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You Might Be a Minnesotan if...

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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.