KitchenWitch
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Sun Aug-28-05 12:07 AM
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Should I completely shed my Midwestern sensibilities? |
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Sun Aug-28-05 12:09 AM
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1. Only if you're going Northeastern. |
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Sun Aug-28-05 12:10 AM
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I'm a Southern transplant in Minnesota. Please shed your Midwestern sensibilities. It's oh so much fun. I wish people around me would shed their sensibilities. I'd feel more comfortable and at home.
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KitchenWitch
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Sun Aug-28-05 12:12 AM
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4. Actually I have very few of the Midwestern sensibilities |
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:rofl:
Some folks around here are just wrapped way too tight!
Now if we could teach Minnesotans how to merge!
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Sun Aug-28-05 12:14 AM
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5. It's what makes us good populists.... KW |
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more so than either coast....
We have a deep sense of commitment that is tempered by our midwestern sensabilities.....
The midwest should all be blue.....
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Sun Aug-28-05 12:27 AM
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8. that merging thing is something we will never have figured out |
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because merging lanes were designed by furners from the coasts. as for the other merging i think we can hold our own with the coasts- i mean what else is there to do when it gets 25 below?
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KitchenWitch
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Sun Aug-28-05 12:30 AM
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9. At least Minnesotans do not have the terrible habit |
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of passing in the right lane, like people from Wisconsin...I hate driving in Wisconsin...
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Sun Aug-28-05 12:40 AM
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11. never drive in chicago |
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actually most of those idiots i`ve encountered in wisconsin have illinios plates. that`s why i travel the country roads in wisconsin those people are to dam dumb to read a map
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Sun Aug-28-05 07:16 AM
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I pass people on the right.
But only if the far left and the center lanes are moving too slowly.
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Sun Aug-28-05 07:47 AM
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I will sign up for any classes you offer.
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Sun Aug-28-05 12:34 AM
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10. you have to go south of I-80 |
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to hear anyone call ya "hon".
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Sun Aug-28-05 12:11 AM
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3. Now my dear KitchenWitch.... |
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Why on earth would you want to do that? It seems to me at least that you are an intelligent and sensible lady...
And I think you should stay that way!
:loveya: :yourock:
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Sun Aug-28-05 12:21 AM
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i think being midwestern sensible is just fine. why? because i finally understand that things go better with catsup....
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Sun Aug-28-05 12:22 AM
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7. Pass the bag of squeaky cheese. |
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Sun Aug-28-05 12:41 AM
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12. What sensibilities would you have left? |
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Come in this direction and you will find Midwestern sensibilities out to the 200 mile offshore limit...here and there, from my perspective mostly there, but here, too...
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Sun Aug-28-05 12:42 AM
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13. Um...isn't a little early in the season |
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to molt?
Best to wait until after Labor Day. Then your shoes will match that new winter purse you just bought.
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Sun Aug-28-05 12:45 AM
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14. I think you should build a shed |
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put all your important stuff in there: -long underwear -snowblower -hopes for Viking super bowl win -porno tapes -Randy Moss Vikes jersey -Fargo accent -stuff like that
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KitchenWitch
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Sun Aug-28-05 01:15 AM
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15. Don't own a Moss jersey |
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(never was a Waahndy fan) Not so much into porno Not originally from here, therefore no Fargo accent Unable to use a snowblower due to disabilities Am a walking hot flash, shorts and t-shirts in winter Vikings have better chance than Packers this year!
:hi:
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Sun Aug-28-05 07:52 AM
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18. No! Those sensibilities have always struck me as well-grounded |
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Wish we had more here in Virginia.
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Sun Aug-28-05 08:11 AM
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19. seems to me your sensibilities are just about right! |
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.. at least, from what I've seen thus far... ;)
Before I moved out here to Wobbly-land, I 1]lived in Kansas City, 2]spent a year in a Minnie-soda college... you're a damn site more inviting a human than many I met, believe me! :applause:
:wow: Hey! I got it: You are a stealth human! :woohoo:
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Mon Aug-29-05 04:52 AM
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Mon Aug-29-05 06:36 AM
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... and the International Workers of the World were strongest up here in the Greater Seattle area... or as some neo-McCarthyites call us, the Peoples' Republic of Ecotopia! (and long may we rave!!!) }(
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Sun Aug-28-05 08:29 AM
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20. NO! Please don't. I LOVE us MWerners! |
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I grew up in the MW, born in Kansas and raised in CO and MT.
I love my MW common sense about things and the outlook I inherited from my MW ancestors.
I've become a bit of a glamourpuss, even, but my MW upbringining keeps my head on straight. I can count on my other MW friends to set me firmly back in reality every time, if necessary, and I LOVE that.
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Sun Aug-28-05 09:20 PM
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Now THERE's an Upper Midwest expression, if I ever heard one. My father's family (NW Minnesota) used it all the time. Do you also refer to cereal as "breakfast food"?
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Sun Aug-28-05 10:32 AM
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21. My midwestern sensibilities have served me well here on the East Cost,. |
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Edited on Sun Aug-28-05 10:34 AM by amandabeech
That is, when I'm not taking heavy teasing for them.
Be friendly. Be honest. Be fair. Work hard. Treat others as you would have them treat your. Clean up your mess. Admit your mistakes. Apologize.
Frankly, I think that there should be midwestern re-education camps for some of these folks on the East Coast.
How could I forget? Be modest about your own accomplishments and share the glory with those who helped you.
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Sun Aug-28-05 09:15 PM
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22. How about midwestern reedumacation of the current admin |
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Shrubby and pals could use a lot of the above.
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Sun Aug-28-05 09:39 PM
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24. Good Lord, why the hell would you want to do that? |
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And what on earth provoked you into even considering such a thing?? :spank:
(although I agree w/fishn'fla about the Superbowl thing. :evilgrin:)
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Sun Aug-28-05 09:43 PM
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25. It was kind of spurred by that post in GD |
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"Picture worth a thousand words"
Young children were photographed with a sign that had the word "asshole" on it. I agreed with the sign, but not necessarily with kids carrying that particular sign (because of the cuss word)...I said something about it shocking my midwestern sensibilities.
I know, too much information...
And the Vikings will win in Detroit in February :evilgrin:
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Mon Aug-29-05 04:55 AM
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27. I didn't like the idea of kids that age holding a sign w/ the word a-holes |
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And I'm from the Northeast.
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Mon Aug-29-05 05:14 AM
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28. I never know what you're talking about! |
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