Stuff that gets sent to my inbox: You Might Be Minnesotan if… 0
Posted on
June 07, 2010 by
Marcus "Mookie" Anderson
- 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 aka Lightrail.
- 75% of your graduating high school class went to the Univ. 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, and is now Twins pitcher in the minors.
- You have no problem saying or spelling “Minneapolis.”
- You’ve watched the Vikings choke in every big game they ever played.
- You can list all the “Dales,” and include “Mondale”
- You get mad at people who think Fargo is in Minnesota.
- You have both a Mauer #7 and Favre #4 jersey of some type in your house.
- Your school classes have been canceled because of snow or cold. (Exception=Hutchinson!)
- 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 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 three second cameo appearance by “The Artist formerly known as Prince” in “Fargo”.
- You’re a loyal Target shopper.
- You bitched about “never giving money to millionaires” but have attended games at Target Field, The X, or The Bank already,
- You’ve licked frozen metal, and have tried to make others do the same.
- You know where the statute of Mary Taylor Moore is in downtown Minnie.
- The only reason you go to Wisconsin is to piss or crap.
- 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 voted for Jesse in ’98
- You know people “up north” 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.
- Have watched the movie Miracle a dozen times, and can recite “Herb Brooks” lines
- You have gone Trick-or-Treating in 3 feet of snow.
- You watched your share of Mites hockey games.
- 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”
- You can imitate Bob Casey announcing “Kirby Puckett” coming to bat
- 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 are thinking about buying a Chevy from the Mauer family
- 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.
