MINNESOTAN'S WEATHER CODE

When we returned home from Minnesota to Utah, I reflected on the days when I was a Minnesotan and the cold was not a problem, but a way of life.

 

 

Minnesotan's Weather Code:

60 above

Floridians wear coats, gloves and woolly hats.

Minnesota people sunbathe.

50 above

New Yorkers try to turn on the heat.

Minnesota people plant gardens.

40 above

Italian cars won't start.

Minnesota people drive with the windows down.

32 above

Distilled water freezes.

Lake Minnetonka's water gets thicker.

20 above

Californians shiver uncontrollably.

Minnesota people have the last cook-out before it gets cold.

15 above

New York landlords finally turn up the heat.

Minnesota people throw on a sweatshirt.

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Californians fly away to Mexico.

Minnesota people lick the flagpole.

20 below

People in Miami cease to exist.

Minnesota people get out their winter coats.

40 below

Hollywood disintegrates.

Minnesota's Girl Scouts begin selling cookies door to door.

60 below

Polar bears begin to evacuate Antarctica.

Minnesota's Boy Scouts postpone "Winter Survival" classes until it gets cold enough.

80 below

Mt. St. Helen's freezes.

Minnesota people rent some videos.

100 below

Santa Claus abandons the North Pole.

Minnesota people get frustrated when the lutefisk is hard.

297 below

Microbial life survives on dairy products.

Minnesota cows complain of farmers with cold hands.

460 below

ALL atomic motion stops.

Minnesota people start saying, "Cold 'nuff for ya?"

500 below

Hell freezes over.

The Minnesota Vikings win the Super Bowl.