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 feel 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 your local Dairy Queen is closed from November through March, you might live in Minnesota.
If you carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend knows how to use them, you might live in Minnesota.
If there are seven empty cars running in the parking lot at Zups Grocery Store at any given time, you might live in Minnesota.
If you design your kids Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit, you might live in Minnesota.
If driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow, you might live in Minnesota.
If you know all four seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road construction, you might live in Minnesota.
If you consider Minneapolis exotic, you might live in Minnesota.
If your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a deer next to your blue spruce, you might live in Minnesota.