Wade Van House/MINN/PART/CSC 10/13/98 01:50 PM
To: Wade A Anderson/CSI/CSC@CSC
cc:
Subject: FW: minnesota

You measure distance in minutes.

Weather is 80% of your conversation.

Down south to you means Iowa.

You call highways "freeways".

75% of your graduating high school class went to the University of Minnesota.

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.

You know what and where "Dinkytown" is.

"Perkins" was the only hangout option in high school.

You have no problem spelling "Minneapolis".

You can list all the "Dales".

You hate "Fargo" but realize that you and your entire family have that accent.

You get mad at people who think Fargo is in Minnesota.

Your school classes have been canceled because of cold.

You know what Mille Lacs is and how to spell it.

You assume when you say "The Cities" people know where your referring to.

You know what the numbers 6-94, 4-94, I-94, 3-94 mean.

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're a loyal Target shopper.

You know that the Gay 90s is now "Bi".

You wear shorts when it's 50 degrees outside in March, but bundle up and complain in August when it goes below 60

You know people that have more fishing poles than teeth.

You remember WLOL.

You have gone Trick-or-Treating in 3 feet of snow.

You carry jumper cables in your car.

You drink "POP".

There was a time when you were SO proud that Soul Asylum is from Minnesota.

In a conversation you heard someone say "yah sure you betcha" and you didn't laugh.