- I just got off the phone with friend in Minnesota. He said that since early
- this morning the snow has been nearly waist high and is still falling. The
- temperature is dropping below zero and the north wind is increasing. His
- wife has done nothing but look through the kitchen window. He says that if
- it gets much worse, he may have to let her in.
Snowing in Minnesota
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I thought this was quite funny, it reminded me of the kind of humor used in the Ole and Lena jokes that I've grown up with. One of them is:
A man stumbles up to the only other patron in a bar and asks if he could buy him a drink.
"Why of course," comes the reply.
The first man then asks: "Where are you from?"
"I'm from Norway," replies the second man.
The first man responds, "You don't say, I'm from Norway too! Let's have another round to Norway."
"Of course," replies the second man.
Curious, the first man then asks: "Where in Norway are you from?"
"Bergen," comes the reply.
"I can't believe it," says the first man. "I'm from Bergen too! Let's have another drink to Bergen."
"Of course," replies the second man.
Curiosity again strikes and the first man asks: "Where did you live?"
"On a boat, at the fishing docks," replies the second man.
"This is unbelievable!," the first man says. "I lived on a boat at the fishing docks, too!"
About that time in comes one of the regulars and sits down at the bar.
"What's been going on?," he asks the bartender.
"Nothing much," replies the bartender. "Ole and his brother Sven are drunk again."
I'm from the very northern bit of Iowa and have a lot of family in Minnesota and I am a pure blooded Norwegian. Most folks don't understand the humor because they don't know the stereotypes. I think it's always helpful if you can make fun of yourself and where you come from. I also think it's a good thing to have pride in such things. They can go right hand in hand.