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From: Carlsbad, CA
Registered: MAR 2004

posted 05-18-2004 06:46 PM         

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For those of you from Minnesota -- laugh; for those who are no longer in Minnesota -- reminisce; and for those of you who are just lucky enough to know someone from Minnesota, maybe this will help you understand them a bit better!

"Vacation" means going up nort' 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 use a down comforter in the summer -- and gloves.
You drive at 65 mph through two feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching.
You see people wearing hunting clothes at social events.
You think of the major food groups as venison, fish and berries.
You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend knows how to use them.
There are seven empty cars running in the parking lot at the 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 think sexy lingerie is tube socks and flannel pajamas.
You know all four seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road construction.
You define summer as three months of bad sledding.
Snow tires come standard on all your cars.
A brat is something you eat.
You go out for fish fry every Friday.
You can recognize someone from Iowa by their driving.
Formal wear is blue jeans and a baseball cap.
You drink pop and refer to your dad as pop.
You were unaware there is a legal drinking age.
Your 4th of July picnic was moved indoors due to frost.
You decided to have a picnic this summer because it fell on a weekend.
You only know three spices: salt, pepper and ketchup.
You've seen mosquitoes with landing lights.
You have more miles on your snow blower than on your car.
The local paper covers major headlines on one page, but requires four pages for sports.
Your snow blower gets stuck on the roof.
You think the start of deer season is a national holiday.
You find zero degrees a little chilly.
You actually understand these jokes and you forward them to all of your Minnesota friends.

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From: MD, USA
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posted 05-19-2004 07:21 AM         

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My wife will love it..

BTW: Pepper is too spicy for northern tastes..LOL.

Minnesota ...where the state bird is the mosquito. My mom-in-law says they are big enough to put saddles on.

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From: TORONTO,ONTARIO,CANADA
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posted 05-19-2004 08:38 AM         

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I'm waiting for Bob to respond....is it all true?

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From: Piru, CA, USA
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posted 05-19-2004 08:54 AM         

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They are almost all true. There is 1 month of spring and 2 months of summer... Trust me - you don't want to use a down comforter in the summer... it is too hot and humid.

It's funny... I am a Southern Californian... born and raised here... I only lived in Minnesota for 2 years and I understand all of those statements....

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From: Belle Plaine MN USA
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posted 05-19-2004 08:57 AM         

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Roman it is all 100% TRUE! just a week ago it was 95 degrees at 3 in the afternoon and by 10PM had to turn the heat on as it dropped to the 50's. Fleet Farm in the winter is the car thiefs best hang out, Flannel pajamas are sexy when worn with furry ear muffs, not only is deer season considered a national holiday but so is Turkey season and the big one Opener for fishing, and yes I can remember 3 Halloweens, 2 I took the kids in the 4 wheel drive truck and once on snowmobiles. I gotta move.

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From: Dallas, TX
Registered: NOV 2000

posted 05-19-2004 10:15 AM         

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Well it snows here every 20 years.

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Posts: 13833
From: San Antonio, Texas
Registered: JUN 2001

posted 05-19-2004 11:11 AM         

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Originally posted by cnote6:
We it snows here every 20 years.

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Chris - at Bob's place it snows FOR 20 years! That's why I had my mud & snow tires on my car when I was there a few days ago.

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From: St. Cloud MN
Registered: JUN 2002

posted 05-23-2004 01:05 PM         

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Hilarious list-unfortunately all too true!

Minnesota - the state where the only month on record that it's never snowed is August.

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