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logicbutton) wrote2004-06-19 11:56 pm
logicbutton) wrote2004-06-19 11:56 pm
State meme
Go to google. Type in 'You know you're from [your state] when...' and then pick the best list that results. Bold the ones that apply, and leave comments as appropriate. Strike the ones that are absolutely false stereotypes.
You measure distance in minutes.
Weather is 80% of your conversation.
"Down south" to you means Iowa.
Snow tires came standard on your car.
You have no concept of public transportation.
I rode a city bus for the first time in New York, in 1997, and since then have only ridden them in Germany. Minnesota doesn't have a subway system.
75% of your graduating high school class went to the University of Minnesota.
At least.
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.
...and words with A's even more.
You know what and where Dinkytown is.
(It's the neighborhood around the U of M West Bank (Minneapolis) campus)
You have no problem saying or spelling Minneapolis.
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.
Snow as in, eighteen inches between seven and nine o'clock a.m. Cold as in...um...20 below, maybe? Or maybe it's 30 below. Or something. Dude, I don't know.
You know what "Mille Lacs" is, and how to spell it.
(The first time I heard it, I was in elementary school and saw it in my mind as "molax". This was incorrect.)
You assume when you say "The Cities," people know to what you are referring.
You know what the numbers 694, 494, I-94, 394 mean.
If you live in the cities, obviously you'll need some familiarity with the freeway system.
You have tried boiled fish in lye at Christmas.
Lutefisk? They haven't made me try it yet, but it's always there at Christmas. My grandma likes it.
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 spot the three-second cameo appearance by "The Artist formerly known as Prince" in Fargo.
You're a loyal Target shopper.
...yeah.
You've licked frozen metal.
The only reason you go to Wisconsin is to get fireworks or to fish or to buy beer on Sunday.
You own an ice house, a snowmobile, and a 4 wheel drive vehicle.
This one I'll bold because I knew so many people in my childhood who fit this description, even though I didn't. I always felt left out for not having a cabin "up north" or in Wisconsin to go to on weekends.
You wear shorts when it's 50 degrees outside in March, but bundle up and complain in August when it goes below 60.
So true. And then after a warmish spell in March, it'll go back to being 35 and we'll still be wearing shorts. "But it was warm on Monday! It was!"
You know people that have more fishing poles than teeth.
It feels like the Mississippi is everywhere you go.
You have gone Trick-or-Treating in 3 feet of snow.
October 31st, 1991.
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.
In a conversation you heard someone say "yah, sure, you betcha" and you didn't laugh.
Everyone you know has an "A-frame" cabin next to one of the 10,000 lakes.
See my above comment on this subject. And it's 13,000+ lakes, thankyouverymuch.
You know that Lake Wobegon isn't real and you know who made it up.
Garrison Keillor, unless I'm much mistaken.
Voted for a pro wrestler for governor.....and he won.
You remember when it was so cold at International Falls, that the thermometer went NINE FEET UNDERGROUND.
ha ha.
Merchants slip Canadian coins into the change they hand you, so THEY don't have to mess with them.
I'll add a couple of my own:
You need to get two newspapers if you want to know what's going on on both sides of the river.
You go to St. Olaf College.
You don't go to St. Olaf College, but are very interested by what your best friend from high school has to say on the politics of their choir.
Four words: Mystery Science Theater 3000.
...Damn, I could come up with a whole bunch more, really.
"Down south" to you means Iowa.
You have no concept of public transportation.
I rode a city bus for the first time in New York, in 1997, and since then have only ridden them in Germany. Minnesota doesn't have a subway system.
75% of your graduating high school class went to the University of Minnesota.
At least.
People from other states love to hear you say words with O's in them.
...and words with A's even more.
You know what and where Dinkytown is.
(It's the neighborhood around the U of M West Bank (Minneapolis) campus)
You have no problem saying or spelling Minneapolis.
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.
Snow as in, eighteen inches between seven and nine o'clock a.m. Cold as in...um...20 below, maybe? Or maybe it's 30 below. Or something. Dude, I don't know.
You know what "Mille Lacs" is, and how to spell it.
(The first time I heard it, I was in elementary school and saw it in my mind as "molax". This was incorrect.)
You assume when you say "The Cities," people know to what you are referring.
You know what the numbers 694, 494, I-94, 394 mean.
If you live in the cities, obviously you'll need some familiarity with the freeway system.
You have tried boiled fish in lye at Christmas.
Lutefisk? They haven't made me try it yet, but it's always there at Christmas. My grandma likes it.
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 spot the three-second cameo appearance by "The Artist formerly known as Prince" in Fargo.
You're a loyal Target shopper.
...yeah.
You've licked frozen metal.
The only reason you go to Wisconsin is to get fireworks or to fish or to buy beer on Sunday.
You own an ice house, a snowmobile, and a 4 wheel drive vehicle.
This one I'll bold because I knew so many people in my childhood who fit this description, even though I didn't. I always felt left out for not having a cabin "up north" or in Wisconsin to go to on weekends.
You wear shorts when it's 50 degrees outside in March, but bundle up and complain in August when it goes below 60.
So true. And then after a warmish spell in March, it'll go back to being 35 and we'll still be wearing shorts. "But it was warm on Monday! It was!"
You know people that have more fishing poles than teeth.
It feels like the Mississippi is everywhere you go.
You have gone Trick-or-Treating in 3 feet of snow.
October 31st, 1991.
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.
In a conversation you heard someone say "yah, sure, you betcha" and you didn't laugh.
Everyone you know has an "A-frame" cabin next to one of the 10,000 lakes.
See my above comment on this subject. And it's 13,000+ lakes, thankyouverymuch.
You know that Lake Wobegon isn't real and you know who made it up.
Garrison Keillor, unless I'm much mistaken.
Voted for a pro wrestler for governor.....and he won.
ha ha.
Merchants slip Canadian coins into the change they hand you, so THEY don't have to mess with them.
I'll add a couple of my own:
You need to get two newspapers if you want to know what's going on on both sides of the river.
You go to St. Olaf College.
You don't go to St. Olaf College, but are very interested by what your best friend from high school has to say on the politics of their choir.
Four words: Mystery Science Theater 3000.
...Damn, I could come up with a whole bunch more, really.