1. You have gotten frostbitten and sunburned during the same week.
2. You know people who pronounce Duluth, "Doo-loot".
3. You measure distance in minutes.
4. Weather is 80% of your conversation.
5. Down south to you means Iowa.
6. You call highways "freeways".
7. Snow tires come standard on all your vehicles.
8. You have no concept of public transportation.
9. You've been to Fort Snelling on a field trip at some point in your school days.
10. You know more than 1 person that has hit a deer.
11. You say that the Megamall is just for tourists, yet go at least once a month.
12. People from other states love to hear you say words with "o"s in them.
13. You know what and where Dinkytown is.
14. Perkins was the only hangout option in high school.
15. You own at least one item that says "I'd rather be fishing".
16. You can list all the "Dales".
17. You hate "Fargo" but realize that your entire family has the accent.
18. Mayo is NOT something that goes on a sandwich.
19. You may hate Arne for a lot of things, but you will always love him for canceling school.
20. You call the metro the "Cities".
21. You can name the 2 seasons: winter and road repair.
22. You have lutefisk for Christmas.
23. You've been to the top of the IDS.
24. Nothing gets you madder than seeing a Green Bay sticker on a Minnesota car.
25. You think that Lutherans and Catholics are the two major religions of the world.
26. You know what "uff-da" means and how to use it in the proper context.
27. You're a loyal Target shopper.
28. You own an ice house, a snowmobile, and a 4 wheel drive vehicle.
29. You wear shorts when it's 50 degrees outside in March, but bundle up and complain in August when it goes below 60.
30. You remember WLOL.
31. You remember going Trick-or-Treating in 3 feet of snow.
32. You carry jumper cables in your car.
33. You drink POP and are proud of it.
34. Everyone you know has a cabin.
35. You never appreciate "Minnesota Nice" until you move away from it.

Submitted by Shawn Rung.

Some additional signs from Shawn.

• You've never met any celebrities.
• Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on the highway.
• "Vacation" means going to Valleyfair.
• You've seen all the biggest bands ten years after they were popular.
• East to you means Illinois.
• Your school classes were cancelled because of cold.
• Your school classes were cancelled because of heat.
• You've ridden the school bus for an hour each way.
• You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
• You think ethanol makes your truck "run a lot better".
• You know what's knee-high by the Fourth of July.
• Stores don't have bags; they have sacks.
• You see people wear bib overalls at funerals.
• You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in it no matter what time of the year.
• You end your sentences with an unnecessary preposition.

  Example: "Where's my coat at?" or "If you go to town I wanna go with."

• All the festivals across the state are named after fruit, vegetable, grain, or animal.
• You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.
• You think of the major four food groups as beef, pork, beer, and Jell-O salad with marshmallows.
• You know what "cow tipping" and "snipe hunting" is.
• You only own 3 spices: salt, pepper, and ketchup.
• You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over snowsuit.
• Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
• You think everyone from a bigger city has an accent.
• You think sexy lingerie is tube socks and a flannel nightie.
• The local paper covers national and international headlines on one page but requires 6 pages for sports.
• You think that deer season is a national holiday.
• You know which leaves make good toilet paper.
• You find -20 degrees F "a little chilly".