You might live in MN if....

I got this forward when I first moved to MN & did not think it was funny at all...I couldn't relate yet, but now I see the humor. Have I been here too long? :)

A version of this was recently posted on Kristen's blog, but I thought it was so great I decided to copy it to mine. I say a "version" because I actually added a few myself.

Jeff Foxworthy on Minnesota:
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 your dad's suntan stops at a line curving around the middle of his forehead, 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 ... CloquetEdina ... 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 (my dad calls these people "blue necks") ha!

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 (of if you even know what Fleet Farm is!)

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 asouthern 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 don't see your neighbors until summer, you might live in Minnesota

You know the phrase "uff da," you might live in Minnesota

Your social status is measured by "cabins" and "boats," you might live in Minnesota

You think Al Franken should be your senator, you might live in Minnesota (sick!)

If Walmart isn't a cool place to shop, you might live in Minnesota

If being the cool guy on the street is measured by the model of your snow blower, you might live in Minnesota

You know the temperature it has to be outside for your lungs to freeze just by breathing, you might live in Minnesota

If you actually understand these jokes, and you forward them to all your Minnesota friends, You DO live in Minnesota