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    Old 02-25-2011, 05:15 PM
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    Jeff Foxworthy on Minnesota :

    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

    If vacation means going "up north" for the weekend,
    You might live in Minnesota

    If you measure distance in hours,
    You might live in Minnesota

    If you know several people, who have hit deer more than once,
    You might live in Minnesota

    If you often switch from "Heat" to "A/C" in the same day and back again,
    You might live in Minnesota

    If you can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow
    during a raging blizzard without flinching,
    You might live in Minnesota

    If you see people wearing hunting clothes at social events,
    You might live in Minnesota

    If you install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked,
    You might live in Minnesota

    If you think of the major food groups as beer, fish, and Venison,
    You might live in Minnesota

    If you carry jumper cables in your car, and your girlfriend knows how to use them,
    You might live in Minnesota

    If there are 7 empty cars running in the parking lot at Mill's Fleet Farm at any given time,
    You might live in Minnesota

    If you design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit,
    You might live in Minnesota

    If driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow,
    You might live in Minnesota

    If you know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, and of course, road construction,
    You might live in Minnesota

    If you can identify a southern or eastern accent,
    You might live in Minnesota

    If your idea of creative landscaping is a plastic deer next to your blue spruce,
    You might live in Minnesota

    If "Down South" to you means Iowa,
    You might live in Minnesota

    If you know "a brat" is something you eat,
    You might live in Minnesota

    If you find -10 degrees "a little chilly",
    You might live in Minnesota

    If you actually understand these jokes, and you forward them to all your Minnesota friends,
    You might live in Minnesota
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    Old 02-25-2011, 05:51 PM
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    What's really funny is his take on Ohio is almost identical!
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    Old 02-25-2011, 05:55 PM
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    A lot of those sound just like upstate New York (where I am from lol)
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    Old 02-25-2011, 06:00 PM
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    LOL to funny and to true!
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    Old 02-25-2011, 06:38 PM
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    I can relate - Northern Michiganders share most of those traits.
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    Old 02-25-2011, 07:22 PM
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    As a Highland dancer, my piping partner and I comprised one of the original acts of the Arizona Renaissance Festival. A lot of the touring cast members were from MN and every time it reached 50F, in March, several of them would be complaining that it was too hot, lol.
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    Old 02-25-2011, 07:53 PM
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    lol!
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    Old 02-25-2011, 07:57 PM
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    LOL from "down south"- 4 miles from MN as it's true here, too.
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    Old 02-25-2011, 09:03 PM
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    A lot of those statements could be talking about Alberta too!
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