You Might Live In Minnesota

If you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling
> through
> 18 inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping that the
> food will swim by,
> You might live in Minnesota.
>
> If you're proud that your state makes the
> national news 96 nights
> each year because International Falls is the coldest spot
> in the nation,
> You might live in Minnesota.
>
> If you have ever refused to buy something because it's
> "too spendy",
> You might live in Minnesota.
>
> If your local Dairy Queen is closed from November through
> March,
> You might live in Minnesota.
>
> If someone in a store offers you assistance, and they
> don't work there,
> You might live in Minnesota.
>
> If your dad's suntan stops at a line curving around
> the
> middle of his forehead,
> You might live in Minnesota.
>
> If you have worn shorts and a parka at the same time,
> You might live in Minnesota.
>
> If your town has an equal number of bars and churches,
> You might live in Minnesota.
>
> If you know how to say....Wayzata...Mahtomedi ...
> Cloquet
> Edina... and Shakopee,
> You might live in Minnesota.
>
> If you think that ketchup is a little too spicy,
> You might live in Minnesota.
>
> If vacation means going "up north" for the
> weekend,
> You might live in Minnesota.
>
> If you measure distance in hours,
> You might live in Minnesota.
>
> If you know several people, who have hit deer more than
> once,
> You might live in Minnesota.
>
> If you often switch from "Heat" to
> "A/C" in the same day and back again,
> You might live in Minnesota.
>
> If you can drive 65 mph through
> 2 feet of snow
> during a raging blizzard without flinching,
> Y ou might live in Minnesota.
>
> If you see people wearing hunting clothes at social
> events,
> You might live in Minnesota.
>
> If you install security lights on your house and garage
> and
> leave both unlocked,
> You might live in Minnesota.
>
> If you think of the major food groups as beer, fish, and
> Venison,
> You might live in Minnesota.
>
> If you carry jumper cables in your car, and your
> girlfriend knows
> how to use them,
> You might live in Minnesota.
>
> If There are 7 empty cars running in the parking lot at
> Mill's Fleet Farm
> at any given time,
> You might live in Minnesota.
>
> If you design your kid's Halloween
> costume to fit over a
> snowsuit,
> You might live in Minnesota.
>
> If driving is better in the winter because the potholes are
> filled with snow,
> You might live in Minnesota.
>
> If you know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still
> winter,
> and of course, road construction,
> You might live in Minnesota.
>
> If you can identify a
> southern or eastern accent,
> You might live in Minnesota.
>
> If your idea of creative landscaping is a plastic deer
> next
> to your blue spruce,
> You might live in Minnesota.
>
> If "Down South" to you means Iowa,
> You might live in Minnesota.
>
> If you know "a brat" is something
> you eat,
> You might live in Minnesota.
>
> If you find -10 degrees "a little chilly",
> You might
> live in Minnesota.
>
> If you actually understand these jokes, and you forward
> them to all your Minnesota friends,
> You DO live in Minnesota.

If the longest running debate in your community is Target vs. Wal-Mart, you might live in Minnesota.
(Seriously, there's always an article about that topic in the newspaper)