This is for all you Minnesotans out there.
You know you are from Minnesota if:
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 past Brainerd for
the weekend.
You measure distance in hours.
You know several people who have hit deer more
than once.
You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same
day and back again.
You can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow
during a raging blizzard, without flinching.
You see people wearing hunting clothes at social
events.
You install security lights on your house and
garage and leave both unlocked.
You think of the major food groups as beer, fish,
and venison.
You carry jumper cables in your car and your
girlfriend knows how to use them.
There are 7 empty cars running in the parking lot
at Mill's Fleet Farm at any given time.
You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit
over a snowsuit
Driving is better in the winter because the
potholes are filled with snow.
You can identify a southern or eastern accent.
Your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of
a deer next to your blue spruce.
Down South to you means Iowa.
A brat is something you eat.
You find 0 degrees a little chilly"
