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In reply to the discussion: state by state speak your mind about...minnesota [View all]hifiguy
(33,688 posts)37. Here's a link to Garrison Keillor's classic
The Finn Who Would Not Take A Sauna: http://www.coloradofinns.com/Finnwhowouldnotsauna.htm
But there was one, a shy young man, and although he was Finnish,
the joys of winter had, for him, long started to diminish.
HE WAS A FINN, THE ONLY FINN,
WHO WOULD NOT TAKE A SAUNA "
It isn't that I can't," he said, "I simply do not wanna.
To jump into a frozen lake is not my fondest wish,
for just because I am a Finn don't mean that I'm a fish."
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Lutefisk just sounds like an unmentionable body part that's probably slimy and hard to chew.
HopeHoops
Feb 2012
#71
I lived just north of Rochester for 3 years. I enjoyed my time in Minnesota.
sinkingfeeling
Feb 2012
#17
homestate of such dem heavy weights as Hubert Humphrey, Walter Mondale, Paul Wellstone,
WI_DEM
Feb 2012
#19
Best elections in the country. Every day, it seems, I read about some election snafu
Thegonagle
Feb 2012
#69