Thursday, April 16, 2015

You know you are from Minnesota when...

Today in class we talked about a culture we all have in common: being KoMets.  Another culture we all have in common is being Minnesotan, whether you are a recent Minnesotan or have lived here all you life. Here are a few things I found online that represent Minnesotan culture, although some of these are a little stereotypical.

(Source: http://www.surfminnesota.net/couldbemn2.html)

You measure distance in minutes. 
Down south to you means Iowa. 
People from other states love to hear you say words with O's in them. 
You assume when you say "Twin Cities" people know to where you're referring. 
You know what uff-da means and how to use it properly. 
You own an icehouse, snowmobile, and a 4-wheel drive vehicle. 
Everyone you know has a cabin. 
You consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through 18 inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping the food will swim by. 
You have refused to buy something because it's too "spendy." 
Your local Dairy Queen is closed from December through February. 
You instinctively walk like a penguin for three months out of the year. 
Someone in a store offers you assistance, and they don't work there. 
You know more than one person that has hit a deer. 
You may not have actually eaten it, but you have heard of Lutefisk. 
You know what Mille Lacs is and how to spell it. 
Nothing gets you madder than seeing a Green Bay sticker on a Minnesota car. 
Your town has an equal number of bars and churches. 
You have had an entire telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number. 
The only reason you go to Wisconsin is to get fireworks, to fish, or to buy beer on Sunday. 
You know how to say Wayzata, Mahtomedi, and Shakopee. 
You drink POP, not SODA. 
You can recite, from memory, more than a half-dozen "Ole and Lena" jokes. 
You've gone trick-or-treating in 3 feet of snow.
You play "Duck, Duck, Gray Duck" and not "Duck, Duck, Goose." 
Planting and harvesting times means your class sizes decrease.
You've ever done a Snow Day Dance. 
You believe Camo matches anything. 


Source: http://www.fasthorseinc.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/5488823250_57d22f0c19_z.jpg
 

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