MINNESOTA PEOPLE
Thursday, September 21, 2006
YOU'RE FROM RURAL MINNESOTA IF................
*You know how to polka, but never tried it sober...
*You know what knee-high by the Fourth of July means.
*You know it's traditional for the bride and groom to go bar h opping between the ceremony and the reception.
*You were delighted to get a miniature snow shovel for your 3rd birthday.
*You buy Christmas presents at Fleet Farm or Menards.
*You spent more on beer than you did on food at your wedding.
*You hear someone use the word "oof-dah" and you don't immediately break into uncontrollable laughter.
*You or someone you know was a "Dairy Princess" at a county fair.
*You know that "combine" is a noun.
*You let your older siblings talk you into putting your tongue on a steel
post in the middle of winter.
*You think Lutheran and Catholic are THE major religions.
*You know that "creek" rhymes with "pick".
*Football and Hunting schedules are checked before wedding dates are set.
*A Friday night date is taking your girlfriend shining for deer.
*Saturday you go the the local bowling ally.
*There was more then one kid in your class who had to help milk cows in the morning...phew!
*You have driven your car on a lake on purpose.
*You can make sense out of the word "upnort" and "batree."
*You always believed that vacation meant "going up North."
*At every wedding you have been to you have had to dance the hokey poky & the chicken dance.
*Your definition of a small town is one that only has one bar
and one church.
*The local gas station sells live bait.
*At least twice a year, the kitchen doubles as a meat processing plant.
*Your mom asks, "Were you born in a barn?" and you know exactly what she means.
*You think that the start of deer season and the fishing opener is a national holiday.
*Pop is not only what you call your dad, but is the ONLY name for soda.
*You actually understand these jokes and forward them to all your Minnesota friends!
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*You know how to polka, but never tried it sober...
*You know what knee-high by the Fourth of July means.
*You know it's traditional for the bride and groom to go bar h opping between the ceremony and the reception.
*You were delighted to get a miniature snow shovel for your 3rd birthday.
*You buy Christmas presents at Fleet Farm or Menards.
*You spent more on beer than you did on food at your wedding.
*You hear someone use the word "oof-dah" and you don't immediately break into uncontrollable laughter.
*You or someone you know was a "Dairy Princess" at a county fair.
*You know that "combine" is a noun.
*You let your older siblings talk you into putting your tongue on a steel
post in the middle of winter.
*You think Lutheran and Catholic are THE major religions.
*You know that "creek" rhymes with "pick".
*Football and Hunting schedules are checked before wedding dates are set.
*A Friday night date is taking your girlfriend shining for deer.
*Saturday you go the the local bowling ally.
*There was more then one kid in your class who had to help milk cows in the morning...phew!
*You have driven your car on a lake on purpose.
*You can make sense out of the word "upnort" and "batree."
*You always believed that vacation meant "going up North."
*At every wedding you have been to you have had to dance the hokey poky & the chicken dance.
*Your definition of a small town is one that only has one bar
and one church.
*The local gas station sells live bait.
*At least twice a year, the kitchen doubles as a meat processing plant.
*Your mom asks, "Were you born in a barn?" and you know exactly what she means.
*You think that the start of deer season and the fishing opener is a national holiday.
*Pop is not only what you call your dad, but is the ONLY name for soda.
*You actually understand these jokes and forward them to all your Minnesota friends!
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