Originally published by Hosted by "Rae Ann" on Geocities; the page itself credits "Author Unknown" at http://www.geocities.com/Wellesley/Garden/4161/mightbe.html. Retrieved from the Wayback Machine archive (captured 2002-10-17) and reproduced here for archival purposes -- credit for the jokes belongs to the original author, not youmightbe.com.
- 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.
- 75% of your graduating high school class went to the University of Minnesota.
- People from other states love to hear you say words with "o"s in them.
- You know what "Dinkytown" is.
- "Perkins" is the only hangout option in high school.
- You know what the word SPAM stands for.
- You carry jumper cables in your car.
- You drink "POP".
- The only reason you go to Wisconsin is to get fireworks.
- In conversations you hear someone say "Yah sure you betcha" and don't laugh.
- Everyone you know has a cabin.
- You assume when you say "The Cities" people know where you are referring to.
- You don't understand the concept of merging or staying in your own lane.
- You have no problem spelling "Minneapolis".
- You can list all the "Dales".
- You know what the numbers 6-94, 4-94, I-94, 3-94 mean.
- You wear shorts when it's 50 degrees outside in March, but bundle up and complain in August when it gets below 60.
- You have been trick-or-treated in three feet of snow.
- When you talk about "opener" you are not talking about cans.
- You've licked frozen metal.