You Might Be a Minnesotan If....
...you know that no matter how much you work to prevent it, when the weather gets above freezing during the day, there WILL be black ice all over your sidewalk.
....you always, without fail, look at the indoor-outdoor thermometer before going outside.
...you look at the thermometer, see that it's above freezing, and therfore go outside in only a light leather coat and no gloves, due to it being 'warm'.
...'really cold' weather is when you go outside and your boogers freeze within two breaths.
...you put on extra layers of clothing depending on which floor of the house you're on.
...you get confused if the wind ISN'T coming from the west (the Dakotas).
...you know that "Minnesota Nice" only applies to pedestrians.
...you know that you're an expert in driving in winter weather, namely you don't to avoid all the fools that think they do know how.
...you wonder how a state full of such nice productive people can have a government that's three feet deep in the red.
...you have watched a parade... from indoors, over the street.
...you are a Minnesota Transplant when you realize that no one in this state knows a *!@# thing about proper spicy food.**
...you feel sorry for a person that doesn't have a garage, or better yet, a 'tuckunder' garage.
...you know that short driveways are better than long ones.
...you have seen people take a snowmobile to buy bread and milk at the convenience store...and been envious.
...you can't drink milk outside of the state (except for Wisconsin) because all other milk 'tastes funny'.
...you have drunk milk from a bag.
...you have seen a snowblower with a flame job.
...you have seen a city snowplow with a flame job.
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** Well, this one isn't totally true. There's this great Mexican joint in Rochester that hasn't got a single white person on the staff. Mrs. Bug and I go there to get our fix of hot, spicy food. Say 'muy fuerte, por favor!' and they bring out the brown salsa that will eat through concrete. Mmmmm, good!
Yes, living in this state is quite the adventure, I must say!
(For those of you not Minnesotan, during the State HS basketball tourney for boys and girls, we always have bad weather. Snow, ice, rain, cold, you name it. It's something that is as sure as taxes up here it seems. Guess that's what they get for having it in Mid-March. )