Ah, Minnesota

this has nothing to do with skiing but i thought it was good...

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 .

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 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 statue of a deer next to your
blue spruce, you might live in Minnesota .

Down South to you means Iowa , you live in Minnesota .

A brat is something you eat.

You find 0 degrees "a little chilly."