things, general
Things I say that define my Minnesotanocity:
1. Cripes
As in, “I can see Buscher hitting a homerun, but Harris? Cripes.”
2. Pop
“I’ve been good all week, so I’m going to let myself have a pop. Or four.”
3. Yay, hotdish!
4. Stupid North Dakota drivers!
(It’s OK, I lived in ND for 4 years. I can say this.)
5. God, I hate the Packers/Bears/Yankees/White Sox, etc.
Things the cats do that are weird:
1. Play dead (Sunny)
2. Harass me until I cave into their demand to lint roll them (Abby)
3. Drag mini Beanie Babies around the house (Abby)
4. Burrito themselves under our comforter (Sunny)
5. Hunt for bugs in the sliding door crevice, giving themselves dusty, accurate Hitler mustaches (both)
Mmm…I’m craving hotdish now. Also, I think any other state and/or country can be substituted in the place of North Dakota. Stupid Wisconsin drivers, stupid Canadian drivers, stupid Iowan drivers…see? It’s fun! And I’m sure they all say it about us, so I don’t feel bad.
Also, you need to post a picture of your kitties with Hitler mustaches. Because that is good humor!
Comment by Becky — June 26, 2008 @ 9:52 am
I say “God, I hate the Yankees” QUITE OFTEN. And I am definitely NOT from Minnesota.
Comment by Jess — June 26, 2008 @ 10:09 am
We say pop here too.
Hub caught Oswald curled up in our comforter, wrapped around Lucy’s teddy bear, with his head on her blankie the other day. He also plays dead.
Sebastion likes to get in to our dusty basement crap, so he is also prone to the hilarity of kitty moustache!
Ah cats…
Comment by Saly — June 26, 2008 @ 10:14 am
Dude hotdish. Nummers. A friend from Texas makes fun of me saying “Hotdish”. But what the hell is a casserole? I mean really.
I need to add cripes back into my vocabulary. That’s a good one.
My dog has started bringing my shoes into the living room during the day. She doesn’t chew on them or anything just brings them into the living room. She also chases down any fly that dares to enter the house. Pets are cool.
Comment by Emily — June 26, 2008 @ 10:44 am
They call it pop in Colorado too and when I lived there everyone made fun of me for calling all sodas Coke. That’s what we do in Texas. You order a Coke, the clerk asks you what kind, you say Sprite or Dr Pepper or whatever.
My cat burrows under my blanket too. Only she’s not very good at it so I have to help her, otherwise she’ll just stand there continuously pawing at me while I am trying to sleep.
Comment by nonsoccermom — June 26, 2008 @ 10:47 am
We say pop too and generally complain about the stupid Montreal drivers.
Comment by LoriD — June 26, 2008 @ 10:48 am
I’ve read about the Hotdish with Tessie. GAH GROSS! Do not understand!
Comment by slynnro — June 26, 2008 @ 10:54 am
Aw, Slynnro, you don’t know what you’re missing with hotdish. Pasta, meats, sauces, random veggies - it’s the best!
Comment by Shauna — June 26, 2008 @ 10:55 am
Oh, I am *SO* going to start saying Cripes. “Cree-ipes!”
Comment by Ellie — June 26, 2008 @ 10:57 am
I really, really want to see Sunny play dead.
Also - I have been known to throw out a “pert near” once or twice in my time. Ridiculous.
Comment by Artemisia — June 26, 2008 @ 11:56 am
is hotdish, like, a casserole? or.. a slowcooker meal?
my kitten plays fetch. FETCH. wtf.
definitely need hitler pics, please!
Comment by Alice — June 26, 2008 @ 12:20 pm
I love hotdish!!! love. My mom is from Minnesota, so I am very familiar with the yumminess.
Comment by banana — June 26, 2008 @ 12:26 pm
MN sounds like a state with a different language.
Comment by Penny — June 26, 2008 @ 12:31 pm
I say soft drink, which no one else ever says unless they are over 80. What up octogenarians!
Comment by kirida — June 26, 2008 @ 6:29 pm
Oh no. You don’t say ‘pop’. You say ‘paap’. And ‘Gaad’ (not God). Only Canadians say ‘pop’. I know cause I am one, and I spent my childhood summers with my cousins from the Twin Cities drinking paap on our dock in Cook County, Minnesota. Gaad it was great. Can you still get Squirt in Minnesota?
Comment by Stacey — June 26, 2008 @ 7:05 pm
Yummy…hotdish. Bobby Flay did a throwdown on Food Network with some guys that supposedly cook the best hotdish around and it looked SO GOOD.
I say “soda” and I grew up in MS. Don’t know where I picked it up because everybody else around these parts calls every single drink there is a “coke.”
Your cats sound so cute and fun! Definitely need to post the Hitler pictures.
Comment by Julie — June 26, 2008 @ 8:38 pm
In SC, I used to say “Coke” meaning all carbonated beverages, HOWEVER I’ve had to change that to “soda” because people in PA kept bringing me Coke, meaning Coca-cola, when I really meant Dr. Pepper. Also, “Yay, Frogmore Stew!” AND “Stupid PA drivers! The shoulder IS NOT a lane, MORONS!”
Comment by Fiona Picklebottom — June 28, 2008 @ 3:30 pm
Yes! I have lived on the East Coast for, sweet jesus, 9 years now and I still say pop. (okay, “paap”) I get laughed at occasionally but I refuse to say soda. Also: tennis shoes, not sneakers. Sneakers! I mean, honestly.
And in Michigan we made fun of Ohio and Illinois drivers. I’m not sure how Indiana slid through, but evidently they didn’t bother us much.
Um, and my cat recently found a st patrick’s day bear and started dragging him around. She always leaves him in the exact same spot. I love it.
Comment by Jill — June 30, 2008 @ 7:47 am
YAY! Lists, and one of the regional variety. Double YAY! Also, it’s soda. But we’ll let that go.
Comment by mom of the year — June 30, 2008 @ 10:12 am
The Hitler mustache on the cats? Totally priceless. You’ve got to try to capture that on film.
Comment by Whimsy — June 30, 2008 @ 3:45 pm
As a member of Red Sox Nation, I wholeheartedly endorse the use of “God, I hate the Yankees!”
And seriously, update! You’re missed!
Comment by deni — June 30, 2008 @ 9:29 pm
Shouldn’t it be “Gawd, I hate the…” or is that more Bostonian sounding? (When I lived in Spokane I was routinely told that I sounded like I was from Minnesota. Rad!)
(Um, also? Those corn on the cob cupcakes in your previous post? Totally tricked me for a minute there. I was scrolling down quickly to figure out where! you got that corn on the cob. Awesome.)
Comment by Kerri Anne — July 1, 2008 @ 6:19 pm
WHAT is hotdish!? I keep picturing tator tots but have no idea why.
Comment by Stephanie — July 2, 2008 @ 7:32 am
I can’t believe I’m just finding you now, but as a fellow Minnesotan I can fully cop to saying all of the above (except replace North Dakota with Wisconsin)
Yay, Hotdish! would be a great name for a blog. Or maybe a Food Network show.
Comment by Anna — July 30, 2008 @ 11:59 pm