Damn, I Hate Minnesota! - Bilge

I ikitnrev Tiki Socialite D.C. / Virginia Joined: Jul 27, 2002 Posts: 1325	I ikitnrev Posted posted on Wed, Mar 16, 2005 4:43 AM While I was living in Wisconsin, I took a short vacation trip to Florida, glad to be escaping the sub-freezing temperatures there. I was walking around in some Florida store, and the clerk at the register asked me what part of the country I was from. I replied 'How do you know that I'm a visitor?' and she replied 'It's 60 degrees outside, and you're wearing shorts - no native Floridian wears shorts when it is 60 degrees out' One Christmas Day in the early 80's, we had an all-time high temperature for that day in my hometown .... 53 degrees F. We all put on our swimwear, and had our picture taken by a pond outside our home. We couldn't jump in though, because the pond was still frozen. Here's a link to a humor article that describes how Minnesotans, and others across the country, deal with cold weather ... http://catesworld.tripod.com/ejunk/winter.html Vern

While I was living in Wisconsin, I took a short vacation trip to Florida, glad to be escaping the sub-freezing temperatures there. I was walking around in some Florida store, and the clerk at the register asked me what part of the country I was from.

I replied 'How do you know that I'm a visitor?' and she replied 'It's 60 degrees outside, and you're wearing shorts - no native Floridian wears shorts when it is 60 degrees out'

One Christmas Day in the early 80's, we had an all-time high temperature for that day in my hometown .... 53 degrees F. We all put on our swimwear, and had our picture taken by a pond outside our home. We couldn't jump in though, because the pond was still frozen.

Here's a link to a humor article that describes how Minnesotans, and others across the country, deal with cold weather ... http://catesworld.tripod.com/ejunk/winter.html

Vern

Post #147128 by ikitnrev on Wed, Mar 16, 2005 4:43 AM