In Memory
of
Anton and Anna
The Skurdal's
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You're From North Dakota When
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You only own three spices - salt, pepper and ketsup.
You have more miles on your snowblower than your car.
You owe more money on your snowmobile than on your car
You know Ole and Lena personally; in fact, you're probably related.
You have no problem spelling "Wahpeton".
You have as many Canadian coins in your pocket as American ones.
People "borrow" things to you.
You expect to be excused from school for deer hunting season.
The soup de jour at your hometown cafe is always beer cheese or knephla.
You think of something other than the bible when you hear the words the "great
flood".
Your vehicle of choice is a pickup.
The forecast is for 60 mph winds, 3
feet of snow, 60 below wind chill and the highway is full of people from small towns going
to any big city just to shop, or for the possible necessary reason of attending a
basketball tournament.
You lie awake thinking of uses for leafy spurge.
You see the Northern Lights and sundogs in your dreams.
Your favorite hors d'oeververes are those little weenies with BBQ sauce in a crockpot.
You have attended a formal affair in your best dress, wearing your best jewelry & your
snow boots.
You cry when a tree is cut down.
You think cold weather gear is a bottle of schnapps.
After you discuss the weather, conversation declines.
You understand that "yah, y'betcha" means either " I agree" or you're
full of it" and
you know the difference
You've spent the last 15 minutes getting your child dressed to play in the snow only to
have him tell you he has to go potty.
You design your Halloween costume to fit over a snowmobile suit.
You feel warm and toasty at 12 degrees.
You know the four seasons: Winter, Still Winter, Not Winter and Almost Winter.. or
Winter, Winter Vacation (Spring), Remember Last Winter (Summer), Almost Winter Again
(Fall)
Although you're not breaking the law, you break into a cold sweat when the game warden
appears.
You think the opening of deer season is a national holiday or at least a school holiday.
You thought "Grumpy Old Men" was a documentary.
You think everyone from a different state has an accent.
You find it exciting to stare through a hole in the ice and look at the bottom.
You have ten favorite recipes for venison.
Somewhere in the state is a piece of metal with bits of your tongue on it.
If you define Summer as three months of bad sledding...
If your definition of a small town is one that only has one bar...
If snow tires come standard on all your cars...
If you have ever gotten frostbitten and sunburned in the same week...
If you learned to drive a tractor before the training wheels were off your bike...
If the snow on your roof in August weighs more than you do...
If you go to work in a snowsuit in the morning and return home wearing shorts...
When you tell someone where you are from and they say: 'I thought that was part of
Canada...
If you think that Lutheran and Catholics ARE the major religions....
FFA was the most popular club in high school. (That's Future Farmers of America to the
rest of you.)
You can use "ja sure y'betcha" in a sentence.
At every wedding you have been to you have had to dance the hoky poky and the chicken
dance.
You have experienced snow storms in April.
You have had school closed due to wind chills and frostbite warnings.
The Vikings will always be better than the Packers, no matter what the standings are.
If you saw Fargo and didn't hear an accent!
The mosquitoes have landing lights.
You have more miles on your snowblower than your car or SNOWMOBILE!
You've taken your kids trick-or-treating in a blizzard
Driving is better in the winter because the potholes fill in with snow
Sexy lingerie is tube socks and a flannel nightie
The most effective mosquito repellent is a shotgun
Your snowblower gets stuck on the roof
You head south to go to your cottage
You find 0 degrees a little chilly
The trunk of you car doubles as a deep freezer
You play hockey outdoors 10 months a year
Your hometown buys a Zamboni when they need a bus |
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