Flying Squid to [email protected]English • 11 months agoMeet Scout, Minnesota's First Dog. He is a rescue, which is the best way to get a dog.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1965
arrow-up1965imageMeet Scout, Minnesota's First Dog. He is a rescue, which is the best way to get a dog.lemmy.worldFlying Squid to [email protected]English • 11 months agomessage-square64fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish50•edit-211 months ago The first dog in Minnesota?! What did they do before that Moose, elk, and hockey players. Also a few stray Wisconsinites.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish28•11 months agoThe Wisconsinites are expensive to feed…
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish12•11 months agoYeah, Minnesota almost ran out of cheese, Vikings fans, and beer!
minus-squareFuglyDucklinkfedilinkEnglish13•11 months agoIronically… Minnesota produced more cheese (and dairy products in general. Land O Lakes is based here.) and Wisconsin has more lakes.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish16•11 months agoHold up. They only have more lakes because they count ponds. A lake in Minnesota is “a body of water greater than 10 acres”. Wisconsin does not have a standard. https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/23/sara-meaney/who-has-more-lakes-minnesota-or-wisconsin/
minus-squareFuglyDucklinkfedilinkEnglish8•11 months agoDetails…. Details…. (You’re not wrong, that is why. But still I like some good irony.)
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•11 months agoTo be fair, depending on her physical stature, the woman behind the quote is a big Meaney!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•11 months agoThat’s only because Wisconsin defines “lake” differently.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•11 months agoAnd some Canadians that were reading their compass wrong.
Moose, elk, and hockey players. Also a few stray Wisconsinites.
The Wisconsinites are expensive to feed…
Yeah, Minnesota almost ran out of cheese, Vikings fans, and beer!
Ironically… Minnesota produced more cheese (and dairy products in general. Land O Lakes is based here.) and Wisconsin has more lakes.
Hold up. They only have more lakes because they count ponds. A lake in Minnesota is “a body of water greater than 10 acres”. Wisconsin does not have a standard.
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/23/sara-meaney/who-has-more-lakes-minnesota-or-wisconsin/
Details…. Details….
(You’re not wrong, that is why. But still I like some good irony.)
To be fair, depending on her physical stature, the woman behind the quote is a big Meaney!
That’s only because Wisconsin defines “lake” differently.
And some Canadians that were reading their compass wrong.