You Might Be A Minnesotan If... You measure distance in minutes Weather is 80% of your conversation. Down south to you means Iowa. Snow tires can come standard on your car. You have no concept of public transportation. 75% of your graduating high school class went to the University of Minnesota. You know what "Dinkytown" is. "Perkins" and "McDonald's" were the only hangout option in high school. You have no problem spelling "Minneapolis" You can list all the "Dales". You hate "Fargo" but realize that you and your entire family have the accents. You get mad at people who think Fargo is in Minnesota. Your school classes have been canceled because of cold. You know what Mille Lacs is and how to spell it. You assume when you say "The Cities" people know where your referring to. You know what the numbers 6-94, 4-94, I-94, 3-94 mean. You have boiled fish in lye for Christmas or personally know someone who has. NOTHING GETS YOU *MADDER* THAN SEEING A Green Bay STICKER ON A MN CAR!!!!! You know what "uff-da" means and how to use it properly. You're a loyal Target shopper. You've licked frozen metal. The only reason you go to Wisconsin is to get fireworks of course some of you choose to live here .. we're that much further from "Fargo" hee hee hee) You own an ice house, a snowmobile, and a 4 wheel drive vehicle. You wear shorts when it's 50 degrees outside in March, but bundle up and complain in August when it goes below 60. You know people that have more fishing poles than teeth. It feels like the Mississippi is everywhere you go. When you talk about "opener" you are not talking about cans. You have gone Trick-or-Treating in 3 feet of snow. You know that when it comes to AM, there is only 'CCO, besides, what else do you need? You carry jumper cables in your car. You drink "POP". In a conversation you heard someone say "yah sure you betcha" and you didn't laugh. Everyone you know has a cabin. You know that Lake Wobegon isn't real and you know who made it up, where they live, and exactly what to do about it. You don't understand the concept of merging or staying in your own lane.