you define Summer as three months of bad sledding...
 * your definition of a small town is one that only has one
 bar...
 * snow tires come standard on all your cars...
 * at least 50% of your relatives work on a dairy farm...
 * you have ever gotten frostbitten and sunburned in
 the same week...
 * you can identify a Duluth accent... it's pronounced;
 Doo-loot
 * you know what "cow-tipping" is.....
 * you learned to drive a tractor before the training
 wheels were off your bike...
 * "Down South" to you means Iowa...
 * traveling coast to coast means going from Stillwater
 to Ortonville.
 * a brat is something you eat ...
 * you actually miss Rudy Perpich....
 * you have no problem spelling Minneapolis..
 * you got a passport to go to Wisconsin...
 * you used to think Deer Season was included as an official
 school holiday...
 * your radio dial is "locked" onto 'CCO.
 * You can actually pronounce and spell Mille Lacs...
 * you know what a bubbler is.....
 * the snow on your roof in August weighs more than you do...
 * your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a cow
 next to your blue spruce...
 * you think there should be a "FBI go home" bumper sticker
 on every car north of Rochester...
 * a Friday night out is taking your girlfriend shining for deer...
 * you go out for fish fry on every Friday...
when you tell someone where you are from and they say:
 'I thought that was part of Canada...
 * your idea of the seasons is Winter, Spring and the 4th of
 July...
 * you know how to polka....
 * you think that Lutheran and Catholics ARE the major religions.....
 * formal wear is a flannel shirt, blue jeans and a baseball cap...
 * all your vacations are in-state, and "up nort".
 * you have to go to Florida to get a tan in August...
 * you define "swimming season" as "first week in August".
 * your 4th of July Family Picnic was moved indoors due to frost...
 * you own an ice house, a snowmobile, and a pickup truck
 * your sports teams are "The Twinkies" and "The Queens"
 * you have more fishing poles than teeth...
 * you decided to have a picnic this summer because it fell
 on a weekend...
 * you need a second garage to store your "stuff"
 * when you talk "opener", you're not talking about cans.
 * you've got a bass boat, a speed boat, a canoe, and a
 pontoon..
 * you take pride in the winter temps at International Falls
 * happiness is owning a "piece of lakeshore"
 * you don't mind state taxes because of the "quality of life"
 * your major sports events are the high-school hockey and
 basketball tournaments
 * you go "home" ( to the farm ) for Christmas, Thanksgiving,
 and harvest.