Re: Minnesotans arguing about the weather...
They're funny cause they're true.
Especially the "Kirby" thing.
I heart Google:
You've never met any celebrities.
"Vacation" means going to Valleyfair.
You've seen all the biggest bands ten years after they were popular.
You measure distance in minutes.
You know several people who have hit a deer.
Your school classes were canceled because of cold.
Your school classes were canceled because of heat.
You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
You think ethanol makes your truck "run a lot better."
You know what's knee-high by the Fourth of July.
Stores don't have bags; they have sacks.
You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in it no matter what time of the year.
You end your sentences with an unnecessary preposition. Example: "Where's my coat at?" or "If you go to town I wanna go with."
You carry jumper cables in your car.
You know what "cow tipping" and "snipe hunting" is.
You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
The local paper covers national and international headlines on one page but requires 6 pages for sports.
You know which leaves make good toilet paper.
You find -20 degrees F "a little chilly".
You know all 4 seasons: Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter, and Construction.
You know if another Minnesotan is from southern, middle or northern Minnesota as soon as they open their mouth.
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.
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.
You have no problem saying or spelling "Minneapolis."
You can list all the "Dales."
You hate "Fargo" but realize that a lot of your family has that accent.
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 what the numbers 694, 494, I-94, 394 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've licked frozen metal.
The only reason you go to Wisconsin is to get fireworks or to fish.
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 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 know what the word SPAM stands for (in more ways than one)
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 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.
You have friends who schedule their wedding in the middle of January without a thought about weather conditions.
Someone mentions Old Hubie or the Humph, and you know exactly who they mean.
You like the Winter Olympics better than the Summer Olympics.
You beam with pride when some King or Hollywood super star comes to the Mayo Clinic to save their lives.
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."
Your bank has the name of your town included in its name.
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.
The first time you saw "Grumpy Old Men" you thought it was a documentary.
You've been made fun of for your northern accent.
You've been to an ice hockey game.
You've been snowmobiling.
You know how the wind chill factor works.
You constantly make fun of Iowa.
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 consider 50 degrees in March a warm day.
You make fun of Wisconsin people.
You know where yellow snow comes from.
You know at least one person in your imediate family hate the "Packers."
You "go to the cabin" on the weekends during the summer.
You've ever taken a family vacation to either North or South Dakota.
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 expect school cancellations and delays to happen at least twice a winter.
You still hear/tell stories about the "Halloween Snow Storm" of 91.
You've been in, on, or near a lake within the past week.
You know the names of the Twin Cities.
). And no, Minneapolis has not had a winter in the modern era (since 1891) that featured three 12"+ snowstorms. If everything goes right (wrong), this winter may have four of them. Blech.
