Interesting Minnesota Facts

Ohio Rusty · #1 01/12/12, 09:13 AM

At 65 degrees, Arizonans turn on the heat. People in Minnesota plant gardens.
At 60, Californians shiver uncontrollably. People in Minnesota sunbathe.
At 50, Italian & English cars won't start. People in Minnesota drive with the windows down..
At 40, Georgians don coats, thermal underwear, gloves, wool hats. People in Minnesota throw on a flannel shirt.
At 35, New York landlords finally turn up the heat. People in Minnesota have the last cookout before it gets cold.
At 20, People in Miami all die. Minnesotans close their windows.
At 0, Californians fly away to Mexico . People in Minnesota get out their winter coats.
At 10 below zero, Hollywood disintegrates. The Girl Scouts in Minnesota are selling cookies door to door.
At 20 below, Washington DC runs out of hot air. (Ya think? Nah.). People in Minnesota let their dogs sleep indoors.
At 30 below, Santa Claus abandons the North Pole. Minnesotans get upset because they can't start the snowmobile.
At 40 below, ALL atomic motion stops. People in Minnesota start saying..."Cold enough for ya, eh?"
At 50 below, hell freezes over. Minnesota public schools will open 2 hours late.

Ohio Rusty ><>

tinknal · #2 01/12/12, 06:32 PM

I resemble that remark.........

Of course at 90 degrees we all collapse into puddles of sweat.

tarbe · #3 01/12/12, 07:06 PM

Got a good laugh from that!

Ozarks Tom · #4 01/12/12, 07:12 PM

Left Minnesota at 17 thinking everybody lived like that. Came back 4 years later, and didn't make it through an entire winter. Dallas the next 29 years.

Ohio Rusty · #5 01/12/12, 07:53 PM

At the colleges in Minnesota, It's winter quarter all year long !!

Ohio Rusty ><>

halfpint · #6 01/12/12, 07:54 PM

Several years ago we were in Minnesota and they were having a 'Heat Wave'. The high for the day was 82 degrees Fahrenheit! We thought it was pleasant weather.
Dawn

tinknal · #7 01/12/12, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by halfpint

Several years ago we were in Minnesota and they were having a 'Heat Wave'. The high for the day was 82 degrees Fahrenheit! We thought it was pleasant weather.
Dawn

Well, depends on when you were there. 82 in early May is indeed a heat wave. Not so much in July.

upnorthlady · #8 01/12/12, 09:29 PM

Well, ya know............those "interesting Minnesota facts" are pretty much the truth! It's not really a joke. And like Tinknal says, we DO melt at 90 degrees. Uff da - that's stinkin' hot.

pcwerk · #9 01/13/12, 02:19 PM

funny!

blynn · #10 01/13/12, 10:28 PM

LOL Cute, and mostly true!

bugstabber · #11 01/13/12, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by blynn

LOL Cute, and mostly true!

That's because it comes with high humidity!

the mama · #12 01/14/12, 08:36 PM

Tonight the low is 34 F. That's cold enough for me, maybe even too cold. That's why I live in Florida. Stay warm my friends.

tlance · #13 01/14/12, 09:51 PM

So true!!! But ya got to love it!

tinknal · #14 01/14/12, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by the mama

Tonight the low is 34 F. That's cold enough for me, maybe even too cold. That's why I live in Florida. Stay warm my friends.

Skinny dippin weather!

northstitch · #15 01/14/12, 10:11 PM

LOL !! Oh so true !! Haven't got my winter coat out yet, we still cooked out last week, still waiting for snow...barely have the ground covered, and I work at school, a snow day is like a pipe dream !!

EDDIE BUCK · #16 01/15/12, 12:45 AM

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Originally Posted by tinknal

I resemble that remark.........

Of course at 90 degrees we all collapse into puddles of sweat.

LOL,Ya'll think you so tough,come on down here in eastern NC and prime sand lugs from sun up to sun down,in August,when its 105 degree temps and 87 % humidity.Also,its so hot you can look wayyyy down the rows and see that stuff that looks like water,but like when its summertime and you are driving down the highway and it looks like water up ahead.Then when you get there its gone or either moved up the road farther,that kind of water.

Plus if the heat ain't bad enough ,the two rows you are priming are beside a deaf and gassey mule.

That said, the mule can't hear you holler whoaaaaaaaaaa,so, hes going all the way to the end,unless you quickly enter into the gassey zone to get the reigns in order to pull back and stop the stinking deaf rascal

Oh and that sunup starting time,is for putting in the tobacco,you have already been up since 3 am,taking out the dang tobacco.

Priming==breaking the tobacco leaves off the stalk.

Mule==Thats whats pulling the tobacco truck that you put the leaves on.

Sand Lugs==the very bottom two-three leaves on the stalk.Imagine walking slow and touching your toes all the way from one end of the row to the other,stand up just long enough to change rows, and head back in the opposite direction than you came,ect,ect,ect alllllllllllll dayyyyyyyyyyy Longggggggggggggggg.You will

good that night,but only until 3 am.Its another day and it starts all over again.

PS,in my opinion, them sand lugs is probably the tobacco thats in cigarettes that gives folks cancer and emphysema.I ain't never heard nothing good about them.They are the lowest in value of the tobacco.You can shake a hand full of the tobacco,and no telling how much sand will fall out.If you don't fall out with a heat stroke,when you are out there breaking them,the Lord evidently ain't through with you yet.

I have seen Baptist preachers when working in tobacco,almost throw their salvation away.They would be mumbling words that were so close to cussing I think God mighta mistookem fer cuss words and they might have to do some fessing up, to get things back right again

. lol eb

Jeffery · #17 01/19/12, 01:10 AM

It's 10 below zero right now. I don't see any girl scouts selling cookies today, but the Mormans are still going door to door.
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tinknal · #18 01/19/12, 05:00 AM

I was just thinking of inviting Eddie to come help split wood!

EDDIE BUCK · #19 01/19/12, 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by tinknal

I was just thinking of inviting Eddie to come help split wood!

What?Who?Me? When the temps drop into the thirties,I'm in the house till spring.

lol

Paumon · #20 01/20/12, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by EDDIE BUCK

.....Also,its so hot you can look wayyyy down the rows and see that stuff that looks like water,but like when its summertime and you are driving down the highway and it looks like water up ahead.Then when you get there its gone or either moved up the road farther,that kind of water.

That's a heat wave mirage.