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To: WEBNATURAL who wrote (285)	1/29/1999 9:34:00 AM
From: Jim Spitz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 365

This came out of the Bull Market Report for today: POSSIBLE MERGER DEPARTMENT Zippo Manufacturing, Audi Motors, Dofasco, and Dakota Mining merge to become Zip Audi Do Da. ;) jimS

To: WEBNATURAL who wrote (285)	1/29/1999 9:50:00 AM
From: Jim Spitz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 365

Here's some Minnesota humor - It's kind of long: You Might Be A Minnesotan If: * Nothing gets you madder than seeing a Green Bay sticker on a MN car. * You measure distance in minutes. * Weather is 80% of your conversation. * Down south to you means Iowa. * You call highways "freeways". * Snow tires came standard on your car. * You have no concept of public transportation. * 75% of your graduating high school class went to the U of M. * 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 a popular hangout option in high school. * You have no problem saying or spelling "Minneapolis". * You can list all the "Dales". * 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 where your referring to. * You know what the numbers 694, 494, 94, 394 mean. * You have tried boiled fish in lye at Christmas. * You know the 2 sports-related reasons why we hate Dallas. * You know what "uff-da" means and how to use it properly. * You can pinpoint exactly where each scene in "Untamed Heart" was filmed. * You can spot the 3 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. * 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. * You remember WLOL. * It feels like the Mississippi is everywhere you go. * When you talk about "opener" you are not talking about cans. * You have gone Trick-or-Treating in 3 feet of snow. * You know that when it comes to AM, there is only WCCO, besides, what else do you need? * You know what the word SPAM stands for. * You carry jumper cables in your car. * You drink "POP", not "SODA" * There was a time when you were SO proud that Soul Asylum is from Minnesota * Everyone you know has a cabin. * You get sick of people asking you where Paisley Park is. * You know that Lake Wobegon isn't real and you know who made it up, where they live, and exactly what to do about it. * In a conversation you heard someone say "yah sure, you betcha" and you didn't laugh. * you have ever worn shorts and a parka at the same time * you consider snow banks to be just another hazzard on the golf course * you beam with pride when some King or Hollywood superstar comes to the Mayo Clinic to save their lives * you have a nickname for your chainsaw and you pat it on the fuel tank at the end of a hard day's work * you may not have actually eaten it, but you have heard of Lutefisk * you believe that REAL vehicles have skis in front and a loud motor under your seat * you have ever apologized to a telemarketer * someone in a store offers you assistance, and they don't even work there * you like to come in out of the sun when the temperature gets above 72 * you don't understand why everyone thinks Garrison Keillor is so funny * all your kids in school are above average * all your women are strong * you think a basketball team consists of twelve white boys * you are proud that your state makes the national news 96 nights each year because International Falls is the coldest spot in the nation (edit: I thought it was Embarass, Mn ) * your state pays a bounty for killing the state mascot * you consider a six inch snowfall a blessing for the cities because it provides instant urban renewal * you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through 18 inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping the food will swim by * you keep the snow tires on your truck all year because it ain't worth taking them off for only two months * you belive that rushing out on the lakes with your pick-up in November is nature's way of upgrading the state's gene pool * you have ever had an entire phone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number * you know how to say Wayzata, Mahtomedi, and Shakopee * you think that ketchup is a little too spicy * you never had to rewind any part of "Fargo" because you missed some of the dialogue * you always believed that vacation meant "going up north" * you know where the "iron range" is * you laugh out loud every time you see a news report about a blizzard shutting down the entire east coast * you think that "UFF DA" is a standard English phrase * your favorite sport when it's cold outside is played where it's cold inside * you can recite, from memory, more than a half-dozen "Ole and Lena" jokes * you know people named Ole and Lena * you remember the thrill of going to the top of the Foshay Tower Hope you enjoyed this Minnesota interlude. jimS