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The Velveteen Ocelot

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4. Minnesota's good things:

Mon Feb 27, 2012, 02:38 PM

Feb 2012

Keith Ellison
Paul Wellstone
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Minnesota Public Radio
A Prairie Home Companion
Lakes, rivers, woods
Minneapolis-St. Paul: High literacy, politically liberal, many colleges and universities, relatively low unemployment, Minneapolis voted one of the "gayest" cities in the U.S., lots of ethnic diversity (especially restaurants)
Beautiful summers
Bears, wolves, coyotes, moose, eagles, mountain lions
The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
The Minnesota Orchestra
Nobody actually eats lutefisk
Excellent airport with convenient men's room action for Republican senators

Not so good things:
Michele Bachmann
Chip Kravak
John Kline
Mosquitoes
Winter
Republicans in the Legislature

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state by state speak your mind about...minnesota [View all] SwampG8r Feb 2012 OP

24 degrees and sunny here in Minneapolis MNBrewer Feb 2012 #1

And you forgot "Home of Garrison Keillor" Canuckistanian Feb 2012 #2

Durn, you beat me to it. raccoon Feb 2012 #9

Still more geardaddy Feb 2012 #16

Never been there, but I've heard the food is bland. HopeHoops Feb 2012 #3

Not anymore Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2012 #20

Damn illegal Mexahegians. HopeHoops Feb 2012 #24

Which is from Austin, MN. geardaddy Feb 2012 #25

Just over the Mexahegian border. HopeHoops Feb 2012 #28

And Austin is home to the Spam Museum dflprincess Feb 2012 #57

True THAT! bvar22 Feb 2012 #76

Au contraire, mon frere Noodleboy13 Feb 2012 #31

I've had lutefisk exactly once in my life Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2012 #35

I tried it once at my Aunt Edna's Xmas dinner hifiguy Feb 2012 #36

Lutefisk just sounds like an unmentionable body part that's probably slimy and hard to chew. HopeHoops Feb 2012 #71

Minnesota's good things: The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2012 #4

Add wood-ticks to "not so good". glinda Feb 2012 #63

Lived there for 12 years. Here's my non-native resident's POV dmallind Feb 2012 #5

Those folks on "Fargo" have accents? They sound normal to me!!! Odin2005 Feb 2012 #7

You are so right! hifiguy Feb 2012 #12

Yep, Germans outnumber Swedes or Norwegians on their own. geardaddy Feb 2012 #14

One of the few places that actually differentiate between various Noodleboy13 Feb 2012 #32

Yeah, but they sure were good commies. geardaddy Feb 2012 #33

Damn Skippy Noodleboy13 Feb 2012 #38

Yeah, I think so. geardaddy Feb 2012 #40

I've got good Finnish-American genes. Sisaruus Feb 2012 #51

Excellent geardaddy Feb 2012 #72

Here's a link to Garrison Keillor's classic hifiguy Feb 2012 #37

"Pepper is not a "crazy-hot" food condiment." annabanana Feb 2012 #13

yep mnmoderatedem Feb 2012 #46

Salt is not spicy. Pepper is not a "crazy-hot" food condiment. Sisaruus Feb 2012 #50

We need to toss the GOP out of the legislature! Odin2005 Feb 2012 #6

You forgot to mention the Guthrie theater geardaddy Feb 2012 #8

Couple more Wellstone ruled Feb 2012 #10

I'm a lifelong Minnesotan and hifiguy Feb 2012 #11

I was born, raised, and educated there. Viking12 Feb 2012 #15

I lived just north of Rochester for 3 years. I enjoyed my time in Minnesota. sinkingfeeling Feb 2012 #17

I went to college here and have lived most of my adult life here. I love it. Brickbat Feb 2012 #18

homestate of such dem heavy weights as Hubert Humphrey, Walter Mondale, Paul Wellstone, WI_DEM Feb 2012 #19

Minn-uh-sewtah, Minn-uh-sewtah, yay, rah, rah, Gophers hfojvt Feb 2012 #21

Umm... hifiguy Feb 2012 #23

Perpich was a Democrat? hfojvt Feb 2012 #66

Mondale never ran against Pawlenty dflprincess Feb 2012 #56

We have the headwaters of the Mississippi River at Lake Itasca Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2012 #22

Judy Garland hometown Grand Rapids, MN B Calm Feb 2012 #26

You didn't steal the red slippers did you? glinda Feb 2012 #64

we love our wilderness riverwalker Feb 2012 #27

Kensington Rune Stone riverwalker Feb 2012 #29

I was in Minneapolis in July 1984 steve2470 Feb 2012 #30

Two words geardaddy Feb 2012 #34

End of thread; you win. Brickbat Feb 2012 #60

Prince, Atmosphere, POS, Brother Ali... Noodleboy13 Feb 2012 #39

Don't forget Dessa geardaddy Feb 2012 #42

I was gonna say that. Hong Kong Cavalier Feb 2012 #58

Totally agree about The Current. geardaddy Feb 2012 #73

Replacements, Dylan, Semisonic, Owl City, Jimmy Jam glinda Feb 2012 #65

No love for Soul Asylum? KamaAina Feb 2012 #79

Yes. Love for them also. glinda Mar 2012 #81

Don't forget: Home of "Looney" Michelle Bachmann & T-Paw. Rectangle Feb 2012 #41

Don't forget Michele Bachman was born in Iowa geardaddy Feb 2012 #45

But her congressional district (and home) is here in Stillwater. Rectangle Feb 2012 #47

Her home won't be in the 6th anymore. geardaddy Feb 2012 #48

I lived in MN for 25 years lindac007 Feb 2012 #43

Minneapolis is also my favorite city outside of NYC dflprincess Feb 2012 #59

For me, Minneapolis is second to Portland for two reasons: Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2012 #67

This message was self-deleted by its author dflprincess Feb 2012 #61

Lefsa! cyberswede Feb 2012 #44

Don't forget our lake monster Noodleboy13 Feb 2012 #49

Been there, beautiful and seems like it may be..... Tikki Feb 2012 #52

My adopted state. Love it! MineralMan Feb 2012 #53

The Replacements vs. Husker Du limpyhobbler Feb 2012 #54

Was stuck there one day Broken_Hero Feb 2012 #55

The last place I saw smoking allowed in a hotel lobby The Genealogist Feb 2012 #62

Smoking is now banned anywhere in MN that is a "workplace," Thegonagle Feb 2012 #70

I am guessing.. AsahinaKimi Feb 2012 #68

Best elections in the country. Every day, it seems, I read about some election snafu Thegonagle Feb 2012 #69

Yep, geardaddy Feb 2012 #74

It's my adopted state - Morning Dew Feb 2012 #75

I haven't seen it yet, but I hear that Highway 61 is a weird place... Blue_Tires Feb 2012 #77

Minnesota...A Beautiful State, and a great place to live. bvar22 Feb 2012 #78

Awesome photos. geardaddy Feb 2012 #80

The lakes and the loons LNM Mar 2012 #82