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.
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.
You have no problem saying or spelling Minneapolis.
You hate “Fargo” but realize that a lot of your family has that accent.
You get mad at people who think Fargo is in Minnesota.
Your school classes have been canceled because of snow or cold.
You know what “Mille Lacs” is, and how to spell it.
You assume when you say “The Cities,” people know to what you are referring.
You know what the numbers 694, 494, I-94, 394 mean.
You have tried boiled fish in lye at Christmas.
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 can spot the three-second cameo appearance by “The Artist formerly known as Prince” in Fargo.
You’re a loyal Target shopper.
You’ve licked frozen metal.
The only reason you go to Wisconsin is to get fireworks or to fish or to buy beer on Sunday.
You own an ice house, a snowmobile, and a 4 wheel drive vehicle.
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.
It feels like the Mississippi is everywhere you go.
You have gone Trick-or-Treating in 3 feet of snow.
You know what the word SPAM stands for (in more ways than one).
You carry jumper cables in your car.
You drink POP, not SODA.
In a conversation you heard someone say “yah, sure, you betcha” and you didn’t laugh.
Everyone you know has an “A-frame” cabin next to one of the 10,000 lakes.
You know that Lake Wobegon isn’t real and you know who made it up.
Voted for a pro wrestler for governor…..and he won.
You remember when it was so cold at International Falls, that the thermometer went NINE FEET UNDERGROUND.
Merchants slip Canadian coins into the change they hand you, so THEY don’t have to mess with them.