Ahhh, makes me feel at home...
You Know You're From Minnesota When...
The weather is usually 80% of your conversation.
When you say "down south" you're referring to Iowa.
You call highways "freeways."
Snow tires came standard on your car.
You've never taken public transportation.
75% of your graduating high school class went to the University of Minnesota.
"Perkins" was the only hangout option in high school.
You assume when you say "The Cities" people know where you're talking about.
You can list all the "-dales."
People from other states love to hear you say words with "o"s in them.
In a conversation you've heard someone say "yah sure, you betcha" and you didn't laugh.
You hate the movie "Fargo" but realize you and your entire family have that same accent.
You get mad at people who think Fargo is in Minnesota.
You know what Mille Lacs is and how to spell it.
You know what "uff-da" means and how to use it properly.
Nothing gets you madder than seeing a Green Bay sticker on a MN car.
You're a loyal Target shopper.
You've frozen your tongue on a metal handrail before.
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 you bundle up and complain in August when it goes below 60.
You have gone trick-or-treating in 3 feet of snow.
You've not only walked across a lake, you've driven across one.
Everyone you know has a cabin or, at least, access to one.
You know that Lake Wobegon isn't real and you know who made it up, where they live, and exactly what you want to do about it.
You keep the snow tires on your truck all year because it ain't worth taking them off for only two months.
Your local Dairy Queen is closed from December through February.
You consider snow banks to be "just another rough" on the golf course.
You were delighted to get a miniature snow shovel for your 3rd birthday.
Your town isn't trying to be ironic when it plans a "winter carnival."
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.
You think happiness is owning a "piece of lakeshore."
You never meet any celebrities except The "BODY"
You know what and where "Dinkytown" is.
When you talk about "opener" you are not talking about cans.
You are convinced the Twins will never win the pennant because the owners are too cheap to pay the good players, so they all leave.
Your town has an equal number of bars and churches.
You think that ketchup is a little too spicy.
You (or your parents) voted for Mondale.
You've seen "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" in Uptown.
You know that everyone has a city preference -- Minneapolis or St. Paul.
You can honestly claim Germanic / Scandinavian ancestors, and have been known to say "ya" instead of "yes"
You actually get these jokes.
You have no idea how many of these I've already been mad fun of for. It's sad when you're telling a story and people don't know what you mean by The U. Someone asked me today why they would want to go to Minneapolis, "Well, I don't understand why people have told me it's so much better than Madison. I mean, what's there to do there?" : (
The weather is usually 80% of your conversation.
When you say "down south" you're referring to Iowa.
You call highways "freeways."
Snow tires came standard on your car.
You've never taken public transportation.
75% of your graduating high school class went to the University of Minnesota.
"Perkins" was the only hangout option in high school.
You assume when you say "The Cities" people know where you're talking about.
You can list all the "-dales."
People from other states love to hear you say words with "o"s in them.
In a conversation you've heard someone say "yah sure, you betcha" and you didn't laugh.
You hate the movie "Fargo" but realize you and your entire family have that same accent.
You get mad at people who think Fargo is in Minnesota.
You know what Mille Lacs is and how to spell it.
You know what "uff-da" means and how to use it properly.
Nothing gets you madder than seeing a Green Bay sticker on a MN car.
You're a loyal Target shopper.
You've frozen your tongue on a metal handrail before.
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 you bundle up and complain in August when it goes below 60.
You have gone trick-or-treating in 3 feet of snow.
You've not only walked across a lake, you've driven across one.
Everyone you know has a cabin or, at least, access to one.
You know that Lake Wobegon isn't real and you know who made it up, where they live, and exactly what you want to do about it.
You keep the snow tires on your truck all year because it ain't worth taking them off for only two months.
Your local Dairy Queen is closed from December through February.
You consider snow banks to be "just another rough" on the golf course.
You were delighted to get a miniature snow shovel for your 3rd birthday.
Your town isn't trying to be ironic when it plans a "winter carnival."
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.
You think happiness is owning a "piece of lakeshore."
You never meet any celebrities except The "BODY"
You know what and where "Dinkytown" is.
When you talk about "opener" you are not talking about cans.
You are convinced the Twins will never win the pennant because the owners are too cheap to pay the good players, so they all leave.
Your town has an equal number of bars and churches.
You think that ketchup is a little too spicy.
You (or your parents) voted for Mondale.
You've seen "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" in Uptown.
You know that everyone has a city preference -- Minneapolis or St. Paul.
You can honestly claim Germanic / Scandinavian ancestors, and have been known to say "ya" instead of "yes"
You actually get these jokes.
You have no idea how many of these I've already been mad fun of for. It's sad when you're telling a story and people don't know what you mean by The U. Someone asked me today why they would want to go to Minneapolis, "Well, I don't understand why people have told me it's so much better than Madison. I mean, what's there to do there?" : (