Secrets of the City

If it’s not about Brett Favre becoming a Viking, I don’t want to hear it…

…unless it was Brett Favre in the ape suit. “He keep fumbling the bananas,” the clerk said. “That’s how I knew it was him.”

My guess — alcohol is involved.

One thing that kind of amazes me: Minnesotans seem to be really obsessed with Wisconsin! I am always hearing Minnesotans making fun of people from Wisconsin, the entire state, etc. It’s really weird…What is that about? I’m from the Northeast, but have lived in both states. When I lived in Wisco, Minnesota never came up, unless you met someone from there. But Minnesotans seem really focused on trying to appear superior to Wisco– is it because Minnesotans actually fear that they are somehow inferior? Is it because the University of Wisconsin is such a superior school to the U of M (sorry — it is– it has a much more stellar national reputation — it’s why so many Minnesotans take advantage of the reciprocity agreement to go to Madison, but I don’t think it happens so much in the opposite direction). I really am curious about this, as someone who comes from New England — I’ve never seen such a strange (and one sided) regional rivalry.

Anecdotal evidence being what it is…

Granted being from neither state gives you an objectivity MN and WI people don’t and can’t have. I think you might not know that MNspeak/Secrets of the City makes a disproportionate amount of fun of Wisco, and that may be coloring your viewpoint.

However, it is just me, or is Wisco’s mockable reputation built on things like Ed Gein  and Jeffrey Dahmer? I’m just saying.*

*Classic MN asshole passive-aggressive comment.

That “Granted…” sentence came out sounding snotty, but I meant it sincerely!

Really? As someone who comes from New England you’ve never seen a one-sided state/city rivalry?

I’ve noticed that people who move here from other places like to share bemused observations about what Minnesotans are like, usually with some working theory for why we’re like that.

Well, that is their privilege as outsiders. I’m fine with that; I do it when I go to other places.

Oh… I just got your joke Kurtis. Nicely done.

I always thought it was Iowa that bore the brunt of our jokes but I think they thought we were doing such a bad job of it, they’re now making jokes about themselves. (Bonus points for a Minnesota mention, too.)

Ole and Lena got married. On their honeymoon trip they were nearing Minneapolis when Ole put his hand on Lena’s knee. Giggling, Lena Said, “Ole, you can go farther if ya vant to”… so Ole drove to Duluth.

Q. How many Vikings does it take to win a SuperBowl?
A. Nobody knows!

While Klein acknowledges that the action may seem funny, they want to talk to the person behind the ape suit because they aren’t sure what the suspect’s motives are.

@Marlo: It is apparent that you have not lived here long. There are so many other strange behaviors we have that’ll more than amaze you.

Alaska is the new Wisconsin/Iowa/Indiana/West Virginia/South Carolina/Georgia/Alabama/Mississippi/Texas/Utah:
Alaska Daily News: Death by Oral

As an added bonus, they talk like North Dakotans.