You know you're from Minnesota when... part 2!
This was such a successful entry, I am now going to post what we have collaboratively come up with. *grin* Yay!
1. You assume when you say "Twin Cities" people know where you're talking about.
2. It's normal for you to walk to school in weather with a windchill below zero.
3. Your school hasn't had a snow day until the governor actually forced the principal to close the school.
4. The only reason you go to Wisconsin is to get fireworks, *add* or beer on Sundays.
5. You've gone trick-or-treating in multiple feet of snow.
6. You laugh out loud every time you see a news report about a blizzard shutting down the entire East Coast.
7. It's pop, not soda!
8. You know that everyone likes one of the cities better.
9. You hate the movie Fargo, because as a result, everyone thinks Fargo is in Minnesota.
10. Part of your daily chores is to plow the driveway.
11. You assume a man wearing purple isn't effeminite, he's just a football fan.
12. Three words: Tater Tot Hotdish.
13. You don't get that song "I'm dreaming of a white christmas". It's always white.
14. You were surprised to find out that there's a Rochester in New York.
15. You think of the Mall of America as a place to avoid, not a place to go see.
16. You know that IOWA is really an acronym.
17. You own a -30 sleeping bag and know that you're weekend camper.
18. Crossing the Mississippi is just something you do on your way to work.
19. You know that the capital of Minnesota is St. Paul, NOT Minneapolis. (you'd be amazed how many people think it is Minneapolis)
20. You give distances in minutes (e.g. Woodbury's about 15 minutes away from South St Paul)
21. You're confused when non-Minnesotans don't know what Byerly's or Rainbow Foods are.
22. You talk about the North Shore and you mean "...of Lake Superior."
23. A casserole is a hotdish and a dish for a hotdish is a casserole.
24. You get to thinking that 40 degrees is pretty balmy weather by March.
25. Your peers wear shorts, flipflops, and hoodies to class.
26. You find yourself using Swedish (in the north) or German (in the south) words in conversation, and assuming that people will understand you.
27. You hear more Hmong than Ebonics in the hallways of your high school.
28. You don't think that hot dish is weird.
Yay us with brains!
1. You assume when you say "Twin Cities" people know where you're talking about.
2. It's normal for you to walk to school in weather with a windchill below zero.
3. Your school hasn't had a snow day until the governor actually forced the principal to close the school.
4. The only reason you go to Wisconsin is to get fireworks, *add* or beer on Sundays.
5. You've gone trick-or-treating in multiple feet of snow.
6. You laugh out loud every time you see a news report about a blizzard shutting down the entire East Coast.
7. It's pop, not soda!
8. You know that everyone likes one of the cities better.
9. You hate the movie Fargo, because as a result, everyone thinks Fargo is in Minnesota.
10. Part of your daily chores is to plow the driveway.
11. You assume a man wearing purple isn't effeminite, he's just a football fan.
12. Three words: Tater Tot Hotdish.
13. You don't get that song "I'm dreaming of a white christmas". It's always white.
14. You were surprised to find out that there's a Rochester in New York.
15. You think of the Mall of America as a place to avoid, not a place to go see.
16. You know that IOWA is really an acronym.
17. You own a -30 sleeping bag and know that you're weekend camper.
18. Crossing the Mississippi is just something you do on your way to work.
19. You know that the capital of Minnesota is St. Paul, NOT Minneapolis. (you'd be amazed how many people think it is Minneapolis)
20. You give distances in minutes (e.g. Woodbury's about 15 minutes away from South St Paul)
21. You're confused when non-Minnesotans don't know what Byerly's or Rainbow Foods are.
22. You talk about the North Shore and you mean "...of Lake Superior."
23. A casserole is a hotdish and a dish for a hotdish is a casserole.
24. You get to thinking that 40 degrees is pretty balmy weather by March.
25. Your peers wear shorts, flipflops, and hoodies to class.
26. You find yourself using Swedish (in the north) or German (in the south) words in conversation, and assuming that people will understand you.
27. You hear more Hmong than Ebonics in the hallways of your high school.
28. You don't think that hot dish is weird.
Yay us with brains!