i'm going to anger every Minnesotan with this thread

[Rabrrrrrr]

Minnesota - "Land of 10,000 Lakes".

Ha! Wisconsin has 14,000!!!

Take that!

Don't be bragging about your lakes unless you have the most.

[LynneSin]

1. I don't mean to be nit picky but...

Their name isn't Minnesota, land of the most lakes, so who cares if someone has more lakes that Minnesota - they're just stating that they have 10,000 of em

[Left Is Write]

15. And there are actually more like 13,000.

[markus]

2. Can North DAkota get in on this thread

cause, I don't think we're big enough to have one of our own. I mean, we're pretty used to running down to the cities and all...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. You guys have Devil's Lake, which is getting bigger all the time.

It might be worth 10,000 lakes before long...

[trotsky]

3. Yeah, well, we invented water skiing

so there!

[markus]

23. Hah! Then why are the Dells in Wisconsin

And nobody skies anymore, except those kids in Alexandria with their traveling show.

Everybody on Comorant and Detroit Lakes (where I spend time) is banging around on their idijet skis or riding tubes.

[Hobarticus]

5. Minnesota: Gateway to Canada

:)

[katinmn]

13. We ARE the most northerly state

:)

[Dhalgren]

6. I think Minnesota means "10,000 clean lakes" - ha!

That definitely beats Wisconsin's 14,00 sewers!

[trotsky]

7. Uh-oh, you might have to take that back!

http://www.travelnotes.org/NorthAmerica/minnesota.htm

Minnesota has more than 20,000 lakes; the largest within the state is Red Lake in the north.

[Rabrrrrrr]

8. Wow!

Then they should call themselves "Land of 20,000 lakes"!

My aunt and uncle had a cabin in northern minnesota in an area where they just numbered the lakes. Didn't even bother to give 'em proper names. Their cabin was on either Lake 9 or Lake 11, I can't remember.

[trotsky]

9. The tricky part is defining what makes a "lake."

The DNR says it's 10 acres or larger, which brings the total down to just over 11,000.

I imagine the 20,000 number includes a whole lot of marshes and maybe a few really big parking lot puddles. ;-)

[Rabrrrrrr]

10. Yeah, you don't want to include ponds in that number

So it looks like we're back to Wisconsin having more than Minnesota.

HA!

[trotsky]

11. Well how big are the 14,000 in Wisconsin?

Eh?

[KitchenWitch]

18. Lake Fourteen!

Near the Iron Range.

[katinmn]

12. We have so many lakes they are still counting them

Some say 12,000, same say:

15,291 - more shoreline than California, Florida and Hawaii combined

and I've also seen the number 20,000 thrown about, which just proves it!

[Left Is Write]

14. Sweetheart, why'd you have to pick on Minnesota?

It's the love of my life.

[Rabrrrrrr]

16. But see my post here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=3456478&mesg_id=3460405

I love Minnesota!!

[Left Is Write]

20. I saw it and thought it was great.

:D

[Rabrrrrrr]

21. I fuckin rock!

We need an :irock: smilie!

[Left Is Write]

22. Yes, you do.

:yourock:

[Canadian Socialist]

17. Minnesota has 10,000 lakes? Amateurs.

Hah! Yes sir, I say Hah. Manitoba has 100,000 lakes. I actually spent a whole year in grade 10 geography counting and marking all of them. So, again, sir, I say, Hah.

[Chichiri]

19. Minnesota has 15,292 lakes.

Land of 10,000 Lakes just looks better on a travel brochure.