TMPletz said:

2 of you beat me to it.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Actually I was waiting for this to happen...

obsessed said:

we're all in the same boat, far as i'm concerned...we're in the midwest, fer fuck's sake. still, it's fun to kid around.

Minnesotans are some of the nicest people I´ve ever met in my life. I really miss Minnesota and the mentality there.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Yup, can't take the midwest out of us, so we may as well have fun with it!

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Being I grew up 10 miles away from the Minnesota-Iowa border, I've heard the border jokes over and over...like "Why do all the trees along the MN-IA border lean towards Iowa? Because Iowa sucks."

TMPletz said:

i've heard that joke, except minnesota and iowa were switched around. and there's this one that my high school photography teacher told once:

Q: why's there so many lakes in minnesota?
A: they haven't discovered indoor plumbing there yet.

KoolEaze said:

That's the nicest thing I've ever heard about Minnesota...thanks...

obsessed said:

it's true! there's a lotta squirrely types here (like anywhere), but i've met a helluva lotta nice people since moving up here.

KoolEaze said:

I agree. I live in California and it is definitely lacking in Minnesota-ness.

heartbeatocean said:

No really, I´ve seen many countries and cultures in my life but the people of Minnesota were among the friendliest and most helpful of all, and hospitality seems to mean something to them.
OK, some of my friends in Minnesota were not actually born there, but they moved to Minnesota when they were kids.

And I´ve experienced a lot of nice things with the true Minnesotan locals, I had an interesting conversation with a homeless guy, with a busdriver, with people in the museum, cabdrivers, clerks, all kinds of people. One old man even gave me a quarterroll worth ten dollars so I could make a phonecall to my mom ( I didn´t even ask him for money but that´s another story...and in the conversation it turned out that he used to live in the town where I was born).

One busdriver even drove me to the place where I stayed ( after his shift) because I got lost during my first stay.

And the drivers there are really calm and friendly and know how to behave and don´t speed or freak out, and the people in general are just.....really NICE people.

I could go on and on for hours, I could tell you stories about my landlandy there and how much she helped me during the 2002 celebration etc. etc. but I gotta go to bed now.

Minnesotans are really nice people. I´m like an elephant when it comes to bad things and good things people do...I never forget.

So, greetings to all the nice people of Minnesota.

KoolEaze said:

I hear you. They're willing to lend a helping hand, are down to earth, nice nice nice and unpretentious.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Hehe...all U can eat

XxAxX said:

And Schlitz!!

I drank too much Blatz and now I have the Schlitz


Gotta love beer that is named after body functions

Nikster said:

Nikster said:

TMPletz said:

i suggest "BRRAAACCCKKKKK!!!!!"

Nikster said:

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Just curious....why in the world would ya move here?
Hopefully, there was good reason....
Now I'm wondering if I fit into the squirrely category or the nice...
Actually, I don't think I fit into either....

obsessed said:

1) change of location. i'd wanted to move outta iowa for the longest time, but to someplace that's not too far away from my family.

2) i was in job corps back in iowa and got placed in an advanced training program up here...i ended up getting a job in mpls (still work at the same place, after 5 years).

obsessed said:

There used to be a meteorologist on some TV station a number of years ago...it might have been WCCO in Minneapolis...that she'd bitch and moan about the cold weather and snow all the time, and I'm sitting there saying to the TV, "If you don't like it, LEAVE, you dumbass!"

I guess that doesn't fit into the "Minnesota Nice" category, but dammit, she deserved it!

TMPletz said:

well, 'Minnesota Nice' has been overstated to the point where, at times, it seems as though our state bird should be the middle finger, straight up
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Handclapsfingasnapz said:

That's really great that you wanted to be near your family....that says alot.

TMPletz said:

You know what though? It seems to me like native Minnesotans bitch more about the snow and cold than than do the transplants.

TMPletz said:

"Minnesota Nice" really is overrated... Although it is tough sometimes
to be cheery beery when the weather has been really bad for weeks on end.
But I really have to say that's partially why I never left the state. Deepdown
I love the change of seasons.....

obsessed said:

Me too.

...although I'm still waiting for some kind of winter here.

TMPletz said:

it's supposed to get really cold. some winter this has been.

TMPletz said:

Yup, we really haven't had winter this year so far....however, I just watched
Belinda on channel 11, and she says we'll be having some frigid weather
the next few days...your wish may come true yet! Still not much snow on the
way though.

obsessed said:

I'd rather get dumped on by snow than have the subzero temperatures, though. That's the way I remember it being when I was a child.

Look! I am staring!

arrest me!