in a row, and you think it’s summer.
- You laugh out loud every time you see a news report about a blizzard shutting down the entire east coast.
- You’ve been to an ice hockey game.
- You’ve been snowmobiling.
- You know how the wind chill factor works.
- You keep an ice scraper in your back seat.
- You call the childhood game “Duck, duck, gray duck.”
- You’ve ever built a snowman.
- You “go to the cabin” on the weekends during the summer.
- You’re still mad at the LA Lakers for not changing their name.
- You or your family owns a snow blower.
- You, your dad, or a close friend has a snow plow on the front of their pick up truck.
- You still hear/tell stories about the “Halloween Snow Storm” of 91.
