[About the end of February, knowing that winter still has an icy grip on the
land and that a blizzard is due during the State Basketball Tournament in a
few weeks, my family in Minnesota need to thaw out and chuckle a bit. So .
. . ]
The state song of Minnesota is “Someday the Vikings will… Aw, never
mind”.
You know you’re a Minnesotan when you know the 5 seasons:
Almost winter,
Winter,
Still winter,
Road construction and
Allergies.
Downtown Minneapolis has an enclosed skyway system covering 52 blocks,
allowing people to live, work, eat, and sleep without ever going outside.
The only downside to this is that they usually lose two or three Norwegians
a month.
Cartoonist, Charles M. Shultz, was born in Minneapolis and grew up in St.
Paul. He was the only artist to accurately depict the perfectly circular
heads of Minnesota natives.
Rumor is that the Vikings are called “the purple” because that’s the color
you turn when you choke.
The Hormel Company of Austin produces 6 million cans of Spam a year, even
though I don’t know anyone east of Hawaii who actually eats it.
At the famed Hazeltine Golf Course, home of PGA championships, rules state
that until June 1st, snow banks are considered simply part of the “rough”.
The snowmobile was invented in Roseau, so as to allow families a means of
attending 4th of July picnics.
If a Palestinian and a Minnesotan get married what do they name the kid?
Yassir Youbetcha!
When a Minnesotan sees the Pillsbury Dough Boy he will often compliment him
by saying “Hey man, nice tan!”
Minnesotans are almost indistinguishable from Wisconsinites. The only way to
tell them apart is to ask if they voted for Mondale in ’84 and if they’ve
ever had a good association with the two little words “Super Bowl.”
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Dr Bob Griffin
[email protected] www.grif.net
“Jesus Knows Me, This I Love!”