I can agree that Minnesota tends to think of itself as rather different from those lesser states around us, but I think a more accurate caption would be an arrow pointing north and the sentiment “We’d fit in better with Canada”.
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If the crazies were to vote in Trump as President, then Minnesota could apply to become a new Canadian province. We’d have to give that very careful consideration, but it might work.
Apropos of not much, when I was in university one of the frats held a “Welcome to the Union!” party for Canada after concluding some free-trade agreement or other with the US. There was a door prize for coming up with the best name for our newest state. The winner was “North North Dakota.”
From the Minnesota accents I’ve heard, I’m not entirely convinced you aren’t actually part of Canada. You sound more Canadian than most Canadians do.
I live in Missouri and work in Kansas, and I endorse the truthiness of this map.
Amusingly Minnesota is my favourite state. They don’t seem as weird as the others. I adore Ely , Minn. it’s worth the gorgeous drive in from Thunder Bay when I am visiting. Only one near miss of a moose in the road… so bonus.
Well, as far a sotas are concerned, I’d put the Radio and RASF ahead of the Minne, but it’s better than the turntable which just goes around in circles.
Actually, Wisconsin’s should be, “Eh! Can we joins up wit yous Southern fellas, ainna-hey?”
I have relatives who live in Indiana, who were recently involved in trying to get a new (commercial zoned) building financed, built, hooked up to power/gas/phone/Internet, set up with approved landscaping, approved by inspectors, and so on. From the horror stories about every single step in the process, if Indiana claims Illinois has corrupt politicians, then they have a major case of projection.
Sure, c’mon up! We’ll swap Quebec for you.
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#1 Dick
We’d have to give that very careful consideration, but it might work.
Certainly worth some careful thought; we do have a long history of accepting refugees fleeing political chaos so we should consider it on the usual humanitarian grounds and finding accommodations wouldn’t be a problem.
But just the disarmament process could take years. I wonder if Jean de Chastelain is available. He did a good job in Ireland.
# 9 ironflange
We’ll swap Quebec for you.
Are you mad?
A bunch of lakes for Montréal or Québec City? No Mont Tremblant?
Lose the original source of poutine and tourtière for, uh, what is the Minnesota delicacy? And I dread what would happen to Montréal smoked meat or Montréal-style bagels.
We have lots of flat land and lakes already. An addition to the country sound worth considering, a swap is out. I always thought we should have gone for the Turks and Caicos back in the ’60’s or 70’s.
A state that produced a legislator.. and reelected same…
Michele Bachmann comes to mind.
OTOH, you countered that with Al Franken.
but then there was Jesse Ventura.
meh… it’s a wash. you’re nothing special.