YOU "BETCHA" YOU'RE FROM MINNESOTA WHEN:
1. You own only three spices ... Salt, pepper and ketchup
2. You have more miles on your snow blower than your car
3. You know Ole & Lena personally
4. You've spent the last 15 minutes getting your child dressed to play in the snow only to have him/her tell you he has to go to POTTY Now
5. You design your Halloween costumes to fit over snowmobile suits
6. You feel warm and toasty at -12 degrees
7. You know that leaves make good toilet paper
8. You know the four seasons . . . Winter, Still Winter, Not Winter & Almost Winter
9. Though you're not breaking the law, you break into a cold sweat when the game warden appears
10. You owe more money on your snowmobile than your car
11. You think the opening of deer season is a National Holiday
12. You thought "Grumpy Old Men" was a documentary
13. You find -40 degrees only a mite chilly
14. You think everyone from a different state has an accent
15. Your husband thinks sexy lingerie is a flannel nightgown with only eight buttons
16. You've ever taken your kids trick or treating in a blizzard
17. You find it exciting to stare through a hole in the ice and look at the bottom of a lake
18. You have ten favorite recipes for venison
19. You can tell the difference between a gopher and a chipmunk at 300 yards
20. You think white rice is exotic and wild rice is hot dish
21. You've attended a formal affair, in your best dress, wearing your finest jewelry and your Sorrels
22. Somewhere in the state is a piece of frozen metal with bits of your tongue stuck to it
23. At least 3 times a year your kitchen doubles as a meat processing plant
24. When you win the prize for the smallest fish, you're proud of it
25. All the local stores carry sleds all year round
26. The potholes have names and are on the map (Land of 10,000 Lakes)
