You Might Live in Minnesota If . . .

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 .

You measure distance in hours,

You might live in Minnesota .

You know several people who have hit deer more than once,

You might live in Minnesota .

You often switch from "Heat" to "A/C" in the same day and back again,

You might live in Minnesota .

You can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow

During a raging blizzard without flinching,

You might live in Minnesota .

You see people wearing hunting clothes at social events,

You might live in Minnesota .

You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked,

You might live in Minnesota .

You think of the major food groups as beer, fish, and venison,

You might live in Minnesota .

You carry jumper cables in your car, and your girlfriend knows how to use them,

You might live in Minnesota .

There are 7 empty cars running in the parking lot at Mill's Fleet Farm at any given time,

You might live in Minnesota .

You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit,

You might live in Minnesota .

Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow,

You might live in Minnesota .

You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, and of course, road construction,

You might live in Minnesota .

You can identify a southern or eastern accent,

You might live in Minnesota .

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 .

You know "a brat" is something you eat,

You might live in Minnesota .

You find -10 degrees "a little chilly",

You might live in Minnesota .

You actually understand these jokes, and you forward them to all your Minnesota friends,

You DO live in Minnesota